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 263
... true of practical politics , which have become so exceedingly unpractical . It is true even of pure literature , which in one sense can always remain ideal . The Gilbert and Sullivan Operas can still be revived , and revived with ...
... true of practical politics , which have become so exceedingly unpractical . It is true even of pure literature , which in one sense can always remain ideal . The Gilbert and Sullivan Operas can still be revived , and revived with ...
Page 334
... true of the genuine musical works of any school — such incapable producers should also , as I think , be excluded from the class of those regarded as true musicians : THEY LACK FEELING . What we call music is a new art ; at least in the ...
... true of the genuine musical works of any school — such incapable producers should also , as I think , be excluded from the class of those regarded as true musicians : THEY LACK FEELING . What we call music is a new art ; at least in the ...
Page 334
... true of the genuine musical works of any school - such incapable producers should also , as I think , be excluded from the class of those regarded as true musicians : THEY LACK FEELING . What we call music is a new art ; at least in the ...
... true of the genuine musical works of any school - such incapable producers should also , as I think , be excluded from the class of those regarded as true musicians : THEY LACK FEELING . What we call music is a new art ; at least in the ...
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 |