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 143
... Italy , he said with a mournful smile : " You compromise yourself when you praise me , a poor Italian , here in Berlin , in the capital of Sebastian Bach . " Meyerbeer was at that period a devoted follower of the Italian school ...
... Italy , he said with a mournful smile : " You compromise yourself when you praise me , a poor Italian , here in Berlin , in the capital of Sebastian Bach . " Meyerbeer was at that period a devoted follower of the Italian school ...
Page 256
... Italian opera has an added immediacy that comes from being contemporary with its subject matter . Readers of today may be startled to find composers such as Puccini and Mascagni characterized as modern and “ acrid , ” or Richard Strauss ...
... Italian opera has an added immediacy that comes from being contemporary with its subject matter . Readers of today may be startled to find composers such as Puccini and Mascagni characterized as modern and “ acrid , ” or Richard Strauss ...
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... Italian when limned by Michael Angelo . There never was a German who could have conceived the lilt of " Funiculi , funicula , " nor an Italian who could have composed " Schwesterlein . " No Russian could have pen- ned the dainty ...
... Italian when limned by Michael Angelo . There never was a German who could have conceived the lilt of " Funiculi , funicula , " nor an Italian who could have composed " Schwesterlein . " No Russian could have pen- ned the dainty ...
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 |