Outlines of Music History
Book Description
Table at the end of the book furnishes also a means of keeping before the mind the connection of events in music history not only with each other, but also with those of contemporaneous history. It will also be noted that in the latter category prominence has been given to events in American history. The possibility of expanding the study to any desired extent is provided for in the reference list...
MoreTable at the end of the book furnishes also a means of keeping before the mind the connection of events in music history not only with each other, but also with those of contemporaneous history. It will also be noted that in the latter category prominence has been given to events in American history. The possibility of expanding the study to any desired extent is provided for in the reference lists at the close of each chapter. A feature which is of prime importance in any music study is that of adequate musical illustration. The lecture course at Wellesley College which I have conducted for several years, and upon which the arrangement of this book is based, is Jiccompanied by a correlative course of illustrative recitals, each designed to cover the ground traversed in the two previous lectures. Material for such a course is hinted at in the musical illustrations accompanying the text of the book; and as a further help in compiling programs, the recent volume by Arthur Elson entitled Music Club Programs from all Nations is earnestly recommended. I know of no more fascinating pursuit than that of tracing the steps by which mere unrelated sounds have been moulded, through ages of subtle invention, into a medium for expressing some of the grandest and most elusive of human thoughts. If any are induced by this book to travel along this pleasant pathway, I shall feel rewarded for its compilation. CLARENCE G. HAMILTON. WELLESLKY, MASS., November,
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