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 296
... played at all , how Nicolas Slonimsky played it in Boston , San Francisco , Paris ; how German musicologists complained that it hurt their ears ; how small groups heard some of the string works and songs ; how John Kirkpatrick began his ...
... played at all , how Nicolas Slonimsky played it in Boston , San Francisco , Paris ; how German musicologists complained that it hurt their ears ; how small groups heard some of the string works and songs ; how John Kirkpatrick began his ...
Page 384
... played by Fre- deric Wörlitzer , of Berlin , a boy thirteen years old . The lady's violin performance required much politeness and self - command to re- strain laughter , it was so extremely bad , and particularly in some rapid staccato ...
... played by Fre- deric Wörlitzer , of Berlin , a boy thirteen years old . The lady's violin performance required much politeness and self - command to re- strain laughter , it was so extremely bad , and particularly in some rapid staccato ...
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... played for him at Curtis ( and , having tutoyéd him , our resulting intimacy ) had something to do with it . Nevertheless , the remarkable sound he effortlessly charmed out of the instrument , with never a hint of harshness , is with me ...
... played for him at Curtis ( and , having tutoyéd him , our resulting intimacy ) had something to do with it . Nevertheless , the remarkable sound he effortlessly charmed out of the instrument , with never a hint of harshness , is with me ...
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 |