| Show i fKE PtEP r rJClsrr xr j t - O’ - o DAT— A LITE ft Alt r MAGAZINg iz MUSICAL SCIENCE In the growth of the arts music springs up among its first outnlioots Taking the' precedence in the unfolding of civilization of every genius but that of poetry— as the second born of the muses' she starts out with her divincyfssiom In her first stages of progress she takes the form of simple song Like as poetry when far advanced brings to its aid writing and printing' with their magician like powers and agencies so music in her advancement arranges her nomenclature of notation and her art becomes elaborated into science Like also as poetry from the Vrude body of verse receives a massive and infinitely Capacitated transformation into universal literature’ so music rises' from her primative form of simple song Sfo and clothes herself in grand gigantic harmonies from a and voices Or ballad untutored longer hymn unartistic votaries but a volunm of creation from the from the harmonic monarch Handel creator Harden v a Messiah bearing the almighty majesty of his Hallelujah chorus to the Lord God Omnipotent aiul from The Mozart a werrand consecrated mass to Heitvy t "genius of music dev elopes Capacities and forms for all the expositions df the harmouies of the universe and for her interpretations she is no longer dependant on unlearned compovscrs nor uponuncoutli utterances from untutored voices Her composers are now theorists her professors graduate in theory her ten thousand trained orchestras discourse her harmonies and her million vocal artistes endowed with nature’s rafests gifts of voice celebrate her fame In America and Europe professors of music and professional vocalists pass through the grades of musical education and are diligent students in the art of execution and the science of harmony In our ex- travagant courtesy we max dub any person who sings plays a fiddle or tunes a piduo professor of music or singing but in the musical ferld and by the established profession titles and cle’plomas are not so conferred A singer who holds any standing in the profession lias received a regular musical education and star singers graduate under eminent masters of vocalization Moreover besides years of professional training after they are before the public principal singers take daily and severe exercise in their art of vocaiiza tion to reach the extreme capacity of their voice Bra-haelaborate modulation and exquisite execution we believe rehearsed his great part “ Deeper and Deeper Still” for three years hfofc he sung it in public and never afterwards gave it at a musical festival without considerable preparatory exercise When vocalists advancing in age retire from their sphere of principal singers and lay by rusting their voi(e in a few years they are no longer frt for solo singers Tncy then become teachers of others in fclie art of vocalisation And not only is it required in the pnfessional world for public singers to graduate in regular musical education but professors and composers must be theorists and masters in the science of harmony A man is neither a professor of the science of music nor a composer because he can play on or teach an instruinci arrange a piefe of music or even' This is not enough He compose a few fragirients must be a master of the science of lbusie whose problems he lnls solved hiriisclf or learned from the lawgivers of theory and not a user of to him unsolved problems Mauy compose who seatcely know the alphabet of harmony and nothing of the relations of the laws of music with those of every Other branch of art This' they do by long practice in the performance of other men’s works mid by using — not solvThe mart uho Under ing other incnh problems w -- l aJ' 80' :i"r stands the laws and forms of literary composition the painter who is learned in the theory of his art tbb architect skilled in the schools of architecture embraces in liis knowledge more of the theory and his- torical progress of music than many a professor who makes a tune This is very cousistant and relations of art and science arc as far as the capacities of each branch extends the same in' all It is like the translation of the same thing into The history and schools of architecmany tongues ture agree with those of music In cathedral times we have cathedral music Their solemn massive forms and elaborate grandeur resembles the musical service of the age to which they belong Masses anthems and Luther’s llymns show their type The oratorio resembles the epic poem translated into another tonguo of art with the same principles the same style the' Same majestic elaboration the high class drama and novel find a sister exposition in the opf£hi and thus all the schools of composition in every branch of art The resemblance between literature and music is the' most perfect They have about the same theory forms the same historical relations and even their technicalities of science are to a very great extent1 common tiT both A master and critic of literary composition if his ear he fine enough aud liis analogical capacity and practice great can translate musical composition into tho language of his own art atul science He shall say that composer is profound in theory and skilled in harmonic combinations or' lie is no tlieo'rist and lias harmonies for which I find1 no keys in my art lie can say hear how lie has prepared his subject how masterly lie has resolved it how effec-- " tive are his chords hjw relative and beautiful liis episodes how cousistant his development how elaborate liis progress bow culminating his powers and effects into a grand finale or lie can assert the reverse and criticise even untutored genius in a sister art Ho shall go even farther and say that musical Composition belong to such an age or that it has the German massiveness and metaphysical sorceijv or Italian luxu- rience and elaboration or Ircndi martial spirit of delicate clasicality or English solidity simplicity aticf power Until very modern times the theory of haruiOHy was preserved in an unwritten tradition Before this glisters of harnWny handed down their sciencb to their pupils aud musical students and coinpbscrs‘ graduated in theoretical education in Gernfauy and Italy But Hamilton's num'erons works on theory liis translation of Cherubini and Arnold Merrick V translation of Albrechtsberger the maste’t of Beethoven with Dr Marks’ later and more advanced works-havmade the theory' of harmony an unsejikd volumeUtah lias in her turn caught musical education-MDavid 0 Calder lias started out as the pioneer of class teaching lfe lias in Mr Chinven’s new nota- tion a system which the profession novel will receive and which must be superseded bUtfr Cur wen is deep in The profundities of musical philosophy and ProMr Calder is one of the best theorists in Utahfessor TlioiUas is decidedly at the lien! cl of liis profession here as the cdhductor and leader of orchestral bodies and since liis arrival Irt this e'rtv instruinOnta- tion has made rapid strides Our next step is theory and professional training The profestfibn of music must bo established and when tftfr Macfarrelis and Professor Bennetts come among ug ttc must be able to present to tlieiti our diplomas ittji otir parchinent but in oiff professor’s knowledge of musical science to the very intricacies of counterpoint — to the m£st elaborate T problem of harmOn-the-sam- r |
