Newell, William Wells. Words for music: symphonic series. [*]$3. Small.
A little volume of brief lyrics of nature and life.
“The most noticeable fault of the pieces is found in the frequent omission of articles and other small words necessary to the construction.” Wm. M. Payne.
| + — | Dial. 39: 66. Ag. 1, ‘05. 120w. |
“In ‘Words for music,’ ... a mild and rather wordy mysticism sometimes bears poetic fruit in verse of a pleasing, gossamer-like tenuity.”
| + — | Nation. 81: 17. Jl. 6. ‘05. 190w. |
Newman, Ernest. Musical studies: essays. [*]$1.50. Lane.
Mr. Newman’s fearless attitude toward music and composers results in an iconoclastic treatment of some of the old masters and a proportionately exalted consideration of others of more modern schools. In the latter class is Strauss to whom “Mr. Newman attributes ... pretty nearly everything except the creation of the world.... The essay on programme music is unquestionably the most lucid, original, and convincing discussion of that question ever printed.” (Nation.)
“Our author is a clever and thoughtful writer, and even those who differ from him will respect his frankly expressed opinions.”
| + | Ath. 1905, 2: 251. Ag. 19. 280w. |