The Story of the Art of Music (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Story of the Art of Music<br><br>Music has been styled the "youngest, but greatest of the Arts." My experience tells me that it is the oldest and grandest of all arts. To tell the story then, in one small volume, of a subject which dates from creation, is no easy matter, it would seem.<br><br>My plan has been to be as concise as possible; to keep the running note of theoretical and instrumental progress and development before the reader; also to be non-technical where plain language would answer. Mention has been made only of composers and matters, who and which have actually moved the art onwards; and, inasmuch as one topic alone of the subject - say Form or Orchestration, could not possibly be adequately treated in the space allotted for my entire story, I must be pardoned if I have seemed to slip away from important points. The difficulty has been to get away.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.