"Contrapuntist" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... fantasmas they would be those of Elvira and Lord Arturo. Alfio may have been thinking of the maxim, "Ars est celare artem," and may have meant to say that Bellini had shown himself a more learned contrapuntist than (say) Bach, by concealing his contrapuntal skill more effectually than Bach had managed to conceal his in the Mass in B minor. While my hair was being cut I examined the polka with interest; it was quite carefully done, the bass was figured all ...
— Castellinaria - and Other Sicilian Diversions • Henry Festing Jones |
