Music, God’s Gift Part 2: Its Molding Power

The firm but gentle molding power of music is described by Lord Byron in the following lines: “It softened men of iron mold, It gave them virtues not their own. No ear so dull, soul so cold That felt not, fire not to the tune Till David’s lyre grew mightier than his throne.” Plato, in…

Music, God’s Gift

“Music,” said Tschaikovsky, “is the most beautiful of all heaven’s gifts to humanity, a candle in the darkness, it calms, enlightens and stills our souls.” Music is a science and an art, and as such its contribution to our enjoyment and refinement may be immeasurably increased by our study and development of its intricacies. The…