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Touching musical harmony , whether by instrument or by voice , it being but of high and low sounds a due proportionable disposition , such notwithstanding is the force thereof , and so pleasing effects it hath in that very part of man ...
Touching musical harmony , whether by instrument or by voice , it being but of high and low sounds a due proportionable disposition , such notwithstanding is the force thereof , and so pleasing effects it hath in that very part of man ...
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| Title | English style |
| Author | George Frederick Graham |
| Edition | 3 |
| Published | 1869 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 8 Aug 2006 |
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