Author: Albert Gehring

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-06

Total Pages: 94

ISBN-13: 9780484405850

Excerpt from The Appreciation of Music The following chapters are a condensation of a series of lec tures delivered some years ago at the College for Women, Cleveland, Ohio. They are intended, especially, for the large class of readers who are interested in music, but who have never made a study of it and are ignorant of its technical aspects. The aim is to give an insight into the structural features of the art, without bewildering with long and pedantic discussion. Clearness and simplicity of exposition are there fore the only ends sought. A careful study of the contents, coupled with intelligent listening in the concert-hall will, it is hoped, enable even the layman to gain considerable knowledge about the complexities which usually appear so formidable. While the author has attempted to be original in the method of presentation, it was almost unavoidable for him to undergo the influence of existing treatises in regard to the subject matter of his book. This is so especially with reference to the choice of technical terms, the classification of musical forms. And the like. Naturally it was better to follow the path of accepted authorities in these things than to attempt novel presentations at all costs. Among the works to which obliga tion is due may be mentioned: Elson's Theory of Music, bussler-cornell's Theory and Practice of Musical Form, Parry's Art of Music, and Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians. The illustrations have mainly been drawn from the realm of instrumental music, the reason being that most of the subjects considered, e. G. Counterpoint, thematic work, and instrumenta tion, have found their best embodiment in this species of music. Insofar as vocal compositions make use of the features in question, they are effective in the same way as compositions performed solely by instruments; hence what is said of the latter will also apply to the former. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.