, 1883-05-26

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LADIEs AND GEyrLE4Eg There may be
| several in this audience who are not acqusint
| ed with tn kind of music We are to play for
! you this esening-in fact, have been request
ed by many to make few remarks to prepare
the audience for what follows. | speak there
fore especially to those young persons who are
studying music, and to the elder ones who
have never had chance Of becoming aeIuaint
ed with the higher class of music.
1t is hardly possible for anyone who has not
studied work Of this kind carefully, note by
note, and heard it played frequently, to under
stand the patience, skill, genius and inspira-
tion that were the direct causes of its creation.
The combining of the different sounds 50 as TO
produce such peculi>rly delightful sensations
on the feelings can only be done by the devel-
oped master mind whn can feel them himself
But because We may not understand or sppre-
ciate every part of work Of this kind it does
not follow that the creator had no fixed idea Of
what he was doing, nor does it become
| thoughtful person to speak slishtingiy OF the
results of thought that he may not be able to
understand.
1t would be sadly afflicted mortal that
| would resolutely close his ears to the actual
| beauties Of sounds that he was not accustomed
| to hearing.
There is a natural love OF the mysterious
in most persons, and where then is the logic
it dis- allowing this element place in music'
We are now about To give you work Of
| the very highest order 0; muse, a work that
| has stood the tests of criticism and triumphed
over iynsrance-a work that has won its way
to the hearts of all who have made its ac-
quaintance Brethove ems thirty sixth compost
iion, the second of bis nike inspired sym
phonies. TINS symphony was originally com
posed for orchestra, and if We couli have the
| requisite number of proficient players on the
| necessary instruments to form suitable or
chestra it would OF course be more a. propri
ate and more in unison with the composers
ldea, but because we cannot render it through
| its original medium that Is no reason why We
should be deprived OF its noble beauties. when
We have as good military band as the Band
of the First L. S. Cavalry.
1 have tried through every part to preserve
| the variety in Instrumentation that WAS orig
| Inaliy intended and have worked for nearly
| year with the most reverential feelings for
| the great master, knowing that ii he were
| looking over my shoulder he would gay Go
| on, Your heart Is IN the right place"
| IL has been \ work of love for me, but
though have written every note twice over,
| and some of them had TO be studIed hours,
| am happy to say have not the fsintest
idea of what he meant or thought or what
| impressions he intended to conrey by this or
that movement, | can only very impsifectly
| Explain the eff.c it has on my feelings, But
| hrst ! must try 20 explain the form and char
acter OF a symphony to those who may not
Know. It is generally formed Of four move
ments, tina. is, four pieces in different time
joined 10 each other by 4 kinship of key, or
| pitch, and sentiment, st the same time giving
variety as well as relationship. In this sym
phony there is an introduction Adagio Mol
| TO (very Slow lesdi,g without break ia,o
the allegro c"n tho (fast, with liiel. then fol
| lows the LArghettO, rather slow movement,
then the Scherzo a Very light. fast move
ment, might be called fast waltz, conclud-
ing with the Allegro Motto livery fas,).
The character OF the movements of SYM
| phony Is; simple theme, or part of a tune,
which is constantly being va.ied and de-
velop-d. hidden inr While, Only TO
assert its-self in 4 pleasantly surprising
manner at An unexpected moment.
think l Gan illustrate more
clearly to the young persous BY eonsid-
| erins that there Is great sbopful OF work
men, say the Waltham Watch Factory. The
| foreman gives q watch case TO the workmen
to be made into watch that will keep tune.
One man makes the frame for the works.
another the wheels, another the hands, an
other the dial, one the main spring, one the
hair sprlng, one the regulator, another the
jewels, etc, all pretty little pieces BY them
selves, and when they are properly fitted and
~. IN their right positions, we have I'm
ished work. We hsve not lost sish. of the
watch case entirely at any tune. Some
workmen may have have had 1t partly hid
den while adding HE part and another may
pa 4 under eiass case while his part may
be all we notice, bat re know the case Is
net TAR of. He msy te putting the nnm-
bers On the dial, and If we had never seen
the case we would know it must be around
someshese, for ve know they belong togeth-
er. So il u with the thsne, N . symphon,c
movement, no difference vhat variations it
my be gwen o. h0v widely it gsis sspsra-