Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music - Busoni Ferruccio

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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 never has been, our English terms like “primitive,” “original,” etc., would involve a non sequitur which is avoided, at least, by “infinite.”

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In the recitatives of his Passions we hear “human speech”; not “correct declamation.”

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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 thématiques ou élémentaires sont innombrables, mais qui, sitôt les thèmes trouvés, semble par cela même en avoir établi tout le développement …” [Vincent d'Indy, in “César Franck.”]

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