The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1844-01-01
Miscellaneous.
Italian Music

The effect Of the famous piece Of music, known as
ne .HisTsrs. Psifarunsd at Rome, by the Pope's
u.nr = the si@ss Chapel on the anniversary OF the
ssusl8ion, has thsn been described by travellers:
be- ~ none will more graphic viyidness than by n
cor s'PondeHt ~ the New York Tribune in the fol-
iou & extract.
81. FErER's CHURCH.
Rome, April, ls43.
ilt the last lev days have done nothing but run
20 "a from 81 Pcicr's l have been amids, the
ro1 and oonission Of the Holy Week the great an
feast Of thn Church. Thirty-sx thousand stranp
re IN RoH,sso says the police to his holiness
the GROWER that aoek to witness the ceremonies
81 III Peters icrally black the Streets will not
ss.ry you WIKI long description of their unmean-
nr ssremonis,,
iouE trains Of Cardinals carriages, with their
pi'a0d horses snd glded traPPings, and richly liver
81 1lalntn, streaming up to the Church, and thun.
sa'ug those ioounsdes--Pope, Bishops and Cardi
ua 70 IN their Iieh ve.tnents, passing up and down
go iSus 81 P'isr's IN solemn procession, amid the
wrsng q pal s.iho kneeing OF whole ranks of arm
81 men. and he braying Of uumpets-kissing Of the
fo'e's ioe-'vashing Of feet. waving Of nsense, and
en- Htus Of F1D's. ia the midst Of gaping multtude,
uiiis mp Of0s scenes Of Holy Week The ceremo-
~ q earyiRg the Pope the shoulders Of men like
o. Cd womE,. up and down the church, Is ridiculous
~ he sSuoise.
There were but two impressive things amid all
thsas Pompnus ceremonies. One was the chanting of
rs Msereni IN the sistne Chapel. Thirteen candles
IN me -Srm ~ triangle lighed up when the
e.anting ofihs lamentations commences. One after
another 10 eItngUished proceeds, until the last
AZ the TIP Of the tsangIe which represents Christ
sput out be others representing the prophets and
god men who preceded our Saviour, one by one 70
Ga, IN the ght Of tho grave, and tho lamentaton
gruws widsF deeper But as the Prophet ofProph-
CT The lighthe Hope Of the World disappearing the
lament suddenly ceased. Not sound was heard amid
Iha deepeHiHg gloom. The catastrophe was too aw-
"a and the shock too great to admit of speech. lie
who had bsn pouring out his sorrowfu over the
departure u the good and grea, seemed struck
dsnb at tbs last, this greatest woe. Stunned and
stupie1 BIZ ooald only contemplate the mighty disas-
ter. net Ct fsh heavier pressure on my heart
than at the moment The chapel was packed in
every incl Of h-even out Of DOORS far back into the
open ball. and yet not a sound was heard. could
hear the taeahng OF the mighty multitude and amid
II The fe9sent half drawn sigh. Like the chanter,
each man seemed 10 say.-"Christ is gone! We are
OrDbuns-,sl Orphansr'--The silence at length be-
c. nc too painful thought should shrek out in
agony, when suddenly low wall, so desolate and
YET sweet departing and yet so TENDER like the
la string Of a broken heart slowly stole out from
tba distant enclosure and swelled over the throng,
ih,t the tears rushed unbidden to my eyes, and l
could have wept lie a child in sympathy. 1t then
died ay Il the grief too great for the strain
F. inter and fainter like the tone OF 1ute it sunk
away, as Ghs last strain were over, when suddenly
there burst through the arches cry so piercing and
shrill tina, seemed not the voice Of song but the
language OF wo nded and dying heart, its last ag
Of Izing throo. The multitude swayed il like the
forest b. the blast Again ceased und the broken
sObs Of exhausted grief alone were heard. In mo-
n mt the whole choir joined their lament and seemed
e weep with the weePer. After few notes they
pa used again, and that sweet, melancholy voice
nournsd alone. Its note is still in my l want
I'd to see the singer II seemed rs if such sounds |
- aid 'aome ffOm nothing but n broken heart. Oh, |
BOW uhlke the joyful, the triumphant anthem, that
':VePt through IlsSl chapel the morning HAT
y mhe iled has resurrection.