New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-03

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~ one HITTER ne writes: - nus, -. ,,,,,s,,
- ,n,, ,--eois music is mostly Negro nus
49, often refnoielsd BY ffeh0h
o.. .,o,,ls neither have beer 'feVie f"'' -
-,,,a ,.-ais melodies h1f Tor me ''s'"
-, 80, $500 s,,,es a. Louisiana and the An
rlei'a" .,,.Aol,. suavs-inE beauty and
', = -. NaQro chart are nChiened ny the
- ,.-,.-c. ar suhdued and deepened by the
s~,.h How fsr tits is from The sun Writer
.-,,,rion that Hearn grew disoonrae' ~ N ~
.-.s,,l considerations. he-ause he fouho tha' M
-. ,,,,si. MS merely en- inirtstion ~ tho music
800 ~, Negro heard IN America. Il is scarotly
,.,,ssss-y 10 point cut n wonc hsFe broken 'hs
-. ~ I eyer told him that any ~ the muse
- 10 cent mr. Or ~ which he wrote me De
.,.io,. showed no African. hut ONLY soot'h
: s,,or Championships lie sent me the music ~
- Nec.o songs orly which music Geat"r ''N'-
s,,,.line >Oas his name. J think ~role down i"'
=, -. NJ them Noudoo song. ~ others he
=, -,a TIE words only. The creole songs when
=. n,,o Interested hin hut little because they
<.,.,.s m him elements 81 form. end 50 fortn'
80 ~ readily recognized 80 sophisiioations from
=, .,,.a-c5 at Iie had heard from me az on
-, s-,ies and savage music IN which there were
,-.~,;,,al tones unknown 20 the occiosntai sNs
a., Th,zs zones he thopeht he heard again m
=, vos,aoe sorss snd he vas constantly trying
-, -. ,-r ssrsfand what he cant hy de-
-. 49, diagrams He could no. even record
-. 4, p-r orh-r wsv. The glissandc e7ec;
- ,rsy b. neare in Negro singing snd me
-, 40 teo.S n, IN OFT scales ne described over
- over again IS tonai sriinterings. lhey hao
. A., A.. Great charm. r. ore ~ his letters he
-. "lf.s oihrr rirnt. ne Oss listening to
-. h. a,,,,s steamboat whistle. Page Baker
.--... e IKE the wall ~ q hanshee. But
-. -, he creole Musician stepped up END cried
=, t-o,i,.l'v oh. nappy Tnan' There IS vour III
,,tosibysur sNhded African music Verify. 1
- ,,bor AZ. almost correct for g Is even
-. t,nfo the cannihsl song ~ the Marquesas
80. v.ieh ~ friend Krehhiel used 10 sing
$50 A aa9,her firne - think vou are night
80, n. Ssaro- American music. and that a
s,.,t.vr trjn NiH ~ absolutely essential he'ause
J hs,e never ~sf me: person here able 10 70
yro1.5a on paper those fractional tones We used
80 IA about which lent such weirdress - the
song TIC naked melody rohhe6 o. those has
sD.oli,l, no nstionsl characteristic. Tho Other
d.y a counl- ~ darkie- from the country passed
my cornei. sinEire. not creole song. hut plain
Negro dirty with recurrent hurthen consisting
a. me cry rah' Jce-roo- -le-e-e-ern'
= can't describe 20 you the manner I'm which the
svlable lem ives broken up into four tiny notes.
shs uuersrce 81 which did nct occupy ono second
oil IN o sery low bat very powerful key The rest
a. tie song YVES iu regular descending scale. tho
on bens very much prolonged. and tho other
notes very quick and sudden Wish Z could write
q. bur can't I fhiuk Ell the original Creole
Negro songs uere characterized by similar eccen-
tric.-ies The fact u.s. although there Is truth in
bic speculation That African music departs from
The European scales Hes~n heard music ~
in saw everything through his Intellectual prc1i-
ler,icns and his warm snd fantastis Imagination.
