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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... organ through which these sensations pass is allowed to be the most curiously wrought of any part of the human body ; and , from the description which anatomists give of it , we may infer that the ear is an instrument of the pulsatile ...
... organ through which these sensations pass is allowed to be the most curiously wrought of any part of the human body ; and , from the description which anatomists give of it , we may infer that the ear is an instrument of the pulsatile ...
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... organs , and it may be justly said that we learn both to see and hear . Infants , apparently , have no knowledge of exter- nal objects , except those which emit or reflect the strongest lights ; as the window , the candle or the moon ...
... organs , and it may be justly said that we learn both to see and hear . Infants , apparently , have no knowledge of exter- nal objects , except those which emit or reflect the strongest lights ; as the window , the candle or the moon ...
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... organ arises from the internal action of the mind , calling up ideas of light and sound ? To those who have never ... organs . What must we say to his posthumous quartetts ? Who dare , at the present day , avow himself equal to the task ...
... organ arises from the internal action of the mind , calling up ideas of light and sound ? To those who have never ... organs . What must we say to his posthumous quartetts ? Who dare , at the present day , avow himself equal to the task ...
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... Organs afford another proof of this observation ; for we often find those which are overpowering when near , fail to produce that solemn grandeur of note at a distance which is the test of their excel- lence . The voice of man is ...
... Organs afford another proof of this observation ; for we often find those which are overpowering when near , fail to produce that solemn grandeur of note at a distance which is the test of their excel- lence . The voice of man is ...
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... organs steadily kept in this position , you will produce the first vo- cal sound of Au , * as in the word awful . Another quality of tone may be acquired by admitting but two fingers between the teeth , and drawing the * This broad A ...
... organs steadily kept in this position , you will produce the first vo- cal sound of Au , * as in the word awful . Another quality of tone may be acquired by admitting but two fingers between the teeth , and drawing the * This broad 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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