Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series,Modern Symphonies, by Philip H. GoeppThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.netTitle: Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern SymphoniesAuthor: Philip H. GoeppRelease Date: July 13, 2004 [eBook #12903]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-8859-1***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SYMPHONIES AND THEIR MEANING;THIRD SERIES, MODERN SYMPHONIES***E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Linda Cantoni, and the ProjectGutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading TeamNote: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations of the parts of the musical scores referred to in the text. See 12903-h.htm or 12903-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/9/0/12903/12903-h/12903-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/9/0/12903/12903-h.zip)SYMPHONIES AND THEIR MEANINGTHIRD SERIES: MODERN SYMPHONIES.byPHILIP H. GOEPP1913PREFACECriticism of contemporary art is really a kind of prophecy. For theappreciation of the classical past is an act of present perception, nota mere memory of popular verdicts. The classics live only because theystill express the vital feeling of to-day. The new art must domore ...