What Is Good Music?: Suggestions to Persons Desiring to Cultivate a Taste in Musical Art

Contents: The Qualities Of Good Music: Rhythm, Melody, and Harmony, Vocal Forms: Church Counterpoint- Simple Song Forms-Operatic Forms. The Content of Music: The Sensuous-The Intellectual-The Emotional. The Performance Of Music. Instrumental Performance: The Orchestra-Chamber Music-The Piano-The Violin. Vocal Performance: The Work of a Chorus-Solo Singing. To present in popular style the fundamental qualities and basic principles of good music has been the author s aim in this valuable litt...