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 229
... audience that is not made through their bodily sense is omitted , the association of the theme with the sword is not formed until that point in the first act of The Valkyries at which Siegmund is left alone by Hunding's hearth ...
... audience that is not made through their bodily sense is omitted , the association of the theme with the sword is not formed until that point in the first act of The Valkyries at which Siegmund is left alone by Hunding's hearth ...
Page 283
... audience laughed audibly all through the performance , and hissed vigorously at the end — which is a very unusual thing for an English audience to do , even when it is not pleased . The manage- ment was evidently apprehensive that ...
... audience laughed audibly all through the performance , and hissed vigorously at the end — which is a very unusual thing for an English audience to do , even when it is not pleased . The manage- ment was evidently apprehensive that ...
Page 378
... audience grew restless ; people began to talk , each telling his neighbor of his increasing discomfort and boredom . Finally , unable to stand such weariness of spirit , nine tenths of the audience got up and left , complaining aloud ...
... audience grew restless ; people began to talk , each telling his neighbor of his increasing discomfort and boredom . Finally , unable to stand such weariness of spirit , nine tenths of the audience got up and left , complaining aloud ...
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 |