 | Great Britain - 1885 - 232 pages
...Nature," was published half a century ago by William Gardiner, a devoted amateur, of Leicester. It was " an attempt to prove that what is passionate and pleasing...is derived from the sounds of the animated world." This is another debatable point, and excursions into the domain of theory are not our present object.... | |
 | Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Catalogs, Classified (Dewey decimal) - 1905 - 394 pages
...life. 1875 r78o.i C45 GARDINER, William. Music of nature. 1837 r78o.i Gi7 Attempt to prove that what is pleasing in the art of singing, speaking and performing...musical instruments is derived from the sounds of animals and cries of birds. Contains some notices of English singers of the time (1830) and a number... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society. Library - 1906 - 496 pages
...Cell. Gantt, EW Prophecy and fulfillment. [Loyal Publication Society, No. 36.] Gardiner, William. The Music of Nature; or, an attempt to prove that what...world. With curious and interesting illustrations. Boston, 1837. Octavo, pp. 5o5. Plate. Garneau, Frangois Xavier. History of Canada, from the time of... | |
 | Church music - 1906 - 868 pages
...one. Surely the old books on music are more amusing than the new ones. There is William Gardiner's "Music of Nature; or, An attempt to prove that what...is derived from the sounds of the Animated World." The book, dedicated to Thomas Moore, Esq., was published in 1832. We now quote from the Boston reprint... | |
 | Free Public Library (Worcester, Mass.) - Classified catalogs - 1906 - 122 pages
...study in musical aesthetics, tr. from the German by JH Cornell. 1893. 0780.1 Á49 Gardiner, W : The music of nature; or, An attempt to prove that what...passionate and pleasing, in the art of singing, speaking [etc.] is derived from the sounds of the animate world. [1832] 0780 G22 Gurney, E. The power of sound.... | |
 | George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland - Music - 1906 - 818 pages
...owing, as he supposed, to the miscarriage of his letter. In 1832 he published a work, entitled The Music of Nature ; or, an attempt to prove that what is passionate and pleasing in the art nf singing, speaking, and performing upon música! instruments, is derived from the sounds of the animated... | |
 | Mary Elizabeth Brown - Dedications - 1913 - 510 pages
...written at the time of Scott's visit to Italy, after the great blows to his health and his fortune. The Music of Nature, or an Attempt to Prove that what...is Derived from the Sounds of the Animated World. By William Gardiner. 1832. "To Thomas Moore, Esq. "My dear Sir, "In dedicating this work to you, I... | |
 | Mary Elizabeth Brown - Dedications - 1913 - 504 pages
...great blows to his health and his fortune. The Music of Nature, or an Attempt to Prove that what IB Passionate and Pleasing in the Art of Singing, Speaking,...is Derived from the Sounds of the Animated World. By William Gardiner. 1832. "To Thomas Moore, Esq. "My dear Sir, "In dedicating this work to you, I... | |
 | Great Britain. Patent Office. Library - Light - 1914 - 146 pages
...diseases. Lond. 1749. 8°. 82pp. 843 Gardiner, W. The music of nature ; or, an attempt to prove that which is passionate and pleasing in the art of singing,...is derived from the sounds of the animated world. 2nd ed. Lond. 1843. 8°. 506 pp. Ipl. 863 Helmholtz, HLF von. Die Lehre von den Tonempflndungen als... | |
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The Music of Nature ; or, An Attempt to prove that what is passionate and pleasing in the Art of Singing, Speaking, and Performing upon Musical Instruments, is derived from the Sounds of the Animated World. 
