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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... artist , has come upon me so strongly that I have been withheld only by my fear that , being no marksman , I might hit the wrong person and incur the guilt of slaying a mer- itorious singer . ) In the same way , really fine artists ...
... artist , has come upon me so strongly that I have been withheld only by my fear that , being no marksman , I might hit the wrong person and incur the guilt of slaying a mer- itorious singer . ) In the same way , really fine artists ...
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... artist . Like his subject , Schweitzer had the rare ability to soar from small particulars to lofty abstractions with clarity and ease . S ome artists are subjective , some objective . The art of the former has its source in their ...
... artist . Like his subject , Schweitzer had the rare ability to soar from small particulars to lofty abstractions with clarity and ease . S ome artists are subjective , some objective . The art of the former has its source in their ...
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... artist , who from his cradle has been spared all the blood - sucking cares of life , born in the lap of riches , tended by his whole family - that readily , nay with enthusiasm , gratified all his longings , —who seems prepared for ...
... artist , who from his cradle has been spared all the blood - sucking cares of life , born in the lap of riches , tended by his whole family - that readily , nay with enthusiasm , gratified all his longings , —who seems prepared for ...
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 |