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♯ or ♭ never conveys its influence beyond the note to which it is attached; thus

would read E half-flat, E natural, E half-sharp, E natural; and is a delicate expression of the chromatic

or of the diatonic

I now give the airs as best I can.

One word as to time. Though I have timed the airs I have given, I am free to confess there was neither metre nor rhythm of any marked character discernible in them; and even in the divisions of the lines or verses, the singer seemed to stop indifferently now at one, now at another word. I have, however, followed in my divisions those given in the book, taking it for granted that the learned author, who has given himself so much pains about the matter, will have chosen the most authentic.

James A. Davies,[1]

Formerly of Trin. Coll. Camb.

Late Private Sec. to H.R.R. Prince Leopold,

Count of Syracue, Naples.

17, Great Ormond Street, Queen Square,

September, 1854.


  1. ↑ Author of the Papers on the Rhythm of the Ancient Greek Orators, of the Psalms, Selah, the Evil Eye, read before the Royal Society of Literature; and of Papers on Accent and Quantity, discovering their true and real difference, from authentic sources. See "English Journal of Education," February, March, April, June, July, and August; G. Bell, 186, Fleet Street.
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