New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-12-10
,rpsic, Natural and ArtiGeiai-Jenuy Lind
and her True Mission.

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yonr columns and those Of other public journals
hove late been teeming with admiring remarks
,,r,or the movers and virtues OF the Swedish song
stress. This being the general echo OF the public
sentiment, whenever it has been free from ex
travaqauce, have been deli GIFTED to see It, mas
,,ncb as if powerfully illustrates hopeful trait in
human character, the disposition to worship land
fins assjmilate with the nearest approach to
,s,teetfoa in any human qualification. And now,
aside from party and sentmentality allow me, in
nlain prose. to offer few thoughts relative to the
mi bono of this wonderful musical prodigy with
which our country and the world is now visited.
But in order to be properly understood, must
first offer remark or tworelatiye to the phloso-
pbv and influence Of music in general. Viewed
from the profoundest depths Of the spirit and
hence viewed in its more interior and real nature
music is the correlatiye, interchangng, and har
nonial vibrations of different movements, both in
the world of matter and of mind. What is, in q
re stricted mode of thought, commonly understood
as music, consists simply of the variations and IN
tercommingling of seven different vibrations in the
air, called sounds, produced either ny vocal or IN
Ornamental means. Isay Seren vibrations tleaYln9
ont the semitones) because the higher and lower
OCtaVeS are only VI CoiLu OAt!Ei OA4
higher and lower scales, wishout change OF identl-
ty in any other respect. These seven sounds con-
sttute what's called the diat089c Scdle which was
never inventedby man. butts eternally established
in NATURE.
1t is a fact not generally understood but which
the writer, from long Investigation OF the subject
stands prepared to demonstrate, thai erery COM
q,lete sgste8, OF creation and Increment in aature
houerer SMALL contains ejthtn ltScf tie mlaclpies
ofIAe diat0nic scale That is it consists OF seven
serial parts harmonizing in the relations OF l, },
5. &c according to the general type furnished by
that species of music which addresses the eXter-
nal ear.
anatomical structure of man; in the physiological
operations through which the elements of nutri-
ton pass in becoming blood in those through
which the latter passes in being converted into
ultimate spiritual essences in the great leading
affections of the soul, and 1t nightb shown, ALSO
in the corresponding divisions and Subdivisions oil
the natural classes of society Or, descending
into creations beneath man, we find the same
principle manifest in the grand divisions OF the
animal kingdom, in the vegetable kingdom, IN the
geological formations and periods, and indeed In
the great System OF systems generaliZed as one
complete and universal Whole. And there IS
more than reason to suspect, as we might show,
that these same seven-fod relations run cores
pondingy through all the Heavens, and mark the
stages of mans progressive ascent from earth to
the Deity The inspired seer st. John, speaks OF
the seven spirits of Cod. e. the seven attributes
of Divine Love and Wisdom and as 1t is natural
for these to elaborate for themselves outer embOd
iments corresponding to their interior nature, we
find here the origin of that melOdy-harmony-
nnusic-which characterizes all creations works
and ways
Music, therefore, in its most enlarged sense, is
the breathing of God through all Nature and
Heaven and is the law governing the harmonious
and affeetionate interblending of all forms and
movements. 1t binds all systems aud opera
tons together III sympathy and accord; and in
as its spirit flows into the approaching
soul that soul is brought into harmony with Ma.
ture with Heaven, and with God. y, could It's
spirit be breathed by mankind universally, what
social harmony and peace would replace our pres
emit discord and distractions The different class
cs of mankind would then naturally fall into their
appropriate places in the seven'od series, aud IN
their reciprocal and fraternal movement, would
tremendously chime in with the great realm OF
outer and interior being, in chanting the universal
and eternal re Dcum
But in our present sphere of being these har-
monies are nappreciable TO our outer senses, ana
they have to be translated into sounds; and what
il specifically called music, is reG( music only IN
proportion as it s faithful rendering to the eN-
terror ear of this interior music of Nature and
Heaven, and in proportion as it awakens the meo-
dies and harmones of the latter in the human soul
B eng thus an expression OF nature breathlngs,
audi6lc music may, in proportion to It's perfection
be made the vehicle through which man may be
inspired with the love.prnciple OF every develop.
mcnt in nature, and with every emotion OF which
the human hear. is susceptible; and through it the
harmonies of Heaven and Of the Divine Mind may
fOW into the soul.
In these days of spiritual aspiration and human
tary reform-in these seasons literally speaking)
of angel visit0tions who come to herald the mil.
lennial day-God has sent JENNY LIND as high
OF
melodies, that by translating these into her beau
tiful vocal tones, she may charm the rude hearts
of this discordant humanity into something like
brotherhood and mutual love. This is her beauti-
tiful mission (as all others have theirs) and not
withstanding she seems not to have entirely con-
ceived it, she is unconsciously performing it in
part She has thrilled Europe with her melodi-
Gus strains, and is now enrapturing thousands on
this side of the Atlantic. And am not conscious
of an over heated enthusiasm when say that it is
impossible for any one who has q soul for music,
to listen to her avorite songs without being made
to feel more In harmony with nature, more kindly
toward his fellow man, more worthiy toward his
God
But here allow me torespectfully submit, mot in
the spirit OF fault.finding, which God forbid that
tits impossible for Jenny Lind to perform her full
nilsson, so long as she confines herself to ballads
the music OF which are so serYilely adapted to
merely acquired taste, and so foreign to the pres
ehI 5tedt aspirations OI humanity, as many OIL her
songs have been. | would not, OF course, have her
entirely dispense with the more anciful compost
tons Let her occasionally sing the glorious CaSta
Dte0, the herdsman's song, and some others of like
nature; but let the bulk OF her music represent the
gushing aspirations OF the great heart of mankind
at this age Of moral, social and spiritual regenera-
ton; and she will most surely descend into and
move that heart with teniold more power than
she even now does. For instance, without ST.
ding with any insulated faction of reform let her
strains and the words set to them, generally be
adapted to melt the stony heart of the tyrant and
the oppressor, to inspire hope and courage in the
bosom OF the downtrodden and responding to
move the hearts of the great, in frateTnal sympa-
thy towards the unfortunate and neglected;
and with hnr IL 4. -. L