"Symphonic poem" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Symphonies Smetana. Symphonic Poem: "The Moldau River" Dvorak. Symphony: "From the ...
— Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies • Philip H. Goepp
... to lovers of violin music at its best. The young violinist, who in the course of the same week had just won two prizes in composition—the Pulitzer Prize (Columbia) for a string quartet, and the Loeb Prize for a symphonic poem—was amiably willing to talk of his study experience for the benefit of ...
— Violin Mastery - Talks with Master Violinists and Teachers • Frederick H. Martens
... justifiable to characterize "Salome" as a symphonic poem for which the play supplies the program. The parallelism of which we hear between Strauss and Wagner exists only in part—only in the application of the principle of characterization by means of musical symbols or typical phrases. Otherwise the ...
— Chapters of Opera • Henry Edward Krehbiel
... she said wonderingly. "Aren't you interested in the news about your symphonic poem?" He smiled the smile of the fatuous elect. "I imagine it went all right," he languidly replied. "I heard it at rehearsal yesterday—I suppose Theleme ...
— Visionaries • James Huneker |
