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The Realm of Music: A Series of Musical Essays, Chiefly Historical and ... Louis Charles 1848-1920 Elson No preview available - 2021 |
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Page 235 - THE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but he had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm ; A creature of heroic blood, A proud though childlike form. The flames...
Page 132 - Eustachian tubes, either one at will, and he has been in the habit for more than twenty years of demonstrating the same to those interested. larynx; but when the laryngoscope was introduced a new flood of light was thrown on the subject, and the difference was shown to be as great as that between life and death. The offices of the true vocal cords or bands, the false vocal cords or bands, the epiglottis, the passages through the mouth and nose, the use of the tongue and teeth, are now well known...
Page 100 - Mary said to Joseph With her sweet lips so mild, "Pluck those cherries, Joseph, For to give to my child.
Page 293 - Heaven, where he sat in full glee, A few sons of harmony sent a petition, That he their inspirer and patron would be ; When this answer arrived from the jolly old Grecian : Voice, fiddle and flute, no longer be mute, I'll lend you my name and inspire you to boot ; And besides I'll instruct you like me to entwine, The myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's vine.
Page 238 - Ay, is it so? Then wakes the power which in the age of iron Burst forth to curb the great, and raise the low. Mark, where she stands, around her form I draw The awful circle of our solemn Church! Set but a foot within that holy ground, And on thy head — yea, though it wore a crown — I launch the curse of Rome!
Page 133 - There is one thing interesting as to the function of the false vocal bands,2 which, as it is not generally known, may be alluded to briefly here. The false vocal bands close during the act of holding the breath, and are probably the chief agents in retarding the emission of the breath during singing and phonation. This is an important office, and should give these bands a better name than false, for their work is as true as that of the vocal bands themselves.
Page 153 - When I went to his house, I found with him three or four rational and well bred persons, his friends, besides his own family, consisting of Mrs. Bach, his eldest son, who practises the law, and his daughter.* The instant I entered, he conducted me up stairs into a large and elegant music room, furnished with pictures, drawings, and prints of more than a hundred and fifty eminent musicians; among whom, there are many Englishmen, and original portraits in oil of his father and grandfather.
Page 134 - The nerves of the head (which are volunteers) when worried or overworked, are sad disturbers of the sympathetic nerves (which are automatic). It is possible that the agreeable occupation of the cerebral nerve centers by a musical performance causes them to let the sympathetic nerves alone, and to cease withdrawing, or rather stealing, from them the energy which is their share. However it is done, the fact remains as stated, that the digestive, circulatory, secretive, nutritive, and reparatory functions...
Page 134 - Music is harmonious motion, and penetrates the soul by more ways than one, and where phonation does not penetrate. It is a universal language, that reaches the heart and sympathetic nerves. It is a soother and soporific, and thus is a good medicine for souls distressed. Music thus takes the place of drugs and is preferable to them. For example, when the use of opiates is done away with by music, the advantage is in the avoidance of the bad effects of the narcotic on the liver and digestive organs,...
Page 134 - ... acquired. The music habit, if I may be allowed to use the term, has nothing harmful in its effects. Again, music is medicine to the weary adult, worn with business, work, and worriment of mind. A prominent New England clergyman, tired out with the duties of his profession, tells me that there is nothing so restful and soothing to his nerves as Haydn's trios for the piano, 'cello, and violin. I can testify to the same thing. May not this explain the secret charm of concerted music ? When the soul...