Idyl ; it is an epic instrument, like horns, trumpets, and trombones. Its voice is that of heroic love : and if masses of brass instruments, in grand military symphonies, awaken the idea of a warlike troop covered with glittering armour, marching to glory... Mastersingers - Seite 182von Filson Young - 1906 - 216 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Louis Hector Berlioz - 1856 - 290 Seiten
...alone unsuited to them. The clarinet is little appropriate to the Idyl ; it is an epic instrument, like horns, trumpets, and trombones. Its voice is that...clarinets, heard at the same time, seem to represent the beloved women, the loving heroines, with their proud eyes, and deep affection, whom the sound of... | |
| Hector Berlioz, Richard Strauss - 1991 - 842 Seiten
...denied to the instrument. The character of the clarinet is epic rather than idyllic — like that of the horns, trumpets and trombones. Its voice is that of heroic love; and if the mass of brass instruments in grand military symphonies suggests the idea of warriors covered with... | |
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