Excerpt from The Rhythm of Modern Music In this book I have endeavoured to deal with the Rhythm of Modern Music in its aesthetic aspect, rather than as an element of formal construction. In the present highly developed condition of musical art, the power of influencing the mind through an infinite variety of rhythmical devices in combination with melody is not perhaps generally recognised, and the capabilities of Rhythm, although well known to composers, are not invariably made full use of by performers, except by those of the first rank, or those who have paid special attention to this element of music. Musicians, professional and amateur, as well as listeners, are apt to pay considerable attention to the melody of a piece and little to its Rhythm, unless the latter happens to be in some self-evident form. 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.