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II IL probable that was selected to speak
about music because. not knowing one note
from another. have no prejudice on the SUBJ
ject. All can say ia that know what like
and. TO tell the truth. ! like every kind. enjoy
It all. from the hand organ 10 the orchestra
Knowing nothing ofthe science OF music. am
not always looking for defects. or listenine
for discords. As the youne robin chserfully
swallows what comes, hear with eladness all
that 10 played.
Music has been. suppose. gradual growth.
subject to the law OF evolution-and nearly
everything, with the possible exception OF
theology. 10 under this law.
Music may bs divided into three kinds:
First. the music OF simple time, without any
particular emrhasis-and this may be called tho
music Of the heels: second. music In which
time is varied, in which there lie the eager
haste and the delicious delay. that 10. the fast
and slow, In accordance with our feelings. with
our emotions-and this may be called the
music OF the heart; third. the music that in
cludss time and emphasis, the Fastening and
the delay-something in addition that pro.
duces not only states OF feeling but states OF
head. the music OF the brain. ..,-.
and y ls above and beyond al words. Before
nS had Y hopss % and fear and ND rsssions and These
were rudely expressed " tones.
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never been any human affection. there never
Tonld have been uttered strain OF music;
her Gsbe. gave the first melody to the eurap-
tured air j. .,.
enough, 10 exniess all that we feel and whom
language fails the highest and deepest long.
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and death is its shadow. Death gets a! its
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The old music ri tho most par. expresses
emotion or feeling through time and emphasis:
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words but Without mesnnr & % and then resum sum-
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When road Shakespeare I am astonl.h.d
az: ana 40 when hear Wagner excisim: Is
In wagner's music there is touch Of chaos
strange ami changing forms like summer
clouds: amt weird harmonies Some like sounds
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sishs and sobs and ripples Of laughter and the
funeral march Tor . siseiEisd is sSe funeral
die this music would be perfectly appropriaie.
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ior al time; 50 ths love duet in The Fiyine
has IN y the the I
p92,ses NE an eaeie il the heaven ef sound.
pictares, forms. slimpses Of the periect-shs
syell Of hip the wave N q q a breast: the glance
Seiore me are passing the end !sss ss psnorsmas S
l see vast landscapes with valleys OF verdure
snd vine m ~ With d soaring Srses snoT.srSTnsd
SePhs of caves s vale q vt6 liz mighty On eraas
stars. In a moment The music becomes a river
Of melody flowing through some. wonIrous
land-.suddenly 1t falls IN strange chasns. and
the mighty cataract Is changed to SO, en-hued
foam.
Great music Is always sad. because it tells us
OF the perfect. and such is the difference be-
tween what We are ana that which music suR-
costs. that even in tue vase OF Joy We find some
Tho music of Wagner has color. and whom
hear the ytnins the morning seems TO slowly
come. A horn puts star above the horizon.
The night in the purple hum OF the bass wan
wide fields OF dead clover. The light grows
whittier as tho violins increase. Color comes
from the other instruments. and then the full
orchestra floods the world with day.
tones new eoms eions but the Ses momens nj ns she
orchestra begins to play his .muaic all the IN
struments are transhgured. They seem to
utter the sounds nI that they have been longing
cymbals Join in the general 10y. The old bass
| viols are alive with passion. The 'celios throb
with love. ihe yiollns are seized with divine
fury: and the notes rush o. ont eager for The cir
The music Of Wagner Is filled with land
| scapes. There are some strains like midnight
thick with CONSULTATIONS and there are hnr-
ike palms on the deserts edge. His music
satisfies tho heart and brain. 1t is not only for
memory-not only for the present but for
| prophecy.
When he died the Rrestest fountain Of melody
| that every enchanted tho world ceased. but his
mnsic. will instruct and refine forever. =
All that know about the operas OF Wagner
that he is the noblest; t%spdsrest. 81 and the most
lived.