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MUSIC: AN ART AND A LANGUAGE
BY
WALTER RAYMOND SPALDING
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Preface
ALTHOUGH "of the making of books there is no end," this book, on sohuman a subject as music, we believe should justify itself. Atwenty-years' experience in teaching the Appreciation of Music atHarvard University and Radcliffe College has convinced the author thata knowledge of musical grammar and structure does enable us, as thesaying is, to get more out of music. This conviction is furtherstrengthened by the statement of numerous students who testify thatafter analyzing certain standard compositions their attitude towardsmusic has changed and their love for it greatly increased.
In the