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 38
... proportions depend mainly , wrote Wotton , on the octave , the fifth , and the fourth , which apply as well to ... proportion ... cannot decently posesse the whole Field . . . [ and ] is , by necessary sequel , a discord . ” ” The ...
... proportions depend mainly , wrote Wotton , on the octave , the fifth , and the fourth , which apply as well to ... proportion ... cannot decently posesse the whole Field . . . [ and ] is , by necessary sequel , a discord . ” ” The ...
Page 42
... proportion . But tempus was also akin to temperare , " to temper , " to adjust harmoniously . To temper a string of an instrument meant to put it in tune , to give it proportion in pitch . Richard , who has exceeded the authority of ...
... proportion . But tempus was also akin to temperare , " to temper , " to adjust harmoniously . To temper a string of an instrument meant to put it in tune , to give it proportion in pitch . Richard , who has exceeded the authority of ...
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... proportion , which makes a diapason : where- unto the head answereth in the same proportion . The three faces betweene the throat pit and the privities answere to the second , betwixt them & the knee in a sesquialter proportion ; whence ...
... proportion , which makes a diapason : where- unto the head answereth in the same proportion . The three faces betweene the throat pit and the privities answere to the second , betwixt them & the knee in a sesquialter proportion ; whence ...
Contents
A World of Instruments | 1 |
A Book of Knowledge | 21 |
An AntiPythagorean Cross | 126 |
Copyright | |
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