a knowledge of musical grammar and structure does enable us,
as the
saying is, to get more out of music. This conviction is further
strengthened by the statement of numerous students who testify
that
after analyzing certain standard compositions their attitude to-
wards
music has changed and their love for it greatly increased.
In the illustrations (published in a Supplementary Volume) no
concessions have been made to so-called “popular taste”; people
have
an instinctive liking for the best when it is fairly put before
them.
We are not providing a musical digest, since music requiresac-
tive
coöperationby the hearer, nor are we trying to interpret music
in
terms of the other arts. Music is itself. For those who may be
interested in speculating as to the connection between music
and art,
numerous books are available—some of them excellent from
their point
of view.
This book concerns itself with musicas music. It is assumed
that,
if anyone really loves this art, he is willing and glad to do serious
work to quicken his sense of hearing, to broaden his imagination,
and
to strengthen his memory so that he may become intelligent in
appreciation rather than merely absorbed in honeyed sounds.
Music is
of such power and glory that we should be ready to devote to
its study