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 57
... melody in itself gives to the singer a great joy , and he continued by explaining , in a passage easily adapted to defense of musical sound itself , that nothing is so effective as modulated melody and divine song to awaken the soul ...
... melody in itself gives to the singer a great joy , and he continued by explaining , in a passage easily adapted to defense of musical sound itself , that nothing is so effective as modulated melody and divine song to awaken the soul ...
Page 61
... melody in your heart to the Lord " ( Eph . 5 : 18-19 ) . There were few objections , however , to the singing of psalms if they were sung " in a plain tune , easy both to be sung of those which have no art in singing , and understood of ...
... melody in your heart to the Lord " ( Eph . 5 : 18-19 ) . There were few objections , however , to the singing of psalms if they were sung " in a plain tune , easy both to be sung of those which have no art in singing , and understood of ...
Page 78
... Melody of Love ) , described an experience in which the heat of love was followed by a sensation of sweetness , and this by a " celestial melody ... heard by him with the outward as well as with the inward ear , ” a harmony that was an ...
... Melody of Love ) , described an experience in which the heat of love was followed by a sensation of sweetness , and this by a " celestial melody ... heard by him with the outward as well as with the inward ear , ” a harmony that was an ...
Contents
A World of Instruments | 1 |
A Book of Knowledge | 21 |
An AntiPythagorean Cross | 126 |
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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