Shaw's Music: The Complete Musical Criticism in Three Volumes, Volume 3Dodd, Mead, 1981 - Music |
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Page 116
... gives us the run of the twelve keys on condition that they are all perceptibly out of tune . And the laws of nature ... give up the best part of our culture or else make it a curse to the people downstairs or next door . We seem hardly ...
... gives us the run of the twelve keys on condition that they are all perceptibly out of tune . And the laws of nature ... give up the best part of our culture or else make it a curse to the people downstairs or next door . We seem hardly ...
Page 165
... GIVE ! GIVE ! GIVE ! ( and Mr Clement Scott never , I can assure him , made a greater mistake in his life ) , why , you can hand over the coin and feel that you have really given something instead of merely indulged yourself in a public ...
... GIVE ! GIVE ! GIVE ! ( and Mr Clement Scott never , I can assure him , made a greater mistake in his life ) , why , you can hand over the coin and feel that you have really given something instead of merely indulged yourself in a public ...
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... give the intensest expression to his work , was perfectly willing to give them not only the Venusberg on an ordinary scale of theatrical expenditure , but the Venusberg with a vengeance , since they were willing to pay for it . There ...
... give the intensest expression to his work , was perfectly willing to give them not only the Venusberg on an ordinary scale of theatrical expenditure , but the Venusberg with a vengeance , since they were willing to pay for it . There ...
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