This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ... who heard her sing the sublime melody, and painted his greatest picture--one of the greatest pictures ever painted in the world--from her. Saint Cecilia--Saint Cecilia, and none other, said Sir Joshua Reynolds. She sings and draws the angels down when she calls upon them. But the jingling harpsichord ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ... who heard her sing the sublime melody, and painted his greatest picture--one of the greatest pictures ever painted in the world--from her. Saint Cecilia--Saint Cecilia, and none other, said Sir Joshua Reynolds. She sings and draws the angels down when she calls upon them. But the jingling harpsichord It is unworthy of her, cried her father, taking his hands off the keys before playing the prelude to the air. In an instant her brother had caught up his violin--he had been tuning it while they had been talking--and began to improvise an obbligato with the confidence of a master of the instrument. And then with the first sound of the harpsichord came that exquisite voice of passionate imploration: ' Angels, ever bright and fair, Take, oh, take me to your care. She had never sung it so well before. She had never before known how beautiful it was. And now, while she sang, the violin obbligato helping her onward, she became aware of distant angel voices answering her--soft and low they were at first; but gradually they drew nigh, increasing in volume and intensity, until at the end of the first part the air was thrilling with the sound of harps, and through all the joyous confidence of the last phrases came that glorious harp-music, now floating away into the distance and anon flashing down with the sound of mysterious musical voices in response to her singing. At the last she could see the heavens opened above her, and a flood of melody floated down, and then dwindled away when her voice had become silent. Therfe was a silence in the room. Even the father, who thought he knew all the magic that could be accomplished on the fourth string, was dumb with amazement and delight. Ah, my sweet sister, said the violin player, your...
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