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 184
... song of Gluck's style ( Cassandra's airs ) , the pure German lied ( Marguerite's song , “ D'amour l'ardente flamme " ) , the Italian melody , after Bellini , in its most limpid and happy form ( arietta of Arlequin in Benvenuto ) , the ...
... song of Gluck's style ( Cassandra's airs ) , the pure German lied ( Marguerite's song , “ D'amour l'ardente flamme " ) , the Italian melody , after Bellini , in its most limpid and happy form ( arietta of Arlequin in Benvenuto ) , the ...
Page 265
... song : But in spite of all temptations To belong to other nations He remains an Englishman . The rapier of Voltaire could not have run a thing more straight through the heart . Now the ... song , or even drinking song G. K. Chesterton 265.
... song : But in spite of all temptations To belong to other nations He remains an Englishman . The rapier of Voltaire could not have run a thing more straight through the heart . Now the ... song , or even drinking song G. K. Chesterton 265.
Page 315
... song " even when " we cannot catch the words of the song . " Here Forster is speaking specifi- cally of Moby Dick , but what he says is true of Billy Budd : “ As soon as we catch the song in it , " the easy yarn " grows difficult and ...
... song " even when " we cannot catch the words of the song . " Here Forster is speaking specifi- cally of Moby Dick , but what he says is true of Billy Budd : “ As soon as we catch the song in it , " the easy yarn " grows difficult and ...
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 |