The oldest, truest, most beautiful organ of music, the origin to which alone our music owes its being, is the human voice.

Das älteste, echteste und schönste Organ der Musik, das Organ, dem unsere Musik allein ihr Dasein verdankt, ist die menschliche Stimme

Richard Wagner

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Topic

Human voice Singing Music

Author

Richard Wagner

Source

Opera and Drama

Medium

Essay

Language

German

Time

1851 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Composer

From

Germany Europe

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Original Citation

Wagner, Richard. Oper und Drama [Opera and Drama]. Leipzig: J. J. Weber, 1852.

Current Citation

Wagner, Richard. Opera and Drama, translated by William Ashton Ellis. University of Nebraska Press, 1995.

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If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn.

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Genre
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Language
English
Time
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Source
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Time
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Freud, Sigmund. Einführung in die Psychoanalyse [Introduction to Psychoanalysis]. 1915-1917, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, lecture 1. Lecture series.

Current Citation

Freud, Sigmund. Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis. W. W. Norton & Company, 1977, lecture 1.