# Music: An Art and a Language

Author: Spalding, Walter Raymond, 1865-1962

Genre: Music

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30560

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Music%3A+An+Art+and+a+Language+Spalding&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

In approaching the study of any subject we may fairly expect that this subject shall be defined, although some one has ironically remarked that every definition is a misfortune. Music-lovers, however, will rejoice that their favorite art is spared such a misfortune, for it can not be defined. We know the factors of which music is constituted, rhythm and sound; and we can trace the historic steps by which methods of presentation and of style have been so perfected that by means of this twofold material the emotions and aspirations of human beings may be expressed and permanently recorded. We realize, and with our inborn equipment can appreciate, the moving power of music; but to define, in...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/music-an-art-and-a-language-30560/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Chapter 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/music-an-art-and-a-language-30560/chapters/21/index.md)
- [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/music-an-art-and-a-language-30560/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/music-an-art-and-a-language-30560/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/music-an-art-and-a-language-30560/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/music-an-art-and-a-language-30560/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/music-an-art-and-a-language-30560/chapters/22/index.md)
- [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/music-an-art-and-a-language-30560/chapters/19/index.md)
- [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/music-an-art-and-a-language-30560/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/music-an-art-and-a-language-30560/chapters/20/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/music-an-art-and-a-language-30560/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/music-an-art-and-a-language-30560/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/music-an-art-and-a-language-30560/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/music-an-art-and-a-language-30560/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/music-an-art-and-a-language-30560/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/music-an-art-and-a-language-30560/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/music-an-art-and-a-language-30560/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/music-an-art-and-a-language-30560/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/music-an-art-and-a-language-30560/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/music-an-art-and-a-language-30560/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/music-an-art-and-a-language-30560/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/music-an-art-and-a-language-30560/chapters/8/index.md)