Name: Music: An Art and a Language (Classic Reprint)
Author: Walter Raymond Spalding
ISBN: 9780365520832,

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Music: An Art and a Language (Classic Reprint)

BY Walter Raymond Spalding 11 Jan, 2019

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ALTHOUGH "of the making of books there is no end," this book, on so human a subject as music, we believe should justify itself. A twenty-years' experience in teaching the Appreciation of Music at Harvard University and Radcliffe College has convinced the author that a knowledge of musical grammar and structure does enable us, as the saying is, to get more out of music. This conviction is further strengthened by the statement of numerous students who testify that after analyzing certain standard compositions their attitude towards music has changed and their love for it greatly increased. Less

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Walter Raymond Spalding

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Walter Raymond Spalding (1865–1962) graduated from Harvard College with an AB in 1887; graduated from Harvard University with an AM in 1888. He taught music at Harvard from 1895–1932 and was Chai...

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