The Life and Works of Robert SchumannG. Bell, 1900 - 276 pages |
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... tone - forms . Hard as he might struggle to ap- propriate the organism of that language , he did not always attain complete clearness in its use , because he strove far too prematurely to adapt it to his individual mind . That mind was ...
... tone - forms . Hard as he might struggle to ap- propriate the organism of that language , he did not always attain complete clearness in its use , because he strove far too prematurely to adapt it to his individual mind . That mind was ...
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... tone - forms . In February , 1829 , Wieck was forced to dismiss his pupil for lack of time . Whatever Schumann may have owed to his instructions in technical respects , the advan- tages derived for his development as a creative artist ...
... tone - forms . In February , 1829 , Wieck was forced to dismiss his pupil for lack of time . Whatever Schumann may have owed to his instructions in technical respects , the advan- tages derived for his development as a creative artist ...
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... tones with which he was surrounded , and which at first but faintly stirred by Mozart and Beet- hoven , rang out in fuller chorus in Schubert , and from which he himself was destined to compose his most mar- vellous tone - pictures ...
... tones with which he was surrounded , and which at first but faintly stirred by Mozart and Beet- hoven , rang out in fuller chorus in Schubert , and from which he himself was destined to compose his most mar- vellous tone - pictures ...
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... tone which per- vaded it , and which was extremely well maintained through- out the first years of its existence , did not fail to produce its due effect . The newspaper not only rapidly gained a list of distinguished contributors , but ...
... tone which per- vaded it , and which was extremely well maintained through- out the first years of its existence , did not fail to produce its due effect . The newspaper not only rapidly gained a list of distinguished contributors , but ...
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... tone and form for its distinct , individual expression . They ac- customed themselves to consider everything on the vastest scale of dimensions , in the broadest relations , so that in their hands even the song became a scena , and the ...
... tone and form for its distinct , individual expression . They ac- customed themselves to consider everything on the vastest scale of dimensions , in the broadest relations , so that in their hands even the song became a scena , and the ...
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