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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From Addison to Barzun Jack Sullivan. ture is machinery for living groups ; poetry , dance , and music are time arts ; the plastic and graphic arts are concerned with space- none of these aphorisms is without suggestiveness and ...
From Addison to Barzun Jack Sullivan. ture is machinery for living groups ; poetry , dance , and music are time arts ; the plastic and graphic arts are concerned with space- none of these aphorisms is without suggestiveness and ...
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... living landscape stands before us , chords will vibrate that never resounded within us before . On leaving Schu- bert's symphony , the bright , blooming , romantic life of Vienna ap- pears to me clearer than ever ; such works ought to ...
... living landscape stands before us , chords will vibrate that never resounded within us before . On leaving Schu- bert's symphony , the bright , blooming , romantic life of Vienna ap- pears to me clearer than ever ; such works ought to ...
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... living room . The orchestra would not sound like an orchestra , because it would lack the associated ambience . Yet it would be faithful , in a sense , to the original . On the other hand , a record that captures all the resonance of ...
... living room . The orchestra would not sound like an orchestra , because it would lack the associated ambience . Yet it would be faithful , in a sense , to the original . On the other hand , a record that captures all the resonance of ...
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 |