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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... writer of the present age . I am , dear Sir , with great regard , Your obliged and faithful Servant , WILLIAM GARDINER LEICESTER , June 4th , 1832 . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE AMERICAN EDITION . THE publishers take pleasure.
... writer of the present age . I am , dear Sir , with great regard , Your obliged and faithful Servant , WILLIAM GARDINER LEICESTER , June 4th , 1832 . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE AMERICAN EDITION . THE publishers take pleasure.
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... writers , the tympanum * is described as a strained membrane in the chamber of the ear ; not the sole instrument upon which the sounds are formed , but simply a guard to prevent extraneous bodies entering the * It has been ingeniously ...
... writers , the tympanum * is described as a strained membrane in the chamber of the ear ; not the sole instrument upon which the sounds are formed , but simply a guard to prevent extraneous bodies entering the * It has been ingeniously ...
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... the smaller sounds , is very re- * Some very extraordinary telegraphic inventions are about to be exhibited , depending upon this principle . markable . A friend of the writer has declared he 18 18 FACULTIES OF THE EAR . "
... the smaller sounds , is very re- * Some very extraordinary telegraphic inventions are about to be exhibited , depending upon this principle . markable . A friend of the writer has declared he 18 18 FACULTIES OF THE EAR . "
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... writer has declared he could readily perceive the motion of a flea , when on his nightcap , by the sound emitted by the ma- chinery of his leaping powers . However extraor- dinary this may appear , we find a similar statement is given ...
... writer has declared he could readily perceive the motion of a flea , when on his nightcap , by the sound emitted by the ma- chinery of his leaping powers . However extraor- dinary this may appear , we find a similar statement is given ...
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... writers have been perplexed , and have resorted to all the vowel characters in turn , to indicate this simple sound as in the following - Earth , berth , mirth , worth , furth . To rectify these incongruities , it would be a simple ...
... writers have been perplexed , and have resorted to all the vowel characters in turn , to indicate this simple sound as in the following - Earth , berth , mirth , worth , furth . To rectify these incongruities , it would be a simple ...
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The Music of Nature: Or, An Attempt to Prove that what is Passionate and ... William Gardiner Visualização integral - 1849 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
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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