Four Discourses on Subjects Relating to the Amusement of the Stage: Preached at Great St. Mary's Church, Cambridge, on Sunday September 25, and Sunday October 2, 1808; with Copious Supplementary NotesF. Hodson, 1809 - 284 páginas |
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... Oratorios , in these days . The author of The Key to the Old Testament observes , " This book may be considered as to its form , as a dramatical poem poem of the pastoral kind . There is a succession of time , and a change of place , to ...
... Oratorios , in these days . The author of The Key to the Old Testament observes , " This book may be considered as to its form , as a dramatical poem poem of the pastoral kind . There is a succession of time , and a change of place , to ...
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... painting and music . Our Oratorios , ( Sacred Dramas , performed with music , but without the aids of action and scenery ) are sufficiently interesting to attract all * Note W. 1 ranks of persons : and , be it said to 40 DISCOURSE II .
... painting and music . Our Oratorios , ( Sacred Dramas , performed with music , but without the aids of action and scenery ) are sufficiently interesting to attract all * Note W. 1 ranks of persons : and , be it said to 40 DISCOURSE II .
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... Oratorios , which , as I have before observed , ( see p . 10 and 40 ) are dramatic representations ; yet I never heard any one find fault with these . The objection then seems to be against the manner of introducing them , not against ...
... Oratorios , which , as I have before observed , ( see p . 10 and 40 ) are dramatic representations ; yet I never heard any one find fault with these . The objection then seems to be against the manner of introducing them , not against ...
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... Oratorios performed at our theatres : " Let the language of our praises be scriptural , and , at least in my opinion , it will never be in our power to lift up the holy song , by every aid that vocal and instrumental music can produce ...
... Oratorios performed at our theatres : " Let the language of our praises be scriptural , and , at least in my opinion , it will never be in our power to lift up the holy song , by every aid that vocal and instrumental music can produce ...
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... Oratorios are performed , I think they should be kept free from any mixture of baser materials . I do not consider Alexander's Feast , nor even Milton's L'Allegro and Il Penseroso , nor Acis and Galatea , as proper performances to be ...
... Oratorios are performed , I think they should be kept free from any mixture of baser materials . I do not consider Alexander's Feast , nor even Milton's L'Allegro and Il Penseroso , nor Acis and Galatea , as proper performances to be ...
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