The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-14

sculpture, poetry and music. These, with such subservient arts as elocution, dancing, acting and other kindred arts, constitute the compound art of the op- era.
 So far as we have cultivated the lyric drama. we do not know our ability of dramatic expression and power of laps ing into the pathetic as well as do the French. Musical history relates that in Paris as early as 1870, privileges were accorded by CharlesiIX to a Ven etian, c. A. de Baif, in respect to an Academic de Poesie ct de Musique, while in 1884, a series of dramatic mus teal permormanees in Italian by Italian artists were given, lasting without in terruption till. 1852 The Academic de Musique was opened in 1871, with an opera. This institution has survived all political and social upheavals and is to- day the most prominent institution of the lyric art in the world. Similar academies have been founded during past centuries in all the large cities in Europe.
 IO lIbCG lliG Ol l5lil Ol t4lC OPNA O would bring us centuries before the Christian era. It was found in ancient l Greece, for it is as old as the drama itself. This address is not the proper place to speak of the history of the opera. My object is, simply to give inn pulse to the establishment of an opera in our beautiful town; to establish a school for teaching the dramatic art, acting, Reclamation and singing; to start an operatic school; to train pu pills for the operatic stage; to give pub lie performances of such works as can ! be brought out by such talent as Is | furnished by such an academy. Yale | university can do this as her monetary means in donations coming to her en- able her to defray such expenses. Our orchestra Is the proper handmaid of such an undertaking, It is not for me to indulge in speculation as to the sup port such an opera will receive, but I can only say that the benefit to our great country, to those gifted by na- ture, who possess good voices and tall ent for the dramatic stage, is of more
 
 of money which would necessarily be expended in the early stages of the en- terarise
 This country is now at the opening of an era of culture which will display the artistic forces inherent in it's peo- pie. America, in its dramatic as well as musical art, is travelling faster Nan England a century ago. Americans display their artistic abilities upon the boards of the great opera houses of Europe Our women surpass the Eu- ropeans not merely In their physical beauty but also in the fresh voices they possess. It is for our Old Yale to put its shoulder to the wheel to give us an operatic school and an opera. l I notice with pleasure the continual arrival of newcomers in our city who Iare good instrumental players The opportunity offered to good players upn musical instruments to settle here Is 0 cheering sign that New. Haven is progressing rapidly in the field of or chestral music We can thus enlarge the ranks of our orchestra which now numbers sixty players. hope we soon Ishall have seventy-1ve
 | LAS you are going to take your places again in the great orchestra, let me beseech you to be faithful to your du- ties, to render your noble work with earnestness, and that you will con tinue to worship the noble art of music