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Show New Ears for New Muslci' ' Few laymen appreciate to what an oxtent musical esthetics Is a matter ot psychology. We ordinarily nBsumo that music "expresses" by soma divine di-vine charm, that tho composer wbo sighs of lovo has "discovered" tho proper musical statement of love's omotion. Out musical materials nro not discovered; thoy aro manufactured. manufac-tured. It Is by habit and repetition, not by Intuition, thnt wo come to ac-copt ac-copt chords of dlssounnco. Tho major and minor third ot tho old music is very sweet bocauso It is very familiar. fa-miliar. Tho now bald colors of futurist fu-turist music aro ugly because thoy aro strango. Our ears contain llttlo formulas, so to speak, for tho chords nnd scales that havo been ground Into our consciousness by frequent hearings. When wo hear a new piece of music it must agreo with them to somo degree, olso wo feel uncomfortable uncom-fortable Now, theso formulas, though thoy thrlvo on vnrlatlon, hato negation. So If tho now music no-gutes no-gutes them entirely, ns futurist music mu-sic does, there Is no entente possible Our cars will not sorvo our purpose Wo must becomo familiar with tho new style Tho Now Itepubllc. |