The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-12-17
MUSIC OF EARLY MAN.
UNIQUE COLLECTION or MU-
sICAL INSTRUMENTS.
Ransacked Europe and America to Ser
cure the Finest and Most Conn
plcte Collection Ever
Gathered Together.

One OF the most interesting features
Of the worlds fair will be the collec-
ton OF musical instruments which
will illustrate the growth OF art d.
vine from the time OF the Chaideans
down to the present day. Secretary
Wilson OF the Bureau OF Music while
Ia Europe recently arranged with
the owners OF many antiquities
for the loan OF their treasures. ac-
cording to the Chicago Inter Ocean.
it is unanimously agreed upon by
antiquarians that the first known H.
struments were made OF percussion.
the untutored ear being reader to
perceive rythmical accentuation than
variations of pitch. From this theory
the deduction may be safely ventured
TINT the first music made by the
aborlgines was by the clapping OF
hand and the stamping OF feet which
theory II granted. by evolution gives
rise to the cymbaL
Cymbals are mentioned in various
portions OF the Old Testament by.
Solomon and Daniel and are described
in the epics OF Homer-particula
mention being made in the hymn to
Apollo OF cymbals played on by a
chorus OF Delians The scabilla be-
longs to the Same class and, are de-
scribed as inserted in the shoes OF the
performer used by, Greclan flute
players probably to beat time The
cymbals to- be exhibited at the fair
will comprise specimens in the Origi-
nal and the reproductions OF those
used in the Bacchic orgies at Rome
and in the worship of Cybele and Juno
in Greece. One pair OF the instru.
ments was brought from Etruria by
the Trojans and was found In the ex.
cavating OF Herculaneum.
Under this head the systrum also
belongs it being mystical instru-
ment used by the Egyptians in the
worship of Isis and also supposed to
have been used TO call together
troops as is the modern kettle-drum.
The systrum is obsolete Probably
the one formerly belonging to the
library Mt St Genvefre in Paris i, the
only instrument OF this character now
in existence. 1t will be brought from
Paris with the conservatory collec-
tion.
One OF the most interesting eyhib-
its will be the collection OF harpsI
lyre and the organ in various stages
OF d Nelopmcnt This collection rep
reset rs much study and time and is
rISxhaustive. 1t includes instru.
mentf from all the nations OF ancient
histety, and was gathered from the
various museums of France Germany
and fIngland for the Wien exposition.
Al date and order OF the invention
OF thpse instruments is purely mat
ter sf conjecture reproductions of
many have been rendered necessary
for the purposes OF completing an ex-
hibit and will be made from the most
authentic sources obtainable.
This collection goes back to the
first mention OF musical instruments
as found rsin the fourth chapter OF
Genesis: Jubal he was the father
OF all sf1h as handle the harp or
organ" nPbnesis w.. Ply.
The Hc, taseology OF this sentence
does rnk Indicate the order OF time In
whicts 3 harp or organ was invented.
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SYNONYMOUS with the Tyre or lyra.
whiM is acknowledged to be of Ash
atidjinvention.
Tubars organ must be closely
allied to the sprinx. the invention OF
which and the theory of wind instru-
ments are described by Ovid.
Many specimens OF Hebrew. Assyri-
ansn Egyptian handiwork will be
shkwn at the fair. This portion OF
the collection will be particularly
large and certainly OF great interest.
The British collection. which is to
be brought to the fair contains col
lection or violins and other instru-
ments OF that family from the rebec
to the most noted productions of the
Cremona artisans. who fourished in
the seventeenth century. The rebec
was undoubtedly the parent OF the
viol and violin. also OF the once fash
ionable but now absolete viol.de gam
ba. The latter day violoncello is the
offspring OF the gambia.
The rebec is the originator OF all
this class OF instruments. and it is
said to BIO OF Arabic origin. In general
form it resembles the mandolin. It
had three strings and emitted sound
both loud and harsh. 1t was chiefly
used however. in orchestral accom-
paniments to dancing.
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