The Life and Works of Robert SchumannG. Bell, 1900 - 276 pages |
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Page 51
... treatment from the voice . In instrumental polyphony the differing tone of the various instruments is no less decisive than the peculiar style of treatment . Even the piano can be but ill adapted to vocal polyphony ; its tone not being ...
... treatment from the voice . In instrumental polyphony the differing tone of the various instruments is no less decisive than the peculiar style of treatment . Even the piano can be but ill adapted to vocal polyphony ; its tone not being ...
Page 52
... treatment of the piano , particu- larly inspired by J. S. Bach's corresponding piano compo- sitions , came into prevalent use ; how it called forth new forms in Haydn , Mozart , and Beethoven , and was developed with increasing ...
... treatment of the piano , particu- larly inspired by J. S. Bach's corresponding piano compo- sitions , came into prevalent use ; how it called forth new forms in Haydn , Mozart , and Beethoven , and was developed with increasing ...
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... treat- ment , and to create for himself that pianoforte method which afforded adequate means of representing the enchant- ing , gloriously ideal and romantic dream - world in which he lived . The very next work , completed during that ...
... treat- ment , and to create for himself that pianoforte method which afforded adequate means of representing the enchant- ing , gloriously ideal and romantic dream - world in which he lived . The very next work , completed during that ...
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... treat- ment of which the separate movements are organically evolved , and at the same time the arrangement is quite ... treatment usually gives us the old form in a new shape . The farther course of this movement also fully corresponds ...
... treat- ment of which the separate movements are organically evolved , and at the same time the arrangement is quite ... treatment usually gives us the old form in a new shape . The farther course of this movement also fully corresponds ...
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... treated in canon , as well as by the fourth and seventh variations , and in the rest of the composition the harmonic process of formation so governs the whole farther con- struction , that it is distinct and intelligible in form in ...
... treated in canon , as well as by the fourth and seventh variations , and in the rest of the composition the harmonic process of formation so governs the whole farther con- struction , that it is distinct and intelligible in form in ...
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