How Long to Read Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music and Certain Musicians

How Long Does it Take to Read Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music and Certain Musicians?

It takes the average reader and 49 minutes to read Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music and Certain Musicians by John F. Runciman

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Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians by John F. Runciman Many years ago, in the essay which is set second in this collection, I wrote (speaking of the early English composers) that "at length the first great wave of music culminated in the works of Tallis and Byrde ... Byrde is infinitely greater than Tallis, and seems worthy indeed to stand beside Palestrina." Generally one modifies one's opinions as one grows older; very often it is necessary to reverse them. This one on Byrde I adhere to: indeed I am nearly proud of having uttered it so long ago. I had then never heard the Mass in D minor. But in the latter part of 1899 Mr. R.R. Terry, the organist of Downside Abbey, and one of Byrde's latest editors, invited me to the opening of St. Benedict's Church, Ealing, where the Mass in D minor was given; and there I heard one of the most splendid pieces of music in the world adequately rendered under very difficult conditions. When we try to picture to ourselves the intellectual and moral state of Europe in the Middle Ages, some fixed and almost stereotyped ideas immediately suggest themselves. We think of the nations immersed in a gross mental lethargy; passively witnessing the gradual extinction of arts and sciences which Greece and Rome had splendidly inaugurated; allowing libraries and monuments of antique civilisation to crumble into dust; while they trembled under a dull and brooding terror of coming judgment, shrank from natural enjoyment as from deadly sin, or yielded themselves with brutal eagerness to the satisfaction of vulgar appetites. Preoccupation with the other world in this long period weakens man's hold upon the things that make his life desirable. Philosophy is sunk in the slough of ignorant, perversely subtle disputation upon subjects destitute of actuality. Theological fanaticism has extinguished liberal studies and the gropings of the reason after truth in positive experience.

How long is Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music and Certain Musicians?

Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music and Certain Musicians by John F. Runciman is 48 pages long, and a total of 12,384 words.

This makes it 16% the length of the average book. It also has 15% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music and Certain Musicians Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 7 minutes to read Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music and Certain Musicians aloud.

What Reading Level is Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music and Certain Musicians?

Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music and Certain Musicians is suitable for students ages 8 and up.

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