The newspaper., 1908-11-06

ich another is Johann PachelteI whose COMPOSITIONS
Bach sought to study among which are found a
rfety of forms said to be the chief models upon which
Bach founded his style. Dietrich Buxtehude
organst celebrated that Bach. when young,
walked many miles to hear him play. Among these
none is better known by name than Johann Adam
Reuken who served as organist at Hamberg whom
Bach went twice on foot distance OF two hundred
miles, to hear play. But Of these-nor all
combned-has exerted influence upon music
any great extent beyond his day except indirectly
he Influenced Bach who became the first really great
master and who did more toward the development
of muric than any composer who ever lived. His
compositions are Indispensable to thorough mastery
in two distinct provinces. One. the modern art Of
violin playing. the other that OF playing. and
it might lie adlc!. in lesser degree the also of
panoforte playing. Upon the Inst two mentioned
Instruments he the grea ,irtuoso hs day
Not only does he furnish natter for technical develop
his great tone poems have been "A stimulus
such great masters Mendas"hn. >chuman. hopin.
Wagner. themselves becoming in turn great forces In
musical progress. Although he brought the FuGue
to its highest perfection. 1t is mistake to consider
him writer of Fugus alone. He I'm many
other forms meodically and dramatically. Some of
his works are regarded as thoroughly modern. In
the department Of harmony IL IL believed by those
competent TO judge, that combinations of tones
since made 10y any writer il without precedent in the
works OF Bach Many of his airs enjoy popularity
today. This is deemed the more remarkable because
he Travelled so little. and heard almost music but
his own lie was married three times and had
twenty-one children "A number Of whom were mu-
sicial. In his later years he became blind. He died
Good Friday 1870 at the age of sxty-fve.
Handel was born in 1855 which also Bach's
th-year-ther native town being not far apart and
yet they met. Handel's father a ph ysician
and did not think favorably OF music for his son.
George Fate, however, strong for him
The Duke of SAKE Weissenfels happening hear the
boy play admonished the father to give him lessons
Before he was Dinteen he made his way to Hamburg
where he obtained an engagement in the Orchestra
BY accident he reached promotion soon-and pre-
n chance To of hi. works
Germany where he became IA favorite with Elector
George who afterwards king of England. In
time Handel went to London where he continued to
live for twenty years; long, i'm fact that his
seems more closely associated with that coun-
try than with his native Germany lie had
great success for time with Operas: but when ad-
circumstances hndered him in that ne-he
very best-partly, perhaps due to sublimty Of the
subjects. In particular IL this of his master
work-''Messiah," brought out in l7I1 This compo
sition completed In two weeks. Mathews says
of this work: "Whe Handel himself surpassed it's
sublimity In ''Israel in Egypt" and Bach Its dra-
matte quality in the thunder and lightning chorus I'm
the "St. Mathews Passion and Mendelsohn it's
lodousness in his Elijah" yet for balance of good
qualities and for and sustained inspiration
throughout the messiah" IL justly entitled to the
rank which, by common consent it holds the most
complete work which Oratorio can show. His in6u-
upon music is by great that OF
Bach; never-th -theless he a great MASTER and his
works form an indispensable part of the literature Of
music. His compositions many and various
showing great versatility He married nor,
faras is known was lie In love. lie died in 1759
possessed OF quite fortune which left for chari
table purposes.
Francis Joseph Hayden born in the little vii