The oldest, truest, most beautiful organ of music, the origin to which alone our music… — Richard Wagner
The oldest, truest, most beautiful organ of music, the origin to which alone our music owes its being, is the human voice.
In the original German
Das älteste, echteste und schönste Organ der Musik, das Organ, dem unsere Musik allein ihr Dasein verdankt, ist die menschliche Stimme
1851
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Wagner, Richard. Opera and Drama, translated by William Ashton Ellis. University of Nebraska Press, 1995.
Original citation
Wagner, Richard. Oper und Drama [Opera and Drama]. Leipzig: J. J. Weber, 1852.
