MUSIC
the music of sound, poetry is th music of words. To appreciative fully the tru merits of either of these arts, th sense of musical perception and ap preciation must trained and de veloped. The subtle music of ou finest and purest poetry is as waste upon the untrained ear as is Schil ler's “Hymn of Joy” lost upon th ncyi-musician. We cannot, we must not, compar critically by the merits and fancie faults of the masters of the Nin Arts. Art is art, and so closely ar the sections united that the foremos portrayers of music, poetry, sculpture etc., mutually excell each other. If Sharespeare is a "king amonj men" as your correspondent, Charle Hooper, says, then Beethoven is hi co-equal, inmusic.—l am., etc. AGRICOLA. Westmere, 27/8/’3O.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 205, 31 August 1936, Page 6
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