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 83
... appears leading some warriors who have just avenged Castor . Then the choir perform a wonderfully warlike interlude , with superbly powerful music and trumpet fanfares . And that finishes the first act . In the second act we are at the ...
... appears leading some warriors who have just avenged Castor . Then the choir perform a wonderfully warlike interlude , with superbly powerful music and trumpet fanfares . And that finishes the first act . In the second act we are at the ...
Page 94
... appears to us that he spoiled him ; and we think Wieland or Schiller would have told him so , had he known and been in the habit of talking with them on his works ; just as Raphael made use of his friend Ariosto , and Ariosto perhaps ...
... appears to us that he spoiled him ; and we think Wieland or Schiller would have told him so , had he known and been in the habit of talking with them on his works ; just as Raphael made use of his friend Ariosto , and Ariosto perhaps ...
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... appear to be driven to this lamentable alternative : either to give up the best part of our culture or else make it a curse ... appears to be our plain duty to forbid amateur music altogether , and to insist on romance and poetry being ...
... appear to be driven to this lamentable alternative : either to give up the best part of our culture or else make it a curse ... appears to be our plain duty to forbid amateur music altogether , and to insist on romance and poetry being ...
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 |