"I believe the term modulation denotes in music……" — Allen Tate
"I believe the term modulation denotes in music the uninterrupted shift from one key to another: I do not know the term for change of rhythm without change of measure."
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37 Quotes by Allen Tate
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But in our age the appeal to authority is weak, and I am of my age.
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Religion is the sole technique for the validating of values.
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