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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... give of it , we may infer that the ear is an instrument of the pulsatile order , and in action similar to that of a drum . By some writers , the tympanum * is described as a strained membrane in the chamber of the ear ; not the sole ...
... give of it , we may infer that the ear is an instrument of the pulsatile order , and in action similar to that of a drum . By some writers , the tympanum * is described as a strained membrane in the chamber of the ear ; not the sole ...
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... gives them an indescribable quickness they judge of every thing by 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 ...
... gives them an indescribable quickness they judge of every thing by 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 ...
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... give a new feature to our grand performances . In the drama they ought to form a concomitant part . As Macbeth says- " How is it with me , when every noise appals me ? " These inharmonious sounds may form a new order of discords , more ...
... give a new feature to our grand performances . In the drama they ought to form a concomitant part . As Macbeth says- " How is it with me , when every noise appals me ? " These inharmonious sounds may form a new order of discords , more ...
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... give the sound of the vowel Ah ! as in the word art , less broad , and more attenuated than the former . This is the best mode of modelling the voice for singing , and should be constantly resorted to , till every note from C below the ...
... give the sound of the vowel Ah ! as in the word art , less broad , and more attenuated than the former . This is the best mode of modelling the voice for singing , and should be constantly resorted to , till every note from C below the ...
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... give activity to the mouth in speaking the words . In the education of a prima donna , not less than three years are spent in attaining this faculty ; but in the education of a youth for the Senate or the Church , such a ground - work ...
... give activity to the mouth in speaking the words . In the education of a prima donna , not less than three years are spent in attaining this faculty ; but in the education of a youth for the Senate or the Church , such a ground - work ...
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The Music of Nature: Or, An Attempt to Prove that what is Passionate and ... William Gardiner Visualização integral - 1849 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
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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