Show MUSICAL curiosities ry CY WOODWARD the cerola of OE old time prot pros ow aw linow maw much taboo 1 the mountain of the old Tru clebe mining in ill nevada it 1 14 on the truckee river fall ar lako and was ana tit covered in 1144 hy by a perty ot of oct oo 00 rs from th iho 0 comstock Corr mock there WIM wah much excitement ni at the time alnio in regard to the mines 0 of tho the vl vi orally atut atil the quest for or gold boll had loll irl throe these explorers to lo tho the tool foot ut tit the gnoun mou hani uhlma I 1 hey pitched their una lentil and for or tomo time had cause to lo believe in a 0 of bound nil if 1 not of 0 carh evening a after duik when ill waa as still I 1 there h r e from tho the biz n mountain n P cr t tit ulna like the iho tinkling or of tiny liny silver bells that thai seemed to make tilt 1110 aholo atmosphere quiver or cm as they ilou il atod leil over lh tho camp still were lur for away until last lait in the dist distante anoe r ly ul 41 tit be ollow wl by A n areli fresh gust cut or of ewt w rt tones As A the ho maglo music uan only heard under rover ot of the he night it was wac oon 1 klimn I a idad that it proceed from some bolher source urco than tile wind and cor rill nf ft tile pamar pa mpr finding it more ini I 1 thare than prospecting tava gave most nl t their ilmo to th aliu tn mya try E ory meanwhile c ampon 9 pa par ties lit appeared arr rd anti and aal long them a company 0 of pluto indians indiana tile the latter familiar walh alia 0 musical won wall tier said and called it t the ull fair moun latin A MUSICAL MY STEnT tT it WAS jj ut at by the near rollers chrs that the fow tit of fit moun tain lain van avi kocl lilt I 1 thin bin flakes at lionil crystalline rock there were im ian ilion iconic bode tit of these dimin acarl it ix ile valli that the h mcatic nili woo by the uniting anil and bl bueral eral alk alc of the any nylly of 1 dl 11 like tink link by tile the h huic u he drifts of slaty almly abrio d liis that IY glacier ilk own the steep bb alop that it wn wa a actor dark wo was ilon ably owing owina to tho the peaceful tot t ali he hour a notwithstanding this rational tolu alon of 0 the mystery myr tery tile lh 1 indians da and indeed many of the white earn pars continued to believe that the maslo ma gio concord of sweet sounds proceeded from some fame power kluun the moun mountain tali MOUNTAIN MUSIC this anecdote recalls the Sc andina NI man ank faith in mountain music the tha PeaS orits of norway are firmly convinced that the tn marvelous marv clou otral of unseen instruments played by mystery oua eon beings flood tile hie moun mino and valleys of 0 the Luil some observers verr not content with till the natural causes of this music CT so no far iu to state bat that it lit is tin to the repetition by the tha wonderful mountain echo echea 0 of f far distant orchestral etral performances it Is 1 related of one moyer A a talented dolgen musician that on eve in lie he rallied forth with a party of lijah hj comra ilex to hearken to tile lie of 0 0 a bewitched mountain about a mile from town after long ions balting vai Nal ling tIng a strange it ranse blending of ft va voices ices fidd fiddled lem cifes fifes organs organ and other fell on tile ali believing ears thus thu alah the th legend there are those tho aro are unkind enough to suggest that tile worthy group had tiko IM freely of tile good yuletide tile ale but we prefer to take flake it for granted bilat that they hawl hal merely learned to heed ix ed the elio music of nature in a manner becoming the hie fellow fc allow countrymen of edvard grieg HARMONY IN NATURE olo null bull nho loved tho the of hi his a beloved norway took special delight in the iho L r falih faith in the myk to c IOUs gloub buelo or of w waterfall a gerfe 1 irena fell all and fjord ono one day wishing to afford liford pleasure to liln his peasant lie he them to his hl island biome ionic for on in afternoon outdoor me fete and decided that thai one or of the iho atti of lh the occa isloa blon should be nome underground mu mo tle in view of this ix be field three acan friends concealed conc ralpl in a rock cave played soft quartet music is as the he guests entered the awe struck the peasants tool sti still the underground