| Show cultivation ll 11 of music the voice and the ear are ments and the means of enjoying thede the delights and profiting ting bithe use ube of music are conferred upon all ail bf what other among the sisterhood of the fine arts can as much mach be skids said few can draw or paint few f tre can an ampre appreciate aate the beautiful in ia architecture te tec ture but the pleasure resulting alti dg from the use of tho the bu human m an voice is is the most exquisite gratuity of nature infinitely more precious and val valuable diable than any cremona cromona or violin we can always earry carry it about with us and s sing 1 ing through it at work by our fi resides ar or il in the fields we we can all of us cultivate the art of singing in 6 musical musically 17 like the art of speech it e oms by practice and both are in their effects eminently civilizing music is essentially ean refining and purifying I 1 ng when villen sut set to beautiful chords conveying some true and noble thoughts OT or exciting some teni tendered erd delicate feeling it elev elevated elevates aies the heart and strengthens the character the cultivation of music by the working classes may even be regarded in a otilit utilitarian arian aspect it is cultivated to soften and harmonize har monise them them to withdraw abe them i from immortal influences I 1 and to make philosophy 7 in i ln amusement and recreation which is a necessity of all ages and all condition conditions and if innocent amusement are not provided people will be apt to find out vicious ones for themselves the poorer that a man Js is and the more lie he is the slave of toil the more needful it is i that be should hould find diversion and refreshment of iome some kind for hi his weary spirit tand and the more important octant or tant that he be should find it in en iov ments which are not essential and which while they the soothe his senses s rene refine them the human I 1 heart is naturally so rose and i jealous a thing so apt to make self the ca centre of all its thoughts and sentiments ments s that the happiest man is ii he be who can call most frequently find the means of escaping from his own narrow personality and fix his attention on something which Is is not t himself and music the most seductive arid and purest of all plea pleasures pleasure is calculated more than all to eie exercise reise a 4 beneficial influence over the popular heart therefore theredo There foce e w we e rejoice el boice at the growth of a taste for pea popular musio chieh we trust soon to sae see so BO extensively cultivated that it shall become the solace bolac and joy jov of I 1 every bome where it may be enjoyed without I 1 the accompaniments of either gin tobacco or beer |
