Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts — as the one which, more than any other, ministers to human welfare.


On the Origin and Function of Music. - Essays on Education (1861)


Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts — as the one which, more than any other, ministers to human welfare.

Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts — as the one which, more than any other, ministers to human welfare.

Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts — as the one which, more than any other, ministers to human welfare.

Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts — as the one which, more than any other, ministers to human welfare.