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Show The Appreciation of Music. If we would appreciate music aright, we must remember that its beauty depends, de-pends, not upon the composer alone, but upon ourselves also. Deep calls upon deep; and the harmony of sound, though appealing primarily to the outward ear, must be answered by a harmony from within ourselves. The more culture we bring to the hearing of music, the wider our sympathy, the more exquisite will be the echoes which it awakens in the soul. If we would understand the composer's message, mes-sage, we must co-operate with him. We must reach out to him with all our faculties. If we do that, the revelation reve-lation of music will ceaselessly renew its beauty, ever turning unlmagined aspects to gladden us. Redfern Mason, Ma-son, in Atlantic. |