The History of Music to the Death of SchubertGinn, 1907 - 314 páginas |
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The History of Music to the Death of Schubert John Knowles Paine,Albert Andrew Howard Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
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accompaniment ancient artistic Bach Bach's bass beauty became Beethoven born called cantatas cantus firmus celebrated chapelmaster character choral chorus church music clavichord composer compositions concertos contrapuntal counterpoint dances Dorian dramatic early eighteenth century England expression famous Farinelli favorite flute French fugue Gabrieli genius German Giovanni Gabrieli Gluck Greek music Gregorian Hamburg Handel harmony harpsichord Haydn hymns influence instru instrumental music Italian Italian opera Italy Johann Josquin keys Lasso Lully madrigal masses masters melody ment minor modern motets movement Mozart musicians notes Ockenheim octave oratorios orchestra organ organist origin Orlando Lasso overture Palestrina passion passion music performed piano pieces pipes playing poet popular poser pupil quartets recitative Roman Rome scale Scarlatti Schubert Sebastian secular music singers singing sixteenth century solo sonatas songs string stringed instruments style sung symphonies talent tetrachords tion tone Venetian Venice Vienna viola violin vocal voices wind instruments words
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Página 155 - Some say, compar'd to Bononcini, That Mynheer Handel's but a ninny ; Others aver that he to Handel Is scarcely fit to hold a candle.' Strange all this difference should be Twixt Tweedledum and Tweedledee.
Página 196 - How oft, when thou, my music, music play'st, Upon that blessed wood whose motion sounds With thy sweet fingers, when thou gently sway'st The wiry concord that mine ear confounds, Do I envy those jacks," that nimble leap To kiss the tender inward of thy hand...
Página 14 - ... it came even to pass as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord ; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good ; for his mercy endureth for ever; that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord...
Página 248 - I also thought that my chief endeavor should be to attain a grand simplicity, and consequently I have avoided making a parade of difficulties at the cost of clearness. I have set no value on novelty as such, unless it was naturally suggested by the situation and suited to the expression. In short, there was no rule which I did not consider myself bound to sacrifice for the sake of effect.
Página 196 - The wiry concord that mine ear confounds, Do I envy' those jacks, that nimble leap To kiss the tender inward of thy hand, Whilst my poor lips, which should that harvest reap, At the wood's boldness by thee blushing stand ! To be so tickled, they would change their state And situation with those...
Página 247 - 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; and that it was necessary above all to avoid making too great a disparity between the Recitative and the Air...
Página 179 - And though his dramatic style and recitative were formed in a great measure on French models, there is a latent power and force in his expression of English words, whatever be the subject, that will make an unprejudiced native of this island feel, more than all the elegance, grace, and refinement of modern music, less happily applied, can do ; and this pleasure is communicated to us, not by the symmetry or rhythm of modern melody, but by his having tuned to the true accents of our mother-tongue,...
Página 114 - Dowland to thee is dear, whose heavenly touch Upon the lute doth ravish human sense; Spenser to me, whose deep conceit is such As, passing all conceit, needs no defence. Thou lov'st to hear the sweet melodious sound That Phoebus...
Página 292 - Meine Ruh' ist hin, Mein Herz ist schwer; Ich finde sie nimmer Und nimmermehr.
Página 235 - After dinner, which was elegantly served, and cheerfully eaten, I prevailed upon him to sit down again to a clavichord, and he played, with little intermission, till near eleven o'clock at night. During this time, he grew so animated and possessed, that he not only played, but looked like one inspired. His eyes were fixed, his under lip fell, and drops of effervescence distilled from his countenance.