The Musical Faculty; Its Origins and Processes

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914. Excerpt: ... INDEX Aberration, mental, sought for in artists, 160-3, 208 Abney, Sir W., his researches in colour vision, 89 (note) Accidental, the, in art, 8 in science, 9 Accompaniments, use of chords in, 30 (note).(Esthetics, not considered here, 15, 27 contradictory views upon, 16 personal bias in, 4, 20-22 standards of, 12 Age, physiological standard of, 66 (note) Ages of composers, 182-5 averages of, 177, 181-3 Allegri, 141 Amati, 141 Analysis, faculty of musical, 111, 113-5, 205 objective, 42 of orchestral sounds, 114, 123, 205 Anatomy, of ear, 85, 88, 91 compared with that of eye, 89-91 Arcadelt, 182 Architecture, 12, 24, 206 Arne, 184 Art, new movements in, 14 (note), 25 Artist, the, artistic temperament and, 191 character in, 197 character, external influences upon, 58, 75, 78, 163 concentration in, 96, 196, 199 conventions, attitude towards, 197 prehistoric, 210-1 schools of, 12, 13 standards of, 12, 13 Articulation, in pitch, 106 suppressed, 101, 104 in engineering, 207 habit and, 194, 198 mental aberration sought for in, 160-3, 208 mental balance of, 177 (note), 196-7, 208 mental discipline in, 194, 198 mental tension in, 204, 208 in prehistoric times, 210-1 responsibility of, 204 in science, 207 selective faculty of, 197, 202 surroundings of, 190, 196, 206 versatility in, 202 workmanship, instinct for, in, 199, 200 Association, in memory, 94, 117 in pitch, 106 Assonance, 101, 102 Atavism in the composer, 49 Attention. See Inhibition, 108 auditory, 1n visual, no Auber, 182 (note) Audience, influence of, 80 Audition: Auditory. See Ear-Sense: Faculty for Music Automatic acts. See Instru-mentalists: Pianoforte in child-performers, 76 Automatic acts, in inhibition, 108, 1n in lecturing, 74 in memory, 116-7 in pianists, 118 on the stage, 74 Averages of composer...