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 121
... language and under- stands the most mysterious premonitions that have stirred it . That composer alone has truly mastered the secrets of harmony who knows how , by their means , to work upon the human soul ; for him , numerical ...
... language and under- stands the most mysterious premonitions that have stirred it . That composer alone has truly mastered the secrets of harmony who knows how , by their means , to work upon the human soul ; for him , numerical ...
Page 280
... language and allows a new start . This simplified language permits the decisive recapture of a long - neglected element ; from the very start , and throughout the most important episodes of Le Sacre , this right is aggressively claimed ...
... language and allows a new start . This simplified language permits the decisive recapture of a long - neglected element ; from the very start , and throughout the most important episodes of Le Sacre , this right is aggressively claimed ...
Page 352
... language of piano and orchestra . We can play Bach and Purcell on modern instruments , and it is good that we can ; but as we dig deeper into the past of music , that contortion feels more and more awkward . As the harmonic language ...
... language of piano and orchestra . We can play Bach and Purcell on modern instruments , and it is good that we can ; but as we dig deeper into the past of music , that contortion feels more and more awkward . As the harmonic language ...
Contents
The Elusive Art Jack Sullivan | 3 |
Music into Words Jacques Barzun | 14 |
Three Diatribes George Bernard Shaw | 32 |
Copyright | |
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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 |