fulk althin the hill were making their finest in honor of 0 01 bleil C n festival ellvan ell val thought thy they th y a tely olo overcome with curiosity peeped out to see sea how hov the were enjoying themselves burell hure tout out laughing in spite of 0 himself at of the solemn facca and thus revealed the truth MIG nATION 01 among the he curiosities of music nothing attracts more widespread interest than the th or migrations of 0 fani familiar filar melodies take us as an example the tune called by us america I 1 and converted into our own oin glowan clowens 9 national anthem by the words worda ot of tile title into rev F smith TUB TUNIS A writer in a recent issue indue of 0 a prominent monthly states mates that it was wag composed by lully the italian burn born creator rca of tile he french opera and was wa eftang funs in igsa at the st cyr convent sch school nral in honor of king lauli XIV A st cyr tradition la Is reported that alandt 1 during durine ft a visit to the convents superior aske alike and obtained ix to copy both tile the air and tile the words N vi aich were wera by a parisian lady madame de brinon and flint later he offered tho music with in english translation of 0 the words to king george 1 I of 0 england aa ilia own composition there tire are several everal objections to tills story Is if based on the souvenirs of the marquise do creque long mince proved to be it work of fiction tile ali m melody 0 indar bears beam no resemblance whatever to lellys atlle according to G grovo rove and other ve liable it I 1 t was waa known in england before be fore tully I ully I 1 1033 0 I 1 3 87 was born it was never claimed by immortal handel although it wait WB introduced by him film into him coronation anthem written in 1727 for the iho crowning of george I 1 11 I 1 rink not of george I 1 of england moreover the of the Mel never set foot lit in fiance whence the magnificent inelo meloda dir came cannot be b determined the aaril earlle est Bt I 1 ie e corded version Is iho work of dr john eull dull organist to kins hing james the first and was orr orrebell erell as a ll g to nod god tor for having saved the king from the gunpowder eun powder plot scotland claims the hie melody malady of its ta similarity to a scotch carol which however fit appeared pome nomo years yearn later in 1611 and Is in it a minor key two english ballads dater 1069 and 1691 are evidently based 01 on it at a dinner ili n celebration of 0 tho the taking of Por portobello in 1740 a remodeled erlon of both wold and irusle ins suns filing by henry carey a p popular pular imi anti and poet of the day tile lie author of sally in our alley which lie ho had mated with a floating melody making both bolh words worda and music famosa fam U A lie he clail claimed med as aa ills hla own written n b by y ilan him some borne yours years later dr jolin john nulls song and J christopher smith llan dols that carey was wa its author ni as n i doubtless ho he was rf of alia I 1 lie particular version known at tho the time harmonized by tile the learned earned dr r thomas arne it was wins oung us eat a jay loyal ai anthem nt at drury lano lane theater in lais and became boci iino vory very popular popularly gitil tr dr Dur harmonization lt at cove covent tit garden A WITH the tune was wa a favorite with weber who utilized it in ili hl his cantata kamat und alefi leg and in lilo 1114 jubilia Jub lleo iloa over luie fure lui e composed on it cevora Varl ationo for the plano piano introduced it in into to ilia his battle symphony and in his journal 11 4 I 1 wrote 1 I must bliok tho the eng fish what a blen ff they haie in cx save the kanc 11 carels careys version verrlon the chann in I 1 but tho the melody exists in mv oral eral forms in prance it it wi wile truly ailing lit bi cyr it was in in an vw vor blon alon which may have drifted there in dr V alls time tile the assertion 13 i correct that the th appeared in dunmark D C n M a r k in ili 1780 1790 a as a hymn in honor of tho h b h of king VIII awl and that in 1793 1193 it german of tile the darkus hymn wa waa at no fia a to king wilhelm on hl ills return irom from tile iho Fr french arach it was wa in it germen german music boult book that samurl 11 I 1 smith found the lh tune and without