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The divorce of poetry and music was first reflected by the
printed page.
* Commenting on the melodic line of the Troubadours in
Music and Society (p. 29) Wilfred Mellers provides a
counterpoint from which to observe the precipitate forward
drive of Marlowe:
The immense length and arching plasticity of line in all
these musics is evidence of the advantages,
counterbalancing the obvious limitations, of music
conceived in terms of a single line; if one sacrifices the
possibilities of harmony and sonorous contrast, one gains
the possibility of creating melody free of the inhibitions of
mensuration. There is no limit to the subtleties of phrase,
intonation and nuance one may use, except the limits