The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-14

S8DgerOund. III mas been drawn tORetner 10 TESTIFY
devotion TO music, and in the pursuit OF rational,
refined, and intellectual enoyments; to wake glad
remembrance Of the past and with "Eln hoch dem
Deutschen Leid' to cement more closely newly
formed friendships and old affections; to attune all
hearts with one feeling and one accord until aroused
by the inspiring sentiments and animatlng tones OF
the music Of old memories, swelling and gushing
forth in dulcet and harmonious strains, in "soul-
dssolving airs" it will transport us through the
"gaps Of centuries" along the corridors of
time" to those gadsome hours when the
symphonious gores Of Handlers Messiah" drst
broke upon the entranced ear OF civilization; when
TIE deep and heavy and grand touches OF John Sebas
tan Bach made melOdiOus music peal forth from the
organ and the clavisch0rd, and the swelling notes OF
his oratorlos achieved for him worldwide and
Haydn, sustained by a strong religious faith, broke
forth in glorious and everlasting praise OF the living
God, in his own sublime ''Creaton;" when in the
dim religious light of old cathedral aises were
heard the solemn tones OF the chorlsteTs as they
the fre-ny's light" merry music held high carnival
at the "MarTage of Figaro when the ravishing
n9tes ana hear1 sentiments OF that sweet SO song
the symphonies of the 'Magic Flute !" and finally,
when the melancholy surroundings and grandeur
and sad suhlmity Of that matchess and magnificent
"Requiem" blended and crowned at once with an
iD,morteUe Of glory the creative genius and dying
hours Of Mozart. When consecrating his deeply re-
igious spirit his touching tenderness and his love
Of the true, the pure, and the beautiful to the
inwrought the wifely grandeur of "Leonora' with
the melodies OF his "Fideo." For with him music
,J3e became I'M relieiOp and his heart ran DER
When the Fatherland rang with shouts OF joyous adj
miration and nenable emotions thrilled the hearts
encirCled with immortal love the fame Of Carl Maria
Won Weber, as his wildly grand genius poured out its
soul In the tender romantic, impassioned strains,
the grand choral harmonies and soul enhancing
orchestral effects of Der Fretschutz when with JOY
OF the setting sun as folding around him the golden
drape bsr s6 mis- be N ne gently tSrs SaEs
heard on the threshold OF night, so leaped
the heart with created Joy as the stirring melo
dies, splendid music and grand dramatic effect Of
Meyerbeers Robert te Dioble, Les HugeaOts, and lie
Prophete burst on the eye and ear Of the musical
world; when, soaring like the morn, the luminous
genius Of Schubert shed the soulstrring rapture OF
its melody on all around, until he became the en-
bodiment and illustration of the beautiful in music
and in song; when in the early morn OF his genius
ere yet his had reached its meridian height, the
spirit of Mendelssohn swept through the ambient
fields of air amid the anthems OF the blest to Law as
did Elijah, Of whom he so sweetly sung in heaven
inspired raptures his crown Of glory at his Re-
deemer's feet; when the music OF Flotow rolled out
sparkling leapng, madly dashing, then gently how-
ing as ri whose waters, dancing in the sun and
kissing its beams, are lost in some may labyrinth
where
BY dimpled brook and fountain brim,
Their merry wakes and pastimes keep"
and entwne with murmuring melodies chaplets of
wild flowers to grace the beautiful brow Aof
Our Country yet in the day break of its youth and
greatness has not in the busy and eventu hours OF
the past been able to form for ITSELF il may so term
it, American school of music. The efforts OF the
national S8ngerbunds, reaching into every hamlet,
village town and CITY OF the land, aued, f0Stered,
and encouraged by many OF our musical celebrities
and devotees of music, the general Introduction and
teaching Of vocal as well as instrumental music In
public schools in most of universities, semi
naries and academies OF learning, as In Germany-in
fact, its almost universal culture amongst us by all
grades and classes OF society; the founding and en-
dowment Of schools and academies OF music by
men Of wealth and refined culture and tastes; the
Offering of rewards and prizes for musical compost
tions-must and does necessarily encourage spirit
of emulation in and greatly tend to raise and improve
the standard of music among our people, until let
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rising in the land, inspired by the passion OF true
glory, shall dedicate grand & ana stately compost
the National S9ngerbunds, as slight acknowledge
ment OF the immense debt we owe our feow-citi-
Zens OF German birth and extraction for the intro
duction nationalizing, and, If may so phrase it,
naturaizing OF the divine art of music amongst us.
My countrymen we must then be up and doing, and
strive by our national productions to win and add
another to our many rumphs in the fields OF art and
science, and then, as now, wear with all becoming
modesty and grace the laurel wreath OF victory.
We look forward too, with ineffable delight to the
recurrence of your anniversaries as they exhibit not
only the progress made in vocal and instrumental
music, the Introduction to public favor OF new COM
posers the concord and harmony that reign among
all your people and societies, thus typifyng as it
were the spirit OF music ITSELF but in the enjoyment
afforded all classes OF people, in educating the public
ear to the melody of sweet sounds the grandeur of
music, and convincing them OF its refining influence;
for music is the soace and the exataton of the soul
when pressed with cares. 1t incites and warns the
heart to kindly and to generous deeds. IL animates
and eXats the mind to the sublime creation OF
'thoughts that breathe and words that burn" 1t
1t is the day-star and birthrght OF lOve-it is its
breath and its very existence. 1t is the consOer OF
human woes and the charm that dlsarms the malice
of envy and the rage OF passion. 1t enhances our
every pleasure c and
For ali Gods creatures in it,"
It is the spirit of civilization and the handmaid OF
religion. 1t is an emanatlon of Heaven itself,
breathing into and beautfying all nature animate
and inanimate 1t is coexisant with creation, for
when God had finished thc great globe, yea, and all
which we inherit" the seraphc choir and all the
| hosts OF heaven eXultant rang
with accamation, and the sound
SymphonOus of ten thousand harps that tuned angelic
| hRrmonies"
| 1t is never-endng hymn of gratitude. We catch
its meodious tones in the soft signing OF the Winds
in the gentle murmurDgs OF the rills, in the gliding
of the waters in the OF old oceans waves they
break and die along the shore 1t ascendeh from the
valleys. reVerberates among the everlasting hills and
is throned in sublmty when the sorm-clouds circle
| the mountain tops and the deep diapason OF the
thunder swells and rolls above them. 1t is instinct
with life in the animal creation, and the birds OF the
| air. with rarest minstresy chant and carol their
hymns and roundeays OF praise as day and night re-
vove. The morning stars as In the olden time still
sing together their songs OF glory as the herald OF the
morn relieves them OF their Vgils, and the rising sun
still causes tones OF music to issue when. riding on
| the winged hours he fecks with golden nood the
| temple OF Scraps at Thebes aud sheds his orient
| beams on Memnons statue OF old renown. Heaven
itself forever sings with jubilant tones, and loud
| hOsannas fill the blessed regions; and when that
hour shall come when the music OF our hearts shall
cease to beat, may we reallze in all unmeasured
beatitude what blind old Milton saw with the inward
| light Of faith and caught in tones seraphic-the
| angels crowned with amaranthine wreaths inwoVe
with gold, and with golden harps, harps ever tuned
| That glittering By their side.
| as they crowded the diamond portlcoes and moved
along the pavement bright that like sea OF Jasper
shone impurpled with celestial roses, smiling, and
shouting in ceaseess cantcles OF praise ana tnanks
giving "Glory glory to the Lord OF Hosts, glory 70
| God in the highest, earth peace, goodwin 70