The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-03-07
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Ou' n'e' 'V"0'H''on ""es sisoi i'eui"s 'no "Vr
senslcal gaDble Oh fT0f. kook, TO treat IL Win
| silence and geontcmptO but at the request Of our
er;eyds v,a deteruirad to ranlv sor as Prof, Rool
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claims 70 pc o frolessor ol gwentS-nFe years eN-
perience, this claim necessarily subjects him. to
lonimadversion because the errors. and especial.
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we calp'luies "a ~ ~ Nllteis' Me y
proportion 10 the reputation OF their authors.
We ,gish Mr. Rool, had been eentlemanly enough
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70 give US us o"u n'9' nV"o'o' va ny
complain for he has given us one that suits the
rlrpose ripbt well. perhaps better than he i'm
at,,n,1 A. tho tr. ha sioped n Webster tells us
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thht lbOok Is meoe c'edi' u t@scI' aIOO0eFf ""u
TINT ROOkery is nest of Rocks. We feel con-
Hdent tl,ot the Prof Il a Rook. and that he wrote
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III . hooAei9 to' eDo. eAPies' P"PV'eN' iS"o''"s
himself fat on tho credit Of Others we wlllnOwl
refer to A few of the Professors calumnies. but
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termed inadyertencics, but deal plainly, honestly
and truthfuly with oil. and this Is the sole reason
for which we write. The Professor says, II Travelled
stcty miles IRON Portsmouth) In order TO attend
/ the concert. am well compensated for my
/ tiOubAO VI Offo ptcSOg VIC oWOiN VI
| Bunker Hill. 1t was sung admirably well, both
| in time and taste. We say It was sung tolerably
well, but, out OF time, and with little TASTE New
| ertheess, we regret that the singer did not
sing the balance Of his parts In as good style,
this would have LEFT less cause for the criticisms
OF the kooks; We once heard Of man who sat
awake an hlght IN order 10 nnd 0ut y ne sn0red
inlis sleep; but, we never before heard OF party
VINO Travelled slxly miles III order 10 near himself
sing, ana tnen' 10 become so WOnderIuliy en-
amoured Win the eHect, as 70 De hlghly com
pensated ior MS pans, Dy nearing hiinseli sing
one sony, the egouSnl q the hooks Is sublime
but we prefer Their anllnadverslon. Ihe Prof,
next says, One piece was Beautiful venice.
lWonaSiIuli we inight nave uNe.l II ,t dor two.)
l~o-tnTas ol ghe ioes ulu nov receive tne'F tones
ana those so wnIcn ne gave Ihe ZONES III Me proper
key wds ny iaisetto.r we rarely meet win SO
Ilcil sentence u hvhsehslcal glpple Us lllls, o
say notnlhg o. lts logle - huslcal senseh It's
granililalleal cohs,ractloh Is rlcn Llsten tnose
/ W " Wnlch 10 gaYe VINO gaVe rtolf ,peautllui
,eHiee NC supPusc loi .nis y .Iie u
the sentence' put tneh spls shOulu nave Deeh
sue. ASun' g~ py Iulset.o: Wele oy AL
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and perhaps il would be ullwise to educate Rocks
| 100 rapldly. besides the prof might tell Is more
what he means in Ills next ATTEMPT to critclse'
''fhe next piece was Hail Smiling Morn, next
to what? frhe Prof. certainly does not mean 10
say that this was next to 'Beautiful Venice on the
programme, for the one was No. 3 In the frat
part, and the other No. DIN the second part Per-
haps the Prof will tell Us what he means In his
next. The Prof next SAYS, II will say that dur.
Ing my twenty. five years experience in teaching
music, (eightecn of which was IN tic codd bank,
and the balance In a travelling nigger shopy we
should think | never heard il sung as il was
sung at that concert.n Nor we either Prof but
/ why not tell us who they were who performed
their parts so wretchedly, and who performed
them correctly? This Is what an honest critic
would have done. The Prof certainly does not
mean TO say that all the parts were performed
badly The ladies. God bless EN-. never perform
cd theirs better. The second tenor was sung cor
rectly, also the euphohy Of those two parts was
satisfactory to all who heard them, aud hence our
editors said the piece was well performed. (but
then, they are not RoOks.) But on the other
hand the bass, and first tenor, were such q con-
founded mass 0fcacophonlcal confusion as became
disgusting to all who heard them. We cast our
eyes upOn them once, and came to the conclusion
that the bass was taken with q it of night mare,
and whs gr0anng In his sleep, whilst the first
tenor was eayng with him III order 10 awake
him 10 sense Of his duties. l w
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FAIRIES, and that beautiful chant, Where Shall
the Soul Find Rest Who did them great in
Justice, Pr0f2 Why not be honest and truthful
/ aud tell us ii YOU know, aud II you do not Il
would have been far more wise of YOU 10 have
said nothing about them. Here again the ladies'
God bless EN-, did exceedingly well. I'm con-
clusion, will sav the Band done welln Thank
you, Prof, thank YOU but who told you that?
your abilities as professor never enabled you to
| know It, Il write this, Mr. Editor, lest people
should think that the fault lays IN the compost
tloIis. The selection OF better pieces could not
be made Wonderful we think q better selec.
tlon could easily be made, and we feel greatly sur
| prsed 10 think that professor of TWENTY-FIVE
years experience In vocal music could have made
such an assertion rs this. The professor remarks
| remind us of the story of Dan Rlces horse which
was niue years old, aud had been eleven wears
i blind. Again II must say instead of singing
them as they werc iid dOiea, but BY an attempt to
modify rach Of these pieces they were plardered."
This Is an exceedingly rich sentence of mu.
sical gabblo, :, We have heard of miners LAYING
down tram roads. lavlng aside their picks and
shOvels, Ne but we never before heard of music
being sunW as II was i,lid dorm Who made The
attempt 10 modify, Prof? Who were the muir
derersP Answer our questions, Prof, and II You
can make il appear clearly who the lnurderels
we're, we viii do our hest towards having them
huiq, even though yop Yourself NAV be- one OF
theu''
| Now, Prof. we have taken cOgnlzance Of all
~ n,'r ,,o,ioa al h",,', con-" ~ AZ aa,e,.sng
Tint IA vonr f6It flndlhc or rather colnmnIa,iv"
remarks, are confined to four pieces only, out Of
the twenty-fonr that were performed, the con-
cert must have been perfect success, aud this
opinlon Is corfobeIuted by the remarks of our
editors aud the general satisfaction OF our peo-
the evening, hoping We shall Be- able to entertain
Ine@ more worthy some 'Stare period one