NICOLAS MEDTNER THE MUSE AND TRE FASHION of the foundations of the Art of uste Translated (with ome annosetions) by Alfred J. Sean SoAWN FRC ne RaTpY OF RAN eauie Haverford Collage Bookstore . Haverford, Pe ost 73 nak a. 80, EW YORK 16, ¥‘TABLE OF CONTENTS Traalotor's Note Preface Part One Introduction . ‘hity Hooepweiey, and Diversity’ Grniclien na htion Rope ad ir ‘Sinplieiey aad Gnplosity = ‘ie elence 2 Soplesty wd Cngexicy Chapter One "Foe niamentel’ Seen 3 the Sasica Language thelr iteration ‘he Rproninate Schew of the Fandrental Sone PE tate lmeseee Shain td lta Noe’ Tale in ‘he Scene “The Tew end Hi Dovipese alos mere Gunter Tree ‘foe Detence’ of ibe fundanontal Positions of ie Peat Theory of Male 5 Ohepter Foor 7 ‘Siyles eee Oupter bive many sb he Geneza iscipisne’ of ical Taucation decidentalTeronic Fortations Conpecniaes of Seyle fsbony and Cuneerpolne Oster Six “the Academe” | | ‘he Seif-Sutficle Distonsnce ‘he Fatal Boerinene theve'sa'e Fase ‘he Dircordnce‘TABLE OF CONTENTS Part Two “The Merge of the She Tr Ndersian 2, Adveneure aod Weroton irk Bi Tallunee and Intation 4 fibie ant Dexeersty 5 Chtloeiey ana detention &, Bojer and Eeperinent 1 ork and Tustness 1B, Topresedon and Bvelastion 2 > ‘Blane aco Abuiey 10; Gatasta ana Subject iter” Brogras sale : Be Ghetibae fan, fae Dieputaden | The Probleneticien of Contemporary Art ‘reviey an el fooation Jeltetlon of Gaerne SS carne = Ti oGenden” 22002 ‘Temslator’# Note Only ton infrequently are we privileged to hear misie digeused by Une no stand st ite fount, Creators are hot prone Uo let us enter inta their sanctun, Bren the feat effusive of tien seen to eachew the subject of i Tpicetion, or the acquisition of thenes, oF the pro~ Closes of developeent to which these thenes are sub- Sccted: and devote their wrieing to general seathetic Woeee (Megeer), natters of orchestration (Berlior, Rivaky-Horsake), or orsticiam of other conposers {Schunenn, Debussy), Mediner'= book is « ranarkable cneoption, deeling, ar St does, sith the ententials, oundations, the everlasting Ines of musical cre ie utteranoes were proveiad, oe he himself tells ue, by the bevildering pheromone of nodomn matic, with 5ts oegntion of "elanaic" melody and hareany, with ite at= Tempe of producing # new Larguape of soinda comprehen inTe only to the fev leiefated Laboratory workers. Bit Invoicing hie prota against auch e contraction of the reaming of moric, shich ap to the “modernists” was Sellcaigs eatversdl in ite appeal, it becene necessary or Medtney to expreas the inexpreesible, to penecrete Inte the deepest well of rumen perception, vo probe by Philowophy and pent experience hin faith ay an artist ‘The book is vritten with Mis Life-blood. Hence sca y peer that equal his bert songs of fairy That betoken che prophet’ » end reformer’ passions ‘layuenoe, aid make ur nee fore cognizant of perennial, Snmutable values, That the book wes hardly nocieed =t the tine of fee appearance in 1985, hae not been tran Teed, end breught act imadiately sn ell musice] cou thee, ie-ene of the paredoxes of cur confused epoch. ‘There is no need to fear ite wholesele attack of 50° called *modcraion’,. It vas, of course, not Mediner's Sab to seperate the grain fron tho chaff and indicate fore speed ftenlly what aehoole or personalities he se~ Chocd ef destrective practices, There war also bis pro- feselonal cole of honeur that prevented bin from sen=