“While the ideas were flowing in upon me - the motifs, themes, structure melodies, harmonic garb, instrumentation - in fact the entire musical measure by measure - it seemed to me that I was dictated to by two wholly different Omnipotent Entities. 8.-21. 4. 11. 18. 7. 8. 15. I imagine that Shakespeare experienced similar sensations when he wrote such widely contrasting works as King Richard III and Midsummer Night’s Dream. The capacity for the reception of so totally diverse influxes 5. 7, 8, 6. 11, 7. 12, 8. 13, 9. 14, 10. 17, 18, 15. 25, 16. 26, 17. 29, 30 5. 9, 6. 10, 11, 7. 12, 8. 13, 9. 14, 15, 10. 16, 15. 25, 16. 26, 27, 17. 28 filled me with amazement.” Richard Strauss on his work at his two operas Elektra und Der Rosenkavalier

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