CHAPTER XL 



Developing the Art of Music. 



L-IUMAN emotions are, to a certain extent, the same 

 throughout the entire world. The charms of music 

 appeal to all mankind. They appeal to the savage, though 

 to a lesser degree, perhaps, the same as to the cultured. It 

 has been written that: "Music hath charms to soothe the 

 savage breast." Some of the lower animals are affected by 

 Its charms. Dogs will sometimes stand and howl, bears and 

 monkeys will dance as an evidence of Its effect on their emo- 

 tions. Musical prodigies, in some cases, will leave the hall, 

 after hearing the rendition of a great concert or opera, over- 

 come with their emotions and apparently in a trance. Poets 

 have sung of its charms throughout the ages. Mythological 

 stories were Invented and written describing Its compelling 

 force. Its origin has been ascribed to mythical beings. 

 Physical experiments have been made which show that the 

 vibrations of harmonious music will produce, on certain 

 fluid films, beautiful and fantastic forms, and designs, all 

 moving in harmony and unison and apparently controlled by 

 physical laws, while a few harsh and rasping notes com- 

 pletely destroy these beautiful designs. 



Physicists tell us that music Is a mode of motion; that 

 sound, the raw material from which music Is fashioned, Is 

 produced by motion and that it Is a modification by art of 

 aerial vibrations; that these vibrations, such as are audible 



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