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 128
... orchestral works . He instrumented on exactly the same assumptions of the orchestra's capacity as his predecessors Haydn and Mozart , notwithstanding that he vastly outstripped them in the character of his musical concep- tions . What ...
... orchestral works . He instrumented on exactly the same assumptions of the orchestra's capacity as his predecessors Haydn and Mozart , notwithstanding that he vastly outstripped them in the character of his musical concep- tions . What ...
Page 258
... orchestral effects the later composers no doubt owed the suggestion that with the orchestra much might be said that could not be given to the voices . Subsequently the leaven of Wagnerism permeated European musical art , but the ...
... orchestral effects the later composers no doubt owed the suggestion that with the orchestra much might be said that could not be given to the voices . Subsequently the leaven of Wagnerism permeated European musical art , but the ...
Page 320
... orchestra and giocoso chattering from two bassoons of another . The piece lasts fifteen minutes . Orchestra I , on the left of the platform , consists of brasses , strings , and kettledrums . Orchestra III , on the right of the platform ...
... orchestra and giocoso chattering from two bassoons of another . The piece lasts fifteen minutes . Orchestra I , on the left of the platform , consists of brasses , strings , and kettledrums . Orchestra III , on the right of the platform ...
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 |