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 90
... Tell me , dear Orpheus , before you leave us , what the world thinks of us , since the appearance of " Iphigenie " ? Orpheus : To be honest with you , because you want it so : all people of good taste say : there is too much art in M ...
... Tell me , dear Orpheus , before you leave us , what the world thinks of us , since the appearance of " Iphigenie " ? Orpheus : To be honest with you , because you want it so : all people of good taste say : there is too much art in M ...
Page 170
... tell you about the observations I have made on my life these few days . Were our hearts ever united I would probably not have had to make them . My heart is overflowing with thoughts that I want to tell you . O , I think there are ...
... tell you about the observations I have made on my life these few days . Were our hearts ever united I would probably not have had to make them . My heart is overflowing with thoughts that I want to tell you . O , I think there are ...
Page 183
... tell him so to his face . He , at one time , praised a composition from which the ears of jackasses and goats peeped out all over . I had to laugh heartily at his ignorance . He does know something about singing and he should have left ...
... tell him so to his face . He , at one time , praised a composition from which the ears of jackasses and goats peeped out all over . I had to laugh heartily at his ignorance . He does know something about singing and he should have left ...
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