ORPHEUS
ORPHEUS
OR
The Music of the Future
BY
W. J. TURNER
Author of “The Seven Days of the Sun,” etc.
New York
E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
681 Fifth Avenue
Copyright, 1926
By E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
All Rights Reserved
Printed in the United States of America
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CONTENTS
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ORPHEUS
Chapter I
Definition of Music
The dullest books on literature are the books which begin with ahistory of the alphabet. A good history has its uses; however, thisbook is not a history but a phantasy or, if you like, a philosophy.For if it be a good phantasy it will be a good philosophy since allphilosophy is phantasy, or the imagination of love.
Amor che muove il mondo e l’altre stelle