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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... suggest his constant harking back to the old days when his father reigned ; moreover , the facts presented fit and sustain the brooding atmosphere of the whole play , so that the effect - as it is the purpose - of those simple words is ...
... suggest his constant harking back to the old days when his father reigned ; moreover , the facts presented fit and sustain the brooding atmosphere of the whole play , so that the effect - as it is the purpose - of those simple words is ...
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... suggest a ring , and cannot suggest gold ; yet each of these has a representative theme which pervades the score in all directions . In the case of the gold the association is established by the very salient way in which the or- chestra ...
... suggest a ring , and cannot suggest gold ; yet each of these has a representative theme which pervades the score in all directions . In the case of the gold the association is established by the very salient way in which the or- chestra ...
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... suggest Melville's " levels so like the tiered galleries of a coal mine ” —but Billy should be on the second of them , just below the luminous night on the spar deck . His gun - deck Gethsemane is the most beautiful of Melville's many ...
... suggest Melville's " levels so like the tiered galleries of a coal mine ” —but Billy should be on the second of them , just below the luminous night on the spar deck . His gun - deck Gethsemane is the most beautiful of Melville's many ...
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 |