Contemporary Civilization and Music—The French Revolution—Effect of Civil Equality, Machinery, and the Comforts of Existence—Decay of Traditional Authority.
The Representative Man—Development of Music—Its Origin in Germany and Italy; and its Dependence on Modern Sentiments.
Universality of Music.
The Law of the Production of Works of Art—The Four Terms of the Series—Practical Application of the Law to a Study of all the Arts and of every Literature.
Application of the Law to the Present—The Social Medium renewing itself constantly, Art renews itself—Hopes for the Future.