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the Skill of Mufick. 3$
and Abating of the Voice , of which I do intend in
this my Diicourfe to leave fome Foot-prints , that
others may attain to this excellent manner of Sing-
ing : To which manner I have framed my laft Ayres
for one Voice to the Theorbo^ not following that
Old way of Compaction , whofe Mufic not fufFering
the Words to be underflood by the hearers , for the
multitude of Divilions made upon Ihort and long
Syllables, though by the Vulgar fuch Singers were
cryed up for famous. But I have endeavoured in
thofe my late Compofitions to bring in a kind of
Muiic , by which men. might as it were Talk in
Harmony, ufing in that kind- of Singing a certain
noble neglect of the Song (as I have often heard
at Florence by the Actors in their finging Operas)
in which I endeavoured the Imitation of the Conceit
of the Words , feeking out the Cords more or lefs
pafiionate , according to the meaning of them ,
having concealed in them fo much as I could the
Art of Defcant , and paufed or flay 'd the Confo-
nances or Cords upon long Syllables , avoiding the
Ihort , and obferving the fame Rule in making the
paiTages of Divifion by fome few Quavers to Notes
and to Cadences, not exceeding the value of a
quarter or half a Semibreve at moll. But, as I
faid before , thofe long windings and turnings of
the Voice arc ill ufed , for I have obferved that
Divilions have been invented , not becaufe they
are neceflary unto a good fafhion of Singing, but
rather for a certain tickling of the Ears of thofe
who do not well underftand what it is to ling
Paffionately *, for if they did , undoubtedly Di-
vilions would have been abhorr'd , there being
D 2 nothing
and Abating of the Voice , of which I do intend in
this my Diicourfe to leave fome Foot-prints , that
others may attain to this excellent manner of Sing-
ing : To which manner I have framed my laft Ayres
for one Voice to the Theorbo^ not following that
Old way of Compaction , whofe Mufic not fufFering
the Words to be underflood by the hearers , for the
multitude of Divilions made upon Ihort and long
Syllables, though by the Vulgar fuch Singers were
cryed up for famous. But I have endeavoured in
thofe my late Compofitions to bring in a kind of
Muiic , by which men. might as it were Talk in
Harmony, ufing in that kind- of Singing a certain
noble neglect of the Song (as I have often heard
at Florence by the Actors in their finging Operas)
in which I endeavoured the Imitation of the Conceit
of the Words , feeking out the Cords more or lefs
pafiionate , according to the meaning of them ,
having concealed in them fo much as I could the
Art of Defcant , and paufed or flay 'd the Confo-
nances or Cords upon long Syllables , avoiding the
Ihort , and obferving the fame Rule in making the
paiTages of Divifion by fome few Quavers to Notes
and to Cadences, not exceeding the value of a
quarter or half a Semibreve at moll. But, as I
faid before , thofe long windings and turnings of
the Voice arc ill ufed , for I have obferved that
Divilions have been invented , not becaufe they
are neceflary unto a good fafhion of Singing, but
rather for a certain tickling of the Ears of thofe
who do not well underftand what it is to ling
Paffionately *, for if they did , undoubtedly Di-
vilions would have been abhorr'd , there being
D 2 nothing
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| Description | In three books the first contains the grounds and rules of musick, acording to the gam-ut, and other principles thereof, the second, instructions and lessons both for the bass-viol and treble-violin, the third, The art of descant, or, Composing of musick in parts, in a more plain and easie method than any heretofore published By John Playford. |
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| Shelfmark | Ing.5 |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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