The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-27

o'SHSA A@GA OEsA5 AAC DelAACQ u todlAAOlIlLd an island near Lemnos, where he mar ried Harmona, who according to some authors was a princess, accord ing to others goddess, while some say that she was flute-player by pro- fession. However that may be, liar monia could produce nothing but melody on her wild flute, as the Greek music had no gamut Perhaps the truth of this story is, that Cadmus, who introduced letters into Greece, married princess who brought music or harmony thlther But the whole is shWuded in fiction. The gods were said to have attended their wedding Some presented the bride with valua- ble presents, while Apollo played on his Tyre, the Muses on their flutes, and the other divinities shouted for joy.
 Minerva was said to have invented the flute and to have thrown it aside on being laughed at by Juno and Venus, for the distortion caused by swelling her cheeks in the act of blow ! ing it. Others say that she abandon ed the flute on seeing Apollo playing on the Tyre, because she observed that Athis left his mouth at libertly, and en- abled him to sing while he played. | Apolo's Tyre was invented by Mer- cury and given by him to Apollo, in order to appease the angry god whose herds he had stolen. Amphion raised an altar to Apollo, who in return en- dowed him with such musical skill, that he raised the walls of Thebes by the music of his Tyre
 | Of all the pagan divinities, none were SD famed for their skill in music as Apollo. Pan, having declared that his flute was superior to Apollo's Tyre accepted of a musical challenge from 1 that divinity. Midas was appointed judge. He decided in favor of Pan, and Apollo rewarded him with a pair of ass ears for his stupidity.
 This was probably the invention of some musical poet, intended to show that Midas, king of Phrygia, was SO occupied In collecting gold, that he paid no attention to the fine arts.
 Marsyas, a celebrated fute-player, was the son of Hyaguns, who lived Ii5OO years before Christ. Hyaguis was supposed to be the inventor of the flute and the Phrygian mode, as also of homes, or airs that were sung to various divinities. The musical contest between Marsyas and Apollo has been greatly celebrated The flute of Marsyas was. vanquished by the Tyre of Apollo, and the gods, innuenc- ed by the violence of the dispute, fay ed him alive for his presumption.
 There is magnificent statue at Rome, where Marsyas is represented fastened to tree, with his arms ex- tended. Among the inventions of Marsyas was the pandage made of leather thongs, used by the ancients In playing the flute, to keep the cheek and lips firm, and to prevent the dis tortion of the countenance when blow ing it.
 There were also two great musicians
 in antiquity of the name of Olympus, celebrated performers on the flute. The
 one lived before the Trojan war; the
 other was contemporary with Midas,
 who died 697 years before Christ, The
 first was scholar of Marsyas; the
 second was a Phrygian, and the au-
 thor of several poems.
 Plato, Aristotle and Plutarci1 are
 unanimous in celebrating the praise of
 the disciple of Marsyas. During the
 time of Plutarch, his music was still
 chanted in the temples and he was also
 the author of the Curule song, which caused Alexander to seize his arms
 when he heard it performed by Anti : genldes.
 Plutarch also mentions Philammon
 of Delphos, who,- being great poet
 and musician, was considered the son of Apollo.
 The Greeks consecrated the cock, the
 grasshopper, and the swan to Apollo
 the first because by its growing il
 announces the approach of Phoebus;
 the second, because it sings all the
 summer; the third, on account of its ,, supposed vocal powers. The opinion of the swans singing sweetly at the
 approach of death, was universally be.
 lieved by the ancients; and Oeliar even aserts gravely that at a solemn annual festival in honor of Apollo g band of swans used regularly to take , their places among the musicians 1T
 the temple and perform their parts the utmost precision
 All the Greek dances and sacrifices
 in honor of Apollo, were performed tc the sound of the flutes and the pres ents formerly sent to Delos were con ducted thither to the sound of Tyres
 flutes and shepherds pipes
 The Muses are the only pagan di , whites whose names are still invoked and few poets commence their under taking without an invocation to tn, tuneful Nine, Apollo was painted witt
 a cithara of ten strings as a symbo of his union with the Nine NIuses. Py thagoras and Plato supposed that tn, universe itself, and all its parts, wer, constructed upon the principles O harmony The Muses were, accordiny to them, the soul of the planets in ou 2 system, whence the imaginary musi 7 of the spheres.
 Bacchus acted an important part il
 musical mythology. He was the got
 both of wine and song and, in ancien sculpture, we find him accompaniet by lawns and satyrs playing on tim brels, cyFnbals, bagpipes and horns The processions celebrated in hi
 honor were accompanied by musici ans of both sexes, dressed like fawn 5 and satyrs, and formed into bands O ! music, playing upon drums and cym ! bals and shouting Evohe Bacchel Pan was another musical divinity author of the pipe of reeds callet syrinx. Of the celebrated Sirens wh ! lived on the coast of Sicily, and lure,