Dover Thrift Editions：Music: A Book of Quotations 英文原版 音乐：语录集 Herb Galewitz

基本信息

By (author) Herb Galewitz

Format Paperback | 64 pages

Dimensions 130 x 210 x 4.32mm | 58.97g

Publication date 19 Apr 2001

Publisher Dover Publications Inc.

Publication City/Country Mineola, NY, United States

Language English

ISBN10 0486415961

ISBN13 9780486415963

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

内容简介

What is music? "God's best gift to man," as Walter Savage Landor said? "The moonlight in the gloomy night of life," as Jean Paul Richter put it? Or perhaps—as Carl Maria von Weber and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow agree —"the universal language of mankind"? Whatever it is, it certainly "hath charms to soothe the savage breast," as William Congreve famously observed. And it "expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent" (Victor Hugo).

These and more than 400 other striking quotes about music, from musicians, authors, poets, historical figures, and other celebrities, fill the pages of this entertaining, practical little book. Not all are on the serious side; many are deliciously witty: "Her singing was mutiny on the high C's" (Hedda Hopper); "I can hold a note as long as the Chase National Bank" (Ethel Merman); "Donny Osmond has van Gogh's ear for music" (Orson Welles).

The quotations are arranged alphabetically according to author, from Fred Allen ("When Jack Benny plays the violin, it sounds as if the strings are still back in the cat") to Florian Zabach ("A musical talent is like having six fingers on one hand. You're born with it, you're different because of it, you can't do a thing about it except put it to use"). They constitute a collection that will not only be an indispensable reference for public speakers but will also delight general readers—especially music lovers—with its enduring wisdom and humor.

什么是音乐？沃尔特·萨维奇·兰多（Walter Savage Landor）说：“上帝是送给人类的最好礼物”？就像让·保罗·里希特（Jean Paul Richter）所说的那样，“人生阴沉的夜晚的月光”？或许，正如卡尔·玛丽亚·冯·韦伯和亨利·沃兹沃思·朗费罗所同意的那样，“人类的通用语言”？无论是什么，正如威廉·康格雷夫（William Congreve）著名地指出的那样，它肯定“具有吸引人的魅力”。它“表达了不能说的和不可能沉默的”（维克多·雨果）。

这些以及来自音乐家，作家，诗人，历史人物和其他名人的400多个其他引人注目的音乐名言，都在这本有趣，实用的小书中充斥着篇幅。并非所有人都在认真的一面。许多人都很机灵：“她的歌声在高C上是叛变的”（Hedda Hopper）；“只要大通国家银行，我就可以持有钞票”（埃特尔·默尔曼）；“唐尼·奥斯蒙（Donny Osmond）具有梵高的音乐爱好”（奥森·威尔斯）。

引文是根据作者的字母顺序排列的，从弗雷德·艾伦（Fred Allen）（“当杰克·本尼（Jack Benny弹小提琴时，听起来好像还束缚在猫咪里”））到弗洛里安·扎巴赫（Florian Zabach）（“音乐才华就像用一根手指六个手指你生来就有它，因为它而与众不同，除了使用“）之外，你不能做任何事情。它们构成的收藏不仅将成为公众演讲者必不可少的参考，而且还将以其持久的智慧和幽默感使广大读者（尤其是音乐爱好者）欣喜若狂。