This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1846 Excerpt: ...it cannot follow organs & violls in the frequent change of keys; and the wind musick, which by all stress of invention hath bin brought into ordinary consort measures, yet more or less labours under the same infirmity, especially the cheif of them, which is the Trumpet. Here is the furniture of the musick school, and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1846 Excerpt: ...it cannot follow organs & violls in the frequent change of keys; and the wind musick, which by all stress of invention hath bin brought into ordinary consort measures, yet more or less labours under the same infirmity, especially the cheif of them, which is the Trumpet. Here is the furniture of the musick school, and from hence, that is from the gothick institution, I fix the epoch of all our moderne harmony; all the antiq. as well vocall as instrumentall together with their poetry, as to these purposes, being sunk in the pitt of Lethe. It is no wonder that the vertuqft'made the best use and improvement they could invent or contrive for rendring musick compleat; and without being tyed up to the rules of prosodia and counterpoint, they spread their movements so as the parts might break one upon the other with sufficient variety and comixtures unknowne to antiquity, and so farr from prejudice, that I may securely add, with wonderfull and (barring some evil customes crept in) perfection of harmony. And all flowing as well vocall as instrumentall uniformely in the same channell without other restraint then the nature of things, and the comon sence of humane kind requires. And thus thro' divers modes of operation, according to the various fancys and fashions of different times and nations, (but all founded upon the same principles, ) it is come downe to us, who have our turnes in de 36. Musick taken a new forme.. 37' Plain song and sigurate musick introduced by the Clergy. scribing disciplinary formes as others have had: and as others before us, so wee claim our performances to be the best. But now, to stepp back a litle, wee must consider that this revolution did not come on all at once, but gradually, and the church men were the means that brought it about;...
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