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"Mein lieber schwan" to a melody composed of exactly the same ingredients. In short, there is only one kind of music in the world. But there are vast differences between the stages of development represented by the savage and by the modern musician; and there are also ethnological differences resulting from the physical and mental peculiarities of the races; yet, essentially and fundamentally, music is precisely the same phenomenon for the savage as it is for the most advanced representative of modern culture."

While the music of the North American Indians does not give the master key to the problem of the origin of the art of music, the researches of Prof. Fillmore have penetrated into a hitherto unknown and early stage in its evolution.

Respectfully,

Alice C. Fletcher