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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... Wagner's essays were the verbal equivalent of his music dramas , an attempt to combine philosophy , religion , and ... Wagner regarded as the master and even “ saint " of music . In his controver- sial " The Art Work of the Future ...
... Wagner's essays were the verbal equivalent of his music dramas , an attempt to combine philosophy , religion , and ... Wagner regarded as the master and even “ saint " of music . In his controver- sial " The Art Work of the Future ...
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... Wagner and Wagnerism was one of the most intense and pro- tracted controversies in the history of music . For much ... Wagner's innovations constituted a revolutionary advance or a monstrous decadence that could only destroy music as an ...
... Wagner and Wagnerism was one of the most intense and pro- tracted controversies in the history of music . For much ... Wagner's innovations constituted a revolutionary advance or a monstrous decadence that could only destroy music as an ...
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... Wagner d'après lui - même ( Paris , Fischbacher , 2 vols . , at 3.50 fr . apiece ) . Noufflard is so exceedingly French a Frenchman that he writes a preface to explain that though he admires Wagner , still Alsace and Lorraine must be ...
... Wagner d'après lui - même ( Paris , Fischbacher , 2 vols . , at 3.50 fr . apiece ) . Noufflard is so exceedingly French a Frenchman that he writes a preface to explain that though he admires Wagner , still Alsace and Lorraine must be ...
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 |