Download or read book Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music (Classic Reprint) written by Ferruccio Busoni and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-17 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music What still remains to be surpassed, is their form of expression and their freedom. Wagner, a Ger manic Titan, who touched our earthly horizon in orchestral tone-effect, who intensified the form of expression, but fashioned it into a system (music drama, declamation, leading-motive), is on this account incapable of further intensification. His category begins and ends with himself; first. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.