Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Summary of the History and Development of Mediaeval and Modern European Music
A fairly comprehensive and orderly understanding of the history of his art is of great importance to a musician, both for the light it throws upon every department of practical Work, for the widening of his artistic sympathies, and for the service that a rational study of history of any kind is capable of rendering to a man's mind and judgment.
History is generally supposed to be based on facts; but in all branches, Whether political, social, or artistic, there are a great many things which pass for facts which are very far from trustworthy, and a great many which, even if they were trustworthy, would be of very little importance.
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