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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Original Citation

Whitman, Walt. Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn, New York: Self-published, 1855, preface.

Current Citation

Whitman, Walt. Leaves of Grass: The Complete 1855 and 1891-2 Editions. Library of America, 2011, preface to 1855 edition.

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

Charlie Parker

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Topic
Artistic expression Music
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Charlie Parker
Source
Hear Me Talkin' to Ya
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1955 1950s 20th century
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Source
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Genre
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Nietzsche, Friedrich. Also sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen [Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None]. Chemnitz: Ernst Schmeitzner, 1883, pt. 1.

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Nietzsche, Friedrich. Nietzsche: Thus Spoke Zarathustra, edited by Robert Pippin, translated by Adrian Del Caro. Cambridge University Press, 2006, pt. 1.