Precursors of the Violin Family e-bog

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Of all the arts, music is by far the most popular and the dearest to man, because her language, that of the soul, is under stood by all; she succeeds where all others fail in expressing thoughts, feelings, and longings unutterable in words. We enjoy and prize the orchestra in these days; it cannot, there fore, be without interest to us to look back and see how it was evolved through countless ages, and what it cost of life - long study and energy to bring each family Of instruments to its. Present stage Of development.