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Feldman was fascinated by the organ's principal pipes that produce the thickly textured diapason sounds that are pure organ, as opposed to the myriad other pipes with, say, flute-like or brass-like characters. The proof is in: The pipe organ is still the king of instruments 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z
There are basic groupings of sound, such as flutes, the human voice, trumpets and the diapason, which is the organ’s own sound. From players, pipes and pedals, a celestial song 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z
“Oh, Miss Lee, they’ve got the most lovely dresses,” she went on, releasing every stop in a diapason of envy. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z
The only stops I found available, were a very weak croaking flute, and a quavering deep pedal diapason, of sixteen feet. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z
The four bars are said by Plutarch to represent the elements, but it is more likely they were certain notes of the diapason. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z
A few sand-birds and plover piped plaintively to the hoarse diapason of the billows. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z
I didn't care for it much at first—but it improves immensely on acquaintance, and after you have got the right point of view and diapason it is a wonderfully entertaining and amusing country. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z
The diapason treble register is known as “melodia”; different makers occasionally vary the use of fancy names for other stops. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z
It was tremendous music—heavy, air-quivering, earth-shaking; more the diapason of a great cataract than an ordinary rapid, it seemed to me. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z
While the huge sullen instrument boomed a diapason that threatened more than it cajoled, Charles wondered if he had been wise to conceal his knowledge of Mr. Amor's identity. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z
He was apt in conversation to take his cue from his interlocutors rather than to force on them any topic, and he was apt also to speak in the same tone and same diapason. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z
Voices of expectation rolling on To diapason of a mighty choir, 'Mid ever-swooning throbbings beating low, Wove in hoarse fabric thunders—and O soul! The Triumph of Music And Other Lyrics 2011-09-11T02:00:09.677Z
It would be quite possible to take an ordinary Australian conversation and immortalise its cadences and diapasons by means of musical notation. The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z
The roar of Rock Island died down in muffled diminuendo, and it seemed mighty good to have that diapason muttering in bafflement astern rather than growling in anticipation ahead. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z
The low sub-bass, uprising from the deep, Swells the great pæan as it rolls supernal— Anon, I hear, at one majestic sweep The diapason of the keys eternal! Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier 2011-08-06T02:00:04.917Z
It is the diapason of a new literature produced by the war. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z
He had never been near the sea, so the thrilling diapason of the moving waters was full of terrors. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z
That a loving God wills the universe, is the great diapason note in the hymn of creation. What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul 2011-07-03T02:00:08.347Z
I have every admiration for Liszt's wonderful playing, with its diapason of all the moods between the extremes of fiery frenzy, and utmost delicacy. A Day with Robert Schumann 2011-06-21T02:00:28.690Z
Now, as the twilight deepened, he devoted himself to the consideration of the deepest notes in the whole diapason of human existence. A Day with Walt Whitman 2011-06-05T02:00:12.967Z
Not that the deep fundamental note of humanity is ever absent in his poems; the eternal diapason is there even when least overheard. The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker 2011-06-01T02:00:22.477Z
A mile ahead the wave roared on, its furious crescendo again reduced to a booming diapason. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z
But she pulled out every stop of the feminine organ, the clarion, the stopped diapason, flute, bird-stop, vox humana, and, lastly, the tremolo stop. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z
Just then there floated in through the open window what seemed a full diapason of far-off but exquisite music. The Comstock Club 2011-05-18T02:00:16.367Z
At this moment Edward lifted his violin and, catching the storm note, wove a solemn strain into the diapason of the mighty organ of the sky. Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z
They are of several kinds, as open diapason, stopped diapason, double diapason. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z
While Francesca was still under the banyan she had heard the roaring diapason of the flood. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z
He was hidden in the organ-loft; and as he sang, the organist sustained his cry with long-drawn shuddering chords and deep groans of the diapason. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z
But they have the sense to be silent when they hear the roll of that untrembling diapason that makes all things tremble. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z
