Encyclopędia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics, and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations-lexicon, Volume 13Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth Desilver, Thomas, & Company, 1835 |
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... distinguished practical and theoretical musician , was born at Würzburg , in 1749. He studied law , but early showed great talent for playing on the organ , and for composing . The elector of the Palatinate , Charles Theodore , sent him ...
... distinguished practical and theoretical musician , was born at Würzburg , in 1749. He studied law , but early showed great talent for playing on the organ , and for composing . The elector of the Palatinate , Charles Theodore , sent him ...
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... distinguished practical and theoretical musician , was born at Würzburg , in 1749. He studied law , but early showed great talent for playing on the organ , and for composing . The elector of the Palatinate , Charles Theodore , sent him ...
... distinguished practical and theoretical musician , was born at Würzburg , in 1749. He studied law , but early showed great talent for playing on the organ , and for composing . The elector of the Palatinate , Charles Theodore , sent him ...
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... distinguished by clearness of intonation , ease , strength , duration , equality , harmoniousness and fulness of the sounds ; whilst natural defects or dis- eases in those organs ( for instance , narrow- ness of the chest , weak lungs ) ...
... distinguished by clearness of intonation , ease , strength , duration , equality , harmoniousness and fulness of the sounds ; whilst natural defects or dis- eases in those organs ( for instance , narrow- ness of the chest , weak lungs ) ...
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... distinguished among the artists connected with him . The six sheets executed by him are of the high- est merit . They reproduce , as far as is pos- sible in a small space , the impression of the original , and prove how fully the art ...
... distinguished among the artists connected with him . The six sheets executed by him are of the high- est merit . They reproduce , as far as is pos- sible in a small space , the impression of the original , and prove how fully the art ...
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... distinguished with the crown - prince of Prussia , after- scholars , but gave such license to his wit , wards Frederic the Great , who had a that it is said Pope's mother was some- great fondness for French literature . times driven ...
... distinguished with the crown - prince of Prussia , after- scholars , but gave such license to his wit , wards Frederic the Great , who had a that it is said Pope's mother was some- great fondness for French literature . times driven ...
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