Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. What still remains to be surpassed, is their form of expression and their freedom. Wagner, a Ger manic Titan, who touched our earthly horizon in orchestral tone-effect, who intensified the form of expression, but fashioned it into a system (music drama, declamation, leading-motive), is on this account incapable of further intensification. His category begins and ends with himself; first.