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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... strains of the last age would be considered intolerably dull and stupid by the listen- tempt to stir , till the bells began to ring round , which intimated the finishing of the peal , and which he always noticed . He would then get up ...
... strains of the last age would be considered intolerably dull and stupid by the listen- tempt to stir , till the bells began to ring round , which intimated the finishing of the peal , and which he always noticed . He would then get up ...
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... strains of Rossini . The true composer may be said to ' live , move , and have his being ' in the midst of sounds . To him they are the materials of his art . Not so with the painter : he loves stillness and repose , and rambles in ...
... strains of Rossini . The true composer may be said to ' live , move , and have his being ' in the midst of sounds . To him they are the materials of his art . Not so with the painter : he loves stillness and repose , and rambles in ...
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... strain of music upon the ear . Language is made up of words and syllables ; and these syllables , like notes in music , are of all possible lengths . It is a rude and incorrect distinc- tion which the Latin scholars have made in ...
... strain of music upon the ear . Language is made up of words and syllables ; and these syllables , like notes in music , are of all possible lengths . It is a rude and incorrect distinc- tion which the Latin scholars have made in ...
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... strain of music , founded upon the laws of musical expression . If we inspect the fine Adagios of Haydn and Beet- hoven , we shall find them composed of sounds vary- ing in duration from the slowest note to those of the greatest ...
... strain of music , founded upon the laws of musical expression . If we inspect the fine Adagios of Haydn and Beet- hoven , we shall find them composed of sounds vary- ing in duration from the slowest note to those of the greatest ...
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... strains of eloquence , delivered in the same level tone , always fail to produce much effect . Musically speaking , he is the best orator who has the greatest number of tones at his command , who unites the upper and lower voices to his ...
... strains of eloquence , delivered in the same level tone , always fail to produce much effect . Musically speaking , he is the best orator who has the greatest number of tones at his command , who unites the upper and lower voices to his ...
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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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