CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



Introducing First Principles 



SEC. PAGE 



1. Qiiestions 1 



2. Homophony or Mime in One Voice 4 



3. Origin of Music 6 



4. Music-Feeling, the Source and Fountain of Music. ... 8 



5. Cause of Union. Shaping Principle 10 



6. World-Energy 11 



7. World-Rhythm. Universal Form 12 



8. World-Harmony. Universal Principle of Form and 



Relation 12 



9. Cardinal Principle 15 



10. One Music 15 



11. Rationale of Mu^ic 17 



12. Common Reports of Common Feeling 17 



13. Elemental Form 22 



14. Elemental Relation 22 



15. Melody, a Composite, not an Element 23 



16. The Efficient Accent and Regnant Harmony 24 



17. Principle of Potential Harmony 26 



18. Basis of Verification 27 



CHAPTER II 



Rhythm and Tone 



19. Definitions 30 



20. Analysis of Rhythm 31 



21. Analysis of Tone 33 



