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 271
... feeling nor dramatic song , which I am sorry to say is fast on the way of becoming merely a ques- tion of lungs , without any study whatsoever , for that is easier . From G. Monaldi's " G. Rossini " . 1 Mathilda de Castrone - Marchesi ...
... feeling nor dramatic song , which I am sorry to say is fast on the way of becoming merely a ques- tion of lungs , without any study whatsoever , for that is easier . From G. Monaldi's " G. Rossini " . 1 Mathilda de Castrone - Marchesi ...
Page 281
... feeling , are very much mistaken . They evidently do not know his Madrigals , with their gallant frivo- lous words , which he has put into a music , entirely resembling that with which he has clothed his biblical words . For instance ...
... feeling , are very much mistaken . They evidently do not know his Madrigals , with their gallant frivo- lous words , which he has put into a music , entirely resembling that with which he has clothed his biblical words . For instance ...
Page 347
... feeling and talent to develop the rich material offered to them . There are also other composers who can be classed as legitimately American who do not make use of folk - music as a base , but who have personally , working in America ...
... feeling and talent to develop the rich material offered to them . There are also other composers who can be classed as legitimately American who do not make use of folk - music as a base , but who have personally , working in America ...
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