Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1848-02-18
CHURCH MUSIC.

abroad. She was cured.
CHURCH MUSIC.
The Boston Courier SAYS nine-tenths oil
the fashionable church music, is no devo.
ton, and ought to be hooted from society
Too true !, bu, what will be done about
III IL there is one thing for which we are
willing TO be taxed more than another il Is
for the support OF music in our common
schools.-for we hope another generation
will he able 10 make church music what il
should be-devotion, not noise.--Canbridgc
Chronicle.
Owe would be as public-spirited as our
neighbor in regard to taxation for the teach.
ing OF music in common schools, If the
music taught there we're not chiefly OF that
sort that has no more vitality than the
bumming Of dying locust. What i'm
provement has been made in the singing in
schools. within two years we cannot under
take TO say, for we have not ventured with
in the hearing Of it since we we're obliged
To visit officially the schools in our good
city Of Cambridge. Its character then was
much like that which is heard in the church
or meeting-house-namely, one continued
drawing OF common cords.
Sing-song-
Ding-dong-
String--strong-
RinQ-wrong-
This Is the allegro style. The adagio is
like it, except that there is slight prolong-
alton Of sound, thus
Si-ng-so--ng--
Di--ng-do-ng-
SC. &c.
Sons sing. in order to give greater ef-
feet to their performance introduce hitch
and jerk as thus
81 hi-ng-so' hong
Di hi--ug-do' hong
sc. &c.
and so on. though six or eight stanzas long
metre. This is generally done six times
every Sunday. Before this fashionable
murder Of a hymn is finished, those of the
audience who are not mentally cursing the
stupidity Of the choir, are asleep. [, is
matter for wonder that clergymen do not
protest agains. such PROCLAMATION. They
must see that the general character Of the
singing neither inspires devotion nor aids
piety. II chors would sing some Of the old
American tunes-the compositions Of Bill
ings, Read, Swain, and Holden, intermin-
gled with Old Hundred, ST. Martins, Ban.
gor, and Colchester, and the like,-tunes
which have a character that impresses itself
on the memory, and enables all the congre.
CATION to Join in the sing they would not be
Obliged 10 preach so often, TO empty pews or
snoring ,corshippsrs. A duet by humble.
bee and musqueto-ihe humming Of the
first being the base, and the buzzing Of The
other the treble, would exhibit as much va.
riety as the greater part OF the sacred music
(sacred trash y that has been published
during the last thirty years.
But the good old days Of New England
music have passed away and the singing
masters who could compose and teach it,
are known only by history as an extinct
race. Professors, have taken their place,
aud very probably have assumed this more
fashionable tile; they profess what they
have not taste 10 appreciate, power TO teach
nor capacity to learn. 1t would be difficult
TO find pupil Of modern Professor
or even Professor himself-who could
sing Billings, Majesty, Reads Sherburne
or Edson's Leno1-pieces which once had
power TO excite an audience, and which d
performed now, would ill meeting house
quicker than the most eloquent preacher ia
the country. Then, there we're four page:
of Rules, that could be commtted TO mem
DRY and reduced TO practice in three or lou
evenings were all sufficient TO bring forward
a choir of singers Now fly or hundred
Names of seIemenia mada nm or iawbreak.
ing deriyations from Greek and Latin, and
NIL the musical terms to be found IN the
French and Italian vocabularies, clumslly
Anglicized or Yankee6ed, are to be stud
led and If the pupil, after six months or I
years beating of brains, should get ioler
able idea Of what the Professor would b.
al, (though many Of The pupils get tired ant
disguised in less than half that time) he i
probably qualified to join in the
ST. hing--so' hong
Di' hing-do' hong
that is so admirably adapted to excite Thu
spirituality of a congregation,
We believe it was the celebrated preach
err, WHITFIELD, who first adapted devotion
al poetry to the old popular songs OF TN
Scotch and English. because. as he said, !
was not right that the devil should have al
the good music. Ifthe good old music b.
restored and once more form part OF pub
lie worship, we should be willing that ih
devil should take the Professors and wsl
him much Joy of his bnrgain.-COurier.
Iron SoLDER.--A new process has just beer
invented and brought into use in this city, b.