By the same Author
NERVE CONTROL
SELF TRAINING
A BOOK OF AUTO-SUGGESTIONS
THE INFLUENCE OF THOUGHT
A MANUAL OF HYPNOTISM
THE HIDDEN SELF
POINTS ON PRACTISING
Spirit and Music
Author of Nerve Control, Self Training, &c., &c.;
Lecturer in Psychology at the Training School for
Music Teachers, The Metropolitan Academy of
Music, The Kensington School of Music, &c.,
London
LONDON:
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER & CO., LTD.
J. CURWEN & SONS, LTD.
NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON & CO.
1922
Printed in Great Britain by St. Stephen's Printing Works, Bristol.
THE SPIRIT OF MUSIC
"Art is the Manifestation of the Spiritual by means of the Material"
Newlandsmith
Music is a part of life. It is not merely an accomplishment or a hobby,nor yet a means of relaxation from the strenuous business of earning aliving. It is not an addendum or an excrescence: it is an actual part ofthe fabric of life itself. The object of these pages will be to show howclosely Music, and indeed Art in general, has woven itself into thepattern of our lives, and how intimately it may influence and fashion