| Show MUSICAL CULTURE one art in which america has Ma blaile deVost moat Wonder wonderful rul resit in respect to one art at least the art of music Anic america rica lias has certainly tabib mide made great progress n the war sour song 0 of the sava savage e ba lias been very quietly succeeded hero here in thi western act torn continent by ili llie songs of alic masters there was first the church music in fit the alic earlier carlier days then the singing schools ind and after that a gradual growth following the first liesl introduction of the simplest forms of melody too much can not ile be said of if the influence of the church in ili this musical progress 0 the solemn blant c danl and the inspiring I 1 hymn have from the first had their influence the simple ly mil arc aro still loved though 11 a as s a i I 1 le c sult suit of the arward d tendency they ire are to a 7 great degree by classical tuu mii ic but classical is a tern term that may bt bo applied to son song wrought r I 1 prayers which father gunipero Juni pero and his followers voiced ja ii the alic california Californi ft mir so that we ha hac 0 lad had it with it us for a longer time liina than we give ourselves credit for I blessed be the old singers singer forever the old songs bongs are loved best now flow anti and always aill fit I 1 the term inspiration must have been coined for application to niti music gic there is in an able something C in it which inc inspires pires and uplifts wien when bloody and sinkey sankey first traveled together over the country conducting revival meetings 1 it was said that tile lie singer dill did as much ns as the preacher to stir till the great areat con congregations re actions at ions it is noted that when a i bind band be begins 0 his playing inc on oil tile street all ANi within thill li hearing carin step in time and as to war songs songs anti and martial strains what would patriotic peoples and warriors have done left without I 1 them hem charmed charged and battle fla luigs s un rolled dead homer from his lost anil and vanished gre rai e keeps huttle hattle glorious still and soldiers brave while JohnBrown brown s body is sent marching in on from the throats of soldiers at every reminiscent campfire camp fire 11 whether hether breathed over a cradle voiced in a cathedral arsun or sung in grander forms folins on the operatic stage songs need little interpretation terp arid and accepting e this may not mot tile indians indiana who heard beard the blue birds in the new england forest before the white mans advent have felt something stirring within them thein which bich they did not exactly compre comprehend liend the force and effect cal act of harmony lias has never been better expressed than in ili these words of sidney lanier late explorers say they have found nations that lad no god but I 1 have not heard beard of any that had no music music moans means harmony harmony means love love lore moans means god it is apparent that Ani america erica is wide awake in tile matter of musical education of all kinds kind an ali impetus is t given vocal culture in the public schools and rare indeed is tile alie home that does docs not contain an instrument of sonic some kind ali alie late convention of teachers of mu music ic showed that the alio instructors form a small truly army andee and we have our composers too the musical success and financial failure of the national opera Com company pally shows clearly enough what can call be done and ill d giyen give no oc cause for discouragement i I 1 we INC I 1 have the singers the son song Z writers and the musicians and american will yet become something of v aich americans may be proud viti wath the general awakening now flow soc e ties 0 promising g coin positions the musical progress of the new mew continent is to ile be watched 11 ir great deal of interest the music I 1 ic everywhere around us ind and over the tha broad plains and high peaks biant liang great symphonies indianapolis new S |
