Words about music : a treasury of writings / [selected] by John Amis and Michael Rose.
| Other author | Amis, John. |
| Other author | Rose, Michael, 1926- |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First paperback edition. |
| Publication Info | New York : Marlowe & Co., 1995. |
| Description | 440 pages ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Treasury of writings by celebrated figures |
| Contents | Foreword -- Editor's note -- The nature of music -- Composers -- Composition -- Instruments and the orchestra -- Conductors -- Amateurs -- Prodigies -- Performers -- Composers on composers -- Criticism -- Literary views -- Singers -- Opera -- Audiences -- Church music -- Mortality -- What next? -- Coda -- Sources and acknowledgements -- Index. |
| Abstract | This is a musical bedside book - a collection of writings about music, musicians, music critics, music lovers and music haters, performances, musical instruments and musical history by authors ranging from St Augustine, Monteverdi and Samuel Pepys to Stravinsky and P.G. Wodehouse. All aspects of music are mingled here, whether in poetry, prose, literature, criticism, letters, memoirs or the occasional ancedote and the selection is linked irregularly by comments and explanatory asides by the editors. |
| General note | Originally published: London : Faber, ©1989. |
| General note | "George Gershwin, Jane Austen, Bach, W.H. Auden, George Sand, Bernard Shaw, St. Augustine, Debussy, Lewis Carroll, Wagner, Lenin, P.G. Wodehouse, Copeland, Franklin Roosevelt, Virginia Woolf, Stravinsky."--Cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-432) and index. |
| ISBN | 1569248753 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9781569248751 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | PN6084.M8 W67 1995 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |