By Rudolf Steiner

Translated by Maria St. Goar,
and edited by Alice Wulsin
Cover design by Van James
Bn 283.A, GA 283, CW 283

This spiritual scientific study is full of insights into the nature of musical experience, the connection between speech and song, the religious experience of music in ancient times, the cosmic sources of musical inspiration, and the occult experience of major and minor modes.

The lectures appearing here were published in the German volume, Das Wesen des Musickalischen und das Tonerlebnis im Menschen, Rudolf Steiner Verlag, Dornach. They were translated from the German by Maria St. Goar and edited by Alice Wulsin. Also known as, The Essence of Music and the Experience of Tone.

This lecture series is presented here with the kind permission of the Rudolf Steiner Nachlassverwaltung, Dornach, Switzerland. From Bn 283.A, GA 283, CW 283.