Pleasures of Music: An Anthology of Writing About Music and Musicians from Cellini to Bernard Shaw

by Jacques Barzun (Editor)

Criticism by Chesterton, De Quincey, and Luther, letters by Goethe, Mozart, and Schumann, and eulogies for Palestrina and Beethoven are among the selections included in a collection of writings on music

Genres: Music

371 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1951

About the author

Works of French-American educator, author, and historian Jacques Martin Barzun include Darwin, Marx, Wagner (see Charles Robert Darwin, Karl Marx, and Richard Wagner) (1941) and The American University (1968).

He presented ideas and culture.

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Reviews

[James Henderson · Rating 4 out of 5]

This anthology of comments on music is delightful to browse for pleasure. Chosen by the eminent scholar Jaques Barzun, the entries both educate and entertain.