fluence of crusades. Modern music architect of its own
fortunes. Present musical vocabulary and literature. Counsel of
Pythagoras. What Plato taught. Euripides on song. Auerbach. Martin
Luther. Napoleon Bonaparte. Bain and Dr. Marx. Shakespeare, in
Merchant of Venice. Wagner's unspoiled humanity. Tolstoi in art.

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Voice from the unseen. Perverted soul. Normal instincts. Genius and
talent. AEsthetic tastes. Musical sound and rhythmic motion. Average
child. Frequent blunders. Appeal to intellect. Teacher with strong
personality. Experimenting with beginners. Legal protection. Vienna
musician. Class instruction. French solfege. English tonic sol-fa.
Mrs. John Spencer Curwen. Rev. John Curwen. Time a mental science.
Musical perception of the blind. Music in public schools. Phillips
Brooks on school song. Compulsory study. Socrates. Mirabeau.
Schumann on brilliancy. Unrighteous mammon of technique. Soul of
music. Neglect of ensemble work. As to accompaniments. Underlying
principles. Hearing good music. Going abroad. Wagner's hero. A
plumed knight wanted.

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Symmetrical development. Well-rounded musician. Well-balanced
individual. Profits proportionate to investment. Living force. What
Goethe said. Rich harvest. Aristotle on command over mind. Music
study many-sided. Madox-Brown on art. Mabie on beauty. Practical
forces in shaping character, purifying taste and elevating
standards. Master-works. Human voice as music teacher. Scientific
methods of study. Both art and science. Mental discipline. Stephen
A. Emory. Huxley on education.

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College professors on criticism and interpretation. External and
technical forms. Distrusting impressions. Trampling on God-given
intuitions. Throb and thrill of great art. Insight requisite for
interpretation. Living with masterpieces. Three souls of Browning.
Dr. Corson. Every faculty alive. Vital knowledge. Musical
imagination. Technical proficiency. Head, hand and physical forces.
In service of lofty ideal. Musical art work. Theme. Unfolding.
Climax. Labor of composition. Mind of genius. Elementary laws. Tonal
language. Karl Formes and op