Download files
Complete book:
Individual page:
Thumbnail gallery: Grid view | List view
6 the Adv Ant ages of Mufick^
ing fweetnefs it lulls the foul into its j
own pacate pofture, and gives eafe and
quiet 5 when other games in their di-
verfion only rack and torment it,
But let us purfue the comparifon.
I. Thofe are meer paftimes, which
when we have fpent many hours in
frequenting, do not redifpofe us to
undertake now bufinefs, but leave the
head hot, the faculties tired, and the
man quite difabled to ftudy or work 5
whereas his recreation ought to fit
him for it 5 but after the hearing Come
brisk Airs, or melodious Confort, the
mind is raifed, the fancy enlivened,
care and forrow fuppreffed, and an
inclination produced ready to difpatch
any employment. Such a noble power
hath Mufick over the four 5 which
though it is not (as Plato thought} on-
ly Harmony, yet Harmony may
claim very great acquaintance with it,
fince 'twas ufed as a facred means to
allay Sauls anger, and doth ftill fet
the Soul in order, charming the mad-
nels even of one bitten by a Taran-
tula.
But to the pleafure and preparation
for bufinefs, there is another profit
superadded, that when one hath fpent
\ ' \ . , ibme
ing fweetnefs it lulls the foul into its j
own pacate pofture, and gives eafe and
quiet 5 when other games in their di-
verfion only rack and torment it,
But let us purfue the comparifon.
I. Thofe are meer paftimes, which
when we have fpent many hours in
frequenting, do not redifpofe us to
undertake now bufinefs, but leave the
head hot, the faculties tired, and the
man quite difabled to ftudy or work 5
whereas his recreation ought to fit
him for it 5 but after the hearing Come
brisk Airs, or melodious Confort, the
mind is raifed, the fancy enlivened,
care and forrow fuppreffed, and an
inclination produced ready to difpatch
any employment. Such a noble power
hath Mufick over the four 5 which
though it is not (as Plato thought} on-
ly Harmony, yet Harmony may
claim very great acquaintance with it,
fince 'twas ufed as a facred means to
allay Sauls anger, and doth ftill fet
the Soul in order, charming the mad-
nels even of one bitten by a Taran-
tula.
But to the pleafure and preparation
for bufinefs, there is another profit
superadded, that when one hath fpent
\ ' \ . , ibme
Set display mode to: Large image | Transcription
Images and transcriptions on this page, including medium image downloads, may be used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence unless otherwise stated. 
| Special collections of printed music > Inglis Collection of printed music > Printed text > Essay to the advancement of musick > (32) Page 6 |
|---|
| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/94569740 |
|---|
| Description | By casting away the perplexity of different cliffs. And uniting all sorts of musick lute, viol, violin, organ, harpsechord, voice, &c. in one universal character. By Thomas Salmon, Master of Arts of Trinity College in Oxford.. |
|---|---|
| Shelfmark | Ing.8 |
| Additional NLS resources: | |
| Attribution and copyright: |
|
More information
|
|
| Description | Scottish and English songs, military music and keyboard music of the 18th and 19th centuries. These items are from the collection of Alexander Wood Inglis of Glencorse (1854 to 1929). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises and other books on the subject. |
|---|
| Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
|---|