 | Alfred Horatio Upham - 1908 - 586 pagina’s
...people, who could more easily dispossess their lawful sovereign, than endure a wanton jest, he was forced to turn his thoughts another way and to introduce the examples of moral virtue, writ in verse and performed in recitative musick. The original of this musick, and of the scenes which... | |
 | John Dryden, George Villiers Duke of Buckingham - 1910 - 582 pagina’s
...Davenant. It being forbidden him in the rebellious times to act tragedies and comedies, ... he was forc'd to turn his thoughts another way, and to introduce the examples of moral virtue, writ in verse, and perform'd in recitative music. 4 The original of this musie, and of the scenes which... | |
 | William Forbes Gray - 1914 - 386 pagina’s
...explains that the rigorous prohibition of tragedies and comedies in Puritan times, forced D'Avenant " to turn his thoughts another way, and to introduce the examples of moral virtue written in verse and performed in recitative music." D'Avenant took the Italian opera for his model as regards... | |
 | Allardyce Nicoll - 1923 - 420 pagina’s
...D'Avenant: It being forbidden him in the Rebellious Times to Act Tragedies and Comedies... he was forc'd to turn his Thoughts another way; and to introduce the Examples of Moral Virtue, writ in Verse, and perform'd in Recitative Mustek. The Original of this Musick and of the Scenes which... | |
 | John Dryden - 1923 - 196 pagina’s
...people who could more easily dispossess their lawful sovereign than endure a wanton jest, he was forced to turn his thoughts another way, and to introduce the examples of moral virtue, writ in verse, and performed in recitative music. The original of this music he had from the Italian... | |
 | David Haley - 1997 - 316 pagina’s
...people, who could more easily dispossess their lawful Sovereign than endure a wanton jeast; he was forc'd to turn his thoughts another way: and to introduce the examples of moral vertue, writ in verse, and perform'd in Recitative Musique. The Original of this musick and of the... | |
 | Steven N. Zwicker - 1998 - 362 pagina’s
...people, who could more easily dispossess their lawful Sovereign than endure a wanton jest; he was forc'd to turn his thoughts another way: and to introduce the examples of moral vertue, writ in verse, and perform'd in Recitative Musique ... In this condition did this part of Poetry... | |
 | Michael Werth Gelber - 2002 - 358 pagina’s
...people, who could more easily dispossess their lawful Sovereign than endure a wanton jeast; he was forc'd to turn his thoughts another way: and to introduce the examples of moral vertue, writ in verse [rhyme], and perform'd in Recitative Musique. The Original of this musick and... | |
 | William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Staff, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles. Center for 17th- & 18th- Century Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, Center for 17th- & 18th- Century Studies Staff - 2004 - 370 pagina’s
...theatre was from the late Sir William Davenant,' who, forbidden to produce tragedy or comedy, 'was forc'd to turn his thoughts another way: and to introduce the examples of moral, virtue writ in verse, and perform'd in Recitative Music.'12 Though in this version of events, Davenant left... | |
 | Steven N. Zwicker - 2004 - 322 pagina’s
...people, who could more easily disposses their lawful Sovereign than endure a wanton jeast; he was forc'd to turn his thoughts another way: and to introduce the examples of moral vertue, writ in verse, and perform'd in Recitative Musique. (Works xi: 9) This laid the groundwork... | |
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Davenant. It being forbidden him in the rebellious times to act tragedies and comedies, because they contained some matter of scandal to those good people who could more easily dispossess their lawful sovereign than endure a wanton jest, he was forced... 
