, 1874-12-06
4, r.,rfal State Of Boredom to Which It
u ie,n,rpuy Reduces lis Listeners.
,rd;tors and Critics Are Driven.
n" Into Kypocrisy-
<,,rssipg Rapture Whsn They Feel
Nothing but Torture.
;n~otest Of Sensible Old Gen
t1cuinu.

I ~, amusing md pathetic. Tho reorgani
! .,r of tho various musical sociotles Tor tht
/ pe,.,.,.nra;en, and tho announcement OF TIL
.orss Of receptions and rccltals. revive
1 ,rof The spcculationB and discussions arousee
3 '..a manifesto in question. Tie Association
e.,ot corccal that there is .
i GREAT FALLING OFF IN Ecs1HCs1Asn
i .u 4, former dayotccs and supporters. Tht
- snd beauty, tho zse aud culture, which
! =. .udurau it's longest reoitals, and shed tht
] ~-,of fashion aad distinction over the chll1ies1
] = Jhsnbe1-copcert=, are now straying to ths
4 ia halls Of tho opera, or in tho direction oi
!. .ao1niua.ion known Gs popular music. >
J ~. tran al, there is dcceltful temporizoz
x:m .s Thongs, who, by artfully eaudwichins
ar,yer strains of Bach, Handel. and Ecetho.
=. he.geen the 1noat caticirg melodies Of Veg
- Rnss:ni. and Gounod, has converted many
:, had long resisted the unadu1teratcd truth
xra.eutcd BY their Association. and even led
',,.bs Ter7 elect. The Association sees In
~ intuatioas Of deplorable decline in mu-
r+,t,s;e; it eecs ground for renewed cxcrtion
,xrart to, restore tho bsckRlde1s to the old
r,i,-it sees everything but tho luminous fact
q i soze ray Or other, wholly or in part. it
MISSED TIE CONNECTION
zt7t.n The voices OF tho Pas; and the living
lstef To-Day. What the society needs is not,
rM President urges in his circular, freeh zeal
,d,sseverance in the cid WY, but q ne.o way.
aeir to become power over tho lsfo OF the
rsss.s, The episode is Of verv general inter-
< ht.use the Harvard Association is by no
,.,., slono in its experience. It's discourage
r.,ta md perplexities belong to the whole sub
&c d classical music and it's presentation in
Its touut1y. Tho torn classical music y is
rs.a u rasue way By most of us to indicate
ha~ So:ks of great composers aad
sha;, discples nnd imitators. 4 moro exact idea
# It. hus seopo end character may be
ott.i1sa t1 otserrius that, from the earliest ap-
pee,,nes cf Il. art, two varieties OF Music a1e
distinctly .gpareut: one created to accompany
Hpals, .i,pt,es itself to the thought contained
ID theu .nd therefore subordinate to tEcm the
.she:, aiming to express thought Independently,
4..:::trueg, in fact,
A4ASGCAGE oF ITS owS.
0ttks first kind was that Of the Creek poets,
thSre the music was only the means Of present.
x ttea 6opge to the world. Tta3 tho second
d, #hlth conveyed ideas without the aid Of
g#az xss cosysi with this, is evident 1lom
essy tnditfons, the 1cyth of Orphous, for in-
tsus the power Of Uavid's music over Saul
ii that Of 1imotheEs over Alexander. no ox.
;t::teT told By Dryden il the familiar s. 0doo on
l. tsdls's Day"
o. tie music which ia subordinate to words,
T. bsl!ad Las, IN ell agos, presented the SIM
::aa afnsm, a1d The lyric drama is its most coIl-
Eaades sre, plainly. the works Of pa1cstriua.
ID. Beethoven, Hcnde!s.ohn, and the whole
xsal Of classical composers; s!nco the chief
E1aod result Of taolr works we're to give
E,asa langrage Of its own, capable OF express
i al varieties Of thought. Tie nucicuts
Erzsd that this was universal language, in
1-aote to tha tlliterata Us to tho learned, aud
xR7nscendiDg coanoa speech But, at tho
t..nt DAY. & majority of the students and
- Of this kind Of m!1sic claim that it can be
Faciated only by tho technically instructed,
:. sacred few specially initiated into its
rss7ies. II tins oia.zn be jun..w may assume
b this form Of music has eocn It's best days,
4 that the new thought Of :he now epoch will
Eeaoose it cs q medium. In cyery work Of
Ete*:ired to Immortality, tacra is nt 1east one
=bStsing ray capable Of
r.t,tiha.1ao I InI EEAai " ihI AoA-11ooE.
~ - r. p ar;a+a,-atio e. ;I ao TnGr tes5. ~
~, y, ), a. 10 Ha,,dn;c a, -...a -, ~ psnu9
;na .' sr a :. ~, Sin nno rs1 .iat g. :.
Isss H. sn1 aD;t." a1ano 49, ~; o
sst!ts ussa come down to tho level Of the mui-
tt:tcas. Their great Indebtedness to him ia.
t1I te lifted them, for q momeus at
lit b his own INV il it. with classical
E7kt Ia this respcct: To tho crea. majority Of
efA, what commonly paeses u1,der that t,arnp
::4.tsr ef societies in Boston and elsewhere dc.
1 nasn and fho h;rI, stend;n0 ri thc iui1i-
tadai gembcrs The varm rupporE riyen fiat
fast 10 tto now society prrnnized IN this civ
u iaeauubet and character Of the ai1dielices.
no disproof of this assertion Nothing
lss;s. religion las ever been Lurlcned with rs
egea nurlber 1t unconscious ITnocritea AZ
ssitt music. Thc e.su.nt,tion ti,hf wlntnver |
sta ttis name 1eprescntg the best in music.
y Tut spprec,at,on Of it 1s Indicative of q
y aes1ee Of culture, is tho ratu1ai so1tco OF |
:. y h!poeEisy. The practical effect is some |
~ y lite this u: Do you ad,nfe certain compo-
sea b celebrated master? Eo; you 1rank-
afsonein tho extreme. The illuminated look |
I tasho other Significantly mud wag their heads:
!. /. bot educatsd nm To- il What American
4eortess that he is not olucatcd no to any-
czs s abich any othnr Arnariran knoEs TIE |
u tine fou IRE interrnratcd y.n,1 1eclara yf1rr
1S'ateas admiration OF fLe work in uueaIion.
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ae far r,o-o h,s;;.;f,,i nj 1t!1. n,,'-o h,,,.a
iii On ~ u.l.nl .a1u osn ur pa1'"u ,,
assss5ms Taaas SssasAoA0 prefer d 'onsei' ."11oso
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s1aitg, ss:sIg, eoaee1'o IN a N1nn::
e. Ss' o'h''aohs III -n1iot'