, 1879-02-18

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Clock" rlcy como o,,,1 90 Itlto aios from,
tho lako In J,,ue. Tho American, pooplo aro
vory tc)lo in tho;r tastes. 4 naw .ouu M.
poors and t;calos their foncv. Every one In
vl,,stlIt,u md singing Il. unti1 Il soon b.
comes tho terror OF overy uriohborl,ood.
Tho very next Rono Tint comns ont IN soizcd
nuop mil TIM nil onn t,rob,,o,f. Tn thta wa
diGar from Inn t.nu,isb ncorto wIo ,cycr.
ontly nnd obstfhntoly mimi, Ii t,,eir o1d souus
aud richly rcwarti thoir orcol singers for
singing tho eatuo bat1ods voar in md ycar
out, We must bnyo a nav one overv jay.
Whc.o tastes aro m flc1,1o on1 sncocsa m nm.
certain, there Is no Incentive far jaroo antl
thoughtful work. Tho ,nan who Inns kunck
for grinding out tunes will n1wova uonopoltza
tho market, and It Is not ithnossjblo
at tho 1,resent marvellous naco of invention
that oven ho will soon have to steu aside to
make room for alr, Ep,soh'e tnuHIc.m,1l.
which will rtind out tut1os Of nil t1eacrit,.
tions by sjmply turning crank md shoyelinp
crotchota and u,,ayers Into q boppor. Another
ca.1so which las operatod a1ait,at composl-
tion Is that tho Old World haa beoueotIoi
us u bonanza OF music accumulated during
tho past two hundred yeerg, 80 abundant
and so excellent that tcachors, composers,
and conductors prefer to draw thoir music
from 1t, not only because It is rcatly nadc,
but because evory eonp ti,oy may tako. oyen
as random, hns tho stamp Of genius. Whilo
our ophcmoral sohes are rising and setting
with tho eun, the songs Of MozAnr. HANDEL,
BEETHOVEN, AlrNpE1ssons, sonumANx, souu.
uEnr, and others hold their placo from year
to yoar, and generation to generation. and
bid fair to ltvo from century to couttry.
Tho number Of these sonas Is legion, ,rhey
have the gtft Of Immortality.
1Iouce 1t Is TINT, while wo lave celebrated
our Centennial and mndo mighty strides In
nil ,naterial directions, our ,n,isical growth
has bocn confined 10 Tho production of great
singers. In composttlon we hive produced
nothing to fix a stylo or school, II ts
doubtful whether we have produced single
large musical work destined to outlivo the
writer. In ono hundrod years We have had
ono full-aetlged orera, AIr, WILLIAM II.
Tny's " Lcouoro," not a noto of which can
now bo found. Wo have had ono ballad op-
era, Mr.. Dn1srow's "Trip Ynn Winkle. !"
Whore is 1t? Mr.. PAINE has eivon US tle
oratorio of "St. potnr.n aud. altl,ouo1 It ,xas
writton only fow ycara AGO. 1t is elreatiy
On tho shelves, Afr. puon las rivon us n
full-erowu cautata, "Don a1unio." but II In
still unknown out of Now Euplaud. Mfr.
PAINE, b1r, uotsE, Mr.. PnArr. md othera
hnyo tnodo evp,,honics wh;c,, hovo boretv
had si,ulo hearing. This 1uav he scmaw)at
Aumliatiug, but It is nevertheless ,r,,o,
As wo hnye alroa,ly soid. tho Cincinnati
iuluea will mi be aer;ous,v onhorrossod
with a multiplicitv of workH. wa foncv tho
composjtion will bo unrro,ve1 down Ia a
handful of comnosers. Mr., p4,sr. Of Rms.
lon. Mr.. f,uox nf prooklvu. Air. no,av AIr
Nrcuon. mud hfr. prAsE. Of Now York mi
Air. pu.rr mn, Ar f,rr.uou y, ch;o,a,
o,cbt IN sn,,mit comnoa,t,ona or1 Il 10
uroltv certain tl,at ono of thcao eovsn witl
rnrrv or ,to nr;zo. ,,,loa. n ahou1a hor,on