Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Studies in Musical Graces
The question therefore arises If the older ornaments have become merged in the rhythmic expression of music, what place remains for their segregation as a distinct element in modern music? There is but one answer to this question. In modern music, a few of the graces are te tained and recognized as standard ornaments because of their extreme adaptability to musical thought of every form. It is undeniable, that, the technical terms applied to some of these would have fallen into desuetude had it been the practice of the earlier modern writers to have expressed them in exact notation. The ornaments, however, would have remained and it is not too much to say, that, such as have survived through all the changing phases of musical expression, are as important in their musical significance as they are interesting in their bearing upon the technical history of music.
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