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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... hands to touch . It is , then , only by slow degrees that we learn to see and hear , although our faculties are as perfect at first as in after - life . It has been remarked of those persons born blind and brought to sight , that all ...
... hands to touch . It is , then , only by slow degrees that we learn to see and hear , although our faculties are as perfect at first as in after - life . It has been remarked of those persons born blind and brought to sight , that all ...
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... hand . * The atmosphere is the grand medium by which sound is conveyed , though recent discoveries prove that other bodies conduct it with greater expedi- tion , as in the instance of vibrating a tuning - fork , to the stem of which is ...
... hand . * The atmosphere is the grand medium by which sound is conveyed , though recent discoveries prove that other bodies conduct it with greater expedi- tion , as in the instance of vibrating a tuning - fork , to the stem of which is ...
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... hand upon the breast , as the sound produces a very perceptible vibration . This por- tion of the voice is called by the Italians the voce de petto , or voice of the breast . Upon this stands the common voice , and immediately above it ...
... hand upon the breast , as the sound produces a very perceptible vibration . This por- tion of the voice is called by the Italians the voce de petto , or voice of the breast . Upon this stands the common voice , and immediately above it ...
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... hand within the bosom of the waistcoat , in an easy attitude , relaxes the attention of the audience , and prepares the mind to receive new effects . In the dramatic exhibition of the ancients , the speeches were made through metallic ...
... hand within the bosom of the waistcoat , in an easy attitude , relaxes the attention of the audience , and prepares the mind to receive new effects . In the dramatic exhibition of the ancients , the speeches were made through metallic ...
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... hand writer was able to take down his words . The scintillations of his fancy , and the flow of his elo- quence , may be compared to that of Burke ; and as a writer of the English language he is not sur- passed by any one , ancient or ...
... hand writer was able to take down his words . The scintillations of his fancy , and the flow of his elo- quence , may be compared to that of Burke ; and as a writer of the English language he is not sur- passed by any one , ancient or ...
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The Music of Nature: Or, An Attempt to Prove that what is Passionate and ... William Gardiner Visualização completa - 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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