... harmony in singing, but with only two differences or varieties of tone and voice, the one murmuring the under part, the other singing the upper in a manner equally soft and pleasing. This they do, not so much by art, as by a habit peculiar to themselves,... Bonner Beiträge zur Anglistik - Page 81899Full view - About this book
| John Hawkins - 1875 - 532 pages
...practice has rendered almost natural ; ' and this method of singing is become so prevalent ' amongst these people, that hardly any melody is ' accustomed to be uttered simply, or otherwise than ' variously, or in this twofold manner.'j" * Gio. Bat. Doni, in bis treatise De Generi e de Modi della... | |
| Frédéric Louis Ritter - 1884 - 254 pages
...practice has rendered almost natural ; and this method of singing is become so prevalent amongst these people, that hardly any melody is accustomed to be uttered simply, or otherwise than variously, or in this twofold manner.1 It is possible that this popular manner of singing in two parts... | |
| Robert Charles Hope - 1899 - 196 pages
...practice ha» rendered almost natural ; and this method of singing is become as prevalent amongst these people, that hardly any melody is accustomed to be uttered simply, or otherwise than variously, or in this twofold manner."* This writer emphasised the fact that the Britons sang in harmony.... | |
| International Musical Society - 1901 - 590 pages
...they do , not so much by art, as by a habit peculiar to themselves, which long practice has rendered almost natural, and this method of singing has taken...children, as soon as they begin to sing, adopt the same manner. But as not all Z. d. IK III. 16 the English, but only those of the North, si up in this manner,... | |
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