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 59
... emotions and actions . More- over , Bach now and then heightens the sentiment of his text in the most striking way ... emotion . When he translates a feeling into tone , he voices it in its extreme form . In the first chorus of the ...
... emotions and actions . More- over , Bach now and then heightens the sentiment of his text in the most striking way ... emotion . When he translates a feeling into tone , he voices it in its extreme form . In the first chorus of the ...
Page 117
... emotions , even defi- nite events ? How can it ever have occurred to you to treat after the fashion of the plastic arts the art diametrically opposed to plastic ? Your sunrises , your tempests , your Batailles des trois Empereurs , and ...
... emotions , even defi- nite events ? How can it ever have occurred to you to treat after the fashion of the plastic arts the art diametrically opposed to plastic ? Your sunrises , your tempests , your Batailles des trois Empereurs , and ...
Page 118
... emotions defined by words as emotions experi- enced in the realm of the infinite ? The musical rabble is oppressed by Beethoven's powerful ge- nius 118 Beethoven and the Sublime.
... emotions defined by words as emotions experi- enced in the realm of the infinite ? The musical rabble is oppressed by Beethoven's powerful ge- nius 118 Beethoven and the Sublime.
Contents
The Elusive Art Jack Sullivan | 3 |
Music into Words Jacques Barzun | 14 |
Three Diatribes George Bernard Shaw | 32 |
Copyright | |
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References to this book
Maestros of the Pen: A History of Classical Music Criticism in America Mark N. Grant,Eric Friedheim No preview available - 1998 |