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J Music Student Abroad J Jr r x fl I I English Music in In the fife Days Day of Good Queen Bess Be By Pietro I E E have now come to a aver very rich harvest time for tor music ln In n all aU 1 i y the countries of ot Europe Let u us s let et aside for tor future consideration th the e musical developments f In n Italy taly and France Francan In the fourteenth an and I fifteenth centuries as wen well as ae those i il In Inthe n the he he Netherlands and consider for a a. moI mo mo- l I ont eat what was doing In England dure dur dur- ng ag e the reign of Elizabeth that Elizabeth that golden golds n 1 of ot all the arts art and sciences Music was tho pastime of the rich rIoh he e a business of ot the tradesmen and th thy thoy tho o ay y of ot the tho poor Everybody body could sing rom om the scullery maid maid among her pots Dof nd ind pans pane to the prince In hie his hall an ano and ande d 10 o e lady Jady In her bower The English t lk ik had got sot most of ot their musicalS musical S oUts from tram those thoo wise and weird of old d elsh Welsh bards hards who were at once theT the T the poets and the historians E the nation Songs Song's of ot the simple and sort Bart with such simple as their primitive o organs utes lutes bagpipes and ana stringed ed es afforded best beat suited Bulted their tem tern 4 ramont 1 ij ow as a matter motter of at fact music Is Isore Isaore isore ore ore than any other art an expression If f the whole soul A man may bo ho reedY sordid or even cruel and still sUll L e- e gifted In literature and even evon In minting inting But If he Is to be bo a a. true mu mu- ician he must be full of generous Im- Im ulses and kindly If It not Dot extravagant r 4 noughts ous If It you oU will examine all tho you know you will find them w they arc really musicians generous j Sympathetic and often otten even on ant and wasteful of time energy and add This Is ie temperamental T Tho ho I oney DOey u u JH old ala calculating l J us cJan Is not or ever would be an rUst he Is 10 an artisan one who livos y music as he be would by carpentering r barbering Music demands some come Ine ins qualities of ot and soul soul and these are losely allied to poetry to love of ot God id d man mM to all that is high and noble n tho human heart Another truth that s II allied to this one is that every huIan huan hu- hu an Ian being has the elements of at God n himself to a a. greater granter or loss dereef de- de I ree reef It depends on environment and editions what parts of ot our natures re brought ht uppermost but there is Inch In Inch ach ch soul the spark of divinity And he divine mind Is la fully tully attuned to har- har oay and therefore to all musical ex- ex The old Greeks knew th- th goras S' S ros knew v more than wo we cold cal cal- 1 lating moderns tho the power and mar ma- ma r e ety esty ty of ot this soul expression this har- har nony of ot the spheres which wo call The Balled Their Favorite J Therefore it is not to be wondered a t that the people of England In the century were filled with the I ove eve of ot music and that Its expression as Quite as widespread as it Is today ho he particular form of ot music most at af- acted by the English was the ballad nd rid the four part tour part song Iong Women had hade hadeen hadeen een eon allowed long before this to enter e nto oto the singing tests of ot the ours and their follow tollow the f jongleurs but with the wonderful away from tho the Iron rule of or he Catholic church brought about by Luther and his associates worn worn- S n i were given a place In the church heirs and now Indeed music came cameto to her own For at once there thore was 1 e the four harmonious parts E f if tenor and bass for the men and reble or soprano and alto for tor the omen England nover never has developed an any y I music except those exquisite arms of ot ballads and part four songs even toda today excel other nations f the world in their soul moving har bar onies John arranged some soma cod anthems on the old oM Catholic Catholic l hants to tl fit t Into the revised services if t the English Episcopal church sere ser ces And in spite of the Puritan protests pro pro- tests and their brief reign of at power tho singing went gloriously on In the I churches and In la the English omes Queen Elizabeth supported a hoar with full instrumental In her own chapel And this has been followed ever since Some of ot the more famous English l of or this period were ere Talus Tallis rd Bull and Gibbons These men so popular In all Europe that ley ey e traveled from countr country to countr country y their o own n songs and nd playing sir clr own music Some of these beau- beau ful English songs part were sacred nd rid yet yot as usual in all countries the Tensest variety was allowed In in inthe tho the ocular music for tor there was greater arlel of ot emotions upon which to pIa play hese secular songs song's of ot love and spring ere called madrigals f f There is a very D pretty rett story told of at Dr r. r Bull who was so gifted at writing songs part In which many different parts wore written in that his fame famo vas vas widespread These parts wore ore numerous and wore were woven in with Humorous treat reM neat skill and sometimes with more trickery than harmony But Dr Bull w raa as one of ot the tho best and most moet famous Ili t doing this class of ot composition He flad ad visited many of ot the cities clues on the continent and finally he visited a falous tar fa- fa F rr lous sus C cathedral to r see a more famous who ho presided ed at that choir r r r. r Bull in his usual modest 1 n ng manner after listening some time U n Bred into conversation with the mu- mu and drew him out to discuss ll 11 ph phases ses of ot music t Dr Dull or the D Devil TU The Thc organist delighted d at finding so esP e a listener opened up his his' r. r oni and finally opened also his port- port It silo olio and disclosed to tho the stranger a cw ow composition written In tort forty S arts and then he offered a bot bet to his j d I listener that no man on i arth could add more parts to It with with- r ut mt spoiling the composition Dr Bull N iter r examining the vaunted piece ml- ml J Hely said that he would like to try tt hat feat And with fth considerable the organist be begged Bull I o a make wake tho attempt The doctor had