Musical Backgrounds for English Literature: 1580-1650Rutgers University Press, 1962 - 292 pages The author traces the history of metaphysical ideas about music and explores the place of these in the poetry of Milton. |
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Page 167
... Song , " not harmonious sound , is evidence of our " heavenly source . " By song , “ not by his lyre , " not by " warbled " notes as in " Il Penseroso , " Orpheus compelled the ghosts of the dead to tears . ( Ad Patrem , lines 35-37 ...
... Song , " not harmonious sound , is evidence of our " heavenly source . " By song , “ not by his lyre , " not by " warbled " notes as in " Il Penseroso , " Orpheus compelled the ghosts of the dead to tears . ( Ad Patrem , lines 35-37 ...
Page 168
... Song " ( song aided by " the power of som adjuring verse ” ) , animates the Lady “ in stony fetters fixt , " as the Asclipean statues were animated in antique lore . Although occult concept colors imagery , however , this idea is ...
... Song " ( song aided by " the power of som adjuring verse ” ) , animates the Lady “ in stony fetters fixt , " as the Asclipean statues were animated in antique lore . Although occult concept colors imagery , however , this idea is ...
Page 185
... songs connected with the invocation of Sabrina is , again , almost identical in length with the group of pastoral songs in La catena d'Adone which is sung for the first ballet ; and Sabrina's song is identical in length and amazingly ...
... songs connected with the invocation of Sabrina is , again , almost identical in length with the group of pastoral songs in La catena d'Adone which is sung for the first ballet ; and Sabrina's song is identical in length and amazingly ...
Contents
A World of Instruments | 1 |
A Book of Knowledge | 21 |
A Religious Controversy | 47 |
Copyright | |
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