The Evolution of the Art of MusicD. Appleton, 1906 - 342 pagini |
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Pagina vii
... Melody and rhythm - The art based upon contrasts - Nervous exhaustion and its influence on the art- Tension and relaxation - Organisation PAGE CHAPTER II SCALES Definite relations of pitch indispensable - Slow development of scales ...
... Melody and rhythm - The art based upon contrasts - Nervous exhaustion and its influence on the art- Tension and relaxation - Organisation PAGE CHAPTER II SCALES Definite relations of pitch indispensable - Slow development of scales ...
Pagina viii
... Melody - Arias - Realism - Tendency of instrumental music towards independence CHAPTER VII COMBINATION OF OLD METHODS and New PRINCIPLES Renewed cultivation of contrapuntal methods - Influence of Italian taste and style upon Handel ...
... Melody - Arias - Realism - Tendency of instrumental music towards independence CHAPTER VII COMBINATION OF OLD METHODS and New PRINCIPLES Renewed cultivation of contrapuntal methods - Influence of Italian taste and style upon Handel ...
Pagina 3
... source and origin of its influence on human beings is so obscure . To some people beauty of form in melody or structure seems the chief excuse for the art's existence ; and even to more patient observers it 2 PRELIMINARIES 3.
... source and origin of its influence on human beings is so obscure . To some people beauty of form in melody or structure seems the chief excuse for the art's existence ; and even to more patient observers it 2 PRELIMINARIES 3.
Pagina 9
... melody become stereotyped , as they do in every savage community sufficiently advanced to perceive and re- member , attempts are made to alternate and contrast them in some way ; and the excitement of sympathy with an expressive cry is ...
... melody become stereotyped , as they do in every savage community sufficiently advanced to perceive and re- member , attempts are made to alternate and contrast them in some way ; and the excitement of sympathy with an expressive cry is ...
Pagina 11
... melody ; and even of a thing so abstract as a principle . In some of these respects the reason is easily found in some obvious physiological fact , such as ex- haustion of nervous force or waste of tissue ; but it appears certain that ...
... melody ; and even of a thing so abstract as a principle . In some of these respects the reason is easily found in some obvious physiological fact , such as ex- haustion of nervous force or waste of tissue ; but it appears certain that ...
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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...