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 134
... ayre , no doubt influenced by the writ- ing of the Pléiade , was more liberating than were experi- ments in vers mesuré à l'antique , but the poet was still limited in style and structure . The ayre did not mark a complete break with ...
... ayre , no doubt influenced by the writ- ing of the Pléiade , was more liberating than were experi- ments in vers mesuré à l'antique , but the poet was still limited in style and structure . The ayre did not mark a complete break with ...
Page 149
... ayre , that ayre embraceth Which they impresse . 30 Thomas Wright took the next step toward materialism by saying , with no awareness , apparently , of heresy , that sound ( " according to the best philosophie " ) is nothing but a ...
... ayre , that ayre embraceth Which they impresse . 30 Thomas Wright took the next step toward materialism by saying , with no awareness , apparently , of heresy , that sound ( " according to the best philosophie " ) is nothing but a ...
Page 271
... ayre " to designate a melodic song . Why these songs were called " ayres " ( aria in Italian , air in French ) is not known . The word " air " ( hence " ayre " ) carried the connotation of manner or outward appearance of character , a ...
... ayre " to designate a melodic song . Why these songs were called " ayres " ( aria in Italian , air in French ) is not known . The word " air " ( hence " ayre " ) carried the connotation of manner or outward appearance of character , a ...
Contents
A World of Instruments | 1 |
A Book of Knowledge | 21 |
A Religious Controversy | 47 |
Copyright | |
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