The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-02-05
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ANNIE L. Miller, EDITOR.

sOse CS UNNECESSARILY euos euOy U'8ou ou-
ding ornaments to their melodies which
soon grew 30 ornate that it vas neces.
cary for one singer to entone the melody
while another added the ornamental
part. These parts we're called discants
and in them was found the beginning OF
counterpart and such il was termed
carly in the l4th century. In the hands
q the great master OF the NetherIaud
school this counterpart was deve' oped
to its highest perfection. In fact count.
erpoint is synonym for tho Neither.
land school. and il you retain that fact
you have this sum and substance of this
paper ard the rest is simply arabeeque.
1t 10 sufficient to assert OF the first
period, that Of Dufay, that it was an
era OF pure mechanics in mui.. Dufay
was q tee or singer 10 the Sistine chapel al
though haiIing from Hainault. According
to the authorities he lived in severa,
centuries and died in several places, SO
that his works are spoken OF as remark
able monuments Of the compost on OF
those early times, and with the memory
Ut several remarkable monuments fresh
in my mind am willing to admit that it
is a very fitting tern. Biographies of the
various composers woull only vary by
charges OF names-their lives we're all
the same. They were all chapel mae.
tiers composing ca"ons, motets and
maesee, but towards the end Of the
fourth period. secular music began to
bs developed. OF course fox songs had
existed 10 the Netherlands as elsewhere
from time immenorial, and their melo.
dies were frequently employed in the
massee. Okeghern. who gave bis name
to the second period. bias been called the
patriarch Of music, being the inventor
OF the canon and 10 general of artificial
Counterpart. Indeed their music was
overloaded with ar.if:ialities. They
had borrowed from the French the prac.
tice Of employing folk songs and even
pro.ane cEansons in their maesse, and of
course they made use of them without
any idea of profanity. The masses were
named by the title Of the melodies Of
the tenor. Sd that We read Of tbe mase
OF The Red Noses, or He Has a Pale
Face"
Josquin des Pres Of tbs Bird epoch
really possessed some artistic ABILITY.
Luther was very fond OF his music and
his reputation while living was ursur-
passed. Willaert, the leader of the 18th
period, was the founder Of the cele.
brAted Venetian school of music from
which s2rang Sd many distinguished
composers, theorists AID SINCERE. He is
also the father Of the Madrigal. Or.
lindo di Lasso is the mightiest of all
the Netherland N asters, and considered
by good judges as great q genius as
Palestrina. 10 his youth he was kid.
mapped three times on account OF bis
fine voice. but survived to compose
2OO works. a number of which have
besn published in modern form, Lud.
VIZ, the mad king OF Bavaria, Wagners
patron. erected bronze statue Of Lasso
in Munich. After his death the bril-.
Iiancy Of the NetherIand school was At
IN end and its glory trarsferre d to ITALY.
but during this period covering nearly
two centuries, the Netherlands furnished
al tho courts OF Eurore MT opIv iii
singers but with composers and Der
formers OF instrument music. They
founded the krtt musical cor servatorv
81 the world in Naples, also another in
Venice. and the renowned school Of
Rlme owed it3 exieferce tn tho;. ia,