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 156
... beautiful one and , arrived at home , immediately got to work . I went to my writing desk and sat down for twelve unbroken hours , a bottle of Tokay wine to my right , an ink - well in the middle , and a box of Sevilla tobacco to my ...
... beautiful one and , arrived at home , immediately got to work . I went to my writing desk and sat down for twelve unbroken hours , a bottle of Tokay wine to my right , an ink - well in the middle , and a box of Sevilla tobacco to my ...
Page 178
... beautiful but irreproachable daughters . This also explains an allusion at the close of a letter , of July 24th , 1804 , where he said : " Don't do too much tailoring , and remember me to the most beautiful of all the beautiful . And ...
... beautiful but irreproachable daughters . This also explains an allusion at the close of a letter , of July 24th , 1804 , where he said : " Don't do too much tailoring , and remember me to the most beautiful of all the beautiful . And ...
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... beautiful . Schubert Sings the " Winterreise " for His Friends For OR a while , Schubert was in a sombre mood , and he seem- ed exhausted . Upon my asking him what ailed him , he replied : " You will soon see and understand . " And on a ...
... beautiful . Schubert Sings the " Winterreise " for His Friends For OR a while , Schubert was in a sombre mood , and he seem- ed exhausted . Upon my asking him what ailed him , he replied : " You will soon see and understand . " And on a ...
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