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03- Symbols of Music Defined (continued)

In Music Notation and Terminology

Read by Patrick Wells

Karl Wilson Gehrkens

Until relatively recently, music students at all levels of study—from the conservatories to public schools—had few resources available for t…

The Imperial Institute

In Dagonet Ditties

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George R. Sims

George Robert Sims was an English journalist, poet, dramatist, novelist, prolific in his output and known for his satire and humor. These q…

03 Oakes’s Experience

In Quintus Oakes: A Detective Story

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Charles Ross Jackson

There have been a series of assaults at the manor house, one sending the mistress of the house insane with fear, another escalating to murde…

Preface

In Music Talks With Children

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Thomas Tapper

"A book of this kind, though addressed to children, must necessarily reach them through an older person. The purpose is to suggest a fe…

The Death-Bed of a Saint

In Life of Saint Gerard Majella

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Rev. O. R. Vassall-Phillips

Saint Gerard Majella was an Italian lay brother of the Redemptorists. His only ambition was to be like Jesus Christ in his sufferings and hu…

Introduction

In How to Appreciate Music

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Gustav Kobbé

Originally published in 1906, this book is essentially a how to guide on music appreciation. Includes sections on the pianoforte, orchestral…

10 - How the Monkey Got a Drink When He Was Thirsty

In Fairy Tales from Brazil

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Elsie Spicer Eells

This book, subtitled "How and Why Tales from Brazilian Folk-Lore", is a collection of short stories, most of them etiologial myths…

06 - [Part I. The History of Atlantis]: Chapter V. The Testimony of the Sea.

In Atlantis: The Antediluvian World

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Ignatius Loyola Donnelly

"Atlantis: The Antediluvian World is a book published during 1882 by Minnesota populist politician Ignatius L. Donnelly, who was born i…

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