There was no roar at all, but the same grand diapason—the noblest and completest one on earth! The Niagara River 2011-02-08T03:00:09.703Z
Below lay the gorge through which the river plunged and thundered, its diapason sounding a low monotone over the three cabins on the hillside, its harsher notes muffled by the intervening trees. Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z
It was the grand, old melody of the ocean, a melody made up of the whistling wind and the roaring waves, that grand, eternal diapason which awes, yet enthralls the heart. Vineta The Phantom City 2011-01-21T03:00:10.377Z
It then settled into its dull diapason of maudlin voices. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z
The fine-toned organ pealed forth its harmony, shaking the building with its diapasons and awakening wonderful echoes in the far-off dome. Glories of Spain
According to our regular musical notation, the fourth note given represents the normal pitch of diapason; the reason being that the eight-foot tone is the only one that gives the notes as written. The Niagara River 2011-02-08T03:00:09.703Z
Dr. Brownjohn's voice was now so deep that it vibrated in the pit of Michael's stomach like the diapason of the school organ. Sinister Street, vol. 1
The rivalry between authors had therefore risen to its fullest diapason. Underground Man
The diapason of the drums surely had its hearing. The Broken Gate A Novel
"I knew it!" he cried in that sonorous voice which was like a deep and mellow diapason. Glories of Spain
The familiar sighing of the air-brake began again, and the low thunder of the patient wheels became the diapason beneath the shrill song of the brake-shoes. A Romance in Transit
Our mutual loves close in that harmony That, though the airs of music still admit Their closure in divisions, our joint strings, So sweetly tun'd, may run their diapason Without a discord. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15
The result was a composition of beautiful words in diapason, producing a notable musical effect, alternating with some phrase or sentence � la Victor Hugo. Maximina
Sometimes it is massive, triumphal, and inspiring as though the singers carried naked swords in their upraised hands; or again, it seems to be the sullen angry diapason of distant thunder in the hills. Seeds of Pine
Gentlemen," in his deepest diapason, "what is the meaning of this? Glories of Spain
He had long since been aware of its resonant diapason, betokening a heavy sea; but the spectacle of it was one ever beautiful in his sight. The Destroying Angel
Life is, in few instances, and at rare intervals, the diapason of a heavenly melody; oftenest the fierce jar of disruptions and convulsions, which, do what we will, there is no disregarding. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time
The great question about interruption is not whether it compels you to divert your attention to other facts, but whether it compels you to tune your whole mind to another diapason. The Intellectual Life
The sweet south wind, in melting mood, murmured tunefully above their heads, swelling in delicious diapason of melodious suggestions, and mingling with mysterious elements in stirring pulse and thrilling nerves. Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889
Their stop is the open diapason, and their harmony is the harmony of large intervals and full chords. The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors
The diapason deepened it—Before the darkness fall, We tell you He is risen again! The Lord of Misrule And Other Poems
Half a minute later a dull, heavy roar of a great gun came like a deep diapason of an organ on high treble of smaller guns. The Boys of '98
In the measured roll of the sea, he heard the diapason of a grand poem, and the far-off thunder, heard now and then, was the chorus of the gods. Daisy's Necklace And What Came of It
The scale is sometimes removed to another pitch, and they will no more harmonize than instruments that have not been attuned to the same diapason. Needlework As Art
The diminished wind swept in a clear diapason through the pellucid sky; the resplendent sea reached vast and magnetic to its invisible horizon. Wild Oranges
Only we know that the whole diapason is beyond our grasp: one man cannot hear the note of the grasshoppers, another is deaf when the cannon sounds. A Book of Sibyls Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen
But to the true pilgrim London speaks like the diapason of a great organ. Dickens' London
Her life was a symphony of thanksgiving; an antiphony, in which all Nature voiced its responses to her in a diapason, full, rich, and harmonious. Carmen Ariza
And, indeed, are not all poesies but various notes of that mighty diapason of Thought and Feeling, that has, through the ages, been singing itself in jubilee and wail? Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
But above their gurgling murmur there came a hoarser roar that shook the ground, reverberating through the damp air like the diapason of some mighty storm-piece. Hidden Water
Rising, tremendous in its last revolt, its majestic diapason was deepened by the boom of grinding rock and the detonation of boulders reduced to powder. Thurston of Orchard Valley
Loud winds, and thunder's diapason high, Should be my requiem through the coming time, And the white summit, fading in the sky, My monument sublime! Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848
They could not work in silence, and nature demands that from one end of heaven to the other they shall be sonorous with a deep diapason. The Life of Cicero Volume II.
