Anecdotes of Music, Historical and Biographical: In a Series of Letters from a Gentleman to His Daughter, Band 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814 |
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admirable afterwards Alessandro Scarlatti ancient anthems Anthony Wood appear appointed Bologna Bononcini Burney called cantatas cathedral celebrated Chapel Royal Charles choral church Claude le Jeune composed compositions concerts Corelli counterpoint court dancing delight dramatic music elegant Emilio del Cavaliere eminent England English excellent favour favourite France French frequently fugue genius Handel harmony Henry Henry Lawes HENRY PURCELL honour imitation instrument invention Italian opera Italy King learned likewise Lulli madrigals Maestro di Capella Majesty manner masque master melody ment merit modulation motets musical drama musicians occasion opera oratorio organ organist Orlando Gibbons Oxford Palestrina performed play poet poetry prince principal printed productions published Purcell Purcell's Queen recitative reign Rome says Scarlatti scholar secular set to music seventeenth century Signor singers singing songs species stage style sung taste theatre tion tunes Venice verse viol violin vocal voice William William Davenant words written
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Seite 136 - Several other Projectors were in like manner personated in this Antimasque ; and it pleased the spectators the more, because by it an information was covertly given to the King of the unfitness and ridiculousness of these projects against the law ; and the Attorney Noy, who had most knowledge of them, had a great hand in this Antimasque of the Projectors.
Seite 455 - Circe, and others, all set off with the most expensive decorations of scenes and habits, with the best voices and dancers. This sensual supply of sight and sound, coming in to the assistance of the weaker party, it was no wonder they should grow too hard for sense and simple nature, when it is considered how many more people there are that can see and hear than think and judge.
Seite 494 - Every limb, and every finger, contributes to the part he acts, insomuch that a deaf man might go along with him in the sense of it. There is scarce a beautiful posture in an old statue which he does not plant himself in, as the different circumstances of the story give occasion for it.
Seite 141 - Queen, their mistress, and well taken by her. I therefore invited them one morning to a collation att St. Dunstan's taverne, in the great room, the oracle of Apollo, where each of them had his plate layd...
Seite 502 - Prentice. I have often wished that our tragedians would copy after this great master in action. Could they make the same use of their arms and legs, and inform their faces with as significant looks and passions, how glorious would an English tragedy appear with that action which is capable of giving a dignity to the forced thoughts, cold conceits, and unnatural expressions of an Italian opera...
Seite 228 - Gibbons, in which no instrument is employed but the organ, and the several parts are constantly moving in fugue, imitation, or plain counterpoint ; or, giving way to feeling and imagination, adopted the new and more expressive style of which he was himself one of the principal inventors, accompanying the voice parts with instruments, to enrich the harmony, and enforce the melody and meaning of the words, ha manifested equal abilities and resources.
Seite 467 - All who are conversant in the Italian cannot but observe that it is the softest, the sweetest, the most harmonious, not only of any modern tongue, but even beyond any of the learned. It seems indeed to have been invented for the sake of Poetry and Music...
Seite 187 - AW had some acquaintance with him, and hath several times heard him sing, with great admiration. His voice was a bass, and he had a great command of it. 'Twas very strong and exceeding trouling, but he wanted skill, and could scarce sing in consort. He had been...
Seite 222 - ... of Wales was so much taken with it, that he was at the expense of carrying him down into that country on purpose to build him such another, which Tom performed to the gentleman's very great satisfaction, and for the same he received of him a very handsome and generous gratuity.
Seite 494 - Nicolini, who sets off the character he bears in an opera by his action, as much as he does the words of it by his voice. Every limb, and every finger, contributes to the part he acts, insomuch...