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f . You will ask perhaps, why may not all this be Wo» done, äs well as" then ? I answer, no doubt it may, and wirb like Effect, if an Address be made,in Proper Words wirb Moving Arguments, in just; Measijres ( Poetkai orHjtetorical ) wirb the Emphatkk. Wordi, Words sec in signal Places, pronouscedwirb a good Voice, and a true Acceitt) and actcnded wirb a deceat Gesture ;and all these suitably adjusted to the Passion, Affection, or Temper os Mind,particularly designed to be Produced, ( be ir Joy, Love, Gsief, Pity, Cou-rage or Indignation ) will certainly no», as well as tbea, produce great Effectsupon the Mind, especially upon a Surprize, and wtiere Perfons are not other-wisc pre-engaged: And if so managed, as that you be ( or seetn to be ) inearnest ; and if not Over-Acted by apparent Anectation.

. 6- We are to confider that the uiuat-Design of what we cali Mustek.,js very disterent from that of the Ancietui. What we Wo» ca.ll Mufick» isbut what they called Harmoniek.i which was but one pari of tbf*r Mustek.( consisting of Words, Verse, Voice, Tune, Instrument, and Actkig) andwe are not to expect the säme Effect of One Piece as of the Wbole.

y. .When Mustek, arrived to gre^t Perfectiori, it was applied to p&riicularDesigns of Exciting this or that particular Affection, Paliion or Temper ofMind j the Tunei and Measures being luirably adapted to such Designs. Butsuch Designs seem almost quire neglected in our prefint Mustek.The chief Design now, in our most accomplished Mistes being to pleasethe Ear; when by a fweet Mixture of different Parts and Voicet , witn justCadenccs and Concordi intermixed, tx grateful ;föünd is produced, which on-ly the Judicious Musician can diseem and distibguish. ■

8. ’Tis true, that even this Compound iWy/?t^ admifs of different Characterssome is more Brisk and Airy; others niOte Sedate and Grave ; others moreLanguid ; as the different Subjects do requke. But that which is mostproper to excite particular Pajsmts er Dispositioni., is such as is more Simple,and Vncompoundcd : such as a Kur/es Languid Tuhe , Drilling her Babe toSleep; or a continued Reading in an Even Tone-, or even rhe lost Murmur ofa litrle Rivuler, running upon Grave! or Pibbles; inducing a quiet Reposeof the Spirits. And contrarywise, the Brisknefi of a Jig, on a KJt or Vio-line, exciting to Dance. Which'are ntore- Operative to such particular Ends,that! an Elaborate Ccmpofition of Füll Müßc^.

9- To Conclude; if we Aim orrly at pleasing the Ear, by a Sweet Consort,I doubt not but our Modem Compositioni may be equa), if not exceed thoseof the Anclent i: Amongst whom I do not find any Footstcps of what we callseveral Parts or Voices, ( as Base, Trcblc, Mcan, &C. Sung in Consort ) an-swering each other to compleat the Mustek.. But if we would have our Mu-stek. so adjusted as to excite particular Pajson, Ajfctlioni, or Temper of Mind( as that of the Ancients is supposed to have done) we must apply moresimple Ingredients, fitted to the Temper we would Produce. And this, I doubtnot, but a Judicious Composer may so Effect, (that with the Help of suchHyperbole's, as with which the Ancient Mustek, is wont to be set off ) our Mu-fick. may be seid to do as great Feati as any of theirs.

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