The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-09-25
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music ton papr) ~ oi air, nf,'nng'
an1 Other like un.ub.,antial thing
i a,tvx-, vr ~, vel known 10 be n>>cr.
ted al the present ds,. aud would bt
q it. to- Il te II .maik even 'ur IS g.
uaSc ,Wrrc i, not a. Ncarc .hou to ,
n'a," To introduce To the world jus, ~
little mere of the same sort. The |
wonderful hurn,M,ics e nature have !
nl,k" a,,ra,icd the notice Of the Malh. |
mn;ician The musical genius and the sill |
more fancifll semi musical roct. since |
the creation Of the world, aud whenthc
stars frs, rnng together but the gtca,
difficulty seems to have been, from iha,
day to this, that all could not appreciate
this delightful music Of nature-or in
other wo DIS could not hear the great or
gan play,--and therefore from the days
Of hakSpeare TO the present time the
more highly favored in this rcspcc, have
felt it incumbent upon them TO give US
gros,er murials most frequent turnings
of their own hurdy Curdies rs HAS
,ra,i.e Of lh,ir own feelings While un.
der the influence Of thi, divine music,
and rs II sort Of recompencs to us poor
err mortalS whose ears have not been
oprnri 10 the sublime l,armones Of Gre
alton Is il strange then that with
the incc>sant grinding Of these hur.
dy.gurly performances, and the Tyre
twangine, harp swapping. Lutte breath
ing and whistle blowing effort. Of our
minor po.ts--who miN join in chorus
with the truly inspired mas.tr.-we say
is il strange that many honest people
should begin TO open their eyes i'll aston
ishmen, to see how full the world is OF
music, ,ha, they cannot hear We think
not and while We say this we wish il,
dstincly understood That it is not our
wish TO di>parage any attempt of the
most humble follower Of the ninc--or
discourage him in any effort to give to
the world any new Emusic as yet Gun
written or unsun.. Rather would we
say with another If music be the food
Of love Cor fun) play on AMI
while others may give vent to their en-
vous malice or draw inyidious compar-
isons between the poets Of the present
day and those who lave passed before
them, we would offer our feeble aid in
their defence; believing as we DO tina!
-. tho the 'age Of chivalry may have
- passed away (save in South Caroina)
). the true poetic temperament still exist,
amcng us, and that the hrigh. fires OF
:, genius are yet kept freshly burning.
:. II is true that Shakespeare, Cowper and
fep others Of the oldrn time have OBJ
tanned an eminencc hard to be obtained
by an aspiring genius OF the present
, day; and having all OF earth and heav-
en- sea and sky as a field before them
theyhavewovcn many Il fine fancy drawn
from nature, and by obtaining early pos
session Of the keys of natures organ
: they so nearly played the Emusic out ,
in their own glorious strains as TO some
what embarras and almost discourage
their less fortunate followers in more
modern times. We know that Byron,
Bryant, lIalleck and some others OF the
present aye have succeeded in striking
an occasional key, forgotten or overlook
. ed by the earlier masters, but in the
main the moderns are much in the stu
alton of the man who uouid have writ
ten Psalmody had no. DR. Watts entire
ly occupied the ground before him.
that he wiH find himself, whoever thinks
, of wiring any additional music after
= the completion of Lowell Mason's
arrangement for it. So il will be
- seen that the poets OF the present day
have a most serious time Of i,--and
i for reasons above named often find
: themselves hard pushed for Fl, sub
: ect to write upon. And again the
Unitarian spiri. Of the age, is in di-
rect oppo' ton to the divine spirit Of
song-as exhibited by the early writer's,
and whose production. are SO little APP
: rreciatrd now tho in this matter we
c think tie poets are rather getting the
-, better of the world in general a. they
show an adaptation TO this kind Of song
writing as surprising in itself as it is
; crediiable to the Using genius Of The
time. In their hands s,eaming, siz-
cling tea kettle is made TO send forth
mos, wonderful notes, and with the in
ce.sant tho harmonious ticking Of some