Here we find a striking originality and boldness of modulation that has no parallel in music, except in Wagner's last music-dramas.
Schucht calls attention to the fact that in his very opus 1 Chopin permits himself a freedom of modulation which Beethoven rarely indulged in.
I realized then that modulation is a deeper source of emotional expression than melody.
The modulation of a soul, at first stagnant, then plunged into the gulf of hopelessness, and at last catching a glimpse of light, is most clearly expressed by Leo Nikolaievitch in his Resurrection.
Wedekind works too often in bold, bright primary colours; only in some of his pieces is the modulation artistic, the character-drawing summary without being harsh.
I exclaimed; "people who do not even recognise a modulation to the dominant when they hear one come out to listen to music!
This is their modulation to the dominant, their awakening to life.
From Beyle to Huysmans is not such a remote modulation as might be imagined.
The modulation by the way of art was not a difficult one.
I forthwith seized the horses by the heads, and used all the means I possessed to soothe and pacify them, employing every gentle modulation of which my voice was capable.
What pleasure should I take in any speech I might make, however original as to thought, provided the gestures I employed and the very modulation of my voice were not my own?
In trying to reproduce Spenser's richness of imagery and the soft modulation of his verse, he succeeds only in becoming tediously ornate.
In speaking of Philips' imitations of Milton, Johnson said that if the latter "had written after the improvements made by Dryden, it is reasonable to believe he would have admitted a more pleasing modulation of numbers into his work.
He makes no attempt, as later poets unsuccessfully did, at reproducing the richness of tone and intricacy of modulation which it had in the hands of Virgil.
At the start, as I have just said, the double theme of Zarathustra appears in D major and A minor, but there is quick modulation to B flat major and C sharp minor, and then to C major and F sharp minor.
By a sort of diabolic modulation the artist conducts our eye from these dizzy angles and granitic convolutions down tortuous and tumultuous staircases that seemingly wind about the axis of eternity.
Another grave defect is the absence ofmodulation in his treatment of a landscape and its linear perspective.
The change that the glottis undergoes in the modulation of the voice has been matter of much controversy.
Theatrical modulation perished with the comedian Duclos, whose only merit being a fine voice without spirit and soul, finally rendered that ridiculous which had been admired in Des OEuillets, and in Champmesle.
This modulation resembled the declamation of the present day much less than our modern recitative resembles the manner of reading the newspaper.
Accent originally signified a Modulation of the Voice, or chanting to a musical Instrument; but is now generally used to signify Due Pronunciatian, i.
These are entirely independent of the modulation of the voice.
The dialogue part had also a modulation of its own, which was capable of its being set to notes.
Picini compares modulation to the turning-off from a road.
Picini compares modulation to the turning off from a road.
These are entirely independent on the modulation of the voice.
The dialogue part had also a modulation of its own, which was capable of being set to notes.
Prosody primarily signified accent, or the modulation of the voice; and, as the name implies, related to poetry, or song.
An affected modulation of the voice; a kind of nasal sound.
Defn: Accent, or inflection or modulation of the voice, as adapted to express emotion or passion.
The act of modulating, or the state of being modulated; as, the modulation of the voice.
Applied to an air ormodulation of harmony which moves by easy and smooth transitions, digressing but little from the original key.
Defn: A quavering modulation of the voice; a musical trill; a song.
Very impressive is the modulation of the musical accompaniment to the lines-- To die, to sleep!
But in the lighter poetry of the queen’s last years, a remarkable sweetness of modulation has always been recognised.
The mournful modulation of it in the utterance of the words, "From these garish lights I vanish now for evermore" lingers to this moment like a haunting melody in our remembrance.
The modulation from C sharp minor to D major and back again--after the cadenza--is very striking and equally beautiful.
The modulation lifts to G flat, only to drop to abysmal depths.
In this modulation in C sharp major--superscribed dolce sfogato--there are kiss and embrace!
The absence of simplicity is counterbalanced by greater freedom of modulation and complexity of pattern.
Song resembles that of the Chipping Sparrow but with somewhat of the sweetness and modulation of that of the Yellow Warbler.
Song, remarkably sweet and lively, inmodulation resembling somewhat that of Brown Thrasher, but less powerful though sweeter in effect.
As I was prone to a richness of modulation in my compositions, it was therefore requisite to make myself especially well acquainted with the pedals of the harp, so as to write nothing that would be impracticable for them.
I certainly did not strive to imitate the simple treble movements of the old masters; but on the contrary I did a good deal towards carrying out the rich modulation of the later Mozart method.
Nevertheless, on the whole, the part-writing and modulation were very monotonous, and the same intrate and appoggiaturas recurred in all.
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