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 96
... voice . " The voice was the mighty Being . This is very magnificent , and appears to have given rise to a fine passage in the Koran , where there is a succession of similar agitations , after which comes a small voice , saying , " Peace ...
... voice . " The voice was the mighty Being . This is very magnificent , and appears to have given rise to a fine passage in the Koran , where there is a succession of similar agitations , after which comes a small voice , saying , " Peace ...
Page 127
... voice , but the human character of that voice . Neither is it the thought expressed in Schiller's verses , that occupies our minds thereafter , but the familiar sound of the choral chant ; in which we ourselves feel bidden to join and ...
... voice , but the human character of that voice . Neither is it the thought expressed in Schiller's verses , that occupies our minds thereafter , but the familiar sound of the choral chant ; in which we ourselves feel bidden to join and ...
Page 298
... voices ( the Alcotts trying to speak Beethoven and Culture from Europe , Thoreau speaking through a hymn played on his flute against the voice of his woods , Fourth of July Bands speaking with a martial air beside the voice of Ragtime ...
... voices ( the Alcotts trying to speak Beethoven and Culture from Europe , Thoreau speaking through a hymn played on his flute against the voice of his woods , Fourth of July Bands speaking with a martial air beside the voice of Ragtime ...
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 |