Musical Backgrounds for English Literature, 1580-1650Greenwood Press, 1976 - 292 pages
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... pastoral drama , especially Tasso's Aminto and Gua- rini's Il Pastor Fido , as well as on Greek tragedy , but they were shorter than the pastoral plays , the plots were less complicated , and the stories were based on mythological ...
... pastoral drama , especially Tasso's Aminto and Gua- rini's Il Pastor Fido , as well as on Greek tragedy , but they were shorter than the pastoral plays , the plots were less complicated , and the stories were based on mythological ...
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... pastoral ; the second , while it begins in a pastoral vein , is ecclesiastical , moral . Moreover , this second division is less stylized than the first . Instead of being a series of set songs , of small forms , it is a free treat ...
... pastoral ; the second , while it begins in a pastoral vein , is ecclesiastical , moral . Moreover , this second division is less stylized than the first . Instead of being a series of set songs , of small forms , it is a free treat ...
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... pastoral : recitative is dramatic , not lyric ; the lyrical refrain is gone ; there is more sudden variety and contrast . These distinguishing qualities define within close limits the kind of musical composition that the present study ...
... pastoral : recitative is dramatic , not lyric ; the lyrical refrain is gone ; there is more sudden variety and contrast . These distinguishing qualities define within close limits the kind of musical composition that the present study ...
Contents
A World of Instruments | 1 |
A Book of Knowledge | 21 |
An AntiPythagorean Cross | 126 |
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