Music Talks with Children by Thomas Tapper
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case. The teacher's, or mother's, discretion should, however,
decide what and how much of such original should be read, and what it is best to say of it. 40: I have not attempted to quote the exact words usually given. 41: Socrates. This quotation is from the "Memorabilia of Xenophon," Book I, Chapter VI. 42: Mary Russell Mitford. 43: "Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini," Bohn edition, p. 23. 44: "The Miserere" of "Gregorio Allegri." It was written for nine voices in two choirs. "There was a time when it was so much treasured that to copy it was a crime visited with excommunication. Mozart took down the notes while the choir was singing it." (See Grove's "Dictionary of Music and Musicians." Vol. I, page 54.) 45: Dr. Bridge "On Simple Counterpoint." Preface. 46: Take, in August Haupt's "_Choralbuch zum häuslichen Gebrauch_," any simple choral. The one entitled "_Zion klagt mit Angst und Schmerzen_" is of singular beauty and simplicity. 47: Peters Edition, No. 200, page 11. 48: I should advise the teacher to have the two volumes entitled "_Les Maitres du Clavicin_." (They can be had in the Litolff |
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