The study concerns itself expression of music and the meanings associated with it. Music forms, music personalities, and music functions are traced. Some explanations of the relationships between class structures, religious expression, political affiliation, and music are suggested. The first chapter establishes the topic, parameters, motivation, purpose, theoretical framework, research method and constraints of the study. The main findings are divided between two chronological sections, 1860-1920 and 1920-1948. The second chapter