Highly Musical People: Containing Brief Chapters On
I. A Description of Music. II. the Music of Nature. — III. A Glance at the History of Music. — IV. The Power, Beauty, and Uses of Music
Following Which Are Given Sketches of the Lives of Remarkable Musicians of the Colored Race
With Portraits
And an Appendix Containing Copies of Music — Composed by Colored Men
By JAMES M. TROTTER.
“A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture, every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.”
—Goethe.
“’Tis thine to merit, mine to record.”
—Homer.