Music and Life: A study of the relations between ourselves and music
MUSIC AND LIFE
A STUDY OF THE RELATIONS BETWEEN OURSELVES AND MUSIC
THOMAS WHITNEY SURETTE
AUTHOR OF “ The Development of Symphonic Music ” AND (WITH D. G. MASON) OF “ The Appreciation of Music ”
BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge 1917
COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY THOMAS WHITNEY SURETTE
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Published March 1917
Thomas Whitney Surette
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MUSIC AND LIFE
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I WHAT IS MUSIC?
I. DISTINCTION BETWEEN MUSIC AND THE OTHER ARTS
II. THE ELEMENTS OF MUSIC
III. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MUSIC
IV. “BEAUTY IS TRUTH, TRUTH BEAUTY”
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CHAPTER II MUSIC FOR CHILDREN
I. TRAINING THE SENSE FOR BEAUTY
II. THE VALUE OF SINGING
III. CURRENT METHODS OF TEACHING
IV. WHAT SHOULD CHILDREN SING?
V. THE FALLACY OF THE INEVITABLE PIANOFORTE LESSON
VI. THE REAL GOAL
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CHAPTER III PUBLIC SCHOOL MUSIC
I. IDEALS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION
II. THE VALUE OF MUSIC IN PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION
III. FALSE METHODS OF TEACHING
IV. GOOD OR BAD MUSIC?
V. ATTEMPTS AT REFORM
VI. OTHER ACTIVITIES IN SCHOOL MUSIC
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CHAPTER IV COMMUNITY MUSIC
I. MUSIC BY PROXY
II. OUR MUSICAL ACTIVITIES
III. WHAT WE MIGHT DO
IV. AN EXPERIMENT
V. MUSIC AS A SOCIAL FORCE
CHAPTER V THE OPERA
I. WHAT IS OPERA?
II. OPERA IN THE OLD STYLE
III. WAGNER AND AFTER
IV. WHEN MUSIC AND DRAMA ARE FITLY JOINED
V. OPERA AS A HUMAN INSTITUTION
CHAPTER VI THE SYMPHONY
I. WHAT IS A SYMPHONY?
II. HOW SHALL WE UNDERSTAND IT?
III. THE MATERIALS OF THE SYMPHONY
IV. TONE COLOR AND DESIGN
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I. THE UNITY OF THE SYMPHONY
II. STAGES OF ITS DEVELOPMENT
III. CHAMBER MUSIC AS AN INTRODUCTION TO SYMPHONIES
IV. THE PERFORMER AND THE PUBLIC
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CHAPTER VIII CONCLUSION
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