The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-09-03

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present standard of refinement. 1t
may be that mans development has
been the cause of musical advance.
Which is effect and which cause is a
question beyond our solution. This we
do know, that in community where
music is cultivated, we find other
forms of intellectual culture.
Value of Music.
1--WE find that music is factor in
developing community along lines
of refinement, we also know that re-
finement means morality, a lessening
of crime, and an amelioration Of pain
and misery.
'The value of music, in it's lasting
qualities and its usefulness as an
ethical factor is too obvious to be
overlooked in the search for things
of worth.
about 100 years ago Franz Schu-
bert was writing songs that would at
this late day, give him pre-eminence
as the greatest of song writer's. In
his poverty, being compelled to sell
some of his greatest songs for mere
pittance Of 20 cents, he was too poor
to have piano Of his own until later
years. 1t is said that his friend Rie-
der to whose kindness and encour-
agement Schubert, owed much, was
glad to permit him the use of his
piano, except at such times as he
might be engaged in painting and un-
willing to be disturbed. An arrange
ment which was still further prefec-
ted by agreement, that when certain
shade in Rieder's house was drawn,
Schubert would understand that he
must not be disturbed. The neighbor-
ing folks would often see Schubert
look wistfully at the window with the
drawn shade and sadly turn away,
and at other times see his face
brighten on finding the shade raised.
Like many another great man also,
his greatness remained unrecognized
by his contemporaries; in fact, it re-
NAMED for pianist to pave the way
for the popularization of Schubert
melodies. 1t was List who, by his
prescriptions of many of these melo-
dies for the piano forte, opened the
treasure vault of permitting the world
to see the beauties contained.
Henry Krehbiel, the great musi-
cal writer, remarks. 1T cannot be
said that even now these songs are
as often seen on concert programs as
they should be-
Schubert
1T requires temperament and tech
mic of the most finished character to
do them justice. In this connection
it may be permissible for us to say,
that more refinement of the vocal art
and more absolutely accurate know
ledge of the singers technic is neces-
sary for the proper presentation of
these songs than any effort of the
exponent of the singers art.
'The value of Schubert's life in the
world cannot be measured by his di-
rect and prolific production (his
songs numbering over 5000, but the
influence he has had on the develop
ment of the art songs is felt and rec
ognized in all of the latter musical
writer's.
I'm reality, Schubert, by his genius,
was the father of, the new school of
poetic romanticism in music, in the
freedom of harmonic meditation.
Listz, Chopin, Brahms, even Dvorak.
have felt and learned the beauty of
the simple romance.
"The close union between text and
music is one of the chief characters
tics of Schubert's songs.
Notice the ever changing mood,
the minor key being used to express
sadness and pain, whilst the more
gladstone thoughts are typified by the
major keys.
"The change Of mood in music, be-
ing not merely the arbitrary method
of change, but made to accommodate
that same effort in the text.
Schumann
I'm this short effort to portray
some of the greatness of the man, I
am loath to leave the consideration OF |
Schubert, and vet pleased to turn
my attention to man whose activ-
tiles in the musical world were a
later gift, yet one whose name is, In
the minds OF all music lovers, very
closely associated with him. When
Schubert was struggling with poverty,
and out Of his infinite richness of mel
ody was giving to the world his songs
Gas many as seven or eight day.
another great song writer. Robert
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