The Evolution of the Art of MusicD. Appleton, 1906 - 342 pagini |
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... began by imitating birds ' songs . There is no objection to such a theory if considered as a pretty poetical myth , and instances of people imitating birds in music can of course be substantiated ; but as a serious explanation of the ...
... began by imitating birds ' songs . There is no objection to such a theory if considered as a pretty poetical myth , and instances of people imitating birds in music can of course be substantiated ; but as a serious explanation of the ...
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... began with imitation , and the latter with direct expression . The story of music has been that of a slow building up and extension of artistic means of formulating in terms of de- sign utterances and counterparts of utterances which in ...
... began with imitation , and the latter with direct expression . The story of music has been that of a slow building up and extension of artistic means of formulating in terms of de- sign utterances and counterparts of utterances which in ...
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... began to pass into music when a few definite notes were made to take the place of vague , irregular shouting . And as speech grows more copious in resources when the delicate muscles of the mouth and throat are trained to obedience in ...
... began to pass into music when a few definite notes were made to take the place of vague , irregular shouting . And as speech grows more copious in resources when the delicate muscles of the mouth and throat are trained to obedience in ...
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... began to pay any attention to the relations of notes to one another , or to notice that such abstractions could exist apart from the music . And it has even sometimes happened that races who have de- veloped up to an advanced standard ...
... began to pay any attention to the relations of notes to one another , or to notice that such abstractions could exist apart from the music . And it has even sometimes happened that races who have de- veloped up to an advanced standard ...
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... began to lose their direct significance when they were formalised into distinct musical intervals . It is still possible to find among lowly organised savages examples of a kind of music which is so little defined in detail that the ...
... began to lose their direct significance when they were formalised into distinct musical intervals . It is still possible to find among lowly organised savages examples of a kind of music which is so little defined in detail that the ...
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achieved adopted arias arpeggios artistic Bach Bach's beauty Beethoven branch of art cadence century character characteristic choral music chords chorus colour complete composers contrapuntal contrast contrived counterpoint definite devices dramatic early effect emotional emphasised expression familiar feeling fugues genuine German Handel harmonic form harmonic music harmony harpsichord Haydn human ideas Illustrations important influence instinct instru instrumental music intelligible intervals Italian J. S. Bach kind means melodic systems melody ment methods mind minor modern music modes mood movement Mozart musicians nature notes octave opera opera seria oratorio orchestral organ music organised ornamental passages pentatonic perfect phrases pianoforte polyphonic possible principles of design progress pure rhythm rhythmic scale scheme semitones sense singers singing solo solo music sonata sonata form song sound style successful symphonies tetrachord Teutonic things tion tonality tone tonic treatment utterance variety various violin vocal voice whole
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