Words on Music: From Addison to BarzunJack Sullivan Ohio University Press, 1990 - 438 pages Features essays covering instrumental and vocal music from the eighteenth through the twentieth century. |
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Page 116
... Beethoven . Written during Beethoven's lifetime , Hoffmann's essay on that composer is the inversion of Wagner's " Beethoven : A Revelation from Another World , " below . To Wagner , a creator of music drama , " the Word " in the choral ...
... Beethoven . Written during Beethoven's lifetime , Hoffmann's essay on that composer is the inversion of Wagner's " Beethoven : A Revelation from Another World , " below . To Wagner , a creator of music drama , " the Word " in the choral ...
Page 123
... Beethoven Ninth " ) have denounced this argument as a self- serving justification of Wagner's own theories , it should not be forgotten that Wagner also gives Beethoven's instrumental music its full , heroic due , both in this piece and ...
... Beethoven Ninth " ) have denounced this argument as a self- serving justification of Wagner's own theories , it should not be forgotten that Wagner also gives Beethoven's instrumental music its full , heroic due , both in this piece and ...
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... Beethoven's career were continu- ally deceived about the scale of his designs , or they would not so constantly have considered Beethoven inferior to Mozart in power of construction . With the rarest exceptions they always listened to a ...
... Beethoven's career were continu- ally deceived about the scale of his designs , or they would not so constantly have considered Beethoven inferior to Mozart in power of construction . With the rarest exceptions they always listened to a ...
Contents
The Elusive Art Jack Sullivan | 3 |
Music into Words Jacques Barzun | 14 |
Three Diatribes George Bernard Shaw | 32 |
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Maestros of the Pen: A History of Classical Music Criticism in America Mark N. Grant,Eric Friedheim No preview available - 1998 |