The Music of Hindostan c17.168

c17.168

² Since Schubert the centre of interest has been more and more transferred from the voice part to the accompaniment. To hear the accompaniment alone would give a better idea of the composer’s thought than to hear the voice part alone. The latter would, in fact, be wholly unintelligible in a large number of modern songs, especially in those which aim at creating atmosphere or at elaborating niceties of declamation.