The Beautiful in Music (Classic Reprint): A Contribution to the Revisal of Musical Aesthetics: A Contribution to the Revisal of Musical Aesthetics (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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F I have ventured to translate Dr. Eduard Hanslick's Vom musikalisch-schonen, I have done SO with a full knowledge of the short comings which every translation must present, and especially one like this, the original of which is so inimitable in style and so thoroughly German in construction, that even far more competent writers than myself would find it difficult, if not impossible, to do complete justice to it. My excuse for under taking so arduous a task must be the desire to introduce to the English reader one of the most remarkable books on musical aesthetics, and one which has deservedly gained a wide reputation among the German-speaking communities. The work is not of recent date, the first edition having appeared close on forty years ago; yet, as is the case with all works dealing with. Principles and not with questions of local on contemporary interest, the fact of its age in no way detracts from its importance. In conclusion, I may say that I have not aimed so much at perfection in style as at reflecting with fidelity the mind and spirit of the.

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