10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TUNELESSNESS»
Discover the use of
tunelessness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
tunelessness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Early Socratic Dialogues
SOCRATES: So intentional gracelessness is a product of bodily excellence, but
unintentional of defectiveness. [c] HIPPIAS: I suppose so. SOCRATES: What do
you think about singing? Do you think intentional or unintentional tunelessness is
...
Plato,, Emlyn-Jones Chris, 2005
What makes his reproduction possible among a people endowed with
tunelessness, innocent of a metrical earP'” Quite abruptly the Prime Minister
ended, and, deliberately folding his paper, hypnotized with a searching stare his
unhappy ...
Bernard Edward Joseph Capes, 1906
Cokhay Dragoon 3rd V409 (12—9), d. Armsworth Tunelessness W1238 (13 —
11). LYDDITE. Breeder, W. C. Blacklocks. LYDDITE WHIRLWIND 5th BS 1557,
LYDDITE WHIRLWIND 6th BS1558, LYDDITE WHIRLWIND 7th BS1559, 13—7,
6.
Large Black Pig Society, 1945
Even as Tagre began to create his fantasy, he planned a story that had no end, and to keep the tales spinning he employed the help of 'Shey', a "man constituted entirely of words" and rather talented at concoting tall tales.
Rabindranath Tagore, 2007
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Filson Club Publications
perceive in Mr. Cawein the golden link that bound the music of the past to the
music of the future through an interval of comparative tunelessness. The career of
Mr. Madison Cawein is represented to me as being most uneventful. He seems to
...
It never saved the greatest from occasional mediocrity; it never deterred the
weakest from their song, of the tunelessness of which they were always
unconscious. The dictum, perfectly true perhaps of particular poems or passages
or of a man's ...
' the reiterated cry of superficial musical amateurs ' for this desired element only
proves that they derive their notion of melody from works ' in which, side by side
with melody, there ' is a sustained tunelessness serving as background.
Were these pages that looked like typing run amok any less intelligible than the
abstract cartoons of Miro or the black-and-white hullabaloo of Franz Klein or the
shrieks and grumbles of Elliot Carter or the weird tunelessness of Ornette ...
9
Fun & Games with Alistair Cooke: On Sports and Other Amusements
This oversight was instantly correctedand since thenit has keptupa standard of
unflagging tunelessness.) Willie Gray walkson to the floor and tells the audience
there's goingtobea show and there's nothing theycan do aboutit.He introduces ...
10
The Scheme for Full Employment: Reissued
seemed to double when I reversed in and Nesbitt opened his door. Kevin
Jennings appeared in an instant, whistling heartily as he manoeuvred his forklift
into a ready position behind the UV. Kevin's strident tunelessness alerted Cliff
Clifford, ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TUNELESSNESS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
tunelessness is used in the context of the following news items.
A reason to (almost) like Mumford & Sons
As may have been gently hinted at in previous columns, I developed a visceral and irrational loathing for their first two records, their tunelessness, their lead ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jun 15»
Quiz: How well do you know the lead singers of these famous bands?
The lead singer is crucial to any band's success: have someone bristling with charisma, and it's easier to overlook the tunelessness (sometimes). On the other ... «Entertainment.ie, Jun 15»
Laura Marling's 17 greatest songs, ranked
Aside from the soaring chorus, which comes as a beautiful shock, it heralds a sort of arresting, entrancing tunelessness. 10. 'Made By Maid': Marling describes ... «Gigwise, Mar 15»
16 debut albums to be excited about in 2015
Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit: There's a laid-back rawness to Barnett's music, with its escalating tunelessness and ... «Gigwise, Feb 15»
Kim Deal "Biker Gone" (video)
... a strange one, in that it is quiet and mellow while being simultaneously harsh and dissonant, with sing-song vocals that are eerie in their grating tunelessness. «Exclaim!, Nov 14»
The Libertines album tracks: ranked
'The Boy Looked At Johnny': There are heavy elements of punk in the gleeful tunelessness of the verse, but it scrapes a melody together for the chorus and the ... «Gigwise, Oct 14»
Emo Forefathers Braid Return Triumphantly with the Hook-Drenched …
Rooted in knotty '90s indie rather than '00s pomp, Nanna's music flirts with ramshackle tunelessness and ricocheting, off-target melodies; riffs happen but they ... «SPIN, Jul 14»
Jersey Boys – film review
(We don't count the off-the-chart anomaly of Paint Your Wagon, where Eastwood's he-man tunelessness was joined by Lee Marvin's.) The last person most of us ... «Financial Times, Jun 14»
J. Lo Teases With Fun Singles, but 'AKA' Is Mostly Mawkish …
Except “Girls” didn't make the final cut, and much of A.K.A. is still mawkish, midtempo melodrama that does too much to accentuate J. Lo's tunelessness. «SPIN, Jun 14»
House of Spirits
Lead singer Tim Cohen's voice has a tunelessness that can distract from the band's music at times, but when it works, it's just right. "Ballerina" drifts in languid ... «RollingStone.com, Jun 14»
