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 117
... follows the oft - made apology for the use of magic : If this be magic , let it be an art Lawful as eating . Thaisa , wife of Pericles , is also brought to life with the help of music . " Death may usurp on nature many hours , " says ...
... follows the oft - made apology for the use of magic : If this be magic , let it be an art Lawful as eating . Thaisa , wife of Pericles , is also brought to life with the help of music . " Death may usurp on nature many hours , " says ...
Page 182
... follow her to the beautiful spot which she has prepared , tempting him , as Comus tries to tempt the Lady , with " Refreshment after toil " ( 686 ) : “ ristoro / Da i travagli la vita ” ( I. iii , p . 26 ) . Adonis follows her , hoping ...
... follow her to the beautiful spot which she has prepared , tempting him , as Comus tries to tempt the Lady , with " Refreshment after toil " ( 686 ) : “ ristoro / Da i travagli la vita ” ( I. iii , p . 26 ) . Adonis follows her , hoping ...
Page 208
... follows a section that serves to introduce the plot and the main characters of the story , made up of solos in contrasting moods and rhythms , sung in recitative or semi - recitative by one of a group of shepherds or nymphs , and of ...
... follows a section that serves to introduce the plot and the main characters of the story , made up of solos in contrasting moods and rhythms , sung in recitative or semi - recitative by one of a group of shepherds or nymphs , and of ...
Contents
A World of Instruments | 1 |
A Book of Knowledge | 21 |
A Religious Controversy | 47 |
Copyright | |
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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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