Allgemeine VorbemerkUng. Wenn wir die Musik grundlich studieren wollen, so kommt es vor alle, n Dingen darauf an, dars wir einen richtigen Ausgangspunkt fUr unsere Betrachtungen nehmen, damit uns klar wird, was Musik eigentlich ist. Denn wenn wir SchUler und Studenten, und oft auch Musiker von Fach darnach fragen, die die Musik zu ihrem Lebens- beruf geWl1hlt haben, oder wlthlen wollen, so werden wir selten eine befrledigende Antwort erhalten; es werden h5chstens ErkHtrungen zu Wege gebracht, wie wir sie in musikalischen Handbuchern, z. B. in dem sehr achtbaren Lexikon von ARREY VON DOMMER: tin den, wo es heisst: "Musik, Musica = Tonkunst, die Kunst durch inhaltsvolle (?) Tonbewegung GefUhle und Vorstellungen auszudrucken und in uns zu erwecken: " Oder bei HUGO RIEMANN in seiner Allgemeinen Musiklehre so: "Musik ist die Kunst, welche durch geordnete Ton- verbindungen die Seele bewegt und dem auffassenden Geiste l1sthe- tische Lust gewahrt, jenes durch ihren Inhalt, dieses durch ihre Form'" Auf die Frage: was ist Musik? giebt es nur eine Antwort, aus der sich alles andere, auch das' Wesen der Instrumentalmusik, ableiten lllsst, namlich: "Musik ist Gesang. " Heutzutage wirddiese Antwort vielen allerdings uberraschend erscheinen, da man seit langer Zeit vielfach Musik macht, ohne zu singen. Vielleicht werden auch viele meiner Leser Clavier, Violine oder irgend ein anderes Instrument spielen, - undauch diese werden von sich sagen, sie machen Musik. Und dies ist auch gewisserma[sen richtig.

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