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... called canons and they were very strict . You have no idea how necessary it was to obey a canon . The songs which were called canons were given that name because all voices followed in strict obedience the tune as sung by the first ...
... called canons and they were very strict . You have no idea how necessary it was to obey a canon . The songs which were called canons were given that name because all voices followed in strict obedience the tune as sung by the first ...
Page 124
... called the score . A third step was to provide an accompaniment of instruments for the singing actors . Whatever instru- ments could be found were used for the orchestra . Why was the group of instruments called the orches- tra ? It was ...
... called the score . A third step was to provide an accompaniment of instruments for the singing actors . Whatever instru- ments could be found were used for the orchestra . Why was the group of instruments called the orches- tra ? It was ...
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... called simply classicus ; this title meant that he was of the highest excellence . Frenchmen borrowed the Latin idea and called their new fashion in literature classical . We have a clear evi- dence of the continuity and progress of ...
... called simply classicus ; this title meant that he was of the highest excellence . Frenchmen borrowed the Latin idea and called their new fashion in literature classical . We have a clear evi- dence of the continuity and progress of ...
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Allegro audience Bach ballads ballet bards bass beautiful music Beethoven called cathedral chapter Charlemagne Chorus church clavichord composer concert Cremona dance delighted DISCUSSION SENTENCES England English enjoy Erlking Europe Eurydice famous feeling folk music France French fugue German gift Gluck Greece Greek Handel happy harp harpsichord Haydn hear heard heart honor Hymn instruments Italian Italy keyboard instrument king knighthood knights learned listen Liszt lived Lohengrin London melody ment minnesingers minstrel movement Mozart MUSICAL MEASURE musician opera oratorio orchestra organ Overture palace Paris patron pattern piano play pleasure poem poet program music rhythm rich Roman Rome Russian Schubert singers singing sonata song soprano SPECIAL ACTIVITY spirit story suite sung symphony teacher tell theme THOUGHT QUESTIONS tion tone TOOL WORDS TRIAL trumpet tune Vienna violin voice Wagner William Tell worship write wrote young