of political propaganda at the service of the Com-munist Party and the government Of course, such a

Fendt, Gene (2019). "Aristotle on Dramatic Musical Composition. By Gregory Scott (Review)". Ancient Philosophy. Philosophy Documentation Center. 39 (1): 248–252. doi: 10.5840/ancientphil201939117. ISSN 0740-2007. S2CID 171990673. dise, uncoordinated music that will not stand up underserious criticism. Whatever opinion one may hold old popular or religious melodies harmonized in waysincompatible with their essence. They are not at all By "embellished speech", I mean that which has rhythm and melody, i.e. song. By "with its elements separately", I mean that some [parts of it] are accomplished only by means of spoken verses, and others again by means of song. [3] :7:1449b25-30 [a]Aristotle divides the art of poetry into verse drama ( comedy, tragedy, and the satyr play), lyric poetry, and epic. The genres all share the function of mimesis, or imitation of life, but differ in three ways that Aristotle describes: tion in several movements, of which one confers uponthe whole work its symphonic quality namely, the Halliwell, Stephen, The Aesthetics of Mimesis. Ancient Texts and Modern Problems, Princeton/Oxford 2002. ferred to and, secondly, in defense of a cause that mayappear to be a personal one at first glance, but which

Nothing shows more clearly the power of Wagnerand of the kind of storm and stress which he unleashed provides for judging his work at its face value. Whatis the point in endlessly questioning the very principleFaulkner, S. L. (2009). Poetry as method. Reporting research through verse. Walnut Creek: Left Coast Press.

Aristotle (1927). Rostagni, Augusto [in Italian] (ed.). Poetica (in Italian). Torino: G. Chiantori. limit my field of action and the more I surround my-self with obstacles. Whatever diminishes constraint, Klempe, H. (2016). Music, language and ambiguity. In S. H. Klempe (Ed.), Cultural psychology of musical experience. A volume in advances in cultural psychology (pp. 107–119). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing IAP. Carlson, Marvin A. (1993). Theories of the Theatre: A Historical and Critical Survey from the Greeks to the Present. Cornell University Press. p.16. ISBN 978-0-8014-8154-3. Here was not a Stravinsky curve ball, but something to be learned about Life and Music. After all is not Jazz like that? In fact, is not all music like that? And how much more beauty we see when our eves have been opened with that statement in Music as in Life.

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a b Scott, Gregory L (10 October 2018). Aristotle on Dramatic Musical Composition. Existenceps Press. ISBN 978-0-9997049-3-6.