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 225
... Greek tragedy . The composers were more interested in the wedding of music and poetry than in the unities . Above all , they were showmen first , classicists second . Nonetheless , their works often reflect the broader characteristics ...
... Greek tragedy . The composers were more interested in the wedding of music and poetry than in the unities . Above all , they were showmen first , classicists second . Nonetheless , their works often reflect the broader characteristics ...
Page 226
... Greek . The chorus does not speak until the second scene , where it begins with a long choral ode , as does the chorus in Samson , and throughout the pursuant alternating of solo dialogue with choral , there is striking similarity ...
... Greek . The chorus does not speak until the second scene , where it begins with a long choral ode , as does the chorus in Samson , and throughout the pursuant alternating of solo dialogue with choral , there is striking similarity ...
Page 236
... Greek poets and critics , through the sixteenth - century Renaissance from Trissino and Minturno to Tasso , then up through Vondel . Even the musical qualities of the work which certainly exist , and have been sensed by musicians who ...
... Greek poets and critics , through the sixteenth - century Renaissance from Trissino and Minturno to Tasso , then up through Vondel . Even the musical qualities of the work which certainly exist , and have been sensed by musicians who ...
Contents
A World of Instruments | 1 |
A Book of Knowledge | 21 |
A Religious Controversy | 47 |
Copyright | |
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Musical Backgrounds for English Literature: 1580-1650 (Classic Reprint) Gretchen Ludke Finney No preview available - 2018 |
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| Title | Musical Backgrounds for English Literature: 1580-1650 |
| Author | Gretchen Ludke Finney |
| Publisher | Rutgers University Press, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 15 Jul 2008 |
| Length | 292 pages |
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