"The time element of music is only of one kind: a defined part of human, earthly time, into which it flows and inexpressibly ennobles and elevates it. The narrative, on the other hand, has two kinds of time: firstly, its own, musical, realistic time, which enables its course and appearance, and secondly, that of its content, and this time is perspective, namely to such a variable degree that this imaginary time of the narrative is approximately or it may coincide completely with his musical time, but it may also be at star distance from him.
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The time element of music is only of one kind: a defined part of human, earthly time, into which it flows and inexpressibly ennobles and elevates it. The narrative, on the other hand, has two kinds of time: firstly, its own, musical, realistic time, which enables its course and appearance, and secondly, that of its content, and this time is perspective, namely to such a variable degree that this imaginary time of the narrative is approximately or it may coincide completely with his musical time, but it may also be at star distance from him.
""A zene időeleme csupán egyféle: az emberi, földi idő egy körülhatárolt részlege, amelybe ömlik, s kimondhatatlanul megnemesíti, felmagasztosítja. Az elbeszélésnek ezzel szemben kétféle ideje van: először a sajátja, a zenei, reális ideje, amely lefolyását, megjelenését lehetővé teszi, másodsorban azonban a tartalmáé, s ez az idő perspektivikus, mégpedig olyan változó mértékben, hogy az elbeszélésnek ez az imaginárius ideje megközelítően vagy teljesen egybeeshet zenei idejével, de csillagtávolságban is lehet tőle."