There is a fine description of a storm in 'Coningsby,' where a sylvan language is made to swell the diapason of the tempest. Music and Some Highly Musical People
I did not think a woman’s life could be tuned to so high a diapason. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel
A pitiless wind swept down from the range side across the thrashing pines, and filled the deep rift with its shrill moaning which sounded above the diapason of the shrunken river. Thurston of Orchard Valley
The discourse was ended, the diapason of the organ swelled through the lofty church, priestly hands hovered like white doves over the congregation, dismissing all with blessing. Macaria
The pompous hydraulic organ no longer thunders its "full-mouthed diapason," but the nightingales fill the long summer nights with their surges of wild rhapsodies. Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance)
Deep under the crackling of the flames vibrated the diapason of the great dynamo. The Doomsman
And I love the instrument by which all the diapasons of the ocean are caught and released in surging floods—the many-voiced organ. The World I Live In
Straight onward they charged, at headlong gallop, to ride over us like a grotesquely tinted wave, and the dull drumming of their ponies’ hoofs beat a diapason to the shrill clamor of their voices. Desert Dust
And yet, amid all its hosts of contradictions and ways of salvation and sects and cults there have sounded, as a diapason through all the centuries, the fundamental teachings of Vedantism. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ
Then Crashaw's feelings began to find vent in words, in a long stream of insistent asseverations, pitched on a rising note that swelled into a diapason of indignation. The Wonder
How few even of our greatest men have had all these three faculties large—fine, sound, and in “perfect diapason.” Spare Hours
Each murmuring low its song apart May hint a symphony of art, Since under all, within, and over, Is diapason of Love's great heart. Song-waves
By the day of the wedding she would be rolling a steady diapason of polite, decolourised, expurgated, ladylike profanity. In Our Town
What march of multitudes in rhythmic motion, What thunder of innumerable feet, What mighty diapasons like the ocean, Reverberating turbulently sweet Through far dissolving silences, are blown Worldward upon the winds' low monotone? Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885
It was the voice of those who had been bondmen and bondwomen, and the grand diapason swept up from the coming ages. Luke Walton
Let him hear and come under the power of that wonderful sound pervading the whole vast house, and filling the air with that diapason of regulated, harmonious energy. Spare Hours
The stops in the great organ are, the stopped diapason, two open diapasons, flute, and principal, trumpet and baffoon, all entire, the 12th, 15th, sesqui-altera, cornet and clarion.  A Walk through Leicester being a Guide to Strangers
What was the elemental note in her that responded to this thundering diapason? The Rapids
Bear yourselves like men,” its limbs seemed to roar in solemn, deep diapason. 'Murphy' A Message to Dog Lovers
Then quite distinctly he could make out a faint grumbling diapason which he knew to be the surges beating against the distant coast. The Adventures of Bobby Orde
During the night the rainstorm grew to a gale which rocked our night's home like a ship at sea to the music of heaven's grand diapasons. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science
In the swell two diapasons, principal, hautboy and trumpet. A Walk through Leicester being a Guide to Strangers
Floating out of the fog came a dull, grunting sound, a faint and far-away diapason, a marine whistle which announced a big chap. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916
Big golden bees buzzed slowly and pertinaciously in and out of the sweet flowers in the formal rose garden, chaunting a note that was like the diapason of some distant organ. The Green Carnation
Down the straight level expanse of the Calle Rivera clattered an unending stream of horsemen, their accoutrements jingling a sinister diapason as they poured helter-skelter across the plaza in the waning moonlight. The Fifth Ace
The diapason is one of certain stops in the organ, so called because it extends through all notes of the scale. Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois
Choir organ, two diapasons, principal, 15th, flute, bassoon.  A Walk through Leicester being a Guide to Strangers
Next morning I was taking my ante-breakfast pipe on a cartwheel in the shed outside, and listening to the diapason of the mill, when Halford came out. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler
Other voices joined the leader's; a minor refrain swept up and down the line; and abruptly the climax swelled out in a diapason descending far into the bass. Sacrifice
But the flesh is a little different, And here and there the organism a nobler one, And the idea bigger, broader, deeper, Of a more divine quality and diapason. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
Those thoughts and her memories were very busy just then; she was glad because the everlasting diapason of the falls made conversation difficult. Joan of Arc of the North Woods
Great organ, two open and a stop diapason, principal, 12th, 15th, ses-quialtia, cornet, clarion, trumpet.  A Walk through Leicester being a Guide to Strangers
Each had reached that perfect diapason at which the most antagonistic spirits are in supreme unison. The Choice of Life
His hands on her arms pressed them gently away, his fingers patting them with a fatherly diapason. Erik Dorn
Little of the original work remains, with the exception of some of the diapasons, the principal, and the tin pipes in the choir front. Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire
Not all the tones of great material nature's diapason could find this tortured spirit voice enough. An Old Meerschaum From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.)
