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... Greek sense , can be applied only to the sound of two tones in concord . It is confined within very definite limits . To the Greeks only three intervals constituted concords — the fourth , the fifth , and the octave , known respectively ...
... Greek sense , can be applied only to the sound of two tones in concord . It is confined within very definite limits . To the Greeks only three intervals constituted concords — the fourth , the fifth , and the octave , known respectively ...
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... Greek music was still considered the basis of all systems of harmony . But , while to its originators the Greek theory really meant something , its principles had become , to the minds of the seventeenth century , mere lifeless formulas ...
... Greek music was still considered the basis of all systems of harmony . But , while to its originators the Greek theory really meant something , its principles had become , to the minds of the seventeenth century , mere lifeless formulas ...
Page 178
... Greek Philosophy , London , 1908 . DICKINSON , G. L. The Greek View of Life , London , 1905 . GROVE , G. Dictionary of Music and Musicians , ed . J. A. F. Mait- land , 5 vols . , New York , 1904-1909 . Cited as Grove's Dict . HUTCHINSON ...
... Greek Philosophy , London , 1908 . DICKINSON , G. L. The Greek View of Life , London , 1905 . GROVE , G. Dictionary of Music and Musicians , ed . J. A. F. Mait- land , 5 vols . , New York , 1904-1909 . Cited as Grove's Dict . HUTCHINSON ...
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English Music in the Seventeenth Century | 1 |
The Life of Milton as a Musician | 12 |
Milton and the Art of Music 28 | 57 |
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