One of the most interesting of the many stories of civilization is music.
It explains an intimate knowledge of the inner life of man as manifested in different epochs of the world's history.
The abundant testimony proves that the existence of music is coeval with that of mankind.
It is based on the modulations of the human voice and the agitations of the human muscles and nerves caused by the infinite variations of the spiritual and emotional sensations, needs and aspirations of humanity.
It has grown with man's growth, developed with man's development and that its origin is as divine as that of the man.
Music is the mirror which most perfectly reflects man's inner being and the essence of all things.
Music stands along among arts.
It represents the real thing and not more resemblance.
If we are to give the thoroughly satisfactory explanation of music, we will have a true philosophy of the universe.
Music is a kind of unfathomable speech, which leads us to the edge of the infinite.
It is the harmonious voice of creation, an echo of the invisible world, one note of the divine concord which the entire universe is destined one day to sound.
A craving for sympathy exists in all animate beings.
It is strong in mankind and becomes peculiarity in the type known as artistic.
The fullness of his own emotion compels the musician to utterance.
The study of the origin, functions and evolution of music, according to modern scientific methods, is a matter of comparatively recent date.
Without the growth of an individual, music can not grow; without freedom of thought, neither the language of tares nor that of words can gain full, free utterance.
The aim of study is to know music, go gain a correct conception of how it should sound.
We should more often be brought under the magic spell of exquisitely scheduled that may make a simple little melody alive with beauty.