Modern music and musicians : [Encyclopedic] . them comparatively unfamiliar. Thewriter of this article has himself attempted, by using a second piano, toimpart to several of Mozarts pianoforte sonatas a tonal effect appealing toour modern ears: and he wishes to add, by way of apology, that he didnot change a single one of Mozarts notes, thus preserving the respect weowe to the great master. It is not my opinion that this was an act of ne-cessity ; far from it. But provided a man does not follow the example ofGounod (who transformed a Bach prelude into a modern, sentimental, andtrivial show-pie
Modern music and musicians : [Encyclopedic] . them comparatively unfamiliar. Thewriter of this article has himself attempted, by using a second piano, toimpart to several of Mozarts pianoforte sonatas a tonal effect appealing toour modern ears: and he wishes to add, by way of apology, that he didnot change a single one of Mozarts notes, thus preserving the respect weowe to the great master. It is not my opinion that this was an act of ne-cessity ; far from it. But provided a man does not follow the example ofGounod (who transformed a Bach prelude into a modern, sentimental, andtrivial show-piece), of which I absolutely disapprove, but seeks to preservethe unities of style, there is surely no reason for raising an outcry over his 80 WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART desire to attempt a modernization as one way of showing his admirationfor an old master. Mozarts orchestral works, however, show ns that hehas colors fresh enough to captivate the ear to-day and probably for animmeasurable time to come. From Mozarts instrumentation we can still. / < 1 -
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