A history of British football

History

YOUNG, Percy M.

Europe

Paul

ARROW BKS.; 1974; 7 " H x 4 3/4" W; Softcover; Fine; 318 Pages

HISTORY OF BRITISH FOOTBALL

Sports & Outdoors

Soccer

Arrow

Keyboard musicians of the world

Children's Books

Abelard-Schuman

The Choral Tradition: [An Historical and Analytical Survey from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day]

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

Handel (The Master musicians series)

Dent

Handel (Master Musicians)

J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd.

The Bachs, 1500-1850

Arts & Photography

Music

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1900. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... sullivan as A composer by B. W. findon to anticipate posterity is a hazardous undertaking, and a most invidious task is it even to endeavour rightly to place a man in artistic rank among his contemporaries, for, however impartial the critic, the sympathetic leaning of his nature, due to association, personal predisposition, or zealous appreciation of what he considers pleasing and beautiful must inevitably sway his judgment. If, therefore, there appears in this short critical review of Sir Arthur Sullivan's life-work an admiration which others less sympathetically inclined may deem excessive, the writer makes no apology, begs no pardon, and is content to take his stand on opinions that have been carefully formed, that are the outcome of an intimate acquaintance with the works under notice, and that are put forward with an honesty of intention born of sincere conviction. Since the days of Purcell, England has, happily, produced many estimable musicians, but not one who is more closely allied in spirit to that first and foremost of all native composers than Sir Arthur Sullivan. During the present century we have known the facile, fecund genius of Michael William Balfe, and the finished style of William Sterndale Bennett; but in each of these there was a quality lacking, and this minimised the value of their compositions as a whole, and forbade them that unique place in the Temple of Art which otherwise might have been theirs. But in Arthur Sullivan the chief characteristics of these two men are united with the happiest results; with the one he shares that marvellous flow of spontaneous melody, and with the other that mastery of refined and carefully chosen expression which gives such charm to his various compositions. True it is that Sullivan studied under Bennett...

Sir Arthur Sullivan

880p slim red boards, illustrated, index, fresh and clean

Dvorak (Masters of music)

David White

<p>1970, hardcover edition, Thomas Crowell, NY. 340 pages. Black and white photo gallery. Notes provided at end of each chapter. This British author, composer and musicologist has written over 50 books. He knows his world music. Here is the story of 7 generations of the Bach family. "The Bachs were organists and cantors, town musicians and painters, of no ordinary ability." "... the vast number and branches of the Bach family create a constant against which variables of history and music may be projected."</p>

Thomas Y. Crowell Co.

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