Note 88 — INTRODUCTION

Neue Zeitschrift für Musik. See Hector Berlioz und Robert Schumann. Berlioz was constantly righting for this freedom of rhythm—for "those harmonies of rhythm," as he said. He wished to form a Rhythm class at the Conservatoire (Mémoires, II, 241), but such a thing was not understood in France. Without being as backward as Italy on this point, France is still resisting the emancipation of rhythm (Mémoires, II, 196). But during the last ten years great progress in music has been made in France.