A characteristic of older folksongs, in most cases, is that we don't know their composers or authors. Older folksongs were written often with no commercial purpose in mind. They were passed down by word of mouth, from generation to generation.

  • -- Tom Glazer 汤姆·格雷泽

在大多数情况下,老民歌的一个特点是我们不知道它们的作曲家或作者。较老的民歌通常没有商业目的。他们是口口相传的,代代相传。

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There is one Quality, which has somewhat so heavenly in it; that by so much the more we are possess'd of it, by so much the more we draw nearer to the Great Author of Nature.

有一种品质,在它里面多少有点神圣;我们对自然的了解越多,我们就越接近这位伟大的自然作者。

The Russian composers, especially, tricked the symphony orchestra into the kind of dynamic, rhythmic thing.

尤其是俄国作曲家,把交响乐团弄得充满活力和节奏。

The Atomic Age is here to stay - but are we?

原子时代将会继续存在——但我们会吗?