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art, influencing the simple secular music of the people, 

 began to evolve out of this the higher forms of music we 

 now know. Whether or not the popular dances in use dur 

 ing recent centuries had arisen de novo. or whether, as seems 

 more probable, they had descended with modifications from 

 the early dance-chants used in pagan worship, inquiry dis 

 closes the remarkable fact that out of them have grown the 

 great orchestral works of modern days. The suites de pieces 

 of Bach and Handel were originally sets of dances in differ 

 ent times; and these have, developed into the successive 

 movements of the symphony, which even now, in the occa 

 sional movement named &quot; minuet,&quot; yields a trace of its 

 origin. And then, along with these developments of music, 

 has taken place one further differentiation that of com 

 poser from performer. Though some performers are also 

 composers, yet in large measure the composer has become 

 an independent artist who does not himself, unless as con 

 ductor, take part in public entertainments. 



675. In this case, as in other cases, the general process 

 of evolution is exemplified by the integration which has 

 accompanied differentiation. Evidence furnished by an 

 cient civilizations must be postponed to the next chapter, 

 as more closely appertaining to it. Here we may content 

 ourselves with indicating the illustrative facts which modern 

 days furnish. 



Beyond the unorganized body of professed musical per 

 formers, and beyond the little-organized large body of pro 

 fessors and teachers of music, there is the assemblage of 

 those who, having passed examinations and acquired de 

 grees in music, are marked off more distinctly: we see the 

 increased definiteness which accompanies integration. 

 There are also the multitudinous local musical societies; the 

 local musical festivals with their governing organizations; 

 and the several incorporated colleges, with their students, 



professional staffs, and directors. 

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