Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-06-18

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Pink Pills, and you have my consent to use
the fact"
daily TO the dinning hall to the beat
of of one or two srare drums, He had
not learned to write decent notes,
but there at his desk he wrote and
wrote notes like hopsticks without
the help of piano either. The re
suit was a really beautiful and ex-
tremely bright and catching march,
which would take the premium in
any competition, and which, if
printed, will doubtless prove a univer-
sal favorite. Like young Mozart he
could not play the work of his own
pen, written as it is in five flats, the
trio even in six flats, and full Of swift
runs). A music hrm offered to pub
lish the march If he would transpose
it half a tone higher, and thus rob it
of all its fats, but Jodie, with the
tenacity Of genuine genius, would
rather not see the composition pub
lished than change tittle in
Difference, "to lot of academy girls
to whom the publisher wants TO sell
the piece" and to tease whom, he
would fain haye written half a dozen
more flats, If he could. At the end of
three years spent in the college, he
passed, through the examination for
a decree Of Bachelor of Music with
such brilliant success, as has not
been and will hardly be rivaled in the
history CT the college. The require
ments for graduation in music at Mt.
Angel college are very hard, In fact
too hard, ] rar harder than those of
the conservatory at Boston and even
in Leipzig.
First, he went through strict ex-
animation in harmony and thorough
base, counterpoint and composition.
Next, he had tn play at first sight
any piece of the Fourth grade placed
before him. Then he had to render
by heart four CLASSICAL compositions of
the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh grades
and one to show his proficiency In
phasing. Then he had to play toler-
ably we'll on two other instruments
besides the piano. But it was the last
requirement, i. e., ito compose and
analyze an entire sonata of at least
eight pages, which called forth his
whole ability and (which he fulfilled
with the greatest credit. l challenge
any young musician, no matter 10
what part of the globe, to compose a
sonati, which bears more the stamp Of
classical talent and classical study
J than Jodie's sonata in minor, which
} he dedicated to his two teachers, Rev
! f. Placidus, o. s. B., and the writel
of these lines. This piece alone would
= be sufficient to establish his name a.
a first class composer. Even the mos
experienced musical critic would a.
first hearing attribute the compost
tion to Beethoven in his earlier pc
triod. Especially the middle part. the
Adagio, is Beethoven throughou ut.
A whole volume Of other piano com
positions became unfortunately a PREF
to the flames, which destroyed whole
business block in Woodburn, and 70
A gether with itJOdie's home, some time
after he left the college. Although
never heard. .himsing, he was,at his bes
In vocal compositions. What fond
J. ness OF fllal love, coupled with pro
found awe pulsates in his Ave Mari
! for tenor solo and organ! Strangeto sa
though he was not a professed Catho-
lie, he always cherished the Virgil
v Mother Of God with the deepest afee
. tion, just as he did the non-Catholi
poets, Longfellow and Helm and S
7, many Others, and he delighted In .saJ
ing the beads every day especially u
wards the close Of his earthly careel
And what shall say Of that gem
an Christmas anthem; "Hodie Natt
Est, /" for organ and vocal duet aud u
a grand Al l--JJa Cnorus composed Il