"Crapule" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... la villette," a popular song of the Boulevard. Mr. Philip Hale, who may have been specially inspired, associates the song with the word "crapule," "tough," as he connects the following revolutionary songs, in contrapuntal use, with the word "magister," "teacher,"—the idea of the pedagogue in music. It may be less remote to find in these popular airs merely symbols or graphic touches of the swarming groups ...
— Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies • Philip H. Goepp |
