Excerpt from The Threshold of Music: An Inquiry Into the Development of the Musical Sense

In this book I have attempted to discuss the Art of Music in relation to other phases of thought, and to trace, through its history, the cerebral processes which are concerned in its development.

Hitherto this aspect of the art has not claimed the attention of many observers. The musician's reluctance to inquire into it is comprehensible enough, but it is less easy to understand why those whose studies lead them into at least one department of music should be disinclined to pursue their researches further. For, although music as an art may present itself to many as somewhat complex and demanding a special gift, its technical side is not more abstruse than other subjects which scientific men are compelled to master on their way to deeper investigations.

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