Words on Music: From Addison to Barzun

by Jack Sullivan

Book Overview

For centuries, distinguished writers have taken on the challenge of describing great music and its significance in their lives. From Joseph Addison to Virgil Thomson, writers in and out of the music field have used their most vivid language to conjure the sounds and emotions of the music that mattered most to them. Yet until this book, no single volume has ever collected the best of this writing in one place. Scattered in magazines, essay collections,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082140959X
• ISBN13: 9780821409596
• Release Date: June 1990
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.9" x 6.0"