The Atlanta constitution., 1894-02-27
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fessor and the round note, decline of The
olu-une singing school, trde, 1t was bareIy
perez ptIble-anu only so now by ComparI-
SOu-Dut perceptible ii was.
10 what this decline, at this time, was
due has never been fully settled upon, but
py many IS attributed to the peculiar at
lnoSphere attendant upon the advance of
railroads, small as that advance, compar-
atlVely speaking, then was. AS the blffa-
loes tell before civilization and enterprise,
SO the same subtle influence, thrown out,
perhaps, from u slightly different source,
had already begun its work before the pro-
lessor OF vocal music appeared to complete
1t Yet II was not to be without a strug-
gle, in which the stronger was to crush ont
ne weaker, and the universal to supersede
It is POSSIBLE that the singing master,
who shrank back before the forward pro-
fessori aided this by his inertia but it is
also true that he: when brought face to
face with any eXgency that demanded a
word from him in defense of the square
note, was not slow to give it. He saw him
self. that the new system was a GOOD one
ana that 1t was possibly better than his
ana, therefore, made no crusade in behalf
OF the, rights of the old-time system and
be said specifically of these musical hostili-
ties' but IN one Instance of which ! have
William id Killed hy His SON
While the singing master NAV NOT have
asserted himself, he had enthusiastic sup
p9rters and ardent followers. They discuss
ed upon every occasion the merits of the
Two systems and even in families there
We're often fierce divisions of opinion
the ,@6 SGTh Gforgia G Just at the opening Of
hv the name of Reid The family was weIi-
d9-d9 20 rii ana the members all highly respect
two Oldest were a son about tv-antyJ
and girl just sivteen When If
was known that a professor, of ,,,I,sic ,,,a.
IN the nel@h borhOod. the Young woman beg
eed TO be allowed to attend his school Hcr
IIihef reIuctant!N consented. denoncing it
an as ncW-fan&led idea. The girl was of
a very Fprghtly nature" ana when at home
would make il a point to practice over the
ScaIe. one night. after supner it was the
father told her not to sing do ra mi - bu1
that she could say ga, sol la" The girl
continued her singing. until her father an
gered beyond control at her persistency
cau&ht her by the shoulders and threw her
70 the moor; 1t IS not likely that he would
have struck her. bat before he had a
chance. the son caught mp a gun from be-
hind the door and fred both loads into the
fathers side who fell dead An attenpt
was made to lynch the Young man. but this
was av"rted and he served a fve-years SEN
tence In the pcnitontIarN.
Ended in Fight.
1t is said that a singing master named
Little began an argument with a professor
of the new system named Carson. The two
argued away rapidly and began to illus
trate by singing Both kept al it until Car
son accused Little of interrupting him. This
was denied and the lie passed. An immedi-
ate mixing of the two systems occurred and
both men were severely smashed up
The Preacher wouldn't Have 1t.
Not far from Oak Grove, which is near
Atlanta, there Is church that once
presided over by an old-time preacher. This
was during the days of the round note up
he1Tal. \ professor came into the church
and led the service singing. No shouting
was INDUCED in until the preacher pointed
his fnger at the professor and told him to
sit down. The minister then began. when
I can read my title clear" according to the
old system. and converted ten men.
The Compromise system.
A system. local also which seems to be
quite out of place in it's sequence was in
auEurated Just aftN" the round and square
note war Unlike the square note. this new
sVsten" bore no knship to the round note.
This last was called seven. or character
note. Position Of the staff did not enter into
any consideration. but every one of the
seven notes represented . different sound.
I say bore no relation to the round note, but
it did in one particular-"do. re, mi, ia,
sol la, 81, do" were used. The seven
charac cters were as follows:
Diamond shaped square, round, conical
like a bullet with fiat bottom, triangular
like pyramid, triangular like a right an
gle, and triangle-shaped with a curvinG
base.
The author of this system was a Geor-
| gian, also, Editor Pound, of The Barnes
Vile Gazette.
| 1t, too. has nearly disappeared and its
Georgia Singing School Association adopted
, the regular, or round note system
| JULIAN HARRIS.