The Power of Sound (Paperback)

Preface; 1. The organs and impressions of the higher senses; 2. Unformed sound; 3. The elements of a work of art; 4. Abstract form as addressed to the eye; 5. Abstract form as addressed to the ear; 6. Association; 7. The factors of melodic form; 8. Melodic forms and the ideal motion; 9. The relations of reason and order to beauty; 10. Further remarks on musical form and 'subject'; 11. Polyphony and harmony; 12. Material and colour; 13. The two ways of hearing music; 14. Music as impressive and music as expressive; 15. The suggestion by music of external objects and ideas; 16. Music in relation to intellect and morality; 17. Further peculiarities of music's nature and position; 18. Music in relation to the public; 19. The sound-element in verse; 20. Song; 21. The speech theory; 22. Opera; 23. Musical criticism; Appendices.