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 51
... Melody , during his short existence , was not sufficiently polished by great singers ; and though there are grand designs in his works , and masterly strokes of com- position and expression , yet his melody wants symmetry and grace ...
... Melody , during his short existence , was not sufficiently polished by great singers ; and though there are grand designs in his works , and masterly strokes of com- position and expression , yet his melody wants symmetry and grace ...
Page 124
... melody . Melody having lost its innocence at the hand of our art - musicians , he wished to restore to it this purest innocence . One has only to recall the Italian Opera - melody of last century , to recognise in that singular ...
... melody . Melody having lost its innocence at the hand of our art - musicians , he wished to restore to it this purest innocence . One has only to recall the Italian Opera - melody of last century , to recognise in that singular ...
Page 147
... melody . This reproach proceeds from an error . The trees are not seen on account of the forest . Melody is here subordinate to the harmony . When compared with Rossini's music , in which the reverse is the case , I have already pointed ...
... melody . This reproach proceeds from an error . The trees are not seen on account of the forest . Melody is here subordinate to the harmony . When compared with Rossini's music , in which the reverse is the case , I have already pointed ...
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 |