Music: An Art and a Language

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THE ARTHUR P. SCHMIDT CO.
Copyright, 1920, by The Arthur P. Schmidt Co. International Copyright Secured
A.P.S. 11788
TO MY COLLEAGUES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY William Clifford Heilman, Edward Burlingame Hill, Archibald Thompson Davison, Edward Ballantine
SUPPLEMENTARY ILLUSTRATIONS for MUSIC: an ART and a LANGUAGE Vols. I & II now ready ( Schmidt's Educational Series No. 257-a, b ) Price $1.00 each volume
ALTHOUGH of the making of books there is no end, this book, on so human a subject as music, we believe should justify itself. A twenty-years' experience in teaching the Appreciation of Music at Harvard University and Radcliffe College has convinced the author that 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 towards 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 requires active coöperation by 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.