The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-15
IRELAND's LOVE OF MUSIC.
Rev. Father McLOughlin's Musical
Lecture an Enjoyable One.

Lecture an Enjoyable One.
The musical lecture by Father T. p.
Mclaughlin at the Catholic Library hall
last night was well attended, and both
the beauty of the lecture and the rich
harmony of the songs were a pleasure to
the audience.
Father Mclaughlin, who Is pastor of
the Church of the TRANSPORTATION in New
York, arrived from Charleston, where he
had delivered his lecture on ireland, the
Home of Music and Song" BY mis-
understanding of the times of the two
cities, he arrived an hour later than ex-
pected, so that the lecture was begun at
8 o'clock. The lecturer apologized for this
delay
Father Mclaughlin divided his lecture
into three heads, each covering period in
Irish history, and describing the songs of
these times. These songs were sung by
himself and local vocalists, and the sweet
airs loaned ready testimony to the SPEAK
er's affirmation of the superiority of Irish
music in its appeal to the heart. He said
that he had studied and was an admirer
OF the Wagnerian opera. and that, there
fore, 1t was no discredit to that school
of music for him to say that 1t appeals
to the head, while the songs of Ireland
touch the heart. He said that the 300
in Ireland after st. Patrick had put the
island at the head of the world by music
and learning, and then were composed
some of the most beautiful of the Irish
airs.
when st. Patrick landed in Ireland"
ne said, The found a condition of affairs
illustrative of the saying that the more
perfect the music of a land, the more per-
feet the civilization; and the more perfect
the civilization, the more perfect the mu-
sic. Those were the days of Ireland's
glory, and the most honored of her people
were the bards, who composed and sung
her songs that were orally transmitted
from generation to generation
Father Mclaughlin referred to the pa
triotism of the Irish, and illustrated bv
saying that dirt brought from their native
isle had been kissed as a sign of patriotic
devotion. He said he had never known
an Irishman who did not believe that his
county was the finest in the island.
whether that county is Cork or Clare
or some other, it is to the Irishman the
best in the country. I always mention
Cork, because am partly from that coun-
ty myself
Another period of Erins history touched
upon was the 300 years of carnage and de-
struction that followed the 300 years of
peace. War with the Danes or Saxons
was uninterrupted for that time. Father
Mclaughlin, from this long period of har
assing warfare, illustrated the intelligence
that must have ruled in Ireland prior To
it," With those long years to deaden This
intelligence, 1t lives in their de-
scendants, and intelligent indeed
must those ancient Irish have
been to live through the uninterrupted
horrors of 300 years of struggles for their
intelligence not to fade"
The lecture was INTERRUPTED from tinoa
to time by the singing of the Irish airs.
some of which being said to antedate
the coming of Christ
The songs were sung with a beauty
that won great applause, Father Nc
Loughlin's fine baritone, particularly. be-
ing heard IN the several songs he rendered
with great pleasure. The songs were
Loves Young Dream" and Believe We
If ALL, by Mrs. NJ. Ed Wilson; "T'hrousb
the Last Glimpse" and Meeting of Wa
tiers" by Father Mclaughlin; Let Erin
Remember" by a chorus of Misses Hud-
son. Allen, Kenny, Messrs. Bailey, viii
son, Honour, Quint and OByrne; "Aveng-
ing and Bright" Miss Hudson: minstrel
Boy" and THE Harp that Once Through
Tara's Halls" by Father McIiouehlin.
Last Rose of Summer" Miss Kenny: and
Erin the Tear and the Smile In Thine
Eye" by the same chorus that so sweeglv
sang Let Erin Remember" Miss Hartv
played the accomplishments
Father McLoughlin's recitation of "The
Bells of Shandon," was rendered with a
magnificent charm, and the beauty of the
lines aroused in the minds of some few
OF the hearers memories of those scenes
OF natures beauty in the Emerald Isle
The period last to be mentioned was
that of romantic songs, and the present
relation of the Irish musicians to the mu-
steal world. The speaker said that If his
hearers were not content to rest upon the
laurels won in song by ancestors. they
might refer with pride to some of the
most noted musicians of to-day as ex-
amples of their countrymens musical
genius.
Some very laughable stories of Irishmen
were related, and the manner in which
they were told, as much as the stories
themselves, served to keep the audience
in mood OF rare appreciation
Father Mclaughlin will remain over in
Savannah to-day the guest of Father