Modern music and musicians : [Encyclopedic] . than modest beginning, with the reallydesperate obbligato trombone (or bassoon), and its thoroughly worldlypomp. If this is really Mozart, only one explanation seems possible—that he used a fragment composed in a much earlier period in order tosave trouble. This number seems also to show a strong Italian influence. Mozart stands before us like an embodiment of childish joy in life,amiable benevolence, and unpretentiousness. He was able to conduct hisMagic Flute in Schikaneders board theater without compromisinghis artistic dignity. Could he look do
Modern music and musicians : [Encyclopedic] . than modest beginning, with the reallydesperate obbligato trombone (or bassoon), and its thoroughly worldlypomp. If this is really Mozart, only one explanation seems possible—that he used a fragment composed in a much earlier period in order tosave trouble. This number seems also to show a strong Italian influence. Mozart stands before us like an embodiment of childish joy in life,amiable benevolence, and unpretentiousness. He was able to conduct hisMagic Flute in Schikaneders board theater without compromisinghis artistic dignity. Could he look down on us, he would surely say : Yemodern masters, why all this commotionu? Why clothe yourself with thismail of outward dignityJ? It does nothing for your art; it merely killsgenuine human feeling, which is the real life of art. Though Mozart was not esteemed at his true value while he lived,posterity has placed him in its pantheon as one of the greatest masters ofall times. If, therefore, in discussing him and his relation to our time, I. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY PIERRE PETIT, PARIS. CHRISTINE NILSSON As Queen of Night in The Magic Flute,at Theatre Lyrique, Paris, in 1865.
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