Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-28
MUSICIN THESCHOOL.
lis Value as a Means OF Discipline
and Culture.
PROF. YOUNG on THE DIVINE ART.
FULL Text Of Ills Address 10 the city
School Teachers on the
subject.

OCtUhef IS. Iuf Chlcl feature Wh7 va
address by Pfot George 9. Young,
director OF music In the Salt Lake
City schools. lie said;
The genius Of music IL az old ~
creation. In the twilight Of history
the emusic Of the spheres" was bus
the prelude to n science that has CONF
maudud the attention Of the profound
est thinkers Of all times, aud the de-
velopment Of an art that appeals to the
highest type Of culture.
Aud yot tho three famous verses on
Peter He'll, TO whom
"a primrose by the rivers brim
Ayctov primrose was 60 him,
AudttWaH nothing more
might be- readily parsphrasci, aud In
their new se,ting bp justly applet ~
the crusty Dr. Juhusous, tne self
elected critics, aud To large class Of
presumably Intelligent people 10
whom music II mere sound anu
"nothing more.
Ifor no other purpose than to serve
ap means Of defense against the un'
warranted nfsum ptious Of those who
would deny the potency Of muse ~
An agent Tor intellectual AMI moral
growth, 10 may not be unin!urcsiinB
for W. 10 pause o moment rs thu
thte0hold Vt this discussion 10 note
what euinc OF thr master minds ut tle
world have said shout IL.
Plato wrote, emusic II "A moral law.
1t gives q soul 60 the universe,
light to tie imagination,
charm 10 sadness, gale y aul
life TO everything. lti- the tssvnce OF
order, and leads 10 all that ~ good, Just
Rud beautiful, OF which 1t II the invisi-
bic, but nevertheless dazzling, pm sion.
ate and eternal form"
"Muslc." said Guthor, "ls one Of the
best arts. The notes breathe liic into
the text. Mueic drivra away eauuuas,
quiokons aud fclfrshcs the heart. IL
a. half the discipliuc, anu makes men
more gentle, more mUuest aud sensible.
Music have aiwnys loved. \ school
muster must know now 10 siug else |
will have nothing 10 do with him. 10
n a beautiful anu noble GIT Of God"
Bevcnrr esteemed mutic 10 highly ne
70 take the grOunn that sin singing
.ou come into sympathy with tue
Truth ~ you pethaps never do under
the preaching Of n discourse"
That wondcriully gifted woman,
Margaret Fuller, wrote m her Journal
Ia regard 10 the iuilGeuce ofmusic, 81
felt raised above all care, all pain, oil
fear, anu every faint Of yuigafity was
washed out Of the world"
The Grand OH Man o England says,
"They who think music ranks among
the triilvs of existence are in gross rr-
ToT, because from the beginning OF the
world down 10 the present time II has
been 0nu OF the most flrclble instfu-
ments both for training, Tor arous ny
and Tot governing the spifit OF man."
Even the 4tenchAut Carlyle iouai II
possible 10 rise above the muiteTngs Oi
hls dicontent into the serene atmit-
phofo Of music, when he rnid, can
Utmost things are melOdiOusi naturally
utter themselves Ia song. The mean.
ing Of song gees deep. Who N there
that, IA logical woris, can expires
the effect music has on us. a kiud VI
inafticulate, unfathomablo speech,
which leads us 10 the edge Of the intl.
mite, aud lets Us for moments gaEa into
thai"
IL these estimates are true, and they
might be almost Indefinitely multi
piled, we may ut once claim a place
Tor music ~ a regular branch Of In.
stfuotion In public school education;
and II II possesses sufficient merit t.
Justify such a claim, It's value, from
whatever point OF Wow II may be re-
gATded, il worth some consideration.
The Que great value that music pos
seeses consists In the relation that 1t
bears 10 other studies, aiding them
hath ltFHnIIN and NRfIlEassIlF ttNF
OF this contact While II stimulates
the faculties In general, IL renders us
little assistance In the cultivation OF
the Will, II strengthens the memory,
inspires tho imaR iuntiou, leads 10 hab-
ite Of exact thought, and promotes |
graceful expression In reading and |
speaking. In every song child al !
tompts to interpret, he II sttainlng tue |
eye, the ear, the memory, the voice, |
each performing distinct service, yet |
blending In one the thought tho song |
10 Intended 90 convey; nor must we |
forget ihaL beneath these outward |
forms lies the silent Influence Of that |
inward grace, the training OF the |
emotional nature, and the cultivation |
OF that peculiar sympathy which hu. |
man nature always demands, but |
which IN 40 desirable In child.lifs.
Perhaps the more immediate effect |
Of music as related study IN apparent |
Ia the work Of reading. IL is very evil |
uunt that tue cultivation Of the soft, |
pure lone u voice iu every singing !
exercise, whether that exercise be a |
practical drlll ora s0ug Tor recreation |
simply, cannot pass without, In large |
measure, Teactiug on tho vocal drills /
incident TO the reading lesson. IL does |
not Of necessity follow tbat good |
singing school must be "a good rcadiug /
school, hut, other tbiuga being EQUAL |
the child that uses IT, voice correctly H. /
tiuging Will RnOw how 10 use it cor.
ectly IN reading. Speech may be- made
mclOduus,land the testimony OF those
who have taken the pnius To look into
the results In this regard IL unanimous
Ia support OF tho belle that the rapll.
ly hIing siug-soug aud df1wl Of the
reading class NJ our earlier years "a
largely due 10 the Influence Of music
In the school room, IL reading Is thus
made better, all oral work may BIO im.
proved and " proper articulation,
clear enuuointinn, Hnd correct intOua.
ton be made n uiiAl tart Of overy
musical eNrTui,v, .. wall surely bear
lrultin promoting hrxibihty, facility,
correctness In everything Ia which
our pupils ara expected 10 express
themselves In any way whatsoever
Again, were music desired for dis
CipinnTy purposes merely Rs a means