Twelve Tone Scale

Famous quotes containing the words twelve, tone and/or scale:

“The jury, passing on the prisoner’s life,
May have in the sworn twelve a thief or two
Guiltier than him they try.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Our medieval historians who prefer to rely as much as possible on official documents because the chronicles are unreliable, fall thereby into an occasionally dangerous error. The documents tell us little about the difference in tone which separates us from those times; they let us forget the fervent pathos of medieval life.”
—Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)

“Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is it not? And even the most disenfranchised get to breathe. The lowest on the social scale have their spouses or their children.”
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)