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... tion much more favourable than I ventured to anticipate- gives me hope that the present work also will not be without interest to the general reader . As regards the plan which I have adopted , it will be seen that this volume is ...
... tion much more favourable than I ventured to anticipate- gives me hope that the present work also will not be without interest to the general reader . As regards the plan which I have adopted , it will be seen that this volume is ...
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... tion transmitted to us by travellers , there appears to be no doubt that even in the music of some nations in the lowest stage of development distinct traces of the diatonic scale are to be found . The Esquimaux ' song ( p . 26 ) , for ...
... tion transmitted to us by travellers , there appears to be no doubt that even in the music of some nations in the lowest stage of development distinct traces of the diatonic scale are to be found . The Esquimaux ' song ( p . 26 ) , for ...
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... tion transmitted to us by travellers , there appears to be no doubt that even in the music of some nations in the lowest stage of development distinct traces of the diatonic scale are to be found . The Esquimaux ' song ( p . 26 ) , for ...
... tion transmitted to us by travellers , there appears to be no doubt that even in the music of some nations in the lowest stage of development distinct traces of the diatonic scale are to be found . The Esquimaux ' song ( p . 26 ) , for ...
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... tion to distinguish the different intervals ; but I shall here use instead of them those which I have adopted in the previous song , as being more simple and more easily understood . ' WHAKARONGO .'- AIR OF THE NEW ZEALANDERS . SOLO ...
... tion to distinguish the different intervals ; but I shall here use instead of them those which I have adopted in the previous song , as being more simple and more easily understood . ' WHAKARONGO .'- AIR OF THE NEW ZEALANDERS . SOLO ...
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... tion unsurpassed in clearness of form and distinctness of tunes . Of this kind are the so - called scales of the Scotch , Irish , and Russians given by M. Fétis in his two dissertations ' La Musique mise à la portée de tout le monde ...
... tion unsurpassed in clearness of form and distinctness of tunes . Of this kind are the so - called scales of the Scotch , Irish , and Russians given by M. Fétis in his two dissertations ' La Musique mise à la portée de tout le monde ...
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accompaniment airs Allegro Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung ancient Andante appears Arabic music Arabs Ballads bars broad spears Captain century Chants Chapitre character Charles Wilkes Chinese chorus Church Collection composers compositions Contains no music Crown 8vo customs dance dance-tunes Description de l'Égypte diatonic scale Edinburgh English especially Essays evidently favourite German harmony herausgegeben Hindu History hoh hoh hoh hymn Indians instance intervals Irish Islands Jahrgang John Kafirs kind king Leipzig London major melody minor key minor scale minor seventh minor sixth Music of Ireland musical instruments musical notation musicians Musik Musique national music national songs national tunes natives natural negroes notation notes observed occasions original Paris peculiar pentatonic scale performances Pianoforte poetry possess Post 8vo present day published remarks rhythmical Rüppell Russian savages Scotch Scotland Second Edition semitones Servian sfz sfz singing specimens sung tion translated Travels usually vocal Volkslieder vols Voyage Western Africa Woodcuts words
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