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1. Frappe talon droit (strike right heel).
2."gaulche (left).
3.""d.
4.""g.
5. Frappe talons (perhaps 'strike heels together').
6. Soupir (slight pause).
Repeat, then the second half—1-4, 5-8, 9-12, are same as 1-4, ending with 5, 6, as in the 1st half.
No wonder it was bad for the gout!
VI
Miscellaneous, including Pythagoreanism and Shakespeare's Account of the More Spiritual Side of Music
A well-known passage in Twelfth Night gives us the Opinion of Pythagoras 'concerning wild-fowl.'
The Opinion of Pythagoras 'concerning Music' is at least equally interesting, and is appropriated and assimilated by Shakespeare. The particular branch of the Pythagorean system with which we are concerned, is that which treats of the Music of the Spheres. Besides the two passages here quoted, there are others dealing with this subject—e.g.,