The Nonconformist Musical Journal, Vol. 15


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Excerpt from The Nonconformist Musical Journal, Vol. 15: A Monthly Record and Review Devoted to the Interests of Worship Music in the Nonconformist Churches; January to December, 1902 That old. Old question of why we have never had a great lady composer has cropped up again. Long ago Plato remarked that woman does the same things as man, but not so well. That certainly seems to be true of musical creation. But why? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.







The Musical Journal


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Herbert Spencer and Social Theory


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Herbert Spencer remains a significant but poorly understood figure in 19th century intellectual life. His ideas on evolution ranged across the natural sciences and philosophy, and he pioneered new ideas in psychology and sociology. This book comprehensively examines his work and strips away common misconceptions about his sociology.










The Composer As Intellectual


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Their consciousness raised by the First World War and the xenophobic nationalism of official culture, some joined parties or movements, allying themselves with and propagating different sets of cultural and political-social goals."--Jacket.




The Strad


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