aufbauen

Updated: May 23, 2025

He conceived the form anew. "Mir heiszt Symphonic," he is reported to have said, "mit allen mitteln der vorhändenen Technik mir eine Welt aufbauen." He conceived the form particularly with reference to the being, the exigencies, the frame, of the modern concert hall. He realized that the shortness of the classic symphonies handicaps them severely in the present day.

Paul Rosenfeld - Musical Portraits: Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers