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Music of the lower animals Of savage man and Hindoos 

 Music of the stone age The cannibal Pan Singing 

 of savages Origin of song Diderot and Herbert 

 Spencer The cries of passion Music founded on 

 passion and play Music older than speech Origin of 

 rhythm Impassioned speech in savage and civilised 

 man Song in speech and speech in song Darwin's 

 theory Herbert Spencer's theory of the function of 

 music What is Poetry ? Spiritual senses Music and 

 Poetry sister arts Furthest apart at their greatest, 

 and nearest at their lowest . . . . 255 



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Instrumental music, one with vocal music in its origin 

 Instrumental music in the lower animals Insects 

 Cicada Locusts (Ecanthus; silence, moonlight and 

 tears made audible Locusta viridissima and music in 

 insects and man A robber fly's musical performance 

 Of insect wing-music generally Hover-fly Birds as 

 instrumentalists Storks and woodpeckers Wings as 

 instruments of music Wing slappings and clappings 

 Bleating of snipe Origin of wing-music , . 281 



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Instrumental music and its evolution A book that is 

 wanted Fashion, caprice and selection The piano 

 made perfect The quality most desired in musical 

 sound A bird and insect illustration Naturalness of 

 instrumental music A bird-voice and the power of 

 expression Human expression of instrumental music 

 The harp Obsolete and reigning instruments A 

 first experience of great music Cause of different 

 effects produced by bird and human music Conclusion 299 



