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"A book of this kind, though addressed to children, must necessarily reach them through an older person. The purpose is to suggest a few of the many aspects which music may have even to the mind of a child. If these chapters, or whatever may be logically suggested by them, be actually used as the basis of simple Talks with children, music may become to them more than drill and study. They should know it as an art, full of beauty and of dignity; full of pure thought and abounding in joy. Music with these characteristics is the true music of the heart. Unless music gives true pleasure to the young it may be doubted if it is wisely studied.
Our failure to present music to the young in a manner that interests and holds them is due not so much to the fact that music is too difficult for children, but because the children themselves are too difficult for us. In our ignorance we often withhold the rightful inheritance. We must not forget that the slower adult mind often meets a class of difficulties which are not recognized by the unprejudiced child. It is not infrequent that with the old fears in us we persist in recreating difficulties." (From the Preface)
Our failure to present music to the young in a manner that interests and holds them is due not so much to the fact that music is too difficult for children, but because the children themselves are too difficult for us. In our ignorance we often withhold the rightful inheritance. We must not forget that the slower adult mind often meets a class of difficulties which are not recognized by the unprejudiced child. It is not infrequent that with the old fears in us we persist in recreating difficulties." (From the Preface)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Preface
02:12 - Chapter 2
What The Face Tells
03:04 - Chapter 3
Why We Should Study Music
07:50 - Chapter 4
Music in the Heart
07:47 - Chapter 5
The Tones About Us
08:11 - Chapter 6
Listening
08:16 - Chapter 7
Thinking in Tone
08:44 - Chapter 8
What We See and Hear
07:07 - Chapter 9
The Classics
07:05 - Chapter 10
What We Should Play
06:36 - Chapter 11
The Lesson
07:49 - Chapter 12
The Light on the Path
02:52 - Chapter 13
The Greater Masters
08:24 - Chapter 14
The Lesser Masters
06:46 - Chapter 15
Harmony and Counterpoint
10:00 - Chapter 16
Music and Reading
06:06 - Chapter 17
The Hands
09:35 - Chapter 18
What the Roman Lady Said
08:02 - Chapter 19
The Glory of the Day
08:40 - Chapter 20
The Ideal
08:32 - Chapter 21
The One Talent
08:36 - Chapter 22
Love For the Beautiful
06:57 - Chapter 23
In School
07:07 - Chapter 24
Music in School
06:52 - Chapter 25
How One Thing Helps Another
06:37 - Chapter 26
The Child at Play
02:37