New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-10-21

We will now turn 10 the system of musica writing
of Nine. Cheve-a system which has already been
subjected TO the severesi experimental tests and al
ways with the most splendid success In 1923 an
experiment was made in Lyons on 80 soldiers taken
Unfortunately from the garrison there. BY vari.
Gus causes, incident to military regulations at the
close of the five months the period fixed upon Tor
the experiment. the number of these pupils was re-
duced 10 2s-and these had been left simply by
chance and were in no way superior IN point OF IN
| ielligcnce TO those who had been Withdrawn. AT
the close of five months, from Sept. Is, 1912, to
April %, ls43 the Lieutenant General with many
other noiabilities and nearly all the fashionable So
ciety of Lyons assembled TO witness the success OF
NJ. Cheves experiment. The following was the
programme of the performance: l. In Ouatuor by
Webbe . In Air Languedocien, for three voices,
by Desrues 3D. In Trio de lOpera d Gdpe Co
Tonne, by Sacchini L. Reading at first sight every
species of interval. major and minor, ;. Reading al
sight in the eight cleis 6. Dcux canons trois voix,
dc Sihcr; !. In Quartuor de la Clemenza di Tito,
by Mozart : lie Quaiuor d lphegene en- Abide,
by Gluck u In Trio de Corysandre, gu La Rose
Magque, by Berlon 10. Finding the Tonic in all
the clefs and with all the signatures by flats and
sharps; H. Recognizing the intonaiion of sounds
H. Reading at first sight n Trio from the Magic
Flute by Mozart 10. Ave Regina, a irois voix, by
Choron; Ii. lie Gondoler canon tros parties, by
Desrues Is Quartette from the Magic Flute; l6.
Chorus from Tancredi, Rossini II. Prayer from the
Opera of Joseph by Mehul. OF the performance of
this difficult and arduous programme by the rude
pupils of Nine Cheve's system the Official Report
made 10 the Chambers speaks a. follows:
~Itwoud be difficult to describe the astonishment
produced by this performance on all those in siien-
dance The truly surprising aPlomb with which
these men sung at first sight intonauons the most
difficult in both the major and minor modes the IA
city with which they read in all the cefs, and last
~ the certainty with which they recognized ALL
and rtihoW exception each one OF the various vocal
sounds convinced the spectators that these men
possessed knowledge of information In most surpris
ing perfection. All the pieces in the Programme
were SUNG with an irreproachable accuracy, and
w,hou, the Professor marking the time, except the
two frs, bars for the purpose of indicating the pro
per movement
1t will not of course be expected that we should
present the new system in detail as know ledge OF
that can be acquired only by studying the entire
Book-every page Of which is absolutely necessary
to full appreciation ofts advantages The volume
before us only relates TO Vocal Music, and the few
rules necessary 10 perfect acquisition OF the ar OF
singing are laid down with 4 remarkable clearness
and perspicacity Instead Of round points sowed
about on five or more lines and spaces, Nine Cheve
employs the simple cyphers l. p g. T. s. O. to ex
press all the musical sounds which can be made by
the voice These are made to represent three oc-
,ave.-sufscien, fer all practical purposes OF vocal
ism The lower octave is represented by the figures
with dot pnder each; the middle, by the figures
This is thing ,hs, not ons in fifty proessed mus
clans beStn 10 do and In thousand can DO
perfectly. I'd