Excerpt from The Education of a Music Lover: A Book for Those Who Study or Teach the Art of Listening
This book is an attempt to interpret music to those who already love it upon slight acquaintance and desire the fuller enjoyment that comes with larger knowledge. It is the part of wisdom to make studious preparation for any enterprise that adds to the wealth of the mind, whether it be travelling in foreign lands, looking at pictures, or taking a walk. It is a question of seeing much, of seeing correctly, and of retaining what one sees. With some preliminary acquaintance with the facts of art or nature there is intelligent expectation, and afterward a sense of permanent possession.
It goes without saying that so extensive a survey of musical art as I propose is not intended for those who hear music only for transient, superficial pleasure.
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