Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Music must be set free from any sort of scientific apporach; its aim must be to give pleasure. Within these limits it is possible to achieve great beauty. Extreme complication is the antithesis of art. Beauty must be something that can be felt, the pleasure it gives must be immediate; it must impose itself on us, or insinuate its way into us, without our having to make the least effort to reach out toward it. Look at Leonardo, look at Mozart. There were two great artists!
Claude Debussy
Monsieur Croche, 1921
posted by cesc at 4:17 AM
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Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinen Herzen
Lucia Popp (from Die Zauberflöte, directed by Otto Klemperer, EMI)
Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinen Herzen,
Tod und Verzweiflung flammet um mich her!
Fühlt nicht durch dich Sarastro Todesschmerzen,
So bist du meine Tochter nimmermehr.
Verstoßen sei auf ewig, verlassen sei auf ewig,
Zertrümmert sei'n auf ewig alle Bande der Natur,
Wenn nicht durch dich Sarastro wird erblassen!
Hort! Rachegötter! Hört der Mutter Schwur!
4:26 AM
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