The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-20
LATEST OF THE ARTS.
Dr.. II. B. Haweis Lectures to >
Large Audience.
MUSIC 4 SOURCE or EMOTION.


Dr. n. H. k1AWSISs Est6 1sNHco ~
churcsnnan. iecfured TO . large and at
sentiye audience At the Seattle fheafer
last evening ard Sustained the high re-
parts OF his ability that had preceded
him DR.. Haweis captivates by the
depth Of thought rather than By the art
OF expression. Ills dicfi0n 70 at times
MfItnlc. but bis delivery u nlarred By
hesafaxfons and repetifions. His voice -
passatyse and his manner now and then
ar5rnstible. He possesses many pecuA-
arsties. yet his speech Is pleasantly tree
from the BrS ticdsns that aznuse or ir-
rftate American ears. Music. the Art
OF the Age" was developed by the lec-
turer into an esthefical inquiry into the
relation between music and morals.
Music and morafs. the speaker said. do
not always go together. and sn order to
put the former on a sound foundation
and b establish the connection, the
speaker ran through the following train
OF reasoning: Music is connected with
emotion, but emotion Is connected with
thought. but thought Is connected with
action. but action is connected with
morals; but things connected with the
same thing must be connected with
each other. and IL emotion is connected
WITH morals then music. which inspires
emotion. must be connected with NOR
ais. Turning then 10 the thread of his
discourse DIR. Haweis spoke on the fol-
lowing topics: What IL the function OF
all the artss the place of music among
the arts: the connection between music
and eanorson: an abstTaise inquiry into
ov,.ak
The function of all the arts, the speaker
said Is to be found In the one word. exc
preston: and II Is just because we have
difficulty in expressing our thoughts that
we look UP to the sculptors. poets and
painters. the high priests OF expression.
the spoiled children Of the ages. II that is
true about the poets and the Faaanters. 1t
must be true OF music. why did Mem
deIssosan write songs without words ?"
asked the speaker. Because he could en-
body In them mysteries and sentiments
that words were powerless to express.
The musician has become the great high
priest OF humanity. as well as the con-
lessor OF humanity
DIR. Haweis here took up his Violin to
aibss;rate from the Choral Symphony, OF
Beethoven that the deepest note In tire
human system Is not fear. not defeat, but
JOY and riumph. Music he called the latest
born OF the arts. Sculpture, architecture
and painting had successfully reached
their perfection
tits all over" said the speaker. "You
can't do anything better In the way OF
architecture. Painting Is all over. You
can't do anything better than Raphael,
you know"
Music, the last OF the arts, was left
to the nineteenth century. The Catholic
church in the early days seized upon
the arts and pressed them into the SER
vice Of God. THE priests knew their
business said Or. Haweis. land they
lost nothing that would make a live re-
ligion.' He here recited the Gregorian
chant given by Augustin. the first arch
bishop OF Canterbury. as he went to the
then humble village BY the sea-
The strangest thing about music was
that 1t was so long in developing. /.
made no progress from the sixth century
to the fourteenth, ana the reason was
that no one had discovered the scientific
basis or all music-the octave. Before
the Ixteenth century one could almos,
carry all the music IN his head "wag.
ner," said DIR. Haweis. seems to have
reached almost the confines of emotional
expression. and Ii that is so, then music
would appear TO have reached its highest
piace--and here We are living in an age
which In the future will be looked back
upon as the golden age OF music"
Taking up the topic emotion. DR.. Ha.
weis called 1t the steam power OF civil.
zation, saying that mo good could be ac
complshed in the world without 1t. The
relation of music to a people and its emo.
tons could be shown In its national songs
LET him who viii make the laws of :
country: I would like to mako the ma,
tional song" quoted DR.. Haweis, and
then he rapidly reviewed number oil
the more famous airs. America, he con
tended In a manner that bordered upor
irony. had no national air. "'rhe Star
Spangled Banner" seemed TO come clos
est 10 Ii and in sort of way 10 float osel
the whole lot of the states at present. Z,
illustrate the chaacteristiesos Great Brit
ain he played a bar or ''Rnie, Britannia.
There Is the whole thing he said. ..I
sums up John Bull in his superb con
tempt TOR everybody and calls out 'Ge
cut Of my way" Next came The Mar
seilia'ss," that sent men harefooted q
the war; the serious national anthem o
Germany. that could with proprlety b,
sung in church. aud "Garlbaiafl
Hymn" which led boys Of IS TO take vi
the sword and fight inwaelbly for Italy
Or. Haweis here paused to make sever,
| comments on the national air and In
sirunaens of Scotland. ana his imitation
Of the hagpipe Was SO clever and cam
scal that the audience broke out int,
laughter.
OF the sttdcsa3 properties Of sound. IN.
right ard the wrogzg. iss spoke Of duh, ex
aggerasel a;E3 lrusoAsrcsst music as srn
neral. because an ofTense against dignity
and All insust 30 TIE nuasicaI understand
ing musician woslld be able - s!etses
| tits Immoral quality ard should cc.Nseus-
| II Just as che condemns improper Ian
gnage. 1T IS evident" said DIR Hawe4s
''tfaa4 when ynss have srlhla ssa<yis wstsSfs.s
80 gNasAe music yxsi have u grsxsx means o.
/ ssfiueE~lng the human soul. ] wusss<i a1av.
| '1ss2s1c 81 every !Fossse. 1 wxsala have tn.
young People 10 gzyy together. aoesle
| have musical societies and have the nes
/ pie rally arounsf taesn. and ssevelcT, 10 CIV
cry mind a 1--we Tor tits IRE latest fSsvw
| ard nsses spiritual % the arts given. +
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. we esn hear TIE faotfaits on tire shrezsssyss
1 OK aaaSAer worAi-
/ Esy special arrangement Mr. Have
/ viii stay oser I'm Seattle a fews SSy
lergwr. aeseadiGS the dinner OF the Hsr
/ ward Cfnn at the Rainier tinh scnigh,