An account of the musical performances in Westminster abbey, and the Pantheon, May ... and June ... 1784, in commemoration of Handel1834 |
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... Musicians and their Fa- milies ; at the Foundling Hospital ; at St. Margaret's Church for the Westminster Infirmary ; and for Hospi- tals and Infirmaries in general throughout the kingdom , which have long been indebted to the art of ...
... Musicians and their Fa- milies ; at the Foundling Hospital ; at St. Margaret's Church for the Westminster Infirmary ; and for Hospi- tals and Infirmaries in general throughout the kingdom , which have long been indebted to the art of ...
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... Musicians assembled on this occasion exceeded in abilities , as well as numbers . those of every band that has been collected in modern times ; as may be reasonably inferred from the following chronological list of the most remarkable ...
... Musicians assembled on this occasion exceeded in abilities , as well as numbers . those of every band that has been collected in modern times ; as may be reasonably inferred from the following chronological list of the most remarkable ...
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... musicians . In the year 1723 , most of the great musicians of Europe were assembled together in the city of Prague by order of the Emperor , Charles VI . to celebrate the festival of his being crowned King of Bohemia . History says ...
... musicians . In the year 1723 , most of the great musicians of Europe were assembled together in the city of Prague by order of the Emperor , Charles VI . to celebrate the festival of his being crowned King of Bohemia . History says ...
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... Musicians is not , perhaps , very uncom- mon ; but from the time that the present system of harmony was invented , to this period , no well - authen- ticated instance , I believe , could be produced , of five hundred performers , vocal ...
... Musicians is not , perhaps , very uncom- mon ; but from the time that the present system of harmony was invented , to this period , no well - authen- ticated instance , I believe , could be produced , of five hundred performers , vocal ...
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... Musicians in the King's B of the Royal Academy of Music occasion , we are told that many meau's best productions were selected from several that were present , by the Music , and the melancholy occasion performed . At Santa Chiara , in ...
... Musicians in the King's B of the Royal Academy of Music occasion , we are told that many meau's best productions were selected from several that were present , by the Music , and the melancholy occasion performed . At Santa Chiara , in ...
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accuracy and precision ALFRED ROBINS Ancient Music ANTHEM Antient Ashbridge Attwood Ayrton Bart BASSOON Bishop Cantelo celebrated charitable CHARLES BURNEY choir choral Church COMMEMORATION OF HANDEL Concert of Ancient CORONATION Dettingen TE DEUM DEUM Directors DOUBLE BASE DOUBLE BASSOON Dupuis effects favour flute formance funeral furnish GLOUCESTER GRAND CONCERTO Griesbach H. R. H. THE PRINCESS Handel's Oratorio harpsichord Haydn heard Herrn Johann Joachim honour hundred performers ISRAEL IN EGYPT James Wyatt JOAH BATES JULIUS CÆSAR JUNE Kellner KETTLE DRUMS King kingdom Knyvett Majesty Majesty's Marquis MESSIAH Miss Musical Fund Musical Performances number of eminent numerous Band occasion Oratorio organ Oxford Pantheon patronage PERFORMANCES IN WESTMINSTER present PRINCIPALS produced profits Rehearsal sacbut SATURDAY Shaw side aisles singers Sir George Sir George Smart Sir RICHARD JEBB Sir WATKIN Smith solemn service TENOR three hundred Musicians Tickets tion Viscount Vocal and Instrumental voice Westminster Abbey William Windsor
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xxiv. oldal - Rousseau says, that the more time is beaten the less it is kept ; and it is certain that when the measure is broken, the fury of the...
ii. oldal - But that this pleasure may be truly elegant, science and nature must assist each other; a quick sensibility of Melody and Harmony is not always originally bestowed, and those who are born with this susceptibility of modulated sounds are often ignorant of its principles, and must therefore be in a great degree delighted by chance; but when Your Majesty is pleased to be present at Musical performances, the artists may congratulate themselves upon the attention of a judge in whom all requisites concur,...
v. oldal - But soon, ah soon, rebellion will commence, If music meanly borrows aid from sense : Strong in new arms, lo ! giant Handel stands, Like bold Briareus, with a hundred hands ; To stir, to rouse, to shake the soul he comes, And Jove's own thunders follow Mars's drums, Arrest him, empress ; or you sleep no more...
xiii. oldal - Europe, it was lamented that there was no public periodical occasion for collecting and consolidating them into one band ; by which means a performance might be exhibited on so grand and magnificent a scale as no other part of the world could equal. The birth and death of HANDEL naturally occurred to three such enthusiastic admirers of that great master, and it was immediately recollected, that the next...
xxv. oldal - Abbey may be safely pronounced no less remarkable for the multiplicity of voices and instruments employed, than for accuracy and precision. When all the wheels of that huge machine, the Orchestra, were in motion, the effect resembled clock-work in every thing but want of feeling and expression. And as the power of gravity and attraction in bodies is proportioned to their mass and density, so it seems as if the magnitude of this band had commanded and impelled adhesion and obedience beyond that of...
xxiii. oldal - This intrusion, which was very much to the dissatisfaction of the managers and conductor, suggested the idea of turning the eagerness of the public to some profitable account for the Charity, by fixing the price of admission to Half a Guinea for each person.
xvii. oldal - In order to render the band as powerful and complete as possible, it was determined to employ every species of instrument that was capable of producing grand effects in a great orchestra, and spacious building. Among these, the SACBUT, or DOUBLE TRUMPET was sought ; but so many years had elapsed since it had been used in this kingdom, that, neither the instrument, nor a performer upon it, could easily be found. It was, however, discovered...
xx. oldal - ... the bishops, and on the left, one for the dean and chapter of Westminster. Immediately below these two boxes, were two others; one on the right for the families and friends of the directors, and the other for those of the prebendaries of Westminster. Immediately below the king's box was one...
xxv. oldal - ... and under the regulation of the heart, than the members of this body of musicians under that of the conductor and leader. The totality of sound seemed to proceed from one voice and one instrument ; and its powers produced not only new and exquisite sensations in judges and lovers of the art, but were felt by those who never received pleasure from music before.