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Contents

A Valedictory ix
Why Music Is Unpopular 1
The Great American Composer 13
The Authoritative Work on American Music 32
Music for the Movies 48
The Importance of Electrical Picture Concerts 60
Movies for Program Notes 70
The New Art of the Singer 84
Variations on a Theme by Havelock Ellis 106
On the Relative Difficulties of Depicting Heaven and Hell in Music 136
On the Rewriting of Masterpieces 155
On Hearing What You Want When You Want It 183
Cordite for Concerts 195