Music Talks with Children

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Music Talks with Children, by Thomas TapperThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Music Talks with ChildrenAuthor: Thomas TapperRelease Date: December 13, 2004 [eBook #14339]Language: English***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MUSIC TALKS WITH CHILDREN***E-text prepared by David Newman, Keith M. Eckrich, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading TeamMUSIC TALKS WITH CHILDRENbyTHOMAS TAPPERPhiladelphiaTheodore Presser1898 "Dear child! dear girl! that walkest with me here, If thou appear untouched by solemn thought, Thy nature is not therefore less divine: * * * * * "God being with thee when we know it not."—WILLIAM WORDSWORTH.TO THE CHILDREN AT HOME "Teach me to live! No idler let me be, But in Thy service hand and heart employ."—BAYARD TAYLOR.PREFACEA book of this kind, though addressed to children, must necessarily reach them through an older person. The purpose isto suggest a few of the many aspects which music may have even to the mind of a child. If these chapters, or whatevermay be logically suggested by them, be actually used as the basis of simple Talks with children, music may become tothem more than drill and study. They should know it as an art, full of beauty ...