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
... style . He chose not the light verse usually found in the madrigal , but the moving poetry of Dante and the " Lamentations of Jeremiah . " They were sung by solo voice , accompanied by four viols , and , one assumes , delivered with ...
... style . He chose not the light verse usually found in the madrigal , but the moving poetry of Dante and the " Lamentations of Jeremiah . " They were sung by solo voice , accompanied by four viols , and , one assumes , delivered with ...
Page 208
... style suggestive of recitative varied with more melodic aria and with contrasts of mood and rhythm , to a climax well suited to chorus . The middle section of " Lycidas , " however , immediately suggests oratorio , which is , loosely ...
... style suggestive of recitative varied with more melodic aria and with contrasts of mood and rhythm , to a climax well suited to chorus . The middle section of " Lycidas , " however , immediately suggests oratorio , which is , loosely ...
Page 208
... style suggestive of recitative varied with more melodic aria and with contrasts of mood and rhythm , to a climax well suited to chorus . The middle section of " Lycidas , ” however , immediately suggests oratorio , which is , loosely ...
... style suggestive of recitative varied with more melodic aria and with contrasts of mood and rhythm , to a climax well suited to chorus . The middle section of " Lycidas , ” however , immediately suggests oratorio , which is , loosely ...
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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