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 207
... recitative also contributes to such a feel- ing . The prologue , especially , has an oratorical style which would be entirely out of keeping except in a formal dramatic presentation . Such a narrative song as that of the shepherd ...
... recitative also contributes to such a feel- ing . The prologue , especially , has an oratorical style which would be entirely out of keeping except in a formal dramatic presentation . Such a narrative song as that of the shepherd ...
Page 208
... recitative or semi - recitative by one of a group of shepherds or nymphs , and of choruses by the rest of the group . The plot then proceeds in this pastoral setting and is unfolded by a series of arias and passages in recitative , with ...
... recitative or semi - recitative by one of a group of shepherds or nymphs , and of choruses by the rest of the group . The plot then proceeds in this pastoral setting and is unfolded by a series of arias and passages in recitative , with ...
Page 208
... recitative or semi - recitative by one of a group of shepherds or nymphs , and of choruses by the rest of the group . The plot then proceeds in this pastoral setting and is unfolded by a series of arias and passages in recitative , with ...
... recitative or semi - recitative by one of a group of shepherds or nymphs , and of choruses by the rest of the group . The plot then proceeds in this pastoral setting and is unfolded by a series of arias and passages in recitative , with ...
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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