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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From Addison to Barzun Jack Sullivan. The Enchantment of Rameau CLAUDE DEBUSSY As a music critic , Claude Debussy sounded the same revolutionary note he did as a composer . Calling for a total liberation from old formulas , from the ...
From Addison to Barzun Jack Sullivan. The Enchantment of Rameau CLAUDE DEBUSSY As a music critic , Claude Debussy sounded the same revolutionary note he did as a composer . Calling for a total liberation from old formulas , from the ...
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... Debussy , he cleans away the " impressionist ” clouds ( as he does in his revelatory recordings of that composer ) ... Debussy's masterpiece , but it heralded an undeniable renewal in the spirit of chamber music , which it pried loose from ...
... Debussy , he cleans away the " impressionist ” clouds ( as he does in his revelatory recordings of that composer ) ... Debussy's masterpiece , but it heralded an undeniable renewal in the spirit of chamber music , which it pried loose from ...
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... Debussy , that famed roué , leads somewhere , but not to sex . The music of Ravel , that presumed abstainer , usually emulates bodily fulfillment . We know of Debussy's love - hate of Wagner . But how did a non- linear type like him ...
... Debussy , that famed roué , leads somewhere , but not to sex . The music of Ravel , that presumed abstainer , usually emulates bodily fulfillment . We know of Debussy's love - hate of Wagner . But how did a non- linear type like him ...
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 |