Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music. Busoni Ferruccio
after passing through the hands of innumerable artisans, leaves its resemblance to the original largely a matter of imagination.
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“Die Ur-Musik,” is the author's happy phrase. But as this music
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In the recitatives of his Passions we hear “human speech”;
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As characteristic traits of Beethoven's individuality I would mention the poetic fire, the strong human feeling (whence springs his revolutionary temper), and a portent of modern nervousness. These traits are certainly opposed to those of a “classic.” Moreover, Beethoven is no “master,” as the term applies to Mozart or the later Wagner, just because his art foreshadows a greater, as yet incomplete. (Compare the section next-following.)
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“Together with the problem, it gives us the solution,” as I once said of Mozart.
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“… Beethoven, dont les esquisses