tile light ft eat knowledge of ito if changeful fortune wrote his text till AUTHOR britan NIA it Is 1 tin ai interesting anti inti fact tint it ilan let did not wilto lloil save tho the xing ln ln lie anis wn tho the actual author or ru rule britannia often aften called En glands mar solli which appeared oric areil lit in ductor arne aril alfred a manue ll 11 in other ro re an ordinary piece or of work this thin abut elet r abed song conff 1 in most mont ingeniously and ont but two that thai do not 1 It lonar to 0 o tile the rest in composed tit i fragments taken from of the mak eters coro among them prophetic wons and ski welled wel we lil led together it if no other credit lit ir obio ilu doctor arne it II inest lie bo d that it cert certainly LInly Is n merit to havo have chosen the haniley fragments frait went well anil and to have employed them prop properly etly NATIONAL the music to our star Ran lannear near coni compa to lo us ua directly from arc m line and but the Gorbi aris assort avirt that the ti stole lole it arpi a german dunce dance s ong none when frnncis scott key icy brote ili alip words he h that they be rung buns to ilia th tune tun Ara anacreon croon in ilea iia von ven this had licon boon publia bod it in london between and 1776 1775 by john li Hlin tafford ord smith who lit 1 announced AV n lie if author to words word by ralph taint inmon pros president ident of the tl Alla creo title Ho clety thin bollal and musical cill club coln comp oed Pored or of noblee it ii and other wealthy A re its meetings gu 1 at t tile tho crown andi and ain hor tavern on ib lie jid at tile tho mocie f tys annual concert Ans anorton creon tit in lle headen airen woo nl al ways mini by tho the or his hi dol uty a ns a tile tl conf atit song pons HIS TOIlY OF POPULAR SONGS columbus might be devoted devot cil 1 to tile ali history of popular bangs to ip all landi land a andi till oka vieng so 0 o do 40 must es I 1 I 1 in it rita T til lit avader wt who fancies that the he for fell instance In nance wits wn first hearel on donla will bo be our ur to 10 learn that it II was wa known in ila Ha bylon taylon in tile days of antiquity tho As syrians bor it to let india waid nn it wits vb ciu by adver L I 1 indian tribes flatter I I 1 it t wn it known 10 i the italians and the Bre bretone bretons tons it 11 en englund thornly after the roman conquest and found its way to co scotland scott int where among uw tile ra it reached its best development orm ent no c il instrument has planed through more inor numa numerous rous and varied evolutions than the violin ong the he ancient forms form ira uso use at th the ams pms re ra nt day one of the inot curious 14 tile the fiddle which Is still par popular ul ar with the pea santo ot of norway it and ll 11 ld of 0 which some are ape found a r UK of our northwest it has eight keys tour four of which represent delicate metallic m strings 13 1 ing ine under the finder baird and so 0 o tuned clial their vitra tiong add weird harmonics harmonica to liao tones of the principal strings many are the ot of skill tit at country festivals in norway in ili which the tha liar danger fiddle plays a prominent role to its 1 inspiring strains the I 1 old bold 3 rustle dancer leaps into tit the middle mufid le of 0 the hie born barn floor at tile country aeiry met ry mak ins ing balances himself to and fro ro first on otto one foot now on tile the other 11 brings up again and finally after several i feints feint turning a somersault in tile the air touch touches a beam in the coiling with lit lila toot foot W with I 1 th 10 mailler maikell accents the tb fiddle guides fridea the move movements mentis ot of tills this solo eolo dance lat two fourths meter known as aa the hailing Hall lne gives A a strong liar ria cato reato when it lt Is time to kick the beam it in IB ready when the ho feat 1 Is 14 4 well performed to brenk break into that gracious Erac loun coniti combination nation of tones known as the spring dance a lively measure I 1 in n three fourth meter in ili which both shree i lads lid and larell lacues take part pairl find and for which the successful hulling diat lancer acer may have his choice of partners part many and varied are the curiosities curlon lUea of music |