The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-27


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Prom fhe junior MAhff1-
The author ard composer ~ q Fong that
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ieudaIian. insif reign % snort hFta' o.
q rule. f1r % rarely happens thai sons
fslls Tor more than o year. ard men Who
can h-fog f,rte t,,o .il...asae. in seouenrs
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gan 10 crucial test 81 p song "hen
fhess street instruments grind Or out w.
posiilon Be- assured
IL is not necessary o. be- able - write
even respectable rhymes. or 10 nave the
sIghtest exact knowledge % music. 49,
write popular ronR $ot one song wri-
ter ln ten knows enough about music 90
o. able 20 pot down the simple melody o.
paper. and a. FOR writing tlf compete
so0r~. d D. a. Tar beyond them as makiug
complete plsns Tor suspension bri1gs
would be- 40 the iaoorer who works on 80
But the man vho e0uceives melody can
play 81 Oh a piano. And there arr HCofse
81 men who hav. studied music for year,.
who are working for ten or fifteen dollars
a week and VINO vii write out the music
and put o. in form.
Possibly the abiesf sonE " riteT OF rt.ent
years wac Felix McGlernon. HhD had
many sue atsses. the greatest being Com
zades" If started the fashion iH friend
anip songs which had q long run. After
this came "tte mother cong ana that
never dies out wholly. because ihe theme
s. sweet and true. and Old as time
set ever new. NoWadays home ana
'mother' must not appear Boz title
Naughty sir songs like Her Golden
Hair Nas Hanging Down Her Back,
pfeoocious youth songs. and al manner
81 dhues that we're suggestive had
great hold On the popular mind. So. these
have been leaveued bF sentimental hal-
lads. ike "Th. Song That Reached as
Heart. Sweet Marie and Others
The coon" song stiil RACES. bat during
the last year the geographical song has
come first Probably Paul Dresser started
this latter fashion. and few names are
better known Throughout the length and
breadth OF the country than that Of the
author o. "ou The wabash" 30 song
ever enjoyed greater popularity during a
certain period than this melody Every
enc knows that toe American soldiers ~
cuba were singing o. when their voices
were not lifted Ia the martial strains o.
a Hot Time iu the Old Town Tonight"
written By Theodoro A. Metz This lasf
o. a real song. a vigorous. splendid. swing
iug melody that carries one along. and
can very wen understand how tho Span
iarts came 20 regard it as the national
Houg u the United State. I am inclined
10 think that 60 Is one OF the songs that
Will endure
10 a not difficult 20 understand how the
homesick fodisrs shou % De- moved by ron
the Wabash" because 10 breathe. the at
mosphere Of home ana tho farm. Il b q
simple story % young nun returning
home after a long absence 10 md the
sweetheart Of his boyhood lying In the
churchyard The chorus = nothing but a
description OF a moonlight night on the
Wabash The commontiace story vas
twisted 50 that Il had a suggestion of
novelty. ana b was elemental la is sim
pliclty Added 10 mis- was a b,untlns-
and easily acquired melody. a title that
seemed new. and a uure sentiment
u should b. borne fn mind that tho
eonzs that have q good oed wholesome
sentiment are most successful, ION he
wabash brought forth hood Of songs
that described places from Maine 70 Cal-
iforula like The Girl ] Loved in SUNNI
Tennessee" She Was Ersd in Od Ken
lucky 'My OLD New Hamps hire Home
and 'Mid che Green Fie'ds u Vlreinla p
All these songs ere healfhful and hone@s
IN Their tone. q love Of nature an anec-
ton for good women. are found iu them
fhey are written down 20 the level Of ths
great mass % people Who do not thlnk
but only feel. They have the magic touch
% sympathy thar strikes responsive cord
~ me human heart
ihe coon songs Ter the most part nrc
immoral 10 their tome nut few can rcsia
their melody Even So great "a musician
a. Anton Dtorak declared that from them
must develop the national music ~ Amer
lca- Ana - for che words. there are.
'empreesfn ln them such keen and dds
cfiininatnE sense Of the weakness ct