. Richard Wagner : his life and works . o 3 c >-C c«-2 oao £ <<! m H < wzc< o 05< u 05 a-s ■a .Si « • i: .Si o S !44 RICHARD WAGNER together of those motives which outline and characterize allthe evolutions of the drama, — the interior action which isunfolded in the hearts of the personages, as well as theexterior action which one follows with the eyes; for such isthe double aim of this genius, as mindful of incentives as ofactions, as attentive to causes, as to effects. Aside from thechoruses which give to some of the leading motives their full ^^r-^r^^.. REPRESENTAT
. Richard Wagner : his life and works . o 3 c >-C c«-2 oao £ <<! m H < wzc< o 05< u 05 a-s ■a .Si « • i: .Si o S !44 RICHARD WAGNER together of those motives which outline and characterize allthe evolutions of the drama, — the interior action which isunfolded in the hearts of the personages, as well as theexterior action which one follows with the eyes; for such isthe double aim of this genius, as mindful of incentives as ofactions, as attentive to causes, as to effects. Aside from thechoruses which give to some of the leading motives their full ^^r-^r^^.. REPRESENTATION OF PARSIFAL AT BAYREUTH IN crouches at the feet of Parsifal (Act III., scene I.) musical expansion, aside from Kundrys account of the deathof Herzeleide, the mother of Parsifal, there is nothing for thevoice but scraps of song, exclamations, fragments of the pri-mordial motives, while these characteristic themes are fullycarried out in the orchestra, which gives them an infinitevariety of color and form ; it is an admirable art, and quite RICHARD WAGNER 345 new, even under the pen of Richard Wagner, who had madeonly a beginning in the Ring of the Nibelungen. Moreover, Wagner innovates here in respect to a naturally expects a perfectly coherent piece in which theauthor sums up and condenses the whole drama with that ex-traordinary power in which he excels over all musicians. Butthe composer has inexhaustible resources, and finds newforms instead of alwaysrepeating himself. In theprelude of Parsifal, Wag-ner has simply wished toimpress upon the hea
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