| Abstract |
You are about to read the case for education in music. This case is important, for upon it rests the future of music and of our involvement in it, both as a people and as individuals. There are many ways to consider music--as a means of relaxation and entertainment, as an expression of national or ethnic awareness, as a medium for the combination of mind and emotion that results in high art, to name but a few. All of these views are important, but none of them can have any reality without a process of education--which only means a way of learning how to make the most of the abilities and resources we have. This brochure is about the reasons for beginning this process of education, this way of learning. It speaks of what we can hope to gain from music study, and of why what music study can give us is so necessary. |
