This newly revisied and enlarged edition again makes available an important study on the meaning of music. The author contends that music must relate to society to evoke real feelings which augment and reflect artistic and social development. Among composers discussed within this context are Bach, Mozart, Schubert, wagner, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Schoenberg, Stravinsky and Bartok. The Afro-American Blues and jazz are seen here as truly expressive of the real world.