Bisbee daily review., 1904-02-14

pleasures of peace and he joys os love, and experience the sensation of longing for eternal bliss.
 The development of musical uots tion occupies an important place is musical history. for, at first nothing but hooks. lines. dots and so forth, were used. until the tenth century when a monk Hucbald. first used iinex. fifteen :n all, writing the words of thh itevt between the lines. Later. dii ferent colors were used to used U represent different notes. which Ieads us to wonder how these who werp color blind managed to read. but pes- haps that affliction-w not known ip those days.
 To Martin Luther We eve vote os thanks, for he net oniv- ccnposec several chorals. but preached that next to religion in impprtanc. camf. music. And tc. Father Bach. we are indebted for some of the grandess organ music that has ever been writ ten; Father Pach-becsuse he is the a"knowledged father Of our modern piano forte playing, since thumbs aHa little finee-s were net used until ne first used them, although it is anus ire to not that while these other v'se Colve1iept eiiu-c;e Of our anal orv. ms: have bean considered Sd 7e-Guous n thcce days the usa Of 4I hcws ord fists ~-o--s -ot tc have Deen. Ter. when organs first car1e into use. t is affirmed that the keys were SC hard to nlsv that elbows and frstS kal +C t.4 musical history from its source. WE hrd it 'has ever widening scope. ana that s 2p by step we are comiaC to more complete realization of the is- oxh7Us.i5le resources which music, aas the most potent cnild of art has at its oommand; but here, We need ths touch of a master hand. for while the art has been made a divine one. il reeds but the touch of {, crude naa.s tc' despoil it CT all its beauty. aaS, render 1t ircpotent. ia so far as its power for good is concerned.
 To perceive the n1ondrocs beauty of the sentiment of music one must bs humble in his appreciation of it: take, for instance. the infammatus cf Roa- sini. with is every n3te q prayer. untiS ! last triumphant notes have been uttered. We find ourselves instinctiveip with bowed heads and pended knees. The soul inspiring effects, which have iEunined in rapid succession the cycles of tine. will continue indefinite ". The Marsella;5e is an exompie What could have influenced the reJpI2 Of it's time to the extent E did? Ant It's effect can never be lost. What stIrs within cur heart s2ch s:upenGous patriOtfc enotions 6s our own Sta. Span gls3 banner: and should We. per chance, stand on foreign shores, what must be the effect cn the mind: < dearer love cf home and country, ana the beloved flag.
 And 90 it is with all music, idenu- fed with the history of nation or the manners and customs of its people. either by means of the sentiment ex pressed, or by lcng use It has been said. "Letme but write the songs of a nation. and l care not who maI,es it's laws
 Quite independently of the state. Of civilization in which they live men naturally sing of that Of which their hearts and heads are fnil. and the characteristics cf such music. when it permeates a whole tribe O. people, result in the nation or folk music. which is most strictly presery ed among the less educated classes. 1t is equally true, however that the higher the civilization, the higher tae style of the national music.
 The quaint and plaintive melody Of the negro or the peasant, appeals to, us in the terms of unmistakabIc tenderness. In contratistinction take the music of the sturdy Norseman. which ki1a,es the heart of the nat;os to its purest fame.
 Contrast our cities, towns and vii lages in which music forms a 6istincs feature in their life. and note ffe re- lining influence upon general char acter of the inhabitants: in all cases. in the most musical. IS there found th4. rnost refined and cultivated individu- als.
 That 10 which the human hear. most quickly responds mpst he ac- knowledged as the most potent factor The memories of the tender, soothing