The Rudhyar Archival Project is pleased to offer this online edition of Dane Rudhyar's The Magic of Tone and the Art of Music. The work was first published by Shambhala Publications in 1982; it has been out-of-print since 1987.

To start reading Dane Rudhyar's The Magic of Tone, simply click on a chapter title on the Table of Contents displayed to the right. Once inside the online book, you may navigate to the next and previous pages by clicking on one of the large red arrows found at the bottom of every page, or you may go to any chapter by selecting its title from the side menu found in this column on every page.

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The web publication of Dane Rudhyar's Magic of Tone and the Art of Music heralds the August 2003 release of PARIS X - musica obscura of Dane Rudhyar and Erik Satie - Richard Cameron-Wolfe, Piano by Furious Artisan's Recordings.