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...century has had little of the artistic element in its development; yet there has been a great advance in the art of music. In spite of this great progress, however, music is still in its formative stage. It is an art of which the nature is still mysterious and unknown. "Modern Music" is essentially individual in its expression, and is of dramatic tendency. Beethoven, Schubert and Wagner are the exponents of the more strictly modern music. Before Beethoven's time all the elements of the art existed, and were organized by Bach in such a way as to completely anticipate...
...hitherto obtained few original works, these acquisitions are of great importance. They are as follows: A Florentine Tabernacolo, an Adoration of the Magi, a portrait of the Procurator of St. Mark, a Meleager, a Battle of Amazons, and a small Aphrodite head. The authors of these works are unknown...