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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... produced wheat , such a year barley , peas , or clover ; and such a year lay fallow . But none of its productions remain , except , perhaps a small part of last year's crop , and the corn or weeds that now cover its surface . Purcell ...
... produced wheat , such a year barley , peas , or clover ; and such a year lay fallow . But none of its productions remain , except , perhaps a small part of last year's crop , and the corn or weeds that now cover its surface . Purcell ...
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... produced by Doni- zetti is very small . There is not one march , or good waltz , or minuet in any of his works . There is nothing to pair off with the march in Norma , or with the Polacca in I Puritani . Some of his overtures are ...
... produced by Doni- zetti is very small . There is not one march , or good waltz , or minuet in any of his works . There is nothing to pair off with the march in Norma , or with the Polacca in I Puritani . Some of his overtures are ...
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... produced in 1887 ; Cavalleria Rusticana was brought out in 1890 . Mascagni's dramatic treatment of the orchestral part of the lyric drama is no mere imitation , however ; it is a part of the general movement in Italian opera which began ...
... produced in 1887 ; Cavalleria Rusticana was brought out in 1890 . Mascagni's dramatic treatment of the orchestral part of the lyric drama is no mere imitation , however ; it is a part of the general movement in Italian opera which began ...
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 |