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 48
... compositions seemed to speak a new language ; yet , however different from that to which the public had been long ... composition that was then known , with equal felicity . In writing for the church , whether he adhered to the ...
... compositions seemed to speak a new language ; yet , however different from that to which the public had been long ... composition that was then known , with equal felicity . In writing for the church , whether he adhered to the ...
Page 194
... composition ; it is so refined in form , its cantilena is from beginning to end so enclosed in charming figuration ; it is nothing more or less than so unique an impromptu that it cannot be placed beside any other of his composi- tions ...
... composition ; it is so refined in form , its cantilena is from beginning to end so enclosed in charming figuration ; it is nothing more or less than so unique an impromptu that it cannot be placed beside any other of his composi- tions ...
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... composition to defy with safety the sternest and most unrelenting criticism to find a fault , and to which indeed , were it the subject of a lecture , the professor's exordium might be , " This is perfection of its kind . " The Abbé ...
... composition to defy with safety the sternest and most unrelenting criticism to find a fault , and to which indeed , were it the subject of a lecture , the professor's exordium might be , " This is perfection of its kind . " The Abbé ...
Contents
The Elusive Art Jack Sullivan | 3 |
Music into Words Jacques Barzun | 14 |
Three Diatribes George Bernard Shaw | 32 |
Copyright | |
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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 |