id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 54426 Henderson, W. J. (William James) Modern Musical Drift .txt text/plain 46352 2661 72 Music, text, action, scenic form and color, all work together real first movement, "Die Walküre." Of this work the music is the musical thought in the whole second act of "Die Walküre," for, after words, although the modern art of music may fairly be said to have Strauss has shown that the principles of musical form which the the oratorio, and so again is the music drama of Wagner. the real key to the music of such a composer as Strauss. of music from pure beauty of form and development of melodic ideas song without words it is again moods and emotions that music must pointed to melodious music Wagner was frankly melodic, and that he endeavored to introduce into their music an Italianized Wagnerism is but our dreams," and to feel that this lovely art of music is a into the origin and nature of musical works. ./cache/54426.txt ./txt/54426.txt