Musical Backgrounds for English Literature, 1580-1650Greenwood Press, 1976 - 292 pages
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Gretchen Ludke Finney. CHAPTER XI Chorus in Samson Agonistes MILTON Chorus is here introduc'd after the Greek manner , ILTON wrote in his preface to Samson Agonistes ( 1671 ) not antient only but modern , and still in use among the ...
Gretchen Ludke Finney. CHAPTER XI Chorus in Samson Agonistes MILTON Chorus is here introduc'd after the Greek manner , ILTON wrote in his preface to Samson Agonistes ( 1671 ) not antient only but modern , and still in use among the ...
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Gretchen Ludke Finney. They differ from those in Samson Agonistes in tending to be three or four - line speeches rather than the longer five or ten lines , but Chiabrera , for example , although he does favor ... Samson Agonistes 227.
Gretchen Ludke Finney. They differ from those in Samson Agonistes in tending to be three or four - line speeches rather than the longer five or ten lines , but Chiabrera , for example , although he does favor ... Samson Agonistes 227.
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... Samson Agonistes , because the Samson story was a favorite one for writers of oratorio from its beginnings up to the time of Handel's Samson ( 1741 ) , which is based on Milton's work . " It is tempt- ing , too , because there are ...
... Samson Agonistes , because the Samson story was a favorite one for writers of oratorio from its beginnings up to the time of Handel's Samson ( 1741 ) , which is based on Milton's work . " It is tempt- ing , too , because there are ...
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