CONTAINING BRIEF CHAPTERS ON
[I.] A DESCRIPTION OF MUSIC. [II.] THE MUSIC OF NATURE.
[III.] A GLANCE AT THE HISTORY OF MUSIC.
[IV.] THE POWER, BEAUTY, AND
USES OF MUSIC.
FOLLOWING WHICH ARE GIVEN SKETCHES OF THE LIVES OF
REMARKABLE MUSICIANS OF THE COLORED RACE.
With Portraits,
AND AN [APPENDIX] CONTAINING COPIES OF MUSIC
COMPOSED BY COLORED MEN.
BY
JAMES M. TROTTER.
"A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture, every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul."—Goethe.
"'Tis thine to merit, mine to record."—Homer.