---
title: 'The Music Lover'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Henry Jackson Van Dyke, Jr.'
date: 1916-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Aesthetics'
- 'Fiction'
scriptures:
- 'Psalms 150'
- 'Psalms 98'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/van-dyke-1916-the-music-lover
---

# The Music Lover

A music lover escapes the city's noise at a concert, marveling at the orchestra's unity and the conductor's unseen control. He reflects on art's power to restore and human harmony.

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