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Excerpt from Form in Music: With Special Reference to the Designs of Instrumental Music
IN issuing the present volume on the subject Of Form in Instrumental Music - a subject that has taken Of late years a place of considerable importance in musical education-the author desires to state, in as few words as possible, some of the principles that have guided him in the putting together of the work, and to refer at the outset to one or two points upon which he has felt himself compelled to differ from certain widely-accepted views, chie?y in the classification of the various types Of musical composition.
I. - It has been thought wise to confine the remarks throughout the work mainly to the region of instrumental music, for it is here that the art of design is manifested on its most detached and essential side, i.a., apart from the exigencies Of an association with words or with dramatic situations. Moreover, the inclusion of an adequate description of the various vocal forms, the Opera, the Oratorio, &c., would have caused the volume to assume unwieldy proportions, and thus have defeated the aim and Object for which it was written.
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IN issuing the present volume on the subject Of Form in Instrumental Music - a subject that has taken Of late years a place of considerable importance in musical education-the author desires to state, in as few words as possible, some of the principles that have guided him in the putting together of the work, and to refer at the outset to one or two points upon which he has felt himself compelled to differ from certain widely-accepted views, chie?y in the classification of the various types Of musical composition.
I. - It has been thought wise to confine the remarks throughout the work mainly to the region of instrumental music, for it is here that the art of design is manifested on its most detached and essential side, i.a., apart from the exigencies Of an association with words or with dramatic situations. Moreover, the inclusion of an adequate description of the various vocal forms, the Opera, the Oratorio, &c., would have caused the volume to assume unwieldy proportions, and thus have defeated the aim and Object for which it was written.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
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.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Stewart Macpherson
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ISBN - 9780267896424
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm
Page Count - 301
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ISBN - 9781333612504
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