The Music of Nature: Or, An Attempt to Prove that what is Passionate and Pleasing in the Art of Singing, Speaking, and Performing Upon Musical Instruments, is Derived from the Sounds of the Animated WorldDitson, 1837 - 483 páginas |
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... Sounds of the Animated World. PREFACE . THE author of the following pages has been in the habit of listening to ... sound is concerned . Many of these are for the first time considered , and he is aware that some of his opinions may ...
... Sounds of the Animated World. PREFACE . THE author of the following pages has been in the habit of listening to ... sound is concerned . Many of these are for the first time considered , and he is aware that some of his opinions may ...
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... Sounds of the Animated World. CHAPTER I. ON THE FACULTIES OF THE EAR . THERE is nothing in nature that arouses our atten- . tion , or impresses our feelings more quickly , than a sound ; whether it be the tone of sorrow - the note of joy ...
... Sounds of the Animated World. CHAPTER I. ON THE FACULTIES OF THE EAR . THERE is nothing in nature that arouses our atten- . tion , or impresses our feelings more quickly , than a sound ; whether it be the tone of sorrow - the note of joy ...
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... sounds in immediate succession - but a weak one , either be- fore or after a strong one , it will receive and trans- mit . The effect of sound upon the ear is somewhat similar to that of light upon the eye ; the know- ledge we obtain of ...
... sounds in immediate succession - but a weak one , either be- fore or after a strong one , it will receive and trans- mit . The effect of sound upon the ear is somewhat similar to that of light upon the eye ; the know- ledge we obtain of ...
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... Sounds of the Animated World. knack in looking at different objects . Sailors are superior to landsmen in descrying ... sound of musical instruments , so soon acquire a musical sense as , in some instances , to be regarded as prodigies ...
... Sounds of the Animated World. knack in looking at different objects . Sailors are superior to landsmen in descrying ... sound of musical instruments , so soon acquire a musical sense as , in some instances , to be regarded as prodigies ...
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... sound ; a soft sonorous voice , with them , is the symbol of beauty ; and so nice a discerner is a blind person of the accents of speech , that through the voice he fancies he can see the soul . † From this idea they form notions of ...
... sound ; a soft sonorous voice , with them , is the symbol of beauty ; and so nice a discerner is a blind person of the accents of speech , that through the voice he fancies he can see the soul . † From this idea they form notions of ...
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