The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-27
HISTORY OF MUSIC ADVANCE OF THE ART.
First of an Interesting Series of Articles By
 M. Steinert.

 lecture had an underlying principle, which governed it's advancement dur ing the succeeding ages. The same can be said of sculpture, painting and even poetry.
 The early members of the human race such as the savage tribes who liv- ed in the open air, in the forest or in the elefts of rocks and caves, where thye sought protection from the ele- ments were not yet aware of such an art as is called architecture. They sim ply looked for shelter and protection.
 It requires a certain period in the life of tribe, in war, in religon, or something must appear to their minds as uncommon to lead them to create something in earth, wood or stone to commemorate such events. Thus they use figures which are the primary ele- ments of sculpture.
 So does the painter carry out these conceptions in painted figures; while the bard's epic recalls the. deeds of heroism in numbers. He can express many emotions of the human heart, sorrow, joy, love and even patiotism land religion.
 While these moods can in measure be expressed through the medium of all the fine arts, the most intimate portrayal of the human heart can only be given in song or through the power lof the musical instrument.
 Man possesses an emotional and. an intellectual nature. The emotional is born with him while the intellectual portion is subject to cultivation in ac- hcordance to it's state and oportuni- ties.
 The history of the other arts reveals to us the fact that the works produc- ed in the eleventh, twelfth and suceed- ing centuries became standards of the highest type in art, while music as g fine art is still almost in it's infancy.
 And although it has travelled slowly and gradually in it's onward path 1t shows an undeniable progressiveness
 toward higher ideals, while the works of those early centuries to be found in
 the other fine arts remain to-day the
 continuation of all that can be pro
 duced.
 It is an undeniable fact that these
 works are the patterns. Of the artist
 who works to-day in this direction of art. Our present. age has not yet sue lceeded in creating loftier and more
 sublime works than those of the
 Greek sculptor or of Michael Angelo,
 Raphael, Rubens, and others; nor is
 there any record in our modern age
 that will equal or surpass the powers
 of the Greek poet, or Of q Dante, a
 Shakespeare or a Goethe.
 The advance in the musical art is ev-
 ident beginning with Johann Sebastian
 Bach, 16SS-175O, Handel and Scaratti
 about the same time, and their sue
 cesors such as Haydn, Mozart, Bee
 thoven, Schubert, Mehdelssohn, Schu'
 mann, Chopin and Weber. Musica art in her onward flight numbers
 among it's composers such men as
 Berlioz, Wagner and many more III
 to the time of Richard Strauss. Thus it is that music appears upon tht
 horizon of the world with ever quick
 ening pace. It is the intention of thC
 writer to cover it's history from the l very earliest beginning to the present
 day. But the early stages must b(
 related in an encyclopedia manner.
 The art of combining sounds In { manner agreeable to the ear is called music. If simultaneous sounds they
 constitute melody, if they are success sive, harmony. The love of heightened
 tones and modulated sounds differen
 from those of speech give great pleas | ure to all mankind all over the world However wild or savage a people ma, be they take pleasure in music anl apply it to most all kinds of functions
 They sound notes of triumph while go
 ing to war, they display it in songs o joy at their banquets and in thei lmournful hymns at their funerals, O lin pastoral lays to celebrate the beaut. and pleasures of country life. The Bible gives many references which show that music was used il religious ceremonies, in public festival and in social amusements. Tubal, tn,
 sixth descendant from Cain, is calle' , "'the father of all such as handle th , harp and organ
 When Jacob fled from Laban, ant was reproaehed by him for his secre flight, Laban said to him, Why aids , thou flee away secretly and stea away from me, and didst not tell me l that I might have sent the away witt l mirth and with songs, with tabret an' ] with harp?" As Laban was a Syrian the tabret and harp should be rankel among Assyrian instruments ; In the year 1491 before Christ, W i have the first instance of a psalm. o hymn. to the Supreme Being, upol { record. When having passed the Re, Sea. Moses, at the head of the whol } people of Israel escaped from bondage sung a hymn of gratitude to the Lord , And Miriam. the prophecies, took l timbrel in her hand, and all tn
 women went out after her, with tim } brels and with dances.
 These instruments were undoubted ly brought from Egypt, and tn , trumpet of the Jubilee, which was or : dered to be sounded soon after tn } might from Egypt, was probably als : an Egyptian instrument. When tn t Egyptians required a hymn of thei Jewish captives. there is perhaps n f heart that does not synpathize wit 3 their feelings, when they hung up thei $ harps on the willows of Babylon, an
 refused to sing the songs of Zion in } strang land.
 F More than 2.OOo years have passe 3 Iaway since then. Time has change ? all transitory things; but the feeling