The Book of Musical Documents"[A]n anthology of documents pertaining to music history. It contains quotations from theoretical works, letters, memoirs, poems, archives, newspaper and magazine articles, etc, ."--Page [v]. |
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Page 106
... asked to give his ideas on music . He attributed to music a supremely high importance . Vernet and I were of the opposite opinion and were the advocates of painting . Also the opinions of the others differed and the dispute ran high ...
... asked to give his ideas on music . He attributed to music a supremely high importance . Vernet and I were of the opposite opinion and were the advocates of painting . Also the opinions of the others differed and the dispute ran high ...
Page 113
... asked leave be- forehand from the Superintendent . Dominus Superintendens : He had asked for only four weeks , but had stayed about four times as long . Ille : Hoped that the organ playing had been so taken care of by the one he had ...
... asked leave be- forehand from the Superintendent . Dominus Superintendens : He had asked for only four weeks , but had stayed about four times as long . Ille : Hoped that the organ playing had been so taken care of by the one he had ...
Page 194
... asked us to stay : " Je veux vous donner un souvenir de moi . " He stepped up to a table in the adjoining room , and wrote a few lines of music , -a little fugue for the piano forte , and handed it to me in the most courtly manner ...
... asked us to stay : " Je veux vous donner un souvenir de moi . " He stepped up to a table in the adjoining room , and wrote a few lines of music , -a little fugue for the piano forte , and handed it to me in the most courtly manner ...
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