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She could not dissemble her anger, and when my eldest brother waited on Ann on her name day with the 'pueri' to give her a 'serenata' on the water, whereas, a year agone, he had done Ursula the like honor, she fell upon my friend in our garden with such fierce and cruel words that my cousin had to come betwixt them, and then to temper my great wrath by saying that Ursula was a motherless child, whose hasty ways had never been bridled by a loving hand.
Harlowe appearing in the living-room, Nora swung about on the piano stool. "Finish your song, Nora," begged Mrs. Harlowe. "I am very fond of the 'Good-bye. It is distinctly melancholy, but beautiful. To me, all Tosti's songs are wonderful. The 'Venetian Song' and the 'Serenata' are both exquisite. It seems a pity that the more modern composers have given us so little that is really worth while."
A light, gentle music, like the vibration of fragile and delicate crystal, spread itself over the terrace. Freya followed its rhythm with a light motion of the head. She was accustomed to this cloying music, this Serenata of Toselli, a passionate lament that always touches the soul of the tourist in the halls of the grand hotels.
She was thinking of the serenata. She had followed it with an acquaintance from the hotel, and she had seen not only Kitty and Madame d'Estrées, but also the solitary man in the heavy cloak. She knew quite well that Cliffe was in Venice; though, true to her secretive temper, she had not mentioned the fact to her father. Of course he was in Venice on Kitty's account.
There is to be a serenata in her honor to-night not one of those vulgar affairs which the hotels get up, but really good music and fine voices money to be given to some hospital or other. Do come with us. I suppose you have your own gondola, as we have. The gondolas who wish to follow meet at the Piazzetta, weather permitting, eight o'clock. I know, of course, that you are not going out.
Besides, you have promised to paint my picture, and you haven't even begun it so far. And then I've promised to compose you a serenata, with seventy-five verses. And then but what can Brusco be growling about? And here's Brandolaccio running after him. I must go and see what's amiss."
We see this if, looking at music in its ensemble, we enumerate its many different genera and species if we consider the divisions into vocal, instrumental, and mixed; and their subdivisions into music for different voices and different instruments if we observe the many forms of sacred music, from the simple hymn, the chant, the canon, motet, anthem, &c., up to the oratorio; and the still more numerous forms of secular music, from the ballad up to the serenata, from the instrumental solo up to the symphony.
We see this if, looking at music in its ensemble, we enumerate its many different genera and species if we consider the divisions into vocal, instrumental, and mixed; and their subdivisions into music for different voices and different instruments if we observe the many forms of sacred music, from the simple hymn, the chant, the canon, motet, anthem, etc., up to the oratorio; and the still more numerous forms of secular music, from the ballad up to the serenata, from the instrumental solo up to the symphony.
I must tell you a bon-mot that was made the other night at the serenata of "Peace in Europe" by Wall, who is much in fashion, and a kind of Gondomar. Grossatesta, the Modenese minister, a very low fellow, with all the jackpuddinghood of an Italian, asked, "Mais qui est ce qui représente mon maître?" Wall replied, "Mais, mon Dieu!
Massenet's "Elegie," Moszkowski's "Serenata," a transcription, and then the aria from Lucia. Not compositions professional violinists would have selected. Cutty felt his spine grow cold as this aria poured goldenly toward heaven. He understood. Hawksley was telling him that the shade of his glorious mother was in this room. The boy was right. Some fiddles had souls.
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