New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-24
MUSIC IN THE COLLEGES.
AZ ARGUMENT FOR ITS TREATMENT FROM A
PRACTICAL As WE'LL As THEo-
RETICAG POINT or VIEW.


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Sir h,ys road with much interest the article In
Tho 1-ibunc n, Nav 10 on Music at ColInbl." 1t
s certainly ~ h. greatly desired by AL tholghttl
,,,,so,,r. nd ,r,s.. I,vers that Columbia Tniver-
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.a,. .,-sos T., r,,s,c yonr article r,st adj
Iah,,. o,,,oI an, ~. rnis,oke which has becn
1a t. ,.or, -, our ,ro,nlron, untv.r,tlos To
al, rot,or groat university to the number Of those
,,h o,.i,. ,ororI facilities FOR doing IN a lame
cor, ., usv , section Of the work properly belong
to, 70 q fulv co,Iipped conservatory an)rls still
,rr,bo- ra,son why practica, musicians may lock
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pod r.,s,r for the other Inc Of experiment. which
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put complete music 'choo' mo "io'' ~ ~ ~
mate relation 20 the college Here. ho~e'er. the av-
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musical atmosphere Il, hand IN the music school
Neither OF these methods Of dealing with IN prob
Ian, n,,,gs VIA, no needs 20 the student who f.
without previous ualhihs OF some so''' "'' ""'
-lrcs an intelligent grasp OF the art OF music, us
relation to IN. other arts and to general culture.
Already some 4 the colleges are attempting 10 meet
this need by Offering occasional OF lectures
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lines which The TRIBUNE ad'o'h''s' ""' "',''' "
vet so thoroughly It is my belle, that a depart
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end prove 70 DE e9uay "d"cq'"'' ~ '
demand being made for scholarly, worthy treat
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The real basis upon "hich 20 oulI' Il" ''''"'''
a,hernc Of music study In our colleges must be
,.oh, g., q or.,r ncr,ep,i,r NJ the nature Of music
SOUGHT III " 'e'' PEI 'r''.'' ~ ~, ,,,' no.
itself What Is music, IN lts dc'u 'AP''SS'""' NO.
philosophicany, or aesthetcaly. but practically?
,.. 1t, &c o,,o,ion and thought-content
s,ructurdlly music Is language ANNOUNCE. "o'
In the purely mctaphorcal sense in which all us'
~ svrnbols constitutes a Language. the language
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or flowers, OF coIoIs' e'''' p"' !" '''o '''''
sense that music expresses Itself by means OF
svs,erne,lc and highly differentiated body OF sound
1T a.o .,,,h,,.d hv Grammatical and
syinpo'' Witt az" ,s "d,r,ion ~ yorks that
rhctorica! ruI.s 10 1'e t o " ,bis i,ny,iage
'oiSttut I" l'' -, a.r,,,,,,, S.ourn.sti I'm
anu ntei"'lt' ~. II ,r,cir - i,erarv Forms re-
n al ~ Up, p,,ir sc,snce Nonthlv' ~ sep
prIht'u III u, ~ I,h r,,,r ,h,t ~. origin n,
j ,r,3,,os tbat NJ articulate speech the LAT
music an"Idt'S 'nat va a. " -, "a -, - ,crncr
ter being der1'ei from me eIei''i d., sb stnc.
by quasi ro",InsoI' p,o, Tor "ris,renos na"es-
IL "tS esSehtihi W VIZ ,aront ,r slstsr
sarily distancei coinp'c,eS rs Dr,,Iiva
tongue Wnlvh' 1917 III si, 80 f,r
FORM cou'l ~ a,,o", 49,, e, a., a. ,ho 6nsi ex
centuries, t',u oi.S ~ " rbo st,dy ~ 10
preston OF tie ar ~, -. .iroois ~ tbc
ulHSreIt pcl lbs ~ 10 ,,orLs - lie yreat
styIc form s ar - harn, ,hiIa =, Lemgnis no m.
H. ,.Iioct,sI breadth and acumen
ne lhieIiecudI pi.a'.. -, % n'.I, "a literature
IL Is 10 thls iattc' siy 80 an,aiIy YIN col
mat coeee couISts SIiouu to'' ~ ~ ,..rr hos,
leBe courses IN o'lcl 49, 10 amnr.t % tb.
methods Oh iahSua3c S'" 49,, sa,taH, - ',t,.,ng I'm
study OF music MUSIC II a, " ,I ,rarr
guage IN that IT ci, {, MI i'salf vi,b poetrv