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... motifs in counterpoint against one another . Similarly , in the Prelude to Act III of Siegfried , a motif known as the definition of counterpoint simply as the combination of melodies . ) Richard Strauss's Elektra ( 1909 ) was one of ...
... motifs in counterpoint against one another . Similarly , in the Prelude to Act III of Siegfried , a motif known as the definition of counterpoint simply as the combination of melodies . ) Richard Strauss's Elektra ( 1909 ) was one of ...
Page 297
... motifs copied from the painter Raphael , who in turn adopted them from motifs on classical Roman ruins discov- ered in Pompeii . This purely decorative style was more suited to the intrinsic nature of pot- tery forms than the istoriato ...
... motifs copied from the painter Raphael , who in turn adopted them from motifs on classical Roman ruins discov- ered in Pompeii . This purely decorative style was more suited to the intrinsic nature of pot- tery forms than the istoriato ...
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... motifs of the legendary fight between Charlemagne and the Turkic invader Timur entered the morisca , but usu- ally it was performed as a double - file choral dance . It had nothing to do , as was long believed , with the English masked ...
... motifs of the legendary fight between Charlemagne and the Turkic invader Timur entered the morisca , but usu- ally it was performed as a double - file choral dance . It had nothing to do , as was long believed , with the English masked ...
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