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WORDS ON MUSIC: FROM ADDISON TO BARZUN By Jack Sullivan *Excellent Condition*
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- ISBN-10
- 082140959X
- Publication Name
- Ohio University Press
- Type
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780821409596
- Book Title
- Words on Music : from Addison to Barzun
- Item Length
- 9.8in
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Publication Year
- 1990
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Genre
- Music
- Topic
- History & Criticism, Reference
- Item Width
- 5.9in
- Item Weight
- 23.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 456 Pages
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For centuries, distinguished writers have taken on the challenge of describing great music and its significance in their lives. From Joseph Addison to Virgil Thomson, writers in and out of the music field have used their most vivid language to conjure the sounds and emotions of the music that mattered most to them. Yet until this book, no single volume has ever collected the best of this writing in one place. Scattered in magazines, essay collections, and program notes, this literature is largely unknown to the general reader--who often thinks that music essays are for musicians only--and even to the musician--who often reads only narrow specialty publications. Words on Music is thus the first book of its kind. Covering instrumental and vocal music from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries, it features essays distinguished by their literary quality, their readability, and their appeal to a wide audience. Included is writing by novelists, essayists, composers, performers, cultural historians, and others who have written about music with precision and passion. Here is George Bernard Shaw on Handel, Albert Schweitzer on Bach, Glenn Gould on Scarlatti, E. T. A. Hoffman on Beethoven, Heinrich Heine on Rossini, Aaron Copland on Mozart, George Eliot on Wagner, G. K. Chesterton on Gilbert and Sullivan, Leonard Bernstein on Mahler, Guy Davenport on Ives, Pierre Boulez on Stravinsky, Ned Rorem on Ravel, and more than fifty others. Here also are essays on broader topics--Joseph Addison on opera, Anthony Burgess on music and literature, Jacques Barzun on music criticism, H. L. Mencken on "Music an Sin"--as well as musical memoirs by such masters of the genre as Hector Berlioz, Leigh Hunt, and Ethel Smyth. Words on Music is a uniquely literary and readable book on music. With its wide range of tones and voices, it is ideal for the general reader, the humanities educator, and the musical specialist. Each article is introduced by an informative headnote on the writer and subject. In addition, the volume offers a bibliography with valuable clues for further reading and a substantial essay introducing the elusive art of writing about music.
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Publisher
Ohio University Press
ISBN-10
082140959x
ISBN-13
9780821409596
eBay Product ID (ePID)
16038665672
Product Key Features
Book Title
Words on Music : from Addison to Barzun
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
History & Criticism, Reference
Publication Year
1990
Genre
Music
Number of Pages
456 Pages
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Item Length
9.8in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
5.9in
Item Weight
23.5 Oz
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Ml160.W95 1990
Copyright Date
1990
Lccn
89-072115
Dewey Decimal
780
Dewey Edition
20
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