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 144
... passion rise . The man and the artist are in close rivalry ; when the one peals the tocsin of wildest passion , the other knows how to tune these rude accents of nature to sweetest , most penetrating harmonies . While the mass of the au ...
... passion rise . The man and the artist are in close rivalry ; when the one peals the tocsin of wildest passion , the other knows how to tune these rude accents of nature to sweetest , most penetrating harmonies . While the mass of the au ...
Page 183
... passionate even when the subject is far removed from passion , and yet also express sweet and tender sentiments and the deepest calm . " Whatever one may think of this volcanic force , of this torrential stream of youth and passion , it ...
... passionate even when the subject is far removed from passion , and yet also express sweet and tender sentiments and the deepest calm . " Whatever one may think of this volcanic force , of this torrential stream of youth and passion , it ...
Page 209
... passion . As such it underlay every important and noble endeavor . It was the inner engine that drove some beings to be heroes and artists ; it required a strong and beautiful soul to sustain it , and although it was Woman that ...
... passion . As such it underlay every important and noble endeavor . It was the inner engine that drove some beings to be heroes and artists ; it required a strong and beautiful soul to sustain it , and although it was Woman that ...
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 |