The tall, straight flue of the chimney, like the deep diapason of an organ, is softly murmurous with the flurry of the swifts in their afternoon or vesper flight. My Studio Neighbors
The object of them was the need of adapting the instrument to modern requirements, so that it might be used in concert with others that have been improved, and allow the diapason to be raised. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators
And all the while, like a mighty diapason sounding on through the tumult, the voice of the sons of God in the heavenly temple is heard proclaiming "Glory!" The Life of David As Reflected in His Psalms
The grand arcanum 's not for men to see all; My music has some mystic diapasons; And there is much which could not be appreciated In any manner by the uninitiated. Don Juan
Isolated fundamental tones are apt to be colourless and monotonous, like the diapason work on an organ. Spirit and Music
"We have worked this out for all classes of tone—string, flute and diapason—and the law holds good in every instance." The Recent Revolution in Organ Building Being an Account of Modern Developments
All the voices of man and nature in a continent caught it up and breathed it forth, hurled it in mighty diapason far up into God's heaven. For Love of Country A Story of Land and Sea in the Days of the Revolution
Now leaps a livid lightning up—from rank to rank it flies— A fearful diapason rends the arches of the skies. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
Now, the diapason is the ad interium, or interval betwixt and between the extremes of an octave, according to the diatonic scale. Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales
It was partly because the foreigner avoided disputing with the Germans, who made discussion unpleasant by their acrid, dictatorial manners and drowning diapasons, that their arrogance had so rapidly grown out of bounds. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life
The diapason which we thought so extensive, appears, on inquiry, to consist of only a few notes, and the changes that may be rung upon them, may almost be counted upon the fingers. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
Then come the noisy nuisances, extending through all the diapason of sound. Border and Bastille
Here Lucrece says she will 'bear the diapason' with deep groans, i.e., 'hum' a 'burden' or drone an octave lower than the nightingale's 'descant.' Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries
It wins the heart's approbation And augments the receptive soul; 'Tis a rapture born in heaven To entrance our expectant ears, 'Tis angelic diapason Such as harmonized once the spheres. Our Profession and Other Poems
Who up the lofty diapason roll Such sweet, such sad, such solemn airs divine, And let them down again into the soul? The Friendships of Women
Unlooked-for beauties spring to light on every side; the very essence of music and poesy float around him as he advances; while above, around, and through all, sounds the magnificent diapason of everlasting truth. The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
No timbrel, but my heart thou play'st upon, Whose strings are stretched unto the highest key; The diapason, love; love is the unison; In love my life and labours waste away. Elizabethan Sonnet-Cycles Delia - Diana
The grand Arcanum's not for men to see all; My music has some mystic diapasons; And there is much which could not be appreciated In any manner by the uninitiated. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6
As he passed the tower, he heard the deep notes of a pipe organ; the open diapason and flutes of the great, the reeds of the swell, piled one upon another in a splendid harmony. The Mayor of Warwick
The diapason is collected from all, and unites all their virtues. The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator
His experience ran through the whole diapason of human feelings, and so He can find a key-note in every one of its tones for the sweet rich symphony of sympathy. Quiet Talks on Following the Christ
The little parenthetic duo at the eighth bar breaks the roll of the song for one breath, and the concord of voices closes in again like a diapason. The Story of the Hymns and Tunes
If we don't have something done soon the whole organ will fall to pieces; and I am so afraid, lest in re-modelling it, the tone of these matchless diapasons will be affected. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891
It is like changing from the great diapason to the dulciana stop. Some Winter Days in Iowa
From the church itself a silence which could be sensed seemed to roll, eclipsing the diapason of an organ. The Debtor A Novel
We could not hear a word that was spoken; when, in some few succeeding seconds, the diapason stop only was opened ... and how sweet and touching was the melody which it imparted! A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three
