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... lute , she interpreted in an entrancing manner the Italian music of the time . Leonora's singing was among the few impressions of this journey which Milton thought worth recording in verse . He addressed three extravagant Latin epigrams ...
... lute , she interpreted in an entrancing manner the Italian music of the time . Leonora's singing was among the few impressions of this journey which Milton thought worth recording in verse . He addressed three extravagant Latin epigrams ...
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... lute , her sister upon the harp , and herself upon the theorbo . This concert , composed of three fine voices , and of three different instru- ments , so powerfully captivated my senses , and threw me into such raptures , that I forgot ...
... lute , her sister upon the harp , and herself upon the theorbo . This concert , composed of three fine voices , and of three different instru- ments , so powerfully captivated my senses , and threw me into such raptures , that I forgot ...
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... lute , in tuning . As a result most lutenists could play on the bass viol as well . The greater part of the music now extant which was played on the bass viol of the seventeenth century is evidently an adaptation of music for lute or ...
... lute , in tuning . As a result most lutenists could play on the bass viol as well . The greater part of the music now extant which was played on the bass viol of the seventeenth century is evidently an adaptation of music for lute or ...
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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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