AQS, 1882 January 13, St. Louis.

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AQS, 1882 January 13, St. Louis.

"Melody is, and ever will be, the very flower of music. It is melody, even in unison, that combines all the elements of music, for it comprises both rhythm and harmony. It is the gift of heaven which the savage, the mountain shepherd, the rustic piper alike find spontaneously - it is at once the first and last - the most primitive and most advanced stage of Music."

1 p., 12.3 x 19 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7123422

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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