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 34
... feeling in my notices as if they were accusing me of a misdemeanor , not knowing that a criticism written without personal feeling is not worth reading . It is the capacity for making good or bad art a personal matter that makes a man a ...
... feeling in my notices as if they were accusing me of a misdemeanor , not knowing that a criticism written without personal feeling is not worth reading . It is the capacity for making good or bad art a personal matter that makes a man a ...
Page 308
... feeling : he is somewhat the mystic of the sounds of sirens , horns , gongs , and whistles afloat in the air of the great industrial centers , in the sense in which Picasso is that of the city landscape with its house - wall , billboard ...
... feeling : he is somewhat the mystic of the sounds of sirens , horns , gongs , and whistles afloat in the air of the great industrial centers , in the sense in which Picasso is that of the city landscape with its house - wall , billboard ...
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... feeling was the permanent state of their consciousness , and who were certainly not restrained by any religious , conventional , or prudential consider- ations from indulging themselves to the utmost of their oppor- tunities . Far from ...
... feeling was the permanent state of their consciousness , and who were certainly not restrained by any religious , conventional , or prudential consider- ations from indulging themselves to the utmost of their oppor- tunities . Far from ...
Contents
The Elusive Art Jack Sullivan | 3 |
Music into Words Jacques Barzun | 14 |
Three Diatribes George Bernard Shaw | 32 |
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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 |