The Life and Works of Robert SchumannG. Bell, 1900 - 276 pages |
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... tion , and created some few things which he considered worthy of publicity even in his maturer years , such as numbers 1 , 3 , 4 , 6 , and 8 in Opus 2 , which were written in 1828 , together with several pianoforte studies . At the same ...
... tion , and created some few things which he considered worthy of publicity even in his maturer years , such as numbers 1 , 3 , 4 , 6 , and 8 in Opus 2 , which were written in 1828 , together with several pianoforte studies . At the same ...
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... tion of technical skill . This , too , is a characteristic sign of his personality , and of his peculiar views of art at this time . He neglected the preparatory technical studies for composition , while he undertook the incomparably ...
... tion of technical skill . This , too , is a characteristic sign of his personality , and of his peculiar views of art at this time . He neglected the preparatory technical studies for composition , while he undertook the incomparably ...
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... tion . He never regarded music otherwise than as the art of representing those things which stirred his soul . We have seen how early the creative impulse awoke within him , and also that he instantly employed it to represent ...
... tion . He never regarded music otherwise than as the art of representing those things which stirred his soul . We have seen how early the creative impulse awoke within him , and also that he instantly employed it to represent ...
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... tion of the different Caprices , he gives very sensible direc- tions for the necessary preparatory studies , such as finger exercises , touch , & c . , and to these are added observations as acute and intelligent as could be made by any ...
... tion of the different Caprices , he gives very sensible direc- tions for the necessary preparatory studies , such as finger exercises , touch , & c . , and to these are added observations as acute and intelligent as could be made by any ...
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... tion of all external difficulties , the imagination can move with greater ease and security , can give its creations life , light , and shade , and readily perfect what may still be lacking in spontaneity of composition . " In addition ...
... tion of all external difficulties , the imagination can move with greater ease and security , can give its creations life , light , and shade , and readily perfect what may still be lacking in spontaneity of composition . " In addition ...
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