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 WorldLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1849 - 505 páginas |
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... common affairs of life are so constantly calling into action the faculties of the eye , that its quick- ness is scarcely confined to any class ; but the faculties of the ear are comparatively unemployed , and left in a state of idleness ...
... common affairs of life are so constantly calling into action the faculties of the eye , that its quick- ness is scarcely confined to any class ; but the faculties of the ear are comparatively unemployed , and left in a state of idleness ...
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... common life we may mention that he ascertains his situation in the street , and his near approach to objects , by the stroke of his stick . To distinguish the firm step of a man from the light step of a woman is what many can do , but ...
... common life we may mention that he ascertains his situation in the street , and his near approach to objects , by the stroke of his stick . To distinguish the firm step of a man from the light step of a woman is what many can do , but ...
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... common voice , and immediately above it comes the voce de testa , or the voice of the head , the notes of which are formed at the highest point of the * Madame Camporese's performance was truly excellent , except that some of her notes ...
... common voice , and immediately above it comes the voce de testa , or the voice of the head , the notes of which are formed at the highest point of the * Madame Camporese's performance was truly excellent , except that some of her notes ...
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... common . A cul- tivated ear will find no difficulty in perceiving that in these measures syllables may be of all possible lengths . To prove which , we may put into notes a poem of Mr. Moore's , in triple time . 3 8 I knew by the smoke ...
... common . A cul- tivated ear will find no difficulty in perceiving that in these measures syllables may be of all possible lengths . To prove which , we may put into notes a poem of Mr. Moore's , in triple time . 3 8 I knew by the smoke ...
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... common time , as in the following 2 4 The Curfew tolls the knell of part - ing day , The low - ing herd winds slow - ly o'er the lea , The ploughman homeward plods his weary way , And leaves the world to darkness and to me . One of the ...
... common time , as in the following 2 4 The Curfew tolls the knell of part - ing day , The low - ing herd winds slow - ly o'er the lea , The ploughman homeward plods his weary way , And leaves the world to darkness and to me . One of the ...
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The Music of Nature: Or, An Attempt to Prove that what is Passionate and ... William Gardiner Visualização integral - 1849 |
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accent Adagio admiration Anacreon ancient animals appeared ballad bass bassoon beauty Beethoven bells Bird Braham breath called CHAPTER character charm chord clarionet composer composition concert delight diphthong distance Don Giovanni double bass effect English excellence execution expression extraordinary feelings flute force formed grace Handel harmony Haydn hear heard heart human voice instance Italian language letter listen loud Madame Madame de Staël manner melody ment mind mouth Mozart musical expression musician natural never noise oboe octave Opera oratorio orchestra organs passage passion peculiar performance persons petto piano-forte play pleasure produced render Rossini scarcely scene singer singing soft song soul speaking stage strain string stringed instruments style sublime sung sweet syllables taste theatre thee tion tone tongue tune uttered violin violoncello vocal vocalists vowel wind instruments words writer yes yes
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Página 447 - Fountain heads and pathless groves, Places which pale passion loves ! Moonlight walks, when all the fowls Are warmly housed save bats and owls ! A midnight bell, a parting groan, These are the sounds we feed upon ; Then stretch our bones in a still gloomy valley : Nothing's so dainty sweet as lovely melancholy.
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