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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... instances here recorded are a faithful transcript of the voice of Nature , and it will strike every one , that music has had its origin in these simple and immutable expressions . With these facts before him , he has taken a ...
... instances here recorded are a faithful transcript of the voice of Nature , and it will strike every one , that music has had its origin in these simple and immutable expressions . With these facts before him , he has taken a ...
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... instances , to be regarded as prodigies . Mozart began to com- pose at the age of four ; and , in a paper read before the Royal Society by Doctor Burney , it is affirmed that Crotch played the air of ' Let ambition fire thy Mind ' when ...
... instances , to be regarded as prodigies . Mozart began to com- pose at the age of four ; and , in a paper read before the Royal Society by Doctor Burney , it is affirmed that Crotch played the air of ' Let ambition fire thy Mind ' when ...
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... instance of vibrating a tuning - fork , to the stem of which is attached a packthread string ; on the other end being wrapt round the little finger , and placed in the chamber of the ear , the sound will be audibly conveyed to the ...
... instance of vibrating a tuning - fork , to the stem of which is attached a packthread string ; on the other end being wrapt round the little finger , and placed in the chamber of the ear , the sound will be audibly conveyed to the ...
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... instance of the discriminating power of the ear of the elephant , we may mention a circumstance that occurred in the memo- rable conflict of shooting the maddened elephant at Exeter ' Change . ' After the soldiers had discharged thirty ...
... instance of the discriminating power of the ear of the elephant , we may mention a circumstance that occurred in the memo- rable conflict of shooting the maddened elephant at Exeter ' Change . ' After the soldiers had discharged thirty ...
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... instances of blind people . That there is a knack in listening , no one can doubt , as we frequently find persons , who sing and play out of tune , readily distinguish this defect in others , but have not the habit of de- tecting the ...
... instances of blind people . That there is a knack in listening , no one can doubt , as we frequently find persons , who sing and play out of tune , readily distinguish this defect in others , but have not the habit of de- tecting the ...
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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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