Show t c The Joy Joyo of o f t J fJ in int t aorta ortal Harmony 1 t TER TER has ever eer been the feen een of fest festivals rals It plO pie rIms lens the trIumph of life ale te reason for hope the of desIres The world again agam returns 1 songs of gladness s and andlIng andring ring wIth Its buddIng new he poet and the musicians effort to sing Its praise lIng WrIter In the Washington fact however of joy jo and lIberatIon ultimate accomplishment ts to of Holy week has been to the great mn 1 iC It is p lm im the human mind mind to ade- ade p the meaning menning of the r re- re red d so to glorIfy It in the f the one dIvIne element we lire are musIc blessed It Iten Iten en Christ rose from the without accompaniment Irs but silently and us un uny y the greet benefit to hu form The angel at the ty Oy wIthout harp or trump pounced n He is risen ITe He land and the news was car carly carly ly to the waiting apostles whIch surrounded that under understandable but meant to the world there d have been a source of v to the musical dy which preceded the resurrectIon left its IndelIble Impression slon sion and the tho thinking musician has ever turned to It in sympathy s and un- un del Of f all those Who have havo attempted to record It In harmony It ht was Bach alone wone who was as able to imbue the tell tell- telling Ing with vitality and life fire Through profound devotIonal sensitiveness per per- perhaps imps haps or the tho natural shrInkIng from fromor or Inability to relive the great trag- trag tragedy tragedy edy the successors of Bach have pro pro- produced music In which the fundamental vitality has been lowered and the true reason of the that PassIon through death there should be consequent life ly Iy 0 1 Bachs Bach's contemporary Handel chose The Resurrection as subject for an oratorIo rItten In Italy In 1708 1703 At- At though his Messiah has grown in popularity with each generation and Its majesty Impresses Itself with con con- constanO stanO renewed force his attempt to picture e the glory of the resurrection came to naught and has had no per per- performance worthy of remembering The promIse of ImmortalIty which the Easter day brings Is but a con con- confirmatIOn confirmation of what everyone every one knows who has music In hIs heart Music is the one gladsome IngredIent In the tho sorry mixture Which Is life Ufe and It is there with a constant message of hope and indestructible vitality for this reason alone It should be gIven a prom prom- prominent place In the dally routine that by Its means the sense of joy could be the mInd detached from gloomy contemplation and the way to toa toa a knowledge ge of beauty and art laM laid open I |