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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... taste and expression ; but not confining himself to this enquiry , he has ventured to treat upon other matters in which sound is concerned . Many of these are for the first time considered , and he is aware that some of his opinions may ...
... taste and expression ; but not confining himself to this enquiry , he has ventured to treat upon other matters in which sound is concerned . Many of these are for the first time considered , and he is aware that some of his opinions may ...
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... taste and contrivance . We might ask , When , and by whom , was the Latin tongue destroyed ? Some say by the barba- rians who overran the country from the North ; but a language could not be laid aside and another adopted at once ...
... taste and contrivance . We might ask , When , and by whom , was the Latin tongue destroyed ? Some say by the barba- rians who overran the country from the North ; but a language could not be laid aside and another adopted at once ...
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... taste and expression , many qualifica- tions are required : -first , as music , voice , ear and execution ; secondly , as language , enunciation , mind , and action . These , when combined with a just feeling , constitute the highest ...
... taste and expression , many qualifica- tions are required : -first , as music , voice , ear and execution ; secondly , as language , enunciation , mind , and action . These , when combined with a just feeling , constitute the highest ...
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... taste for the beauty of language . In such cases he is satisfied by the charm of the music , and the words are left to shift for themselves . Here the singer has a task to perform , sometimes to substi- tute other words , and ...
... taste for the beauty of language . In such cases he is satisfied by the charm of the music , and the words are left to shift for themselves . Here the singer has a task to perform , sometimes to substi- tute other words , and ...
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... taste may be shown in uniting them with musical expression . Our early composers often repeated the same word five or six times together , to gain an effect , which could not be obtained by any other means . The witches ' music in ...
... taste may be shown in uniting them with musical expression . Our early composers often repeated the same word five or six times together , to gain an effect , which could not be obtained by any other means . The witches ' music in ...
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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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