Excerpt from The Philosophical Magazine and Journal, Vol. 54: Comprehending the Various Branches of Science, the Liberal and Fine Arts, Geology, Agriculture, Manufactures, and Commerce Ji And Journal. I. On the Question Whether Music is necessary to theOrator to what Extent, and how most readily attainable! rHenry Upington, Esq. Concluded from vol. liii. p.253. To Mr. Tilloch. o, A, Blair sHill, Cork, Mavis, 1819 S.K, -Although I have not, in any one instance, fr, m the commencement of these papers, specifically n.entioned sthe sub!ject ot investigation Whether music, abstractedly considered was necessary to man in a state of nature; or whether the cultivation of music, to a certain extent, agreeably to that system uniformly practised in modern Europe, was necessary to them provement of a modern orator;-yet the whole scope of my- quiry has abundantlvmamfested this latter as my intended topic? Allured, during the prosecution of my design, by a variety finteresting objects I Uve been insensibk conducted over Tmuch more extensive field than the generality of my readers maHosibly have desired. Not only modern but ancient melody hJin some degree, been examined. A new method of calcuSi gthe gested. The gemus of our polite delivery has been ascertained by a series oexperiments;-and the oratorical utility of nt, -oducmg the shde, of acquiring the minor third . dforlth, dof speaking withm the limits of the Diapente, has been freque Xrepresented. Our complicated harmony, too, has been exp Sand however gratifying it may prove to the modern ear, I have tn Ut r 1 S- tending ot o Xto vitiate his taste by the arrangement of its intervals, but also to create an habitual disrelish for the simpler beauties of natut and consequently for the appropriate cultivation of the melody of fa t.a., uponwh.cn his influence over allclassesof man Smut See Appendix, on Harmony. Vol.54. No.255. Jiy 1819. 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.