The Life and Works of Robert SchumannG. Bell, 1900 - 276 pages |
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... images , which it marshals before the imagination , if really important instrumental works are to be produced . In these songs and terse instru- mental forms , the construction predetermined for him , checked Schubert's fancy and guided ...
... images , which it marshals before the imagination , if really important instrumental works are to be produced . In these songs and terse instru- mental forms , the construction predetermined for him , checked Schubert's fancy and guided ...
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... images . The significance of that really essential element of great instru- mental forms , contrast , was never fully apparent to Schubert , nor did he often attempt a dialectic development of ideas . With him picture usually succeeds ...
... images . The significance of that really essential element of great instru- mental forms , contrast , was never fully apparent to Schubert , nor did he often attempt a dialectic development of ideas . With him picture usually succeeds ...
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... image of the Carnival in his fancy , nor do we lack even the typical masquerade figures : clown , harle- quin , pantaloon , and columbine . The other characters belong to the " Davidsbündlerschaft , " of which Schumann says in the ...
... image of the Carnival in his fancy , nor do we lack even the typical masquerade figures : clown , harle- quin , pantaloon , and columbine . The other characters belong to the " Davidsbündlerschaft , " of which Schumann says in the ...
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... image . Thus only was such a coalition feasible as Schumann laboured for in Master Raro ; it is merely an unfortunate chance that he did not completely achieve it . Even in the criticism of the Chopin variations already mentioned , the ...
... image . Thus only was such a coalition feasible as Schumann laboured for in Master Raro ; it is merely an unfortunate chance that he did not completely achieve it . Even in the criticism of the Chopin variations already mentioned , the ...
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... images soon losing all relation to the actual world . When he reached the summit of his creative power , when he had gained that control of his imagination as well as of his materials which enabled him to create immortal master- pieces ...
... images soon losing all relation to the actual world . When he reached the summit of his creative power , when he had gained that control of his imagination as well as of his materials which enabled him to create immortal master- pieces ...
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