The Evolution of the Art of MusicD. Appleton, 1906 - 342 pagini |
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... ment to which it can give rise , when the mere beating of a drum or tom - tom is accompanied by dancing , is well known to all the world . It is also a familiar fact that dancing originates under almost the same conditions as song or ...
... ment to which it can give rise , when the mere beating of a drum or tom - tom is accompanied by dancing , is well known to all the world . It is also a familiar fact that dancing originates under almost the same conditions as song or ...
Pagina 19
... ment , and these are expressions of feeling which are in a minority . Pure vocal art follows the rule of the inflections in speaking ; and in melodic systems , which are so much in- fluenced by the voice , cadences which rise to the ...
... ment , and these are expressions of feeling which are in a minority . Pure vocal art follows the rule of the inflections in speaking ; and in melodic systems , which are so much in- fluenced by the voice , cadences which rise to the ...
Pagina 22
... ment can be followed up to the state which for ancient days must be considered mature . It is tolerably clear that the artistic standard of the music of the Greeks was very far behind their standard of observation and general ...
... ment can be followed up to the state which for ancient days must be considered mature . It is tolerably clear that the artistic standard of the music of the Greeks was very far behind their standard of observation and general ...
Pagina 24
... ment of differing intervals varies . In the earliest Greek nucleus of a scale , the Doric , there was a semitone between the bottom note and the next above it in each tetrachord - as between B and C , or E and F. In course of time the ...
... ment of differing intervals varies . In the earliest Greek nucleus of a scale , the Doric , there was a semitone between the bottom note and the next above it in each tetrachord - as between B and C , or E and F. In course of time the ...
Pagina 48
... ment . Another traveller quotes some Polynesian cannibals as gloating over their living victims , shortly to be devoured , and singing gruesomely suggestive passages of rising quarter tones . In all such cases the process must have been ...
... ment . Another traveller quotes some Polynesian cannibals as gloating over their living victims , shortly to be devoured , and singing gruesomely suggestive passages of rising quarter tones . In all such cases the process must have been ...
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