It was the beginning of that amazing diapason of industry which accompanied the building of the cities of the West. A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy
After awhile Dr. F. succeeded in putting matters a little to rights and, seated at the key-boards, proceeded to play upon the diapasons, the tone of which he had so extolled. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891
He liked the diapason of those sonorous hexameters, that roll on, sinking and swelling with the ebb and flow of a stormy sea. Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough'
He listened to those diapasons and thin trebles and was strangely soothed. Burned Bridges
And yet, at the present moment, from these unlikely quarters there rises a diapason of liberty-loving eloquence which contrasts very discordantly with the habitual language of five years ago. Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences
By the aid of little knobs on the instrument, the diapason can be changed to an extent that you would not credit, for it has reference to a system different to yours. Another World Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah
They were sitting together on the wide window-seat, the sound of the traffic from below coming murmuringly to their ears like some muted diapason. The Moon out of Reach
Other sounds, hollow and shrill—treble mingling with diapason—joined in the first. A Man's Woman
The screams of fainting women and terrified children, the groans of the dying, and the bitter imprecations of desperate combatants,—a mingling medley,—swelled the great diapason of noisy battle. History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens
Clouds of cigar smoke over all—voices blended into one continual diapason; medley, and miasma of close human contact. The Ramrodders A Novel
It was as if Vulcan's stithy had been dropped down into a profound ravine of the Alps, and the drone of machinery mingled with the music of the fleeting river—a strange diapason. The Princess Passes
All the lesser staccato noises of the day had long since died to silence; there only remained that prolonged and sullen diapason, coming from all quarters at once. Vandover and the Brute
And the chanting cries of the street rolled to her like the tremendous diapason of a gigantic organ: "Rescued, rescued, rescued!" A Man's Woman
It seems a Dublin stage manager got up a scenic play with thunder in it perfectly imitated by a diapason of bass drums. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862
Its voice shrilled above the diapason of the thunder; the forest swung to its long cry. Audrey
For a time he saw nothing but froth and spray and flitting stone, and then the roar that came back from the towering walls swelled into a great diapason terrifying and bewildering. Alton of Somasco
The melancholy hoot of the owl and the mellow complaint of the whippoorwill join in the solemn diapason of the forest, filling the solitudes with grand, stately marches. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873
The diapason means here the entire compass of tones. Selections from Five English Poets
The twang of either heavy or light was but a thin contribution to the orchestra of battle compared to "the diapason of the cannonade." Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875
Around are all the common farm-house sounds,—the poultry making a pleasant recitative between the carols of singing birds; even geese and turkeys are not inharmonious when modulated by the diapasons of the beach. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II
"Hold her straight," cried Okanagan, in a breathless roar, and Seaforth just heard his voice through the diapason of the river. Alton of Somasco
We pass from dish to dish through all the compass of a banquet, the diapason closing full in beer. Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series
In poetry, which includes all things, 'the diapason closeth full in God.' The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2)
Gabriel wondered, his thoughts seeming to hum and roar in his head, in harmony with the shuddering diapason of the muffler-deadened exhaust. The Air Trust
The whole diapason of human experience, with its joyous majors and its sobbing minors, He knew. Quiet Talks about Jesus
But in that short interval an incident occurred so strange and thrilling that the stout miners uttered treble cries, like women, and then one mighty "Hah!" burst like a diapason from their manly bosoms. A Perilous Secret
He felt himself to be worthy of the full diapason of home life; he desired to be as other men were, besides being something more. Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series
Then the hush dissolved into a sea of sighs: 'Peace, peace!' they yearned, and the mild deep diapason muttered, 'Peace.' The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 56, June, 1862
