Excerpt from Observations on the Florid Song: Or, Sentiments on the Ancient and Modern Singers Chromatick, and Olympiens, or Olym pus, the Enharmonick Scale. How ever, we read in holy Writ, that ln bal, of the Race Of Cain, fuit Pater Canentium C ithard 6' Organo, th Father Of all such as handle the Harp and Organ; Instruments, in all Pro bability consisting Of several harmo nious Sounds; from whence one may infer, Musick to have had its Birth ve ry soon after the World. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.