Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.

Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.

"Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast,"
And therefore proper at a sheriff's feast.

"Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast,"
And therefore proper at a sheriff's feast.

Music . . .can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.

Music . . .can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.

Music is a higher revelation than philosophy.

Music is a higher revelation than philosophy.

Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.

Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.

Gayly the troubadour
Touched his guitar.

Gayly the troubadour
Touched his guitar.

We consider that any man who can fiddle all through one of those Virginia Reels without losing his grip, may read more

We consider that any man who can fiddle all through one of those Virginia Reels without losing his grip, may be depended upon in any kind of musical emergency.

Yet half the beast is the great god Pan,
To laugh, as he sits by the river,
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Yet half the beast is the great god Pan,
To laugh, as he sits by the river,
Making a poet out of a man.
The true gods sigh for the cost and the pain--
For the reed that grows never more again
As a reed with the reeds of the river.

The high note is not the only thing.

The high note is not the only thing.