The herald., 1895-11-28

and iron -clad set Of rules and formulas
taxing mans mental and calculative
powers much the same as maths snetics,
only adding thereto liberty and inspira-
ton coming from full and fres use Of
the creative powers. Furthermore In be-
coming proficient in the techn Titles of
Instruments, in studying the classic mas
ters, and in keeping posted IN music |
literature OF which there is no incon sldcr-
able sum. tbs musician deals with tc
same forces as met with in any linr of
intellectual inquiry. In the alphabet we
nave the characters that represent the
elementary sounds of q language by means.
OF which man makes known the powe.s
OF his mind. These sounds ombined in
to words convsy his ideas so as to en-
press every shade of thought and feeling,
and, regulated by rules and formulas
teaching a correct and grammatical use
OF the same, furnish us the science OF Ian
guage. What knowledge IS thus thrown
omen to the world-not the comprshen-
SION and usefulness Of one tongue-but
of many. As in the science OF math.
MATES, by the employment OF few sym-
bols. governed by laws of calculation, We
have the deduction of problems testing
mans mental capacity and dealing prac-
tically with his affairs, so It is in music.
Directed ny q science composed of :ixcd
laws finding expression through ths six
whole or twelve half tones OF the scale,
placed in thousands OF com binations
and situations, oil FORMING tune and
harmony the musician works out crea-
ton in sound Charlotte Cushman is
credited with having said to two young
girls beginning q career in art.
II think love and revere all the arts
equally, only placing my own just above
the others, because IN 1T recognize the
union and elimination of all. To me 1t
seems az if when God conceived the
world, that was poetry; He formed IT,
that was sculpture; He colored 1t, that
was painting; and then, browning WORK
OF all he peopled 1t with living beings,
and that was the grand, divine, eternal,
drama" .... y.
In such beautiful conception as; tins
such arts as possessed aesthetic value
would naturally be chosen, but music
deserved place. Had Miss Cushnian
continued and said God gave this being,
with his brain and soul and completely
OF passions, speech, and that was music,
she would have given finish to PEN
picture OF the creation OF this world which
must remain incomplete, be it ever SO
beautiful, without recognition of the art
that is pre-eminent in influencing the
deals legitimately with action, while ii
function OF music is to kindle emotion
without incident action or object. A1d
herein are oratory and music tw in sisters
only in the writer's opinion giving ora
tory the first place as means OF touch.
ing the various emotions of the human
soul. The art OF music lies in swaying
the emotions. The science lies in the
system of notation and theory which en-
aDles an artist to give expression to his
creations and the esthetic worth lies in
its almost indefinablc beauty and ru-
nance. Therefore in considering music
from all POINTS, of view, in rejecting on
its youth as an art, (all music prior to
the Christian era being nomopnone or
one-voiosd) and consequently its future
possibilities, as we'll as practical utility;
we lament that a study So vast and inter
estng should not be more generally and
fully understood and should suffer from
the derogation of ignorance and the as
sum ption of..cbarlatanry.
MRS. MILTON V. BROWN,
Los Angeles.