Music as a Source of Knowledge

Abstract

“The human being as he is put together, can, for the purposes of talking about him, be divided into two major parts: his intellect, and his sensibility. We are accustomed to thinking of persons as divided into segments, and I propose to speak abouthe person in his intellectual capacity and in his capacity for sensibility.”

With these words, one of America's distinguished scholars, Harold Taylor, began his address at a general session of the MENC Philadelphia convention in March. In his speech, which begins as an article on the next page, he first commented about the point of view from which he spoke; second, he commented on current education; and third, he presented particular examples of what he means by …