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 128
... words . The harmony must suit their mood . Interest focused , then , on projecting the meaning and intensity of the words . The words must be declaimed ; music must be the servant of poetry . " In composing , " wrote Bardi , you will ...
... words . The harmony must suit their mood . Interest focused , then , on projecting the meaning and intensity of the words . The words must be declaimed ; music must be the servant of poetry . " In composing , " wrote Bardi , you will ...
Page 132
... words . It was sometimes resisted , or ac- cepted with reluctance , not from any objection to careful setting of words , but because conservative composers felt that established rules of musical art were being ignored . Yet this ...
... words . It was sometimes resisted , or ac- cepted with reluctance , not from any objection to careful setting of words , but because conservative composers felt that established rules of musical art were being ignored . Yet this ...
Page 136
... words . Musical settings for recitative or monody , however , are of little interest apart from words , while words , on the other hand , have slight need of music . One feels no lack because Lawes's setting of Milton's " Arcades " is ...
... words . Musical settings for recitative or monody , however , are of little interest apart from words , while words , on the other hand , have slight need of music . One feels no lack because Lawes's setting of Milton's " Arcades " is ...
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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