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 130
... move by word , music , and gesture . The music ( to use the word in the present - day sense ) was in the new monodic style of solo singing , with chordal accom- paniment , that varied between declamation and melody . The total effect ...
... move by word , music , and gesture . The music ( to use the word in the present - day sense ) was in the new monodic style of solo singing , with chordal accom- paniment , that varied between declamation and melody . The total effect ...
Page 148
... moved , and they in turn move the muscles or restrain them . They may even mount up under the soul to elevate it . The reason that Scaliger gave for this motion was dis- appointingly traditional . Spirits move in correspondence to air ...
... moved , and they in turn move the muscles or restrain them . They may even mount up under the soul to elevate it . The reason that Scaliger gave for this motion was dis- appointingly traditional . Spirits move in correspondence to air ...
Page 150
... move , not for the reason that two instruments sound in sympathy , but for the same reason that one responds to the physical sensation of tickling , from the fact that The very sound it selfe , which according to the best philo- sophie ...
... move , not for the reason that two instruments sound in sympathy , but for the same reason that one responds to the physical sensation of tickling , from the fact that The very sound it selfe , which according to the best philo- sophie ...
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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