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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... listening to sounds of every description , and that with more than ordinary attention ; but none have interested him so much as the cries of animals , and the song of birds . In the busy world , or in quiet and repose , he has amused ...
... listening to sounds of every description , and that with more than ordinary attention ; but none have interested him so much as the cries of animals , and the song of birds . In the busy world , or in quiet and repose , he has amused ...
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... listen- ing - tube to the breast to detect the motions of the heart . The quickness which some persons possess in distinguishing the smaller sounds , is very re- * Some very extraordinary telegraphic inventions are about to be exhibited ...
... listen- ing - tube to the breast to detect the motions of the heart . The quickness which some persons possess in distinguishing the smaller sounds , is very re- * Some very extraordinary telegraphic inventions are about to be exhibited ...
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... , " which was his command to kneel ; ' and the noble beast actually knelt , and received a volley of balls that ' terminated his suffering . ' To accustom ourselves to listen with attention , is the 19 FACULTIES OF THE EAR . 19.
... , " which was his command to kneel ; ' and the noble beast actually knelt , and received a volley of balls that ' terminated his suffering . ' To accustom ourselves to listen with attention , is the 19 FACULTIES OF THE EAR . 19.
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... listen with attention , is the first step to improvement . Those who have made the least proficiency in music , must be aware how little capable we are , at first , of estimating the pitch or relative gradations of sounds as being high ...
... listen with attention , is the first step to improvement . Those who have made the least proficiency in music , must be aware how little capable we are , at first , of estimating the pitch or relative gradations of sounds as being high ...
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... listening , no one can doubt , as we frequently find persons , who sing and play out of tune , readily distinguish ... listen- tempt to stir , till the bells began to ring round , which intimated the finishing of the peal , and which ...
... listening , no one can doubt , as we frequently find persons , who sing and play out of tune , readily distinguish ... listen- tempt to stir , till the bells began to ring round , which intimated the finishing of the peal , and which ...
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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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