Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-11

like the eradication Of some prejudices
is physical impossibiiity. la the earl!
days OF California there lived and Hour
shed fiddle-stick, stalwart, hand
some young Irishman, John Kelly by
name. He WAS is alive vet, We be
lievel, all health, all vigor. all manly
| beauty; and did not know q note. lie
| couidn't write a letter nor read word
| We Ignorant youngsters with soul for
music thought he could ou.-fddle the
world One day there came along sci
| entiic vioinist fiddler. violin
| ist-Simoasen by name, who knew more
music in Llinrte thh2 poor Kelly ever
will know If ne lives to be a thousand
years old. He was the representative OF
cultured music. They set him up in ione
saloon and Kelly IN another. The earn
est. truth-seeking crowd for none Of
them knew what was correct. and all
had al ambition to learn, went from
one house to the other, and returned TO
their first love and sat entranced under
the strains o: kelly's fddling. Since
then we have all heard Camilla Urso,
Ole Bull a1d the rest; but still the pas
siona:e, touching strains OF that rude
Irishmsn's fiddle linger Oh the ear of
memory, and VIII rot be superseded.
In the eyes OF musical science we are AL
wrong Kelly was Vulgar fiddler and
Simonsen WAS an artist. Bat the fact
remains. Kelly touched a place IN
the hearts of his auditors which
DO mere skill cRn reach. Burns,
the plowman, finds a million listeners
when the refined and cultured Pope Is
neglected End uncared for. The heart
first; the brain at last. The Tennessee
Jubilee Singers ere nine illlterate, I'M
cultivated slave people. Two or three
Of them are almost pure black. They
have given three concerts IN Carson.
They have sung more music and melody
aud cherished song into the hearts Of
this people than al the concer: singers
high, low and Indifferent that we have
ever seen here. They strike ons as be
ing as much Of wonder as Blind Tom
himself. One will sing the opening
words or text of the hymn, like Swing |
low the chariot" and the melody o. the |
with so grand a crash, so much O! |
charming avalanche of melody that one
is taken by storm. Tbs girl Lulu is al
most unequaled as soprano singer. |
Her voice Is as clear II the clearest note !
Of SAKE horn, her compass is IN
bounded and the fle1ibility of her mod
u!ation IS almost unparalleled. The
tell woman who stands on the tight
as you face the stage-has most
alto (not cOntralto) but unmit-
igated alto voice. In her way, her sing
ing ia as deep and as rich and as full
Of that fathomless, unformulated, bird
like music. as Blind Toms amazing
baritone. In such songs as MY soul
has hiding place" the full measure Of
this troupes powers finds expression.
They sing with the fervor of earnest
piety. They enjoy the mirth OF the au.
iieuce rs an incident; but their singing
1as all the expression and air of n de-
1otioral exercise. The satisfying part
IF the entertainment is the sense Of nat
lralness. So-c8lisd "nigger singing"
,inks into vulgar artiiice beside it.
The irresistible righteousness OF the
plantation phraseology brings its laugh;
2ut one laughs with and not at it; and ,
he final sense ia Of healthful and help ,
al mirth, and not OF mookery nor heart I
ess derision of things sacred or simple.
We should say the effect WIS refreshing. I
Certainly the uncultiyated musical ear ,
inds deep draughts of satisfaction in
hese rich but simple melodies. It is
1elly's fiddle again. Those of us who I
rs not cultured like to contrast the {
plendid efforts of genius aid crude na- I
ure against the results OF tie schools. I
The poor mans love for the skylark's !
rec note is as well grounded as the e
musicians cultured admiration Of the t
chools for the accomplishments Of the 5
ierman tullfncb. The unpiowed soil 4,
,hich yields in spite of weeds and worms q
field Of majestic corn, is with hearty v
ride cont1sste1 with the finer but feebler {
roduc.s OF The model farm. Natural 4
len like nature. Mons but the grovel- 7
lg prefer that which is coarse to that s
hich is fine; but that which touches II
le heart and moves the better emotions I
lay be safely trusted to stand It's own Ii
nd work its results as against italian "
n models or Gallo culture whose utter n
i'd inner meaning is revealed to bnt q 81
w, and whose full knowledge knows d
D quick emotions save those Of the y
lite and the coDnoisseur. Il
SUEIoUsLT TA3Es.-We regret to learn i
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