Modern music and musicians : [Encyclopedic] . 9r PERMISSION OF THE BERLIN PHOTOGRAPHIC CO., NEW YORK. MOZART. FROM A PAINTING BY M. MOZARTEngraved from a bust by T. Blood. WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART BY EDVARD GRIEG uTTTHAT kind of face would Bach, Handel, Haydn, and Mozart makeff after hearing an opera by Wagner? asks an English writer. Ishall not attempt to answer for the first three, but it is safe to saythat Mozart, the universal genius whose mind was free from Philistinismand one -sidedness, would not only open his eyes wide, but would be asdelighted as a child with all the new acquis
Modern music and musicians : [Encyclopedic] . 9r PERMISSION OF THE BERLIN PHOTOGRAPHIC CO., NEW YORK. MOZART. FROM A PAINTING BY M. MOZARTEngraved from a bust by T. Blood. WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART BY EDVARD GRIEG uTTTHAT kind of face would Bach, Handel, Haydn, and Mozart makeff after hearing an opera by Wagner? asks an English writer. Ishall not attempt to answer for the first three, but it is safe to saythat Mozart, the universal genius whose mind was free from Philistinismand one -sidedness, would not only open his eyes wide, but would be asdelighted as a child with all the new acquisitions in the departments ofdrama and orchestra In this light must Mozart be viewed. To speak ofMozart is like speaking of a god. When Gretclien asks Faust, Do youbelieve in God? he answers, Who dares name him, who confess him?In these profound words of Goethe I would express my feelings towardMozart. Where he is greatest he embraces all times. What if this orthat generation be sufficiently blase to desire to overlook him ? Beauty iseternal, and the edicts of fashion can obscure it only for a moment Asfar as our day is concerned, it
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