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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... human fashioner still holds for the human observer . In other words , the several arts compel the dif- ferent materials at hand to serve the curious purpose of producing sensations that we recognize as commentaries on our existence . By ...
... human fashioner still holds for the human observer . In other words , the several arts compel the dif- ferent materials at hand to serve the curious purpose of producing sensations that we recognize as commentaries on our existence . By ...
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... human voice , but the human character of that voice . Neither is it the thought expressed in Schiller's verses , that occupies our minds thereafter , but the familiar sound of the choral chant ; in which we ourselves feel bidden to join ...
... human voice , but the human character of that voice . Neither is it the thought expressed in Schiller's verses , that occupies our minds thereafter , but the familiar sound of the choral chant ; in which we ourselves feel bidden to join ...
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... human . Elsewhere Beethoven , instead of willing away his loneliness , lets it conduct him to icy , untenanted landscapes . The beginning of the Ninth Symphony suggests the creation of the world , an event no human was around to get ...
... human . Elsewhere Beethoven , instead of willing away his loneliness , lets it conduct him to icy , untenanted landscapes . The beginning of the Ninth Symphony suggests the creation of the world , an event no human was around to get ...
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 |