The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-03-22


Rev. Hsaay Wead DsssAss4has bssa holl.
lng diseoulse With ~ rsadozs Or he In
Dependant e Shosoh organs. h doss no1
en6srtain 1ueA reverence for the instruments
q l1a1t IN , usaalH plAyed his dsscfip-
70 describes he grand exhibition 81 he
nsw organ, in which the great players Of the
region about take part and put The instfu-
mont through Oh ito Passa. He says:
AT lsnglh fugue 10 TO show the whole
scope and power Of The instrument The
theme, like . cautious rat, peeps ont to eco
IF the coast 10 clear, and, aitsr few hesita,-
tons, comes forth and begins 10 frisk little
and run up and down 70 go what it can find
Il fnds Just what il did mot wants purring
tenor lying in ambush and waiting for
spring, and - the theme comes incau-
6oualy near, the savage cat Of tenor pitches
q iksnisses ID hold and takes after It with
terrible earnestnesa But it has miscalcula-
I'D the egility Of he theme All that il cod
do, with the most desperate effort, was to
keep the theme from running back into it,
hole again, and % they ran up and down,
around and round. lodging, eluding, whip
ping in and out Of every corner and Nook,
till the whole organ was aroused, and the
base began to take part, but unluekily slip
ped and rolled down stairs, and lay at the
bottom raving and growing in the most aw.
full manner, and nothing could appease it
Sometimes the theme was caught by one
part and handled for moment when, with
snateh another part took il and ran OF az
ultant, until unaWares the Same trick was
was played on Il, and finally, all the
parts being greatly exercised in mind,
began to chase each other promiscuously in
and out, MP and down now separating and
new rushing in full tilt together, until every
thing in the organ Lost patience, and all the
stops were drawn, and, in spite Of all that
che brave organist could do--who few about
and hobbed up and down, feet, hands, head
and all-ths tune broke up into real row,
and every part was clubbing every other one,
until at length patience being no longer
virtue, the organist, with two or three ter
rife brushes, put An end to the riot, and
brought the great organ back to silence"
In another part Of the same article he des- |
cribes the organists who have been Mt var
ious times installed over this magnificent |
Instrument, Introducing in connection with |
one Of them, very ludicrous incident he /
says:
Then came . young man Of true and |
deep nature, to whom music was simply
symbol of something higher, . language |
which in itself 10 but little, but a glorious
thing when laden with the sentiments and |
thoughts Of great heart But he was not |
. Christian man, and the organ was not to
him . Christian instrument but simply
grand gothic instrument to be studied, just |
- . Protestant would study cathedral, in
the mere spirit Of architecture, and not all in
sympathy of religious Significance or uses
And before long he went abroad to perfect
himself in his musical studies but not till .
most ludicrous event befell him. On Q Christ
mas day q great performance was to be
given. The churchwas full All was mu.
sically expectant 1t had been given out
that something might be expected. And
surely something was had little more than
wssss expected For when every stop was
drawn, that the opening might be with
sublime choral effect, the down pressing of his
hands brought forth not only the full-ex-
pected chord, but also a cat, that by some
strange chance had got into the organ. She
vent up over the top as if gunpowder had
helped her. Down she plunged into the
choir, to the track around the front bulwark
If the gallery, until opposite the pulpit, when
she dashed down one Of the supporting col
,mns, made for the broad aisle, when lit
lie dog Joined in the ARRAY, and both went
1own toward the street door at an astonish
ing pace Our organist, who, on the first
appearance of this element in his piece,
matched back his hands, had forgotten to +
relax his muscles, and was to be seen follow
ing the cat with his eyes, with his head turn.
I'd, while his astonished hands stood straight
,ut before him rigid a. marble!"