The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-06

taehed 70 tails force transmitters Of
TORN and color, as Kelley proposes 10
hitch bis famous motor TO the great
force Of sound vibration. The results
OF these experiments have been that
q Chopin nocturne may now be played
In colors or an aria drawn In outline
BY sensltized transmltters.
Remington. In England. has Invented
the color organ and formulated
scheme OF tone colors. Prof II. r.
clifford. OF the Massachusetts, Instl-
tute OF Technology. In Boston. has
produced by the vibrations Of = violin
bow. or Of the human voice through
metal tube. upon a tightly drawn cat
gut tambour head or a metal plate. ag-
nre music from a handful OF fine sand
shifted BY the vibrations into plainly
defined drawings.
The scientific musicale Is the latest
form Of society entertainment. Not
long ago one was given IN this city. at
tended BY d select audience OF musical
tolk. BY Miss Charlotte W. HAYES. the
Boston music lltteraieur. who Is 10
lecture before sorosls In q few weeks.
Mas Halves musicale consisted Of
monologue on The Music OF Nature.
illustrated by the curious latter-day
discoveries IN physical science on the
laws Of vibration.
She illustrated her Interesting theo-
ries with an array OF paraphernalIa.
demonstrating the relation between the
unseen tone and the tangible and vlsi-
Bile demonstration Of form. Through
tubes vibrating on a metal surface
strewed with sand the octave was sung
FIRST by a soprano voice. and then By a
eontralto.
Each note shifted the sand into dis
tinct geometrical figure. its repetition
bringing always the same form upon
the metal. The scale. note BY note.
shaped the sand into a series OF figures
like the turning Of a Kaleidoscope. Each
note, In . number OF experiments. has
a corresponding figure. varying slightly
In size aud detail. according 10 the
register OF the voice.
In the same way the tones OF vlo-
lin we're drawn In outline upon the cat
gut In shifting sand. the communities
tion OF the vibration being made
through a silken string. The Eeomst-
rical figures formed by the violin notes
we're much more distinct and dellcately
detailed than those formed by the hn-
man voice, The shape OF the llat
was distinctly different from a natural
chords were not attempted. but it Is be-
lieved that the correlation between tone
and form Is 10 be a discovery OF the
Investigators In physical science.
She also declared that human beings
had their key-notcs. They speak By
custom In the pitch which nature had
given them. which Is varied In major
)r minor by the emotions expressed.
and they naturally choose for their
friends people whose voices accorded
with theirs. For instance, sou viii
rarely hnd a thln-voiced man chum-
ming with a deep bass singer
Remingtons experiments in tone col
lr have caused London society folk 10
sll through entire concert recitals In
total darkness. watching Wagners
operas and Beethoyen's symphonic.
Mashed In their corresponding colors on
4 screen.
They play an air on a color organ.
says London writer. and Il throws
difierent colOrs on a screen. varying
according to the keys pressed down. Il
Is very ingenious and opens up quite
new field In the way Of describing
dress at social gatherings. Imagine
this Kind OF thing:
Mrs. SO-and-sO attracted great al.
tention By her magnificent costume
embOdying the brilliant blzarrerle Of
l.lszts Second hungarian Rhapsody
and a graceful young woman looked
well In delicate costume made uI
from Griegs Spring ldyll" The hall
positively shouted AZ one: they wer'
founded for the most part on the bar
barrie strains OF the "Malkurenritt." =.
that Il vas a positive relief 10 turn
ones eyes TO Miss Asterlsk In a cotum,
modelled on the raln-drop prelude o
Chopln.'"