The Evolution of the Art of MusicD. Appleton, 1906 - 342 pagini |
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Pagina 7
... 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 i . each tetrachord - a 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 i . each tetrachord - a 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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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...