The Music of Nature
Or, An Attempt to Prove that What Is Passionate and Pleasing in the Art of Singing, Speaking and Performing upon Musical Instruments, Is Derived from the Sounds of the Animated World
- Author: Gardiner, William
Book
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Contents
- Preface;
- 1. On the faculties of the ear;
- 2. Noise and sound;
- 3. The voice;
- 4. Speaking;
- 5. Language;
- 6. Oratory;
- 7. Singing;
- 8. Air, ballad, bravura and recitative;
- 9. Vocal performers;
- 10. Graces;
- 11. The violin;
- 12. Birds;
- 13. Pianoforte;
- 14. Insects;
- 15. Violoncello;
- 16. Bells;
- 17. Oboe;
- 18. Singing out of tune;
- 19. Psalmody;
- 20. Singing at sight;
- 21. Echoes;
- 22. The flute;
- 23. London cries;
- 24. The horn;
- 25. The harp;
- 26. The organ;
- 27. The clarionet;
- 28. The orchestra;
- 29. The trombone;
- 30. Loud and soft;
- 31. The trumpet;
- 32. Accompaniment;
- 33. The bassoon;
- 34. Drums;
- 35. Roar of storms;
- 36. Ominous sounds;
- 37. Harmony and melody;
- 38. Thorough bass;
- 39. Modulation;
- 40. Composition;
- 41. Phraseology;
- 42. On the different keys;
- 43. Rhythm;
- 44. Dance;
- 45. Tuning;
- 46. National song;
- 47. Singing conducive to health;
- 48. Analysis of the utterance;
- 49. Analysis of the alphabet;
- 50. Rhythm in language;
- 51. Quantity.
