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THE question, In what way does science enter into the subject of music? is one that by no means admits of an easy answer. If we were to put it to various persons interested in music in different ways we should find their opinions most vague and contradictory. A university scholar, or a physical lecturer, would make the science of music consist entirely in the doctrines of acoustics; while, on the other hand, we should find some of the most eminent musical professors telling us that these had nothing to do with music at all, but that science meant the study and application of the rules of musical composition. Or possibly it might even be held that a skilful manipulation of the violin, or an appropriate management of the voice in singing, or an intelligent phrasing of pianoforte passages, or other refinements of execution, constituted all the science that musicians need aspire to.
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POLE, W. The Musical Association 1 . Nature 19, 223–224 (1879). https://doi.org/10.1038/019223a0
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