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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... origin in these simple and immutable expressions . With these facts before him , he has taken a philosophical view of the science , and en- deavored to explain the true principles of musical taste and expression ; but not confining ...
... origin in these simple and immutable expressions . With these facts before him , he has taken a philosophical view of the science , and en- deavored to explain the true principles of musical taste and expression ; but not confining ...
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... origin in severer climes , and partake so much of the nasal and gut- tural tones as to destroy every vestige of melody . † These defects may , in a great measure , be remedied by art , and , if we commence soon enough , a voice may be ...
... origin in severer climes , and partake so much of the nasal and gut- tural tones as to destroy every vestige of melody . † These defects may , in a great measure , be remedied by art , and , if we commence soon enough , a voice may be ...
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... origin of language in the early ages of the ' human race . ' * By the curious structure of the vocal organs , man is capable of making a greater variety of tones than any other animal , and has at his command the power of expressing ...
... origin of language in the early ages of the ' human race . ' * By the curious structure of the vocal organs , man is capable of making a greater variety of tones than any other animal , and has at his command the power of expressing ...
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... origin in an effort to express the names of things by sounds . Its force will depend upon the use of the primitive tones , and its beauty upon the order in which various sounds are arranged . The present object is to speak of the ...
... origin in an effort to express the names of things by sounds . Its force will depend upon the use of the primitive tones , and its beauty upon the order in which various sounds are arranged . The present object is to speak of the ...
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... origin , it is said , was that of a match girl , in Rome ; but in her career she visited every court in Europe , where the most profuse presents were showered upon her by kings and princes . Having amassed vast treasures in money and ...
... origin , it is said , was that of a match girl , in Rome ; but in her career she visited every court in Europe , where the most profuse presents were showered upon her by kings and princes . Having amassed vast treasures in money and ...
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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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