The Alliance of Musick, Poetry and Oratory: Under the Head of Poetry is Considered the Alliance and Nature of the Epic and Dramatic Poem, as it Exists in the Iliad, Æneid, and Paradise Lost |
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... it is easier to defcend with the voice than to afcend , the oppofite practice might be found equally proper for striking the tones , and certainly much better C better for forming the voice , beginning with the best MUSIск . 17.
... it is easier to defcend with the voice than to afcend , the oppofite practice might be found equally proper for striking the tones , and certainly much better C better for forming the voice , beginning with the best MUSIск . 17.
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... best natural tone , which in every voice is about the middle , and regulating by that all the others above and below . . The Italian masters very properly dif- tinguish tones into those di petto from the breast , which are the natural ...
... best natural tone , which in every voice is about the middle , and regulating by that all the others above and below . . The Italian masters very properly dif- tinguish tones into those di petto from the breast , which are the natural ...
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... best in a foprano about d ; it rarely comes to g in alto without fcream- ing , and in a contralto at g , a or b , scarcely higher without feigning ; and from thence upwards help the learner to gain the notes di testa or falfetto , so ...
... best in a foprano about d ; it rarely comes to g in alto without fcream- ing , and in a contralto at g , a or b , scarcely higher without feigning ; and from thence upwards help the learner to gain the notes di testa or falfetto , so ...
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... best performers , nor scarcely possible to be done in very swift movements , the practice is exceedingly offensive to a chaste and difcerning ear , and therefore should be sparingly used by the ablest practitioners , and ought to meet ...
... best performers , nor scarcely possible to be done in very swift movements , the practice is exceedingly offensive to a chaste and difcerning ear , and therefore should be sparingly used by the ablest practitioners , and ought to meet ...
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... but the few , who wish to be im- proved with sentiments , are best pleased with compositions , which elevate by ex- citement of the nobler paffions and divine feelings , feelings , fuch as courage , pity , devotion and MUSICK . 41.
... but the few , who wish to be im- proved with sentiments , are best pleased with compositions , which elevate by ex- citement of the nobler paffions and divine feelings , feelings , fuch as courage , pity , devotion and MUSICK . 41.
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