Excerpt from Outlines of Music History
The present volume is designed, moreover, for use both by the general reader and for class work. It is hoped that many who wish to gain an intelligent conception of how music has developed may find it an effective means; and with this result in view the numerous illustrations have been selected with great care to illuminate the text as to the style and materials used in the different epochs and as to the personality and characteristics of the leading composers.
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