Musical Backgrounds for English Literature, 1580-1650Greenwood Press, 1976 - 292 pages
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Page 133
... interest . English composers ( and poets , too ) were as interested as the Italians in careful setting of words , in coupling " words and notes lovingly together , " but they were inspired by French and native English influences as well ...
... interest . English composers ( and poets , too ) were as interested as the Italians in careful setting of words , in coupling " words and notes lovingly together , " but they were inspired by French and native English influences as well ...
Page 210
... interest to him , are there to be found , in the subject matter of the poem , ideas and presuppositions which lead to the same conclusion - that the characteristics of " Lycidas " which make the poem unique derive from Milton's interest ...
... interest to him , are there to be found , in the subject matter of the poem , ideas and presuppositions which lead to the same conclusion - that the characteristics of " Lycidas " which make the poem unique derive from Milton's interest ...
Page 236
... interest in the Greck drama . Samson's monody " O dark , dark , dark ... , ” intro- duced with a change in verse form which in Italian musical drama indicated the entrance of a solo voice , is paralleled also in the ancient monody . The ...
... interest in the Greck drama . Samson's monody " O dark , dark , dark ... , ” intro- duced with a change in verse form which in Italian musical drama indicated the entrance of a solo voice , is paralleled also in the ancient monody . The ...
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A World of Instruments | 1 |
A Book of Knowledge | 21 |
An AntiPythagorean Cross | 126 |
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