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... song and that of eighteenth - century sentimental and medi- tative poetry were strangely mingled . Early in 1783 he began to keep a Commonplace Book , which began grandiosely : ' Observations , Hints , Songs , Scraps of Poetry , & c ...
... song and that of eighteenth - century sentimental and medi- tative poetry were strangely mingled . Early in 1783 he began to keep a Commonplace Book , which began grandiosely : ' Observations , Hints , Songs , Scraps of Poetry , & c ...
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... song - writer Britain has produced . In refurbishing old songs , making new ones out of frag- mentary remains , using an old chorus as a foundation for a new song , and sometimes simply touching up a set of characterless old words , as ...
... song - writer Britain has produced . In refurbishing old songs , making new ones out of frag- mentary remains , using an old chorus as a foundation for a new song , and sometimes simply touching up a set of characterless old words , as ...
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... songs , with the airs to which they were originally set , with historical and critical notes on both the words and the music . Unfortunately , the work has long been out of print . The same editor's Notes on Scottish Song , 1908 , and D ...
... songs , with the airs to which they were originally set , with historical and critical notes on both the words and the music . Unfortunately , the work has long been out of print . The same editor's Notes on Scottish Song , 1908 , and D ...
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