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WOOD NOTES WILD. 



ing tones being on the same pitch. However, the song 

 increases, both in power and rapidity, from beginning 

 to end. It by no means requires " unusual compass," — 

 simply the interval of a minor third. 



When we consider the genius displayed in combining 

 so beautifully the three grand principles of sound, — 

 length, pitch, and power, — its brevity and limited com- 

 pass make it all the more wonderful. Scarcely anything 

 in rhythmics and dynamics is more difficult than to give 

 a perfect accelerando and crescendo ; and the use of the 

 chromatic scale by which the field sparrow rises in his 

 lyric flight involves the very pith of melodic ability. 

 This little musician has explored the whole realm of 

 sound, and condensed its beauties in perfection into one 

 short song. 



Accelerando et crescendo. 



