 | 1795 - 614 páginas
...flourifhed in the i2th century; — not the nth, as Mr. Jone? fays : — ' The Welih do not fing in unifon, like the inhabitants of other countries; but in many different parts. So that in a company of fingers, which one frequently mceti with in lVule¡, as many different parts and voices яге heard,... | |
 | 1806 - 816 páginas
...distinguish the musical proficiency of the Cambrians, and rank it above that of any other nation at the time. In their musical concerts they do not sing in unison like the inhabitants of other countries, butin many different parts; so that in a company of singers, which one very frequently meets with in... | |
 | Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England) - 1822 - 456 páginas
...assigned for the purpose." And, in allusion to the particular style of music then prevalent, he says,— " In their musical concerts they do not sing in unison, like the inhabitants of many countries, but in many different parts, so that, in a company of singers, which one frequently... | |
 | 1823 - 512 páginas
...Welsh, and the inhabitants of the north of England in the twelfth century, tells us, that n The Britons do not sing in. unison, like the inhabitants of other countries, but in many different parts; so that when a company of singers among the Common people meets to sing, as many different parts are heard... | |
 | 1825 - 120 páginas
...musical concerts," he says, "they do not sing in unison like the inhabitants of many countries, Iml in many different parts; so that in a company of singers, which one frequently meets in Wales,you will hear as many different parts and voices as there are performers,... | |
 | John Lynch - 1848 - 544 páginas
...remarks on the music of Wales and Northumbria would entitle us to expect. The Welsh, he says, "did not sing in unison like the inhabitants of other countries, but in different parts, it being customary in Wales to hear as many different parts as there were performers,... | |
 | Thomas Stephens - 1849 - 532 páginas
...have no remnants. The Kymry carried the art of singing to perfection, as appears from Giraldus, — "They do not sing in unison like the inhabitants of other countries, but in different parts ; so that in a company of singers which one frequently meets with in Wales, as many... | |
 | Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward - 1859 - 628 páginas
...casual remark. " In their musical concerts," he adds, " they do not sing in unison, like the people of other countries, but in many different parts ;...different parts and voices as there are performers." They all end on the key-note, he further says ; and then tells how, north of the Humber, the folks... | |
 | Thomas Stephens, Benjamin Thomas Williams - 1876 - 564 páginas
...we have no remnants. The Kymry carried the art of singing to perfection, as appears from Giraldus: They do not sing in unison like the inhabitants of other countries, but in different parts : so that in a company of singers which one frequently meets with in Wales as many... | |
 | William Smythe Babcock Mathews - 1891 - 518 páginas
...is held preferable to any other learning." He adds (chapter XIII, "Of their Symphonies and Songs") : "In their musical concerts they do not sing in unison,...in Wales, you will hear as many different parts and voices-as there are performers, while all at length unite with organic melody in one consonance, and... | |
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In their musical concerts they do not sing in unison, like the inhabitants of other countries, but in many different parts, so that in a company of singers, which one very frequently meets with in Wales, you will hear as many different parts and voices... 