about The time ~ these letters Az cable came 20
s;ew Yorl bringing letter ~ Introduction 20 me
l5s .ru ard ne had hecn drawn together ny their
mutual interest ir creole studies. and cable Vas
deslrous ~ Introduce sor1e music which he had
collected iu some articles which nc had IN contern-
coll n -,
posed I found myscf obliged 10 decline for the
reasou that 7 ord not feel rnvsaif sufficiently
e0uprsd ara hscsuse could not ndiust my man
10 that ~ my distinguished friend. vho era
rouslv submitted part - his manuscript 20 me a.
his home in sinsbury. locked over the music Tor
Dim. however. msse simple arrangements ~ some
- me SONGS added some ~ iny own and the arti-
cies appeared IN the Century Magazine" for Feb
fus-y and April 1855. Z also talked on the subject
- CREOLE music ~ the Musical club in Cincinnati
~ me occasion ~ reception arranged by some "
ny good friends when 7 went hack TO nay old bor,A
attend a May Musical Festival Soma SONGS 49,
sung snd a Suite Creole' composed h, Tobp A
rroeshoven on themes with which sllpnlied hin,
"as nisEed b. small orchestra. II has since then
been PLAYED in Fscston srd other places and may
70 ssld N nave been tho first work ~ its kind
Eoiischsks settings ~ Creole melodies Ram
ioula. Ia Savanne" ETC. belne ,,sa,of,,+o
pie'es The melody ~ tho schc-zo in the su,,a
''hk r. The Wa~l is quill tune which 7 noted
Gown from The singing = william price 2 SouthAr,
fan ana twenty wears ago reporter on The Trth
une
Nearlv three wears before Nr Cables articles
appeared IN The Century Hoar0 began N HOW,
ta'o no WITH suggestions that ne oollah orate IN
We wiling OF a book ~ folk music Al Are, =,
No'n seem that she scheme vas ~ embrace
A'Tlcsr n'sie chiefly n reh~uarv 1854 unless
o. o''eired ny tho Postmarks on the .,velones
+" th- etiers witch have found bearing on ,bA
slo'ect he Formulated plan for The work Ia
7",e' - write me pfefsoe-a long one-ana
t-fpF occasional picturesque" notes - ,ba
'-aih'he snd faots which we're ~ form, my co,
'r'bution. re then outlines Ma, D.. - =. =
te preface. He would begin hv treating ~ the
--'sIos musical parrtofisnl-'the strange bts,or-,
- nc sslois, who furnish 50 singular an eraunle
:. nus'osl prostitution. and who although hororAd
=, - F''ea IN one way. are otherwise despised Nv
-, o"" people snd refused the rites % burial -
80 70" proposed - relare .son'et hing ahout the
us "anoerlnEs ~ these gIicts through the
.""" oesert northward MO tho MaRhreb cam
s zen solitary wandering. their perform
-, q Arab camps m the long tourney when
- nag slaves came our 70 listen ana weep. then
,h., -, FoFsgi1g 70 Ccnstsntinople where
rl,,,e. :, 90 NoiRo airs for the great black poo
~ o'amboul. whom no laws ~ sor,a c.r
A. Nrnn doors when the sound ~ srio, ,,,,,s,,
-, - N The street Then 7 would speak 10
49,, "aeks carrv their music with them 20
49, - e'ea - mysterious Hadranant. where
f.-. -s are held IN high esteem nv Arab mas
t,,r q, - ! would ,ou-h upon tho transplants-
A1p.rio., - - melody 70 the Antilles and the two
satherss H. .Fl Hs strangest black flowers are
80 os Ire slcherrists OF musical sci.,oa "a
,.,,.-,,, ~ thereof sxtracted BY msKtcisns ike
v-,,is -. 'noW is that for a beginninge
a.. 10 my work into trief sections OF about
49, IAN pages each. every division sep
,,-,...,.s 'oinsn numerals end containing one
p. 49,. soup OF facts Having advanced thus
hst.,, :. ''N proposed 20 try 20 show a relation
b. a., 50 physiology and Negro music. and
a.. - ne no burden % andilg OUT whether
as res 'ocsl chords were differently formed
80. - longer vibration than those 81
,ss..-. one He was led into this branch Of the
n g.. me osersstion. which he had found
'hs, - % nat the blood OF the African black