The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-01-30

j Probably the onBys tGDrfnJuty tne poss,
speciinen Gf ssnnipe Church /. n ~ s pure :,
| 10 the Church Of the PsuIiss Fathers In
West Fifty ninth Street, near Ninth Ave-
! nne, and lust opposite to the Roosevelt
Hospital. This is the frst Komenist
church under the name founded 10 this
city, ard although only OF recent growth,
already boasts Of 40 attendance OF between
two and three thousand persona, and haat
| che foundation dug for q new church eds
fce. Wonderful, indeed. are the means
used by this sect for the promotion OF
their ends wonderful In the knowiedge OF
human nature therein manifested, and
most wonderful Of ell are the reeuits at
tanned.
Every year do We become more fully
impressed with the stupid, criminal, waste-
| fol, and caQseless FOLLY of the aduninistrs-
ton Of musicai Offices In most Protestant
chusches, especially higb-toned ones.
For instance: there was Christ Church,
few years ago, spendinge1s 600 . year
for mnsic which was at onces burlesque and
proclamation ; st. BartholomeW's spende
nearly $40, 900 year for mnsic--but good
mnaic St. Thomas, which spends about
OF 600 for music, badly selected, badly
play ed and badly sung.
Now the Church of the Paulist Fathers
sustains an antiphonal choir Of seventy
boys and men, who sit on either side OF
the chancei, and who perform the GeOrg-
egian Plain Song with modern harmoDiess
song from printed books with the ancient
slaves Of four lines Of square notes. The
clearness- of the soprani {few OF whom ara
over ten years of age,) sonorousness of the
alti, and the even balance of tenori and
bassi, as they EXIT in this magnificent
body of choralists, are simply awe inspir
Ing. There ia nothing to compare with 1T
In the city, And can be nothing superior
to it in the country. The quaint old
music here to be heard is study in itself.
It is supposed to have been originally jew
ish music and TO have afterwards passed
into the Greek Church, from which il was
adapted by Gregory the Great to the Romish
ritual. It comprises separats muslc for
every Sunday Of the Ecclesiastical year,
and this fact compsis the choir boys GO Do
readers OF music, and not mere ear bah
blArs, as are most OF the Episcopal choir
boys Of orr acqQaiatanee.
4 Thia music il q fOrcible illustrations OF
Richard Wegner's rnle whereby to test the
true Ecclesiastical atyle, which he assures
MS must be !" wirh0nt time, rhythm and
accent" Most .persons would say at once
that they could not like IL, bnt alas !! this
would only be to expose their poor taste
and lack of appreciation
This choir, Of course, sings great por-'
ton OF she service In unieoDs. and some of
the antiphons are between single voice.
voice and the double choir, bot at many
sGAU6uG68 JuG QIk&A s9t9PR6& olg46ObhON 0n0
the choirs brsnehed out in rich harmoniee
sometimes in 5ige real payts. and finished
the phrase entirely att9 CapeILa. Manyscfi
the reaponees4 were thus sung, AND the eff
feet was one to- be long renaen bered. On
Q eertain "Amep" this eject Wac elabof
alto, tenor and bass parts moving about in
delicious changes, while these darling lit.
tie boy soprani Gang I'd inverted pedal
point on g, long, swelling, ringing, heart
Piercing note which made M forget every
thing mundane in it's deiirions ebaTms
Biess their fresh young hearts? There 10
such an infectious enthusiasm about music,
cal beye that it runs away with all of our
natural prejudice against them. They are
quite different from your sleepy, venai,
etuek mp, coDceited, airish yTtnsH doass
with their elaborate toilets, ribbons, fea-
TIERS fanss AOwers, smirks and sinnpers.
All Of these but help to stop, the care by
poor Music Of her right alone TO compel
admiration.
Nov Reverend readers, and 'sinfalliblen
and RaisasHt music committee geDtle-
men, Who think yoR are dOisg wonders
when yon get q fOHrth class QDartette and
blandeyi1g eFganist for tour OF &ve thou
sand deliars, and ye shrewd, high-miDded
individzale, with 90 keen an eye to the
main chance, an3 30 lively q sease of the
dignity becoming to Fifth Avenue churches
that You leb yONV OFganist print Pamphlets
in bad grsmnser, inviting "voiUnteeHs"
into yooS choirs and ofEsring "tea biscuits
and sandwiches" as an inducement, what
do you think such splendid choir as that
Of the Paulist Fathers with OrgaDist) COSTS
1t colts siS]ttes1s Kindred dolIana q gear,
including extras, and the music they make
cannot be matched in any church in
America, in intrieaey, difficulty, light and
shade, power. delicacy, beauty aud pro-
priety,
The pastor Of the church is Father
Young, who, of course, brings not only
| deep Interest bat profound knowledge ia
bear upon his music, and the ovGanist and
| choir master is Mr.. Bdmund G.. Hurley, to
whom exceptional honor and credit are due
! We advise all Protestant clergy men and
| church uaueic committees to visit this very
remarkable church as rare and valuable
lesson in church music.
The jefferson, Texas, Jin.pEssute thus dis.
courses upon the proposed foundry to be