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 134
... Symphony is an immediate revelation of Beethoven's full power in both of these ways . Of all passages in a work of art , the first subject of the first movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony has had the deepest and widest influence on ...
... Symphony is an immediate revelation of Beethoven's full power in both of these ways . Of all passages in a work of art , the first subject of the first movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony has had the deepest and widest influence on ...
Page 156
... symphony and find that mode of treatment certain to impress the public , is here realised in the noblest manner . Assuredly he never proposed to surpass Beethoven's ninth symphony , but , an industrious artist , he continually drew ...
... symphony and find that mode of treatment certain to impress the public , is here realised in the noblest manner . Assuredly he never proposed to surpass Beethoven's ninth symphony , but , an industrious artist , he continually drew ...
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... symphony , like that of one of Jean Paul's romances in four thick volumes , never able to come to an end , for the very best reasons — in order to leave the reader able to go on romancing for himself . How refreshing is this feeling of ...
... symphony , like that of one of Jean Paul's romances in four thick volumes , never able to come to an end , for the very best reasons — in order to leave the reader able to go on romancing for himself . How refreshing is this feeling of ...
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 |