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 137
... performance has too vividly reminded me . Therefore I implore all young artists to do their best under all circumstances ; for they can never know who is listening to them , or how soon some insignificant brat in the cheap seats in a ...
... performance has too vividly reminded me . Therefore I implore all young artists to do their best under all circumstances ; for they can never know who is listening to them , or how soon some insignificant brat in the cheap seats in a ...
Page 283
... performance , and hissed vigorously at the end — which is a very unusual thing for an English audience to do , even when it is not pleased . The manage- ment was evidently apprehensive that something of the same sort might happen again ...
... performance , and hissed vigorously at the end — which is a very unusual thing for an English audience to do , even when it is not pleased . The manage- ment was evidently apprehensive that something of the same sort might happen again ...
Page 356
... performance , the art functions in the realm of the eye , and not of the ear , and this draws literature away from an art which , as is universally acknowledged , has no meaning except as an auditory experience . Shakespeare's plays are ...
... performance , the art functions in the realm of the eye , and not of the ear , and this draws literature away from an art which , as is universally acknowledged , has no meaning except as an auditory experience . Shakespeare's plays are ...
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 |