The enharmonic, according to Ptolemy, had ceased to be employed. |
You can see that his fondness for modulation by thirds and enharmonic shifts comes from French composers. |
It consisted of an air with variations, crowded with enharmonic passages. |
Tones in the chromatic or enharmonic modes were named by other letters, and the system was extremely complicated. |
Some 16th-century composers evidently favoured the enharmonic advantages of the system. |
The enharmonic mode is an artistic conception, and therefore execution in it has a specially severe dignity and distinction. |