The Beginnings of Poetry

by Francis Barton Gummere

[205]. Above, p. [8], and Grosse, Anfänge, p. 233.

[206]. See above, p. [8], note.

[207]. Other motions than that of the communal dance may induce rhythm. The movement of labour will be considered in detail; but it may be noted here that swinging, a solitary performance, tempts the savage of Borneo to sing a monotonous song and ask the spirits for a good crop (Bruchmann, Poetik, p. 18).

[208]. See “The Origin and Function of Music,” Essays, 1857; “The Origin of Music,” in Mind, XV. (1890) 449 ff.; and a note on certain criticisms of this article, Mind, XVI. 535 ff.

[209]. The Power of Sound, London, 1880, pp. 476 ff.

[210]. This is the basis of Wallaschek’s convincing argument against Mr. Spencer’s theory: Primitive Music, London, 1893, pp. 251 ff.

[211]. Anfänge der Kunst, p. 206, note.

[212]. Wallaschek, Primitive Music, p. 11.

[213]. See the positive statement of Dr. Jacobsthal, quoted above, p. [69].

[214]. Work quoted, pp. 31, 42, 68, 180 f. 184, 186, 252. The evidence collected in this interesting book is so varied, so extensive, and so impartially set forth, that the conclusions drawn by Wallaschek ought to be convincing.