The Archive · 1920

What Music Says

Music is a necessity in our lives. lu is the only universal language, for it defines the emotions. However, it is only intelligently listened to, when we are trained to appreciate it- One fully trained in it can express all her emotions by _By uniting five and ten the ancient Chinese produced the tone "Kung." This tone was supposed to produce the earth. The Hindus believed that music came down from Heaven and was a part of nature. The Persians cured bodily ills with it- The Hebrews used it to adore the Lord; and David, we are told, increased the number of singers and players to 4,000 while the Temple was building.

Solomon during his reign ordered the construction of 200,000

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