The Evolution of the Art of MusicD. Appleton, 1906 - 342 pagini |
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... century , after having been under a gradual process of modification from an accepted nucleus for nearly a thousand years . Primeval savages were even worse off than mediæval Europeans . They did not know that they wanted a scale ; and ...
... century , after having been under a gradual process of modification from an accepted nucleus for nearly a thousand years . Primeval savages were even worse off than mediæval Europeans . They did not know that they wanted a scale ; and ...
Pagina 28
... century they had already developed a scale which has the appearance of being singularly complete , as it comprised all the intervals which are characteristic of both our major and minor modes , except the major seventh , which is our ...
... century they had already developed a scale which has the appearance of being singularly complete , as it comprised all the intervals which are characteristic of both our major and minor modes , except the major seventh , which is our ...
Pagina 41
... centuries of general disorganisation in which the collapse of the Roman Empire was going on , the traditions became obscure and probably conflicting in different centres . To remedy this state of things efforts were made , especially by ...
... centuries of general disorganisation in which the collapse of the Roman Empire was going on , the traditions became obscure and probably conflicting in different centres . To remedy this state of things efforts were made , especially by ...
Pagina 44
... centuries . At last , in the seventeenth century , men began to have a dis- tinct sense of an artistic classification of the notes of the scale . The name note or tonic of a scale arrived finally at its decisive position as the starting ...
... centuries . At last , in the seventeenth century , men began to have a dis- tinct sense of an artistic classification of the notes of the scale . The name note or tonic of a scale arrived finally at its decisive position as the starting ...
Pagina 45
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry. highest artistic development — at least eight centuries ahead of all melodic systems ... century musicians did not want more accidentals than B , F , F , C , and G. But as their sense for possibilities of ...
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry. highest artistic development — at least eight centuries ahead of all melodic systems ... century musicians did not want more accidentals than B , F , F , C , and G. But as their sense for possibilities of ...
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Pagina 218 - My idea was that the overture ought to indicate the subject and prepare the spectators for the character of the piece they are about to see; that the instruments ought to be introduced in proportion to the degree of interest and passion in the words...
Pagina i - Heredity." $1.50. 42. ANTS, BEES, AND WASPS. A Record of Observations of the Habits of the Social Hymenoptera. By Sir JOHN LUBBOCK, Bart., FRS, DCL, LL.
Pagina 7 - The rhythmic music is then defined only by the pulses, and has no change of pitch ; while purely melodic music has change of pitch, but no definition or regularity of impulse. The latter is frequently met with among savage races, and even as near the homes of highest art as the outof-the-way corners of the British Isles. Pure, unalloyed rhythmic music is found in most parts of the uncivilised globe; and the degree of excitement to which it can give rise, when the mere beating of a drum or tom-tom...
Pagina 244 - Parisian one into the shade in every respect. The general quality of the musical thoughts is finer, richer, and more interesting; while the purely orchestral effects, especially in the slow movement, are among the most successful things of the kind he ever achieved. And finally the three great symphonies which he wrote in Vienna in 1788 represent the highest level in idea and style and in every distinguished quality of art he ever attained to. They are the crown of his life's work; for in them he...