South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-02-02
MUSIC.

Hasc ~ pcTuaps tho most slncient OF
The line arts. IL is the combination of
ainonlous sounis 50 arrang ed AS 10
please the ear, and is or two Kinds. viz :
VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL. Vocal mu.
sic which Is tue most natural likely sx.
listed frat, aud suggested he idea OF
an instrument, wt:ch only initiates the
human voice. 1as,rumental mosic is
also oil very ancient dale, is invention
being asc. iSsd TO Jubal tho sixth In
line Of descent from Cain.
Music indeed i, almost coeyaI with
our race for five hn1dred and fifty years
at CIR tho Gel1ge vocal and insstunsn-
raj music are spoken OF as things In
general use. FROM that ancient day
down 10 the present. musi; has been
coexistsnt with man, all nations seem
to have recognized it's inportacce, so
nnch az least as not to be without their
yocaiists and insLrumeutal players.
FROM The highest orchestra among the
French. the ltaiisns, Germans, English
or Americans, To tie rude bone aud
tho war soss OF The red man OF the
ioreat, has music with it's voluptuous
swell clioered the wilderness of earth.
Before the invention OF writing the lis
tory oil remarkable events Was commit
tod TO memory and handed down by
orsi tradition. The knowledge OF use
iui laws and arts WAS preserved in tie
same way. RHYTHM and song wcrc soou
iound important helps TO Tho i1e.aorv
and thus the muses. became the early
instructors OF mankind
Egypt has been called the cradle OF
lie arts and sciences. and no doub, eau
exist As to The early civilization OF that
country.
10 the Egyptian Mercury or Teeth
who IL called Trismes istos, OF thrice
illustrious.' is ascrihetl tie invention Of
the Lyrs, wa!ch had at first hut ,hrsa
st'inss. Thns it seems that the Egyp-
tisns who a,an,l first in the practice
OF tie useful arts and sciences were I. II.
siclans ut an early day.
Bus we have still additional evidence
rs 10 The romo,eness Of the origin OF
music
1t is said by one of She sacred wri.
tiers that when the foundations Of the
earth were laid, the morning stars sang
together, and the some of q cd shouted
for joy These we're not tie starry
ornament that glitters ON tho coac4ye
surface OF the heavens and iilu ninates
the cheeIlesu night, but they " ne no
doubt those higher intailigences and
trIgh. spirits VINO existed before time
was, and who sung anthems or psai.e 10
Jehovah at tha creation OF our planet.
50 much then ss 10 Tia remoteYess OF
the origin OF music
IL seems that man must have music.
h5 Can not DO happy without it or his
happiness Is incomplete without song.
The effect which music has upon man
kind Is truly remsrk able, it is said by
one OF our historians that the political
eieo songs Ola certain campaign h 4
more Influence over tho mass ii voters
than the eloquen: speeches OF Calhoun
W ebster and Cay.
Musis has always been an emblem Ct
joy or happiness or il an outsrowtb
therefro,n, and i. almost universally as.
soeiated with II, hence The apostolic
injunction: If any bo merry let kim
sing psalms
WHAT Music Has Done. 1t vel
coined home the Returning prodi.al To
bis fathers house and indicated the love
OF that father in the rec p;ion OF his
wandering child.
1t cheeIed Scipio in his triumphant
march from The conquest and conH..
grafton OF that mighty city of Carthage
through the gates OF The Eternal Civ
OF Rome. 1t was with Napolson wien
he conducted mis- drsary retreat from
the burned city OF Moscow through the
dismal SHOWS OF u Russian wintsr.
1t WAS present with General Scott
when he marched iH,O the city of the
Az,ccs AMI placed the banner of the
Stars and Stripes over tae rich and pow.
erful empire OF the &ontczuma,.
j. enliysned General Sherman as he
prosecuted his debating anI dcs,ruc-
tive march - the sea-
We could erumerate coultless events
IN which music Mss played a prominent
part, but 1t is unnecsss. 10 20 further
it is evident that music has thrilled
She past, and ia now thrilling the pres
en-, and il we look forward to the ia.
turo we are not LEI, in doubt as TO its
existence Hereafter.
John the last apostle caught the pans
orsmic glimpse Of the celestial city,
and while IN exile on that rocky Island
in tho Mediterranean Sea tie distant
strains OF heavenly music cans,, tho
ear OK TIE Pa mean prophet ard he
burst forth IN tbs following language
and heard tie voice of harpsrs
harping with thoir harps and thsy sang
&c IL were new sony and This reminds
rs 81 Tic rhetorical burst Of tic poet
viii souga on our lips AMI with isrps
IN our hands, We she'll mact ono anoth-
or again Yea when tie tials, trout
lea, sofrows, partings and tears Of life
ere over, these whp are faithful shall
meet 90 that radiant shore. When tha;
ccnyolv.ng sheet Of sulphurou- Gre shall
consume 10 dus' ice brass-aOrns an .
musical Instruments of every tyro, and
sha'. still Our s'Hnmcring tongues en-
dse.h, 'acn shall break upon as ,he
mmn Of eternity AMI The music q the
fy ara cold