Essays on Song-writing: With a Collection of Such English Songs as are Most Eminent for Poetical MeritR.H. Evans, 1810 - 352 pages |
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... Harding Evans. AIKIN ON SONG - WRITING . Nec , si quid olim lusit Anacreon Delevit ætas ; spirat adhuc amor , Vivuntque commissi calores Æoliæ fidibus puellæ . HORAT . WITH A COLLECTION OF SUCH ENGLISH SONGS AS ARE MOST.
... Harding Evans. AIKIN ON SONG - WRITING . Nec , si quid olim lusit Anacreon Delevit ætas ; spirat adhuc amor , Vivuntque commissi calores Æoliæ fidibus puellæ . HORAT . WITH A COLLECTION OF SUCH ENGLISH SONGS AS ARE MOST.
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... Anacreon , and the melting music of Sappho still sound , though ages have passed since they vibrated on the ear , I will venture to promise a source of enjoyment , from the Works of those great masters whose names adorn this Collection ...
... Anacreon , and the melting music of Sappho still sound , though ages have passed since they vibrated on the ear , I will venture to promise a source of enjoyment , from the Works of those great masters whose names adorn this Collection ...
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... Anacreon are almost all songs in every respect , ex- cept the measure , which instead of being divided into returning stanzas , is uni- form . Yet this would not necessarily disqualify it for musical adaptation , and there is no doubt ...
... Anacreon are almost all songs in every respect , ex- cept the measure , which instead of being divided into returning stanzas , is uni- form . Yet this would not necessarily disqualify it for musical adaptation , and there is no doubt ...
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... also admit of a Character from the nature of its subjects ? It has been already ob- served that the pieces of Sappho and Anacreon are formed entirely upon gay and amorous topics . A beautiful variety of poems of 14 ON SONG WRITING.
... also admit of a Character from the nature of its subjects ? It has been already ob- served that the pieces of Sappho and Anacreon are formed entirely upon gay and amorous topics . A beautiful variety of poems of 14 ON SONG WRITING.
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... Anacreon and the amorous softness of the Lesbian maid . One of the oldest pieces of Gre- cian Lyric poetry extant , is a heroic ode sung by the Athenians at their public feasts in commemoration of Harmodius and Aristogiton . The odes of ...
... Anacreon and the amorous softness of the Lesbian maid . One of the oldest pieces of Gre- cian Lyric poetry extant , is a heroic ode sung by the Athenians at their public feasts in commemoration of Harmodius and Aristogiton . The odes of ...
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