The Life and Works of Robert SchumannG. Bell, 1900 - 276 pages |
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... minor instrumental forms in which mo- dern masters have accomplished such imperishable work , and which were carried to such especial perfection by Schumann . Bach , the real founder of this whole school , for it was by him that the ...
... minor instrumental forms in which mo- dern masters have accomplished such imperishable work , and which were carried to such especial perfection by Schumann . Bach , the real founder of this whole school , for it was by him that the ...
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... minor ) stands in a more purely subjec- tive relation , and leads up to another which shows the melody of the theme in more adequate shape in the bass . The next two numbers paraphrase and vary this number ( No. 7 ) , and lead to the ...
... minor ) stands in a more purely subjec- tive relation , and leads up to another which shows the melody of the theme in more adequate shape in the bass . The next two numbers paraphrase and vary this number ( No. 7 ) , and lead to the ...
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... minor sonata is of en- chanting sweetness , with its love - breathing romance and longing . Eusebius is more fully understood by the master than in any other passage of his works , save in the second motive of the " Allegro vivace ...
... minor sonata is of en- chanting sweetness , with its love - breathing romance and longing . Eusebius is more fully understood by the master than in any other passage of his works , save in the second motive of the " Allegro vivace ...
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... minor sonata . The sepa- rate parts are neither so sweet nor so wildly passionate , but they are more energetic and masculine in character , and had Schumann succeeded in binding them together with more intentional harmony , had he ...
... minor sonata . The sepa- rate parts are neither so sweet nor so wildly passionate , but they are more energetic and masculine in character , and had Schumann succeeded in binding them together with more intentional harmony , had he ...
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... minor , begun in 1833 , the last movement written in 1838 ) corresponded to the original idea of that form incomparably better than those hitherto described . The great moments of the general mood are condensed into broad melodies ...
... minor , begun in 1833 , the last movement written in 1838 ) corresponded to the original idea of that form incomparably better than those hitherto described . The great moments of the general mood are condensed into broad melodies ...
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