The Divine Quest in Music

Adagio Allegro Andante Apollo aria artistic Bach Bach's beauty Beethoven believe Berlioz Brahms Calchas cantata Catholic century César Franck character choral chorus Christ Christian church music composer compositions conception Concerto dance death deeply depicts devotional Die Zauberflöte Dionysus divine Don Giovanni drama Dvořák emotions Ernest Newman expressed faith father Faust feeling final flat Franck fugue gods grandeur Greek Gustav Holst Haydn Heaven Hermes Hugo Wolf human hymn Idomeneo inspired instrumental Iphigeneia Jacques Barzun Liszt liturgical lyre Mass melody minor Missa Solemnis motets Mozart mystery mystical nature noble opera oratorio orchestra Orpheus overture pagan Parsifal Passion pianoforte play poem portrays pray prayer Psalm Quartet religion religious Requiem rhythm Roman sacred scene secular sense serene singing slow movement solemn solo Sonata song soul spiritual quality story strings sublime sung Symphony Tannhäuser Tchaikovsky tells theme violins voices Wagner words worship wrote Zeus