hada a locked ed up in a a. room for two r three re hours and when he emerged Si e banded the score to his new friend nd instead of or there thoro being one more i E part added BUll had hod added forty now S aking ir ns the Piece ono one of ot eJ eighty parts had nd more than that that- tho the whole holo thing t been cen so vastly improved that the theo tI o organist cried out i U There e Is ls only one man In all EuI Eu- Eu opo that could do that and that is 18 N I r John T Dull Bull of ot England You are Ioor t ler r he or or th the a devil f J Paint Painters s Poets playwrights schol- schol Ji his r-an r 8 time i me were at their ther best along about In England land as a noR flows everyone orono And nd music was not left to lag lagi i the thc other arts as us H she Ahe e had done dono or so eo man many centuries Who does doos not eve to read of ot the riches and glories 1 f 7 i th ho 0 Elizabeths Elizabeth's c both's reign The banquets tournaments the tho tho the jousts joust lff ha key v and tho the Johnsons the thc V and nd the tho Reynolds make of ot In t tnt lint period d of English history tho the most r fi any and 1 thrilling of a sill 1111 tho the cars NIr that went ent before or have folAnd fol- fol J. J wed And And music was tricked out in p a auda and Sh hone n it ln In K gold Jold an and 1 lace tace aCC frills i match 1 ler her sister arts an and she sat flat In 0 endor cn or in the tho courts of ot the rich and gaily any in her bright colors even evon it a. a tine the hovels ho of or the thc poor noor In the thc cass casana cas- cas 8 s and ana palaces music even was waR called 0 0 it to o dignify and elevate the function eating f Not only were there thore great p D is and orchestras who pla played cd N fie le the meal was waH In pro progress ress but hut 1 l drums and as many as a dozen impels in the formal an- an lineament of dinner And the tho mu- mu cars Jans were ere robed in purple and fine tine finen 11 en n nt ot this auspicious time while err pir Ir b. b beloved cd loved instruments were liker lUte like 0 I r III HO e decorated and Inlaid with Ivory d all kinds of ot different woods All castles cn hail had special chambers some rte fO If 9 r 1 them immense arched halls dedi- dedi I 19 led to music alone alono where D' D nt of all kinds occupied l the maces p DC d A corners of the thc chamber Chests ro fashioned of oC rare woods to hold holdo 1 r o Un tiny clavichords the the JR-the the primitive nos nos the the lutos lutes and recorders the thA th organs organ guitars pipes and tes with m mn n ny more of varied ko ke an and u use c. c All these were wore as 38 much ii 1 s e I n 1 j I the tho kitchen r needed as were ere utensils or ortho ortho tho the great dining tables Not only was music beloved b lo cd aa u anart an anart anart art when made mado by artists of ot note bute but It Jt was quite Quito tho the fashion In England at this time for tor everybody to bo be musical If It you Ou could not pipe a a. tuno tune or Join In a part song part song your name was Dennis Denni at an any week end party you were fortunate fortu wale nato enough to bo be Invited to For everybody and the cook sang sang- and played The amusement of ot the day and the pleasure of or the night consisted consist consist- ed In winding and unwinding those part s songs part for tor which England was then so ao famous Did you ever tr try an English Eng Eng- lish round o or r carol a a. good old English Eng Eng- lish madrigal If It you have havo and your voice olce Is 18 anything at all you sou OU have felt some of ot the Joy which animated all so society so- so at this golden ago of or son song sent Music Music Mu Mu- sic was so BO much a part of ot the common school education that even evon tho the tradesman tradesman trades trades- man who could not twang his l lute luto to or pipe proclaimed at once that he had hadnot hadnot hadnot not been to school A quaint record of ot those days daye tolls us that a a. certain barn hand hond or stableman stableman stable stable- man was wae able to Foot It with dancing now with my Bittern and else eloe with my then at the virginals then carol carola a a. song withal Everybody sang and It la is quite poso posSIble possible pos pos- I sible that the widely diffused musical e expression Is accountable for tor most of ot I I the simple gayety and real happiness I which was spread all over the British empire at this thin time Have you over noticed how many times Shakespeare alludes to the power and the thc magic atI of at music Most of tho the dramatic tlc entertainments wore were becoming so delightfully frequent If It not common had music as an accompaniment or an Interlude All AU of ot the nobles and court officials were Vero musicians and If Jt a madrigal or a chorus was wanted any anyone one of or the dashing young gallants around Queen Bess' Bess throne could up and write ono one In Ina Ina ina a fow few hours The dances and and were as popular as bridge whist Is today or as club papers are to the modern woman And they answered tho the same Dame purpose and and far tar more moro Innocently and advantageously advantageous advantageous- 1 ly I wean Both Both Henry VIII and his hla daughter daugh daugh- ter Elizabeth wore eq exports orts at composing compos compo ing music I use the term advisedly For much of tho the court music of this period was far tar more expert than musical mu mu- Queen Elizabeth played the spinet with considerable skill and It was call called d a a. virginal In her honor Among tho the musical compositions of ot that period and thero there are aro thousands still extant we find titles as The Dancing Master Pills to Purge e Melancholy and there Is a whole book called called Quoon Queen Elizabeths Elizabeth's Virginal Book The Tho masques of ot that period were the prelude to tho full blown operas which were wera launched In Italy about that time But that Is a subject by Queen Elizabeth was so extremely ex ex- fond of ot music that always her orchestra was brought into hor her sick lIck sickroom sickroom room to assuage her pain or to cure her melancholy She indeed had faith In the magical qualities of or the music and who shall say today that all tho the old world has been wrong rong about that while only tho the crude and selfish and unemotional modern world J Is right I and music Is la but an enticement or an amusement t |