[American Music] 19th Century Manuscript QuotationOn fragile paper, 5 x 8 inches, entitled "Music." A lovely definition of music, penned by an unknown American author in the early 19th century. "No improvement of civilized society produces effects more grateful and delightful than music, in its highest states of improvement. The melody of rude life may have its charms and even these are not found to be universal; but harmony regulated by the philosophy of science and conducted with the enthusiasm