For Every Music Lover: A Series of Practical Essays on MusicMoore, Aubertine Woodward
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For Every Music Lover: A Series of Practical Essays on Music
Moore, Aubertine Woodward
Music -- History and criticism
Voice from the unseen. Perverted soul. Normal instincts. Genius and
talent. AEsthetic tastes. Musical sound and rhythmic motion. Average
child. Frequent blunders. Appeal to intellect. Teacher with strong
personality. Experimenting with beginners. Legal protection. Vienna
musician. Class instruction. French solfege. English tonic sol-fa.
Mrs. John Spencer Curwen. Rev. John Curwen. Time a mental science.
Musical perception of the blind. Music in public schools. Phillips
Brooks on school song. Compulsory study. Socrates. Mirabeau.
Schumann on brilliancy. Unrighteous mammon of technique. Soul of
music. Neglect of ensemble work. As to accompaniments. Underlying
principles. Hearing good music. Going abroad. Wagner's hero. A
plumed knight wanted.
The Musical Education That Educates 61
Symmetrical development. Well-rounded musician. Well-balanced
individual. Profits proportionate to investment. Living force. What
Goethe said. Rich harvest. Aristotle on command over mind. Music
study many-sided. Madox-Brown on art. Mabie on beauty. Practical
forces in shaping character, purifying taste and elevating
standards. Master-works. Human voice as music teacher. Scientific
methods of study. Both art and science. Mental discipline. Stephen
A. Emory. Huxley on education.
How to Interpret Music 73
College professors on criticism and interpretation. External and
technical forms. Distrusting impressions. Trampling on God-given
intuitions. Throb and thrill of great art. Insight requisite for
interpretation. Living with masterpieces. Three souls of Browning.
Dr. Corson. Every faculty alive. Vital knowledge. Musical
imagination. Technical proficiency. Head, hand and physical forces.
In service of lofty ideal. Musical art work. Theme. Unfolding.
Climax. Labor of composition. Mind of genius. Elementary laws. Tonal
language. Karl Formes and operatic aspirant. Motto of Leschetitzky.
Marks of expression. Adolph Kullak. Hans von Buelow. Pulse of music.
Memory. Ruskin's fatal faults.
How to Listen to Music 89
Listening an art. Painting completed whole. Music passing panorama.
Not translatable into words. To follow, even anticipate composer.
Bach's absolute knowledge. Fire of Prometheus. Inner sanctuary of
art. Science of acoustics. Prime elements. Dr. Marx and Helmholtz.
Motive. Beethoven's fifth symphony. Phrase. Period. Simple melody.
"God Save the King." Our "America." Masters of counterpoint. Bach's
fugues. Monophony and polyphony. Classical and romantic. Heretic and
hero. Hadow on musical laws. Form the manifestation of these. Good
music versus ragtime. Dr. Corson on spiritual appeal.
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