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 69
... wrote as one speaks , he composed as one breathes . He never sketched out on paper in order to prepare his definite work . He wrote straight off as he improvised , and in truth he seems to have been the greatest improviser that ever was ...
... wrote as one speaks , he composed as one breathes . He never sketched out on paper in order to prepare his definite work . He wrote straight off as he improvised , and in truth he seems to have been the greatest improviser that ever was ...
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From Addison to Barzun Jack Sullivan. Old Haydn wrote so many symphonies that no one in the world has heard them all , but he never wrote one that lacked beauty , and he never wrote one that was not marked all over by his extraordinarily ...
From Addison to Barzun Jack Sullivan. Old Haydn wrote so many symphonies that no one in the world has heard them all , but he never wrote one that lacked beauty , and he never wrote one that was not marked all over by his extraordinarily ...
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... wrote the verses that I lacked as and when the musical ideas came to me ; and I composed the score with an ease such as I have very rarely experienced with any of my other works . I wrote it when and where I could : in coaches , in ...
... wrote the verses that I lacked as and when the musical ideas came to me ; and I composed the score with an ease such as I have very rarely experienced with any of my other works . I wrote it when and where I could : in coaches , in ...
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 |