Smyrna times., 1867-02-13
Something About Music,

, 'lu>ici chcleN--2l the band 1t seemed t. b,
out OF tune, and determined to have regular
Sct-tu
Every fellow had hi, head full Of crofcbet,
and the whole party were in pcrfcct YnlyrI
OF excitement
II seemed that Moses Artt commonly calle,
Mozart, was about to Beat IIuvrn having ;
%rildEe against hlm on account of Donna 7. mi
and having seized Handel, was irving 10 .rr
ms key for the purpose ot' RoGiu dIir =, yl
>olnebndy chicken house
he Tact i. they had all been drinking Mcy.
cr beer to excess, until 1t had worked them
, INTO perfect Torment, and each one used hi,
stan to some purpose. running up and down
from one bar u another aud striking in here
aud there whenever thc} could get a chance.
AMI shouting AT the very top of their voices.
1t length Haydn came along and being a
great composer he succeeded IN qiIctiug rh,.
ulr"ar, although M,zr persisted that he
only wanted to Prg-a rinny iur pretending to
rival hln III music rim DnuIa Xrtti charms.
y tn" band 1t, were very Jealous Of each
other, and mad" great pretcn>un- to music. it
"aN agreed that each of these three Inu,ci,ll,
IN the hr-t-cia~~ ~hn,tIi deliver 4 lecture to the
rest and that Haydn should decide a. u their
Respective merits
- atlera ~hort pause, in which Moze-art
could hardly Keep from giving lloven three
NOR" beats with the Handel, he b~gau as
follows
LETrRrI
Singing i, the art OF opening the mouth pro
perry - ae to make the voice musical PcunIe
may open the mouth II gaping or c;ltn-. but
~ hl>It i thereby produced, ami tlru.tule
'hj~ i not singing. There are other musical
thnaI> besides mIn, a. for instance. bird, and
'd- KETTLES; winch olug principally mprnuy and
'HehIIiS. hr Iattrr >luLo ouIy when il g.,>
me >t'1nI "p, and IN tins respect. j, t,o often
initiated fy man.
Singing i considered eleyatinc in il, cb,rac-
ter upon man AMI it i, 50 in tn. e.. Of rb,
otIl'r Ilrk~ lni most other bird, sing most
when ttyln- highest. and when the c;l.krttL.
SINGS It raises the i'd
In order U read music well. it is necessary
ilr>t 70 spell correctly tor if even the first h.f
ter "t the word Is wanting, it will make you
sick .u>Ir.i
There are different parts in music as there
are ~ everything else.
Ihe treble, 50 called because It's the most
trouh'e>on' To acquire and because yoluy h,
dies when requested to sing thl, part IN com
Pany are usually troubled with cold
: The tenor, 80 called because the tenor Of
what Is sung depend, upon the capacity o! the
SINGER ana because there i, only one in every
''II ot eleven cumpetCnt 10 take this ltlt tn,
r''i 2" on the "yon tenor al th.ir way
he ba>~. which /, the lowest Ilrt, i, sung
by tire men. whose nature is gru,>cr ami Of
coCr,c more bass than that OF the finer ,yx.-
1ht bass Is the foundation on which the other
parts rest.
A choir ought to consist Of twenty f,ur S;no.
ers, because twenty-tour sheets make one ouire.
There are several kinds Of money in circula
uon, harmony, antimony, matriuony. &c, bat
with the hr>t only We have to d.
G'I"rH lr'HopI'S n .U,,t, The air or
rche Is the principal part Of harmony and is
lhF drdby sung by female voices, because l,Iic, .
take more an, upon themselves than gentle
men Yet thi> is no d;>para.cmcnt To them.
Tor as the ar constitutes their very breath. 50
me ar Is the breath and soul Of music That
ladies are fond of cuitlvating different air, i
eNIdtht from their tree use OF the tan IN warm
weather aud their toninc,~ for evening z,ph
yrs hahbllng brooks and singing birds. mos
Iuto> only excepted The ten lie voic. !, an
octave higher than that of men, and Therefore.
pufer and clearer, Just a, the air 1T the top Of
ne mountains Is purcr than that IN the valleys.
TINS reason, too. ladies often speak in a
very nigh key especially to their hll,b nd>.
nu>lc l. always written on Il staff composed
II 1--we lines aud four Intervening spaces, form
NJ ladder by means of which the voice can
INcenl or descend at pleasure
Sometimes other lines are added either above
L.
inllar lines are used by tailor,. erocer,. ana
thers to post additional item, in their cdgcr>.
ma OF course to cnGthCn their hil : These ,
we're invented by Il young ady-Ad-a-lnc.
By the use of the staff persons are enabled
walk straight through piece of music. or to ;
un over the notes without letting the voice
all and hurt itscf
All along the staff are certain upright lines
alicd bars, which, with the lines of the staff.
cry much resemble puSt and rail fence The
once must be very elastic that can with one
ound clear the entire staff-any one to- AT !
empt It must { sharp, or he will in AL proba-
lnty Is nat on the other side. These bars are
called because they sometimes prove Il bar
young BEGINNERS, but to one who understand,
helr Use they are resting places for the voice
; II climbs higher and higher
Here liadyn lntertcred, as il was time to ad. {
)urn the meeting.
Thanking Mozart for his instructive lecture.
c announced that next time they would ex l
ect to hear from Beethoven
Here endeth the first lesson
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and residence now nearly completed, at ID
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al Bulletin, drew long breath" was Os-