The Quarterly Musical Magazine and Review, Volume 8Baldwin, Craddock, and Joy, 1826 |
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... - scend , as more illustrative of the exaltation of mind these passions produce . D re - joi ce . glo ry . he storm figh the fier ce with fierce ness . · tri- to war war goes every day . stron 8 APPLICATION OF PASSAGES TO EXPRESSION ..
... - scend , as more illustrative of the exaltation of mind these passions produce . D re - joi ce . glo ry . he storm figh the fier ce with fierce ness . · tri- to war war goes every day . stron 8 APPLICATION OF PASSAGES TO EXPRESSION ..
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... mind . But to return from this short digression to the main object of our enquiry . The divisions of Purcell demonstrate little be- yond the very infancy of this contrivance to vary the syllabic con- struction of melody . We doubt ...
... mind . But to return from this short digression to the main object of our enquiry . The divisions of Purcell demonstrate little be- yond the very infancy of this contrivance to vary the syllabic con- struction of melody . We doubt ...
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... mind , and having confirmed this belief by ad- ducing such arguments and facts as may tend to support it , I shall proceed - to notice what has been said by various writers upon the music of this people , to give an account of some ...
... mind , and having confirmed this belief by ad- ducing such arguments and facts as may tend to support it , I shall proceed - to notice what has been said by various writers upon the music of this people , to give an account of some ...
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... mind that a knowledge , even of counterpoint , has existed among them . This I am aware is a hazardous conjecture , and will doubtless meet considerable opposition from learned musicians ; but I rest my opinion upon the numerous ...
... mind that a knowledge , even of counterpoint , has existed among them . This I am aware is a hazardous conjecture , and will doubtless meet considerable opposition from learned musicians ; but I rest my opinion upon the numerous ...
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... mind the nature of the case de- serves , I must be content to reserve what further proof I can obtain to some future opportunity , merely premising that like a true sportsman who has once started his game , I shall not quit the field ...
... mind the nature of the case de- serves , I must be content to reserve what further proof I can obtain to some future opportunity , merely premising that like a true sportsman who has once started his game , I shall not quit the field ...
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Page 1 - Tell me where is fancy bred, Or in the heart or in the head ? How begot, how nourished? Reply, reply. It is engender'd in the eyes, With gazing fed ; and fancy dies In the cradle where it lies. Let us all ring fancy's knell : I'll begin it, — Ding, dong, bell ALL.
Page 43 - And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD ; for his mercy endureth for ever.
Page 45 - Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up ? Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music...
Page 44 - He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth.
Page 37 - Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 38 - Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.
Page 40 - So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel. 15 And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD.
Page 42 - But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the Lord came upon him.
Page 96 - And now, my race of terror run, Mine be the eve of tropic Sun ! No pale gradations quench his ray, No twilight dews his wrath allay ; With disk like battle-target red, He rushes to his burning bed, Dyes the wide wave with bloody light, Then sinks at once — and all is night.
Page 17 - ... of breath, he was able to protract to such a length as to excite incredulity even in those who heard him; who, though unable to detect the artifice, imagined him to have had the latent help of some instrument by which the tone was continued, while he renewed his powers by respiration.