The voice has three dimensions--height, depth and breadth; in other terms, diapason, intensity and duration; or in yet other words, tonality, timbre and succession. Delsarte System of Oratory
The tree tops swayed and joined in the splendid diapason. Madcap
And as the diapason sweeps Across the breast of night, the moan Of wolves upon the spirit creeps, Lending the hymn a wilder tone. Poems
He pulled, by chance, the diapason, and filled the room with deep, shaken notes. The Happy Venture
I could begin, now, to distinguish degrees of sound and modulations of all sorts in the mighty diapason of the cannon. A Minstrel in France
Taking la for the diapason, the voice which extends from the lowest notes to upper re is the chest-voice, since it suffers no acoustic modification. Delsarte System of Oratory
Initiated in low and subdued tones, the sound soon rose in volume to the open diapason of barbaric blood lust. Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
The deep rumble of the cattle filled the air with its diapason. Arizona Nights
He drew forth all the loudest stops--the trumpet, the diapason--for his paean of welcome. The Happy Venture
Every note on the diapason of discord was run through. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1
And what wonder if their prayer to him faint on their lips beneath the surging diapason of the waking heart beneath? Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10
Whence came the towering intellect, the wealth of knowledge, the mastery of words, the music of style, the diapason of feeling? Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01
Above the nocturnal diapason of the teeming jungle sounded a dismal flapping of wings and over head, through the thick night, a shadowy form passed across the diffused light of the flaring camp-fire. Out of Time's Abyss
People who studied the logarithms of the diapason would not be apt to think a man crazy for such a little thing as that. The Magic Egg and Other Stories
His eyes passed all description in their combination of the whole diapason of eloquence, from lover's deep love to fellow-man's gratitude for a token of remembrance from one of his kind. A Pair of Blue Eyes
The prolonged rumble of the mine's stamp-mill came to his ears in a ceaseless diapason, but the sound was so much a matter of course that Lockwood no longer heard it. A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West
She is the color and fragrance of the flower, the bright bow in the black o'erhanging firmament of life, the sweet chord that makes complete the human diapason. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01
They easily reached the highest notes according to the tone given by the diapason. Paris as It Was and as It Is
I will take up some other books on the diapason which I have, and so will keep my ideas fresh on the subject until this lady is done with the book. The Magic Egg and Other Stories
Softly at first, and then with richer diapason, the cedar tree greeted its mysterious comrade, singing of far-distant times and places, and of the permanence of nature as against the fitful evanescent life of man. The Far Horizon
It is rather remarkable that he should thus have sounded, though faintly, the whole diapason in his first works. A Study of Hawthorne
But her true, pure voice was the diapason to which he attuned his soul. Jean-Christophe Journey's End
The diapason, however, has remained the same: to this, in a great measure, may be attributed those shrieks and efforts which disgust foreigners, unaccustomed to the French method. Paris as It Was and as It Is
Its eddies rushed here or filtered there, according as arguments or protests gained attention by sharp clamor above the continuous diapason of voices. All-Wool Morrison
The little choristers Sing ceaseless hymns, and the glad husbandman Adds his diapason. Laura Secord, the heroine of 1812. A Drama. and Other Poems.
No hand, they diapason o'er, ��Well skill'd I throw with sweep sublime; For me, no academic lore Has taught the solemn strain to pour, ��Or build the polish'd rhyme. The Poetical Works of Henry Kirk White : With a Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas
Here the tufted titmouse, the very soul of monotony, piped and piped and piped, as if his diapason stop were pulled out and stuck, and could not be pushed in again. A Florida Sketch-Book
It may not be worthy of Lord Byron’s genius, but it does him no dishonour, and contains passages which accord with the solemn diapasons of ancient devotion.  The Life of Lord Byron
It is the whippoorwill—steadily, continuously, entrancingly the dulcet measure is taken up and echoed, until the slough of despond seems transformed into a varying diapason of melancholy minstrelsy. The Iron Game A Tale of the War
He sees eternity with rapture thrilled; He sees in one prolonged diapason The organ of the universe, vehement, roll For ever songs of praise to Him, the Sower. Laura Secord, the heroine of 1812. A Drama. and Other Poems.
