Bøger af Charles Butler

The Principles of Music, In Singing and Setting: With the Twofold Use Thereof is a book written by Charles Butler in 1636. The book is a comprehensive guide to the principles of music, specifically focused on singing and setting. Butler explores the various elements of music, including melody, harmony, rhythm, and timbre, and provides practical advice on how to apply these principles in singing and setting music. He also discusses the importance of understanding musical notation and provides examples of different types of musical notation. The book is divided into two parts. The first part focuses on the principles of music, including the basics of musical notation, the elements of melody and harmony, and the importance of rhythm and timbre. Butler provides detailed explanations of each of these elements, including how they relate to each other and how they can be used to create different musical effects. The second part of the book focuses on the twofold use of music, which Butler describes as the ""delightful"" and the ""profitable"" use. The delightful use of music refers to its ability to bring pleasure and enjoyment to listeners, while the profitable use refers to its ability to convey meaning and emotion through the use of musical language. Butler provides examples of both types of music, and discusses how they can be used to achieve different goals and effects.Overall, The Principles of Music, In Singing and Setting: With the Twofold Use Thereof is a comprehensive guide to the principles of music, providing practical advice and examples for both singers and composers. It is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history and theory of music, and is still widely read and studied today.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Four British Fantasists explores the work of four of the most successful and influential fantasy writers of the generation who rose to prominence in the "e;second Golden Age"e; of children's literature in Britain: Susan Cooper, Alan Garner, Diana Wynne Jones, and Penelope Lively. Drawing on history, archeology, social geography, anthropology, and postcolonial theory, as well as literary criticism, Butler provides a series of new perspectives through which to view these writers' achievements. He begins by highlighting some points of biographic coincidence (e.g. all four authors were children during WWII, all were born within a year or two of each other, and all attended Oxford University in the early 1950s-when C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien were publishing their seminal fantasies) and questions if these factors play any significant role in the development of these fantasy writers. The author then uses this question as the springboard for a case study in the assessment of biographical and literary influence.The book also considers the role played by Britain itself in determining the shape and preoccupations of these writers' fiction. Britain is a land with a long history in which contemporary life is constantly juxtaposed with evidence of the past in the form of ancient buildings, historic sites, and archeological remains. By placing the work of Cooper, Garner, Jones, and Lively in the context of British culture and of their own time, Butler provides a key to their fascination with history, mythology, and magic, and to the ways in which that fascination has found expression in their fiction. Students of children's literature and of fantasy literature as well as readers who are interested in the lives of these four subject authors will find this an insightful read.