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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... hearts concentrated in a single heart , how they would grapple such secret devotion to their souls as a powerful consolation in adversity - against the envy and hatred of some , the dull , shallow indifference of others , the half ...
... hearts concentrated in a single heart , how they would grapple such secret devotion to their souls as a powerful consolation in adversity - against the envy and hatred of some , the dull , shallow indifference of others , the half ...
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... heart , from a heart that is secretly ill , and can dream only of health . How comes it that an artist , who from his cradle has been spared all the blood - sucking cares of life , born in the lap of riches , tended by his whole family ...
... heart , from a heart that is secretly ill , and can dream only of health . How comes it that an artist , who from his cradle has been spared all the blood - sucking cares of life , born in the lap of riches , tended by his whole family ...
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From Addison to Barzun Jack Sullivan. Schubert : Music's Great Heart H. L. MENCKEN This article is one of two Mencken wrote in 1928 , the centenary of Schubert's death . Mencken admired Wagner , Beethoven , and Haydn ... Heart, H L Mencken.
From Addison to Barzun Jack Sullivan. Schubert : Music's Great Heart H. L. MENCKEN This article is one of two Mencken wrote in 1928 , the centenary of Schubert's death . Mencken admired Wagner , Beethoven , and Haydn ... Heart, H L Mencken.
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 |