| Modern Musical Drift Contributor(s): Henderson, W. J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1545083800 ISBN-13: 9781545083802 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $9.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 6" W x 9" (0.49 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The central question of music to-day to Mr. Henderson is, "How far can music go in the direction of depicting things which lie outside itself?" Programme music is no new thing-the question is, how far can it go? Can we accept Strauss's attempt "to put into music the sensuality of a libertine, his final satiety, his utter coldness of heart," as in Don Juan, or his effort to "portray with an orchestra the horrors of dissolution, the gasps, the struggles, the death-rattle, the tremor mortis," as in "Death and Apotheosis"? Are these things legitimate in music? Mr. Henderson thinks not, but that in them Strauss displayed a talent which makes Strauss one of the forces to be reckoned with, and that in "Heldenleben" he entered upon a clearer vision. Mr. Henderson feels convinced. |