The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-03-03

Ilen dnO women as tney worked ana
sung about the cottage or in the field.
What music was played under We'll
lington at Waterloo, and what was
played on the other side by the Irish
brigade under Napoleon? And might
ask why they play 1.-THE Girl I Left
Behind Me-" 1.-THE Bold Soldier Boy"
1.-THE Connaught Mans Rambles." ("
"The Rakes of Kildare" "The Young
May Moon" Johnnie, So Long at Lac
Fair" and last, but not least, Garry
owen? And the same tunes were
played in the Crimean war and after
ward in the Soudan. Were they played
because they were Irish music? No!
They were played because they had
fire and spirit to inspire the hearts of
the soldiers and urge them on. How
many thousands of human hearts have
found delight in listening to that
pleasing ballad that has been sung for
175 years? "Sally in Our Alley" was
composed by Henry Carey in 1870, and
is a great favorite today. How many
of my listeners here, when they hear
those beautiful songs, "Then You'll
Remember Me-" II Dreamt I Dwelt in
Marble Halls" 1.-THE Heart Bowed
down" and "The Gypsey Song" in that
delightful opera Of "The Bohemian
Girl" which has been translated into
every language and sung more times
than any other opera ever composed
knew that it was the work of an
Irishman, Michael w. Balfe? Balfe
also composed that ballad which will
be sung and listened to with pleas
ure while there is a heart to feel the
touch Of pathos and an ear to enjoy
a chord of harmony, Killarney" IT
is q nice thing for men Of Irish blood
to remember that Michael W. Balfe
was born in Dublin?
Again, how many here who have
listened to the beautiful opera. MARI
tana" and enjoyed the songs, Scenes
That Are Brightest" Happy Mo-
ments" and let Me Like a Soldier
FALL" know that the author was Will
liam Wallace, who led an orchestra at
the age of twelve in the city Of Dublin?
Is it a nice thing for you to know tnat
William Wallace was born in Water
ford? think it is. Who can listen
to the Low Backed Car" or Rory
O'More" and forget Samuel Lever?
The Irish music has left a great
imprint on the music of America
There were a great many Irish i'm
migrants to America before the Revo-
luton, driven across the seas by
tyranny or the famine. Thus the early
settlers OF New Hampshire were Irish,
as likewise were the settlers Of Mary
land and the Carolinas, and these Irish
immigrants brought with them their
Irish music. On both sides at Bunker
Hill the Irish airs were played. the
same as we're played at Waterloo and
in the Soudan. And the Irish airs
were the music of the navy under
Bold" Jack Barry and Commodore
AfcDonough.
At Lord Howe's reception in New
York all the music played was Irish
music. The Irish airs were prime
favorites in the American colleges be-
fore the Civil War. Yale's favorites
were loft in the Silly Night and
others of Moore's melodies. While
Harvard her tribute to Irish music
paid when she took for the words of
her famous college song, Fair Har-
vard," the air of Moore's Believe Me
If All Those Endearing Young Charms -
There was no impetus given to the
study of music in this country previous
to the Civil War. The first great band
of the Civil War was organized by
Patrick Sarsfeld Gilmore, who had
previously led band in Salem. Gil
more was the greatest band master
the world has ever seen. He it was
who gave the start to the advance
ment of music in America. He sue
cessfully conducted the great Peace
Jubilee" in Boston when he had under