The oldest, truest, most beautiful organ of music, the origin to which alone our music owes its being, is the human voice.

Das älteste, echteste und schönste Organ der Musik, das Organ, dem unsere Musik allein ihr Dasein verdankt, ist die menschliche Stimme

Richard Wagner

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Wagner, Richard. Oper und Drama [Opera and Drama]. 1851, pt. 2.

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Wagner, Richard. Opera and Drama. Translated by William Ashton Ellis. U of Nebraska P, 1995.