Roger North Quote

And grant that a man read all the books of music that ever were wrote, I shall not allow that music is or can be understood out of them, no more than the taste of meats out of cookish receipt books.

The Musicall Grammarian (1728)

And grant that a man read all the books of music that ever were wrote, I shall not allow that music is or can be understood out of them, no more than ...

And grant that a man read all the books of music that ever were wrote, I shall not allow that music is or can be understood out of them, no more than ...

And grant that a man read all the books of music that ever were wrote, I shall not allow that music is or can be understood out of them, no more than ...

And grant that a man read all the books of music that ever were wrote, I shall not allow that music is or can be understood out of them, no more than ...