On the Execution of Music, and Principally of Ancient Music — John Stuart Mill — John Shaqi
On the Execution of Music, and Principally of Ancient Music
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The proper manner of writing the graceful _gruppetto_ is here
given--with an illustration following of how it is to be correctly
played, and how it is incorrectly executed.
[5] Next is illustrated the two ways of playing the _mordant_.
[4] Finally, are several examples of the _appoggiature,_--showing both
the way they are written, and the way they are to be executed.
The last line of the music above is an example of how in Haendel the
rhythm as interpreted differs from that in which the passage is written.
End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of On the Execution of Music, and
Principally of Ancient Music, by Camille Saint-Saëns