Perspectives USA., Issues 11-12Intercultural Publications, 1955 - Little magazines |
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... opera one note on the horn will illu- minate the audience . It is this very power of music to express feelings so much more quickly than words which makes libretti , when read out of the musical context , appear rather brutal and ...
... opera one note on the horn will illu- minate the audience . It is this very power of music to express feelings so much more quickly than words which makes libretti , when read out of the musical context , appear rather brutal and ...
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... opera have to stop it , only Mous- sorgsky and Puccini — and I should also add Debussy - have succeeded in writing arias which actually advance the dramatic action . In fact , one of the reasons for the failure of so much contemporary opera ...
... opera have to stop it , only Mous- sorgsky and Puccini — and I should also add Debussy - have succeeded in writing arias which actually advance the dramatic action . In fact , one of the reasons for the failure of so much contemporary opera ...
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... opera and are done in concert form rather than in full dress . The Society seems to aim at supplementing the repertory of the official Metro- politan Opera House rather than at challenging it . At least it does not challenge the Met ...
... opera and are done in concert form rather than in full dress . The Society seems to aim at supplementing the repertory of the official Metro- politan Opera House rather than at challenging it . At least it does not challenge the Met ...
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