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Excerpt from Modern Composers of Europe: Being an Account of the Most Recent Musical Progress in the Various European Nations, With Some Notes on Their History, and Critical and Biographical Sketches of the Contemporary Musical Leaders in Each Country
Meanwhile, the name of Wagner had come to dominate the world by sheer force of genius. The modulatory style had only recently been adopted, and here was a man, it seemed, able to explore and exploit its utmost recesses and possibilities. Small wonder, then, that many repeated the error of Franz, mutato nomine,' and asserted that, after Wagner, no one again could attain such vast heights. Even at present, many years after his death, the world still looks with amazement on his truly stupendous achievements. Where else, even now, do we find the fierce power of the Ride of the Valkyries, the fascinating beauty of the Magic Fire music, the com pelling charm of the Waldesweben, or the ineffable human tenderness that pervades the score of Die Meistersinger?
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