Excerpt from Our Marching Civilization: An Introduction to the Study of Music and Society When I came to the history of the march, however, the materials available were so rich and as yet so unassembled that the temptation grew to devote a project to it. The march is not only a musical form; it is in itself suggestive of the condition we have set up for civilization. Mankind is civilized, we believe, when it shows capacity for progress, for getting out of the rut in which a vegetating culture is content, for lifting weaker ...
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Excerpt from Our Marching Civilization: An Introduction to the Study of Music and Society When I came to the history of the march, however, the materials available were so rich and as yet so unassembled that the temptation grew to devote a project to it. The march is not only a musical form; it is in itself suggestive of the condition we have set up for civilization. Mankind is civilized, we believe, when it shows capacity for progress, for getting out of the rut in which a vegetating culture is content, for lifting weaker members to their feet so they may go ahead with the strong to higher levels of living in thought and in action. We therefore speak automatically of the march of this or that whenever we mean that this or that has been improved or has itself improved the life of man. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Very Good. VG condition. [nb38 la.5] Hardcover without DJ; does not appear to have been originally issued with DJ. Gilt lettering to front cover/spine. Handsome binding. Name of previous owner written on inside front cover. No highlighting or underlining within. Crisp, clean pages within. Light foxing to front board. Scarce.
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Very Good in Poor jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s) Hardcover 1943 edition. Inscribed, dated and signed by Warren D Allen. Dust jacket bound in new brodart in poor condition, with chipping and tears to edges, section of dj missing to spine. Binding firm. Brown shadings to front free endpaper, otherwise pages unmarked and clean. Text in very good condition. [112pages]
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