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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... century , in writers ranging from Thomas Mann to Robert Craft , has criticism begun to come to terms with Wagner and his legacy . ) Musical politics , along with a curious propensity toward matters highly technical , also accounts for ...
... century , in writers ranging from Thomas Mann to Robert Craft , has criticism begun to come to terms with Wagner and his legacy . ) Musical politics , along with a curious propensity toward matters highly technical , also accounts for ...
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... century , musical traditions- which had been chiefly Italian in the two preceding centuries - now became almost entirely German . We think in German forms : the plan of phrases , their development , their balance , and all the rhet ...
... century , musical traditions- which had been chiefly Italian in the two preceding centuries - now became almost entirely German . We think in German forms : the plan of phrases , their development , their balance , and all the rhet ...
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... century music . Rorem simply sees things differently than anyone else and indulges in a degree of metaphorical risk - taking that few dare attempt . His article on Ravel— the composer who , against all expectations , has emerged as the ...
... century music . Rorem simply sees things differently than anyone else and indulges in a degree of metaphorical risk - taking that few dare attempt . His article on Ravel— the composer who , against all expectations , has emerged as the ...
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 |