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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... piece on Rossini and Meyerbeer and Barzun's article on Liszt , for example , are quite long compared to Thomas Love Peacock's and Aaron Copland's pieces on Mozart ; this is not , of course , because Mozart is less important than these ...
... piece on Rossini and Meyerbeer and Barzun's article on Liszt , for example , are quite long compared to Thomas Love Peacock's and Aaron Copland's pieces on Mozart ; this is not , of course , because Mozart is less important than these ...
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... piece which another takes for the Rape of the Sabine Women . Quite so , but this contrast is only superficially correct . The plots of Shakespeare's dramas are not likely to be confused because they are the skeleton , not the ...
... piece which another takes for the Rape of the Sabine Women . Quite so , but this contrast is only superficially correct . The plots of Shakespeare's dramas are not likely to be confused because they are the skeleton , not the ...
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... Pieces for Piano and Violon- cello , opus 11. In these last , the parallel with the Japanese haï - kaï can be established easily : a phrase suffices to place a universe and impose it forcibly . The third piece of opus 11 , for example ...
... Pieces for Piano and Violon- cello , opus 11. In these last , the parallel with the Japanese haï - kaï can be established easily : a phrase suffices to place a universe and impose it forcibly . The third piece of opus 11 , for example ...
Contents
The Elusive Art Jack Sullivan | 3 |
Music into Words Jacques Barzun | 14 |
Three Diatribes George Bernard Shaw | 32 |
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References to this book
Maestros of the Pen: A History of Classical Music Criticism in America Mark N. Grant,Eric Friedheim No preview available - 1998 |