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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... writing is positive - indeed , ecstatic . Whatever his sub- ject , Shaw wants us to recognize that the state of ecstasy and the state of music are one and the same , and he wants us to get furious at anything that dulls or ...
... writing is positive - indeed , ecstatic . Whatever his sub- ject , Shaw wants us to recognize that the state of ecstasy and the state of music are one and the same , and he wants us to get furious at anything that dulls or ...
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... writing words about other words , writing about music holds a special enticement and fascination . The musical essays of these literary expatriates exude an almost palpable sense of plea- sure and release . When Heine writes on Liszt ...
... writing words about other words , writing about music holds a special enticement and fascination . The musical essays of these literary expatriates exude an almost palpable sense of plea- sure and release . When Heine writes on Liszt ...
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... writing that was often purely ideological — the kind of rant and pontificating that make for bad criticism in any art . As in so many other instances , Shaw provided a model that few were able to emulate ; he was a true anomaly , a ...
... writing that was often purely ideological — the kind of rant and pontificating that make for bad criticism in any art . As in so many other instances , Shaw provided a model that few were able to emulate ; he was a true anomaly , a ...
Contents
The Elusive Art Jack Sullivan | 3 |
Music into Words Jacques Barzun | 14 |
Three Diatribes George Bernard Shaw | 32 |
Copyright | |
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References to this book
Maestros of the Pen: A History of Classical Music Criticism in America Mark N. Grant,Eric Friedheim No preview available - 1998 |