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 296
... hear the Concord Sonata in Spartanburg , South Carolina , where a large cement apple sits on a pedestal in the Square . And Mr. Wooldridge has uncovered evidence that Mahler played the Third Symphony in Mu- nich in 1910 ! . . . Did Mann ...
... hear the Concord Sonata in Spartanburg , South Carolina , where a large cement apple sits on a pedestal in the Square . And Mr. Wooldridge has uncovered evidence that Mahler played the Third Symphony in Mu- nich in 1910 ! . . . Did Mann ...
Page 304
... hear Daphnis et ChloƩ is to hear great art ( despite the hideous heavenly choirs , so copied by sound tracks that we hear the original now as a copy ) , but to see the score is to blush . Each " telling " tune illustrates a mawkish ...
... hear Daphnis et ChloƩ is to hear great art ( despite the hideous heavenly choirs , so copied by sound tracks that we hear the original now as a copy ) , but to see the score is to blush . Each " telling " tune illustrates a mawkish ...
Page 352
... hear the sound of the original instruments . Now , if we had to depend on the pro- liferation of viols and clavichords , shawms and sackbuts in the small towns of the world , few of us would ever hear old music as it was meant to be ...
... hear the sound of the original instruments . Now , if we had to depend on the pro- liferation of viols and clavichords , shawms and sackbuts in the small towns of the world , few of us would ever hear old music as it was meant to be ...
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 |