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...apart from actual interruptions of continuity, the tendency of musical movement to repeat itself, or to delay upon a long held note or chord, or to change completely in character. A portion of musical texture outlined in this way is called a phrase, subject or theme. The compass of these larger periodicities in composition exhibits a great degree of uniformity, two, four, eight or sixteen bars being their commonest duration. This structure of beats bars and phrases or (larger) periods is commonly explained extra-musically by the bodily conditions of musical and especially vocal, performance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mr. Gilman's Lecture on Music. | 2/19/1891 | See Source »

...only remainder of the old Hebrew literature; it is the most rounded and complete of all ancient Semitic literature. Beginning with the organization of Hebrew tribes, when Saul became king, it was brought out a century later in literary shape. The old Semitic literature has a very small compass. Much of the little that there was has been lost, and many of the tribes had none. There was a regular order of production in literature. First the old folk-stories, then an attempt at an epic poem, then historical annals and finally spiritual religious poetry. Drama and philosophy are lacking...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: College Conference. | 10/29/1890 | See Source »

...West End Publishing Company have issued a new number of their pocket Compass Guide for Boston and vicinity. It is a useful hand book of information, containing full details of all the horse car routes of the West End company, including a time table and distance schedules; railway stations alphabetically classified with times of departure and arrival, trains, fares and distances; location of express offices, post-offices, fire-alarm stations, etc.; list of churches, banks, public buildings, houses and apartment houses. Such a compendium of full, useful information is at all moments handy, and the plan upon which this...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Book Review. | 2/10/1890 | See Source »

...business and of public questions that every man should have. To those who do not take Political Economy but who wish to have some knowledge of it we would say that nowhere else can any find the essential principles so well stated or condensed into so small a compass...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Prof. Laughlin's New Book. | 11/26/1887 | See Source »

Every member of the parties should be provided with compass, clinometer, note book, and hammer. A satchel will be found convenient for carrying lunch out and specimens back. In case of rain, the interrupted excursion will be postponed to the same day next week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Notices. | 10/6/1887 | See Source »

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