Music as a Human Need

A Plea for Free National Instruction in Music.

BY
Alma Webster Powell, A.M., Mus.B., LL.B.

Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
in the Faculty of Political Science
Columbia University.

New York
1914

This work is gratefully dedicated to my husband,
Mr. A. Judson Powell

Copyright, 1914, by Alma Webster Powell

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE
[Preface][5-17]
[PART I.—THE THESIS.]
[Chapter I.]
Music as a Human Need[19]
[Chapter II.]
Music and Motion[31]
[Chapter III.]
Group and Individual Reaction to Music[41]
[Chapter IV.]
Toneurology: A New Branch of Study[56]
[PART II.—THE INTER-REACTIONS OF MUSIC AND NATIONAL LIFE.]
[Chapter V.]
Italy (1800-1913)[61]
[Chapter VI.]
England (1800-1913)[68]
[Chapter VII.]
Germany (1800-1913)[71]
[Chapter VIII.]
France (1800-1913)[81]
[Chapter IX.]
United States (1800-1913)[91]
APPENDICES.
[Appendix A.—Questionnaire][97]
[Appendix B.—Sources of Statistical Material][99]
[Appendix C.—Tabulation of Foreign State Subventions][101]
[Appendix D.—Notes on the Tabulation of Foreign State Subventions][103]
[Appendix E.—Communications][112]
[Appendix F.—Bibliography][138]
[Vita][143]
[Index][144]

PREFACE