Walter Raymond Spalding Quote

The best eulogy of Schumann is the recognition that many of the tendencies in modern music, which we now take for granted, date from him: the exaltation of freedom and fancy over the mere formal presentation, the union of broad culture with musical technique, and the recognition of music as the art closest in touch with the aspirations of humanity. He was an idealist with such perseverance and clearness of aim that his more characteristic work can never die.

Page 174. - Quotes from Music: An Art and a Language - Schumann and Mendelssohn (Ch. XIII)

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