Dissertation on Musical TasteMason brothers, 1853 - 296 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 39
עמוד 15
... Perhaps the plodding geniuses who in the dark ages involved themselves in the mazes of double counterpoint , may be said to form an exception to this remark . They seem to have been no more given to sentimentality than are the writers ...
... Perhaps the plodding geniuses who in the dark ages involved themselves in the mazes of double counterpoint , may be said to form an exception to this remark . They seem to have been no more given to sentimentality than are the writers ...
עמוד 22
... perhaps , to be deficient in taste , and behind the spirit of the age . Nor is this censure to be confined to minor produc- tions . Real genius and classic taste have too often condescended to pay court to vice and immorality . Who ever ...
... perhaps , to be deficient in taste , and behind the spirit of the age . Nor is this censure to be confined to minor produc- tions . Real genius and classic taste have too often condescended to pay court to vice and immorality . Who ever ...
עמוד 29
... perhaps the first thing to be attempt- ed by the novice , and the last thing to be acquired by the proficient . The man who has but little skill upon his instrument , seeks at first to hide his imperfections by the softened touches of ...
... perhaps the first thing to be attempt- ed by the novice , and the last thing to be acquired by the proficient . The man who has but little skill upon his instrument , seeks at first to hide his imperfections by the softened touches of ...
עמוד 35
... perhaps , that he is able to do so ; but if we place our hand upon him , we are reminded , by the gentle vibrations of his frame , of the phenomena of a well - constructed sound - board . But we need not dwell upon these details . The ...
... perhaps , that he is able to do so ; but if we place our hand upon him , we are reminded , by the gentle vibrations of his frame , of the phenomena of a well - constructed sound - board . But we need not dwell upon these details . The ...
עמוד 39
... his voice under control . Instances of a less marked character are not of unfrequent occurrence . Even the celebrated Braham sometimes aberrates from the pitch . neglect , perhaps , as by wrong instruction . The STYLE IN EXECUTION . 39.
... his voice under control . Instances of a less marked character are not of unfrequent occurrence . Even the celebrated Braham sometimes aberrates from the pitch . neglect , perhaps , as by wrong instruction . The STYLE IN EXECUTION . 39.
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קטעים בולטים
עמוד 200 - With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony; That Orpheus...
עמוד 109 - And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess ; but be filled with the spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
עמוד 197 - BEFORE Jehovah's awful throne, Ye nations bow with sacred joy ; Know that the Lord is God alone, He can create, and he destroy.
עמוד 198 - Where is the blessedness I knew When first I saw the Lord? Where is the soul-refreshing view Of Jesus and his word? 3 What peaceful hours I once enjoyed! How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.
עמוד 109 - Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom ; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
עמוד 203 - Were we to press, inferior might on ours; Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroy'd : From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike. And, if each system in gradation roll Alike essential to th' amazing whole, The least confusion but in one, not all That system only, but the whole must fall.
עמוד 295 - SHOW FORTH THE PRAISES of Him who hath called them out of darkness into his marvellous light.
עמוד 208 - Tis by the faith of joys to come We walk through deserts dark as night Till we arrive at heaven our home, Faith is our guide, and faith our light. 2 The want of sight she well supplies ; She makes the pearly gates appear ; Far into distant worlds she pries, And brings eternal glories near. 3 Cheerful we tread the desert through, While faith inspires a heavenly ray, Though lions roar, and...
עמוד 206 - STRAIT is the way, the door is strait, That leads to joys on high; 'Tis but a few that find the gate, While crowds mistake and die. 2 Beloved self must be denied, The mind and will renewed, Passion suppressed and patience tried, And vain desires subdued.
עמוד 207 - Is but esteemed almost a saint, And makes his own destruction sure. 4 Lord ! let not all my hopes be vain; Create my heart entirely new, Which hypocrites could ne'er attain:— Which false apostates never knew.