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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... kind of proof that we recognize in other fields , " and criticism is thus deemed useless by people who seem totally unruffled by so much else in their daily lives depending on " “ equally unverifiable judgments— on the quality of ...
... kind of proof that we recognize in other fields , " and criticism is thus deemed useless by people who seem totally unruffled by so much else in their daily lives depending on " “ equally unverifiable judgments— on the quality of ...
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... kind of sensuality , another kind of sensibility and another kind of cheerfulness make their appeal . This music is gay , but not in a French or German way . Its gaiety is African ; fate hangs over it , its happiness is short , sudden ...
... kind of sensuality , another kind of sensibility and another kind of cheerfulness make their appeal . This music is gay , but not in a French or German way . Its gaiety is African ; fate hangs over it , its happiness is short , sudden ...
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... kind as to show me the manuscript of Mozart's last and greatest work , the Requiem , which is in his possession . There is a three - fold inter- est about this gentleman — that he is a learned church composer , that he is extremely ...
... kind as to show me the manuscript of Mozart's last and greatest work , the Requiem , which is in his possession . There is a three - fold inter- est about this gentleman — that he is a learned church composer , that he is extremely ...
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 |