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Tapper, Thomas

"Music Talks with Children"

It is only a few pages in length, and
is well told.
32: Robert Schumann.
33: John Ruskin's "Queen of the Air," par. 102. ("Athena Ergane.")
Read all of it to the children.
34: _Idem_.
35: Lord Bacon, from the essay "Of Great Places."
36: Robert Schumann.
37: Read John Ruskin's "Sesame and the Lilies," par. 19, and as much
of what follows as you deem wise.
38: "The Ethics," Book IX, Chapter VII.
39: Always I have it in mind that the teacher will read or make
reference to the original when the source is so obvious as in this
case. The teacher's, or mother's, discretion should, however,
decide what and how much of such original should be read, and what
it is best to say of it.
40: I have not attempted to quote the exact words usually given.
41: Socrates. This quotation is from the "Memorabilia of Xenophon,"
Book I, Chapter VI.
42: Mary Russell Mitford.
43: "Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini," Bohn edition, p. 23.
44: "The Miserere" of "Gregorio Allegri." It was written for nine
voices in two choirs. "There was a time when it was so much
treasured that to copy it was a crime visited with
excommunication. Mozart took down the notes while the choir was
singing it." (See Grove's "Dictionary of Music and Musicians."
Vol. I, page 54.)
45: Dr. Bridge "On Simple Counterpoint.


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