Excerpt from Course of Study on the Development of Symphonic Music This book - The Development of Symphonic Music, by Thomas Whitney Surette - is the first of a series which the National Federation of Musical Clubs will offer to the music students of America. The Course of Study - of which this is the initial book - is designed to meet the present needs of music students and those who desire to understand and appreciate concert programs, even though they may t be performers. The majority of concert-goers do t care to delve into music history; they wish to understand the present day program which is frequently available to them. If the concert programs of today are made clear, an interest is excited and one is stimulated to further study. Research work comes later. 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 techlogy 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.