Seventy-three bells in chromatic diapason—with their tinkling, ringing, tolling, knolling peal! Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2
The negroes throughout the square promptly responded, while not a few white refugees joined their voices to the mighty diapason of sound, which often swelled into grand harmonies. The Earth Trembled
The piercing cries of the gulls floating on the eddying wind were relieved against the blooming diapason of the sea. December Love
Happiness, love and the elation of celebration are the harmonious notes of this beautiful domestic diapason. The Cruise of the Kawa
Always this sort of man keeps up the pretence of highly distinguished and remarkable mental processes, whereas—have not I, in my own composition, the whole diapason of emotional fool? A Modern Utopia
How many notes there are in these bells! quite a diapason—some very deep toned, and so on up to the highest! how prettily they sound, all going together! Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2
The treble of baby frogs, the diapason of ancient frogs, the lusty alto of frogs in the prime of life, were united in an unbroken, penetrating chant to the starless sky. Viola Gwyn
Suddenly, out of the deep, rumbling diapason he heard a sharp click— then another and another. The Valley of the Giants
That was the oddest, the most impressive feature of all, for the crash of avalanches, the rumble of thunder, the diapason of a hundred Niagaras, should have accompanied such appalling phenomena. The Winds of Chance
The voice was tremulous, but as rich in tone as the diapason of an organ. Half a Rogue
Minute after minute the short man labored with the captive, the snarl in his insisting voice deepening into the diapason of malevolent threat. When Egypt Went Broke
The music served as obbligato for the mighty diapason of men's voices; the thousands talked as they waited. The Landloper
The eighth note, or complement of the octave, is the diapason of man. The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken
Eventually, however, they came within hearing of a faint whisper, as of wind among pine branches, then of a muffled murmur that grew to a sullen diapason. The Winds of Chance
The rain fell in torrents, that added a solemn sullen swell to the diapason of the thunder fugue, and by degrees a delicious coolness crept into the cisterns of the night. At the Mercy of Tiberius
She could hear the rasping diapason of his snoring. When Egypt Went Broke
With these rousing words the Journal of Columbus's voyage begins; and they sound a salt and mighty chord which contains the true diapason of the symphony of his voyages. Christopher Columbus and the New World of His Discovery — Complete
Mr Undershaft is a gifted trombonist: he shall intone an Olympian diapason to the West Ham Salvation March. Major Barbara
She keeps herself continually at the highest diapason of grace and charm, without ever missing the opportunity of effectually obliging her friends. Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 2 from Rome to the End
It arouses the "seven thunders" of evil, and stirs their latent forces to utter the full diapason of secret tones. Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures
Tim ran promptly through all the notes in his diapason, and the rest joined in on the middle register. The Red Acorn
At last the curtain fell; but on such a storm and diapason of applause! Zanoni
Far up the track, there is a sullen roar, and then the hoarse diapason of an engine whistle. Back Home
The voice of Monsieur was calm and natural when he spoke thus; while that of M. de Mazarin jumped by a note and a half to reply above the diapason of his usual voice. The Vicomte De Bragelonne
It was a silver reed, sounding its clear, unmistakable note in the great diapason of farewell. The House of Pride, and Other Tales of Hawaii
Suddenly a large pack of dogs immediately in front of them broke the stillness with a startling diapason, ranging from the deep bass of the mastiff to the ringing bark of the fox-hounds. The Red Acorn
Words, tuned to the diapason of nature, disclosed mysterious graces; looks were impassioned rays sharing the light shed broadcast by the sun on the glowing meadows. The Lily of the Valley
It was fortunate for both that in the very beginning of their love they should thus come to know the diapason of their hearts; they avoided henceforth a thousand shocks which might have wounded them. The Hated Son
You must imagine, furthermore, the deep rumbling diapason of his growling. The Land of Footprints
My feeling for religious music was then, as since, very deep; and the organ of Trinity gave satisfaction to this feeling; the tremulous ground-tone of the great pedal diapasons thrilling me through and through. Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2
Against this perpendicular barrier they hurled themselves with a shock that vibrated far inland, and a roar that rose in a dominating diapason over the continuous thunder of the tempest-riven sea. The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales
There is no genuine duration, nothing really tending to evolution in Spencer's evolution: no more than there is in the periodic working of a turbine or in the stationary tremble of a diapason. A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson
From harmony, from heavenly harmony,    This universal frame began:    From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man. Bulchevy's Book of English Verse
This Convention is not four days old, and the melodious Meliboean stanzas that shook down Royalty are still fresh in our ear, when there bursts out a new diapason,—unhappily, of Discord, this time. The French Revolution
The voice of Monsieur was calm and natural while he spoke thus; while that of M. de Mazarin jumped by a note and a half to reply above the diapason of his usual voice. Ten Years Later
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