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 168
... greatest praise . April 12 , 1811 . Your Excellency's great admirer Ludwig van Beethoven Goethe's Answer Your kind letter , my most honored Sir , forwarded to me by Herr Oliva , has been received by me with the greatest pleasure . I ...
... greatest praise . April 12 , 1811 . Your Excellency's great admirer Ludwig van Beethoven Goethe's Answer Your kind letter , my most honored Sir , forwarded to me by Herr Oliva , has been received by me with the greatest pleasure . I ...
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... greatest piano players have also been the greatest composers , but -how did they play ? Not like the piano players 182 MUSICAL DOCUMENTS.
... greatest piano players have also been the greatest composers , but -how did they play ? Not like the piano players 182 MUSICAL DOCUMENTS.
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... greatest interest , are written with a full knowledge of the human voice , and with clarity and elegance . They contain everything belong- ing to an art that I have seen for a long time treated as though there were question of seizing ...
... greatest interest , are written with a full knowledge of the human voice , and with clarity and elegance . They contain everything belong- ing to an art that I have seen for a long time treated as though there were question of seizing ...
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