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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... the peal , and which he always noticed . He would then get up , shake himself , and prepare to be off from an amusement for which he had less relish than his master . ing public of the present day . * Even the 21 FACULTIES OF THE EAR . 21.
... the peal , and which he always noticed . He would then get up , shake himself , and prepare to be off from an amusement for which he had less relish than his master . ing public of the present day . * Even the 21 FACULTIES OF THE EAR . 21.
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... less generous , it is a rare instance to meet with any voices that are truly excellent . Many of our words have had their origin in severer climes , and partake so much of the nasal and gut- tural tones as to destroy every vestige of ...
... less generous , it is a rare instance to meet with any voices that are truly excellent . Many of our words have had their origin in severer climes , and partake so much of the nasal and gut- tural tones as to destroy every vestige of ...
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... 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 line , to G above it , can be evenly sustained in the ...
... 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 line , to G above it , can be evenly sustained in the ...
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... 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 is never thought of . He has to learn the grace and polish of speech at an age when it is ...
... 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 is never thought of . He has to learn the grace and polish of speech at an age when it is ...
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... less than thirty- seven consonants , fourteen vowels , six diphthongs of elemental sounds , and the entire effects are brought about by the natural order of juxta- position . - Edinburgh Review , No. LXXXIV . never been doubted . But a ...
... less than thirty- seven consonants , fourteen vowels , six diphthongs of elemental sounds , and the entire effects are brought about by the natural order of juxta- position . - Edinburgh Review , No. LXXXIV . never been doubted . But a ...
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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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