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New-York tribune., 1910-07-10
MUSICAL LIGHTNING IN WAGNER'S
"WALkURE"

illustrating the Progress of Music for Keyed
Stringed Instruments printed in his History
Of the Pianoforte, the Mulliner Vrginal
Book, the Earl of Lecesters Virginal Book
Lady Neve's Virginal Book and two manu-
ycript collections which 1 judge to belong to
the latter part of the seventeenth century, now
preserved in the New York Public Library
Lenox Foundation, having been bought by the
Gate Joseph w. Drexel at the sale of DR.. Rim
bault's library in London in 1877 The music
IN these manuscripts is written on slaves OF
six lines, like that of the FitZWilam book.
Among the composers represented are Orlando
Gibbons Christopher Gibbons, DR.. Bull. DR..
Rogers Albert Byrne, Matthew Locke. Thomas
Tomkins, J. Cobb and p Phillips The chief
source OF knowledge touching English virginia.
music outside Of the manuscript collections in
the seventeenth century was work printed in
1911 entitled "Parthenia." 1t contained music
written by Byrd Bull and Orlando Gibbons and
went through six editions within forty eight
years, during which. time according to An
thony A. Wood it was the prime book used
by Masters in Musick' In 1S47 1t was re-
printed under the auspices of the Musical Anti
Quarian Society, DR.. Rimbault being the editor.
The variation form was almost exclusively
cultivated by the English virgnalists, though
there evidences of novel strivings in man.
well content in some Of the pieces
called fantasias Thus, the first composition Of
John Munday died 1890 in the Fftzwilliam
book is fantasia in which an effort is made
to delineate series of meteorological changes.
It's sections. rhythmically varied and without
thematic connection bear the inscriptions Fair
v GATHER" lightning" Thunder" three times.
finally there a slow concluding move
ment section marked "A Clear Day" 1t may
interest the curious to note that the device with
which Munday attempts to suggest lightning
IS not unlike in idea that which Wagner in
vented for the same purpose more than two
centuries later. will appear from a compari-
son OF the two phrases.
So. too, there Is an early specimen OF another
style Of progrnmmatc composition once so ad-
Inired that the echoes OF II have come down
quite to own day. In piece by William
Byrd. which Is found Transcribed In Lady
Ncvillc's virginia. book and twice In one OF the
manuscripts In the New York Public Library
where II is annotated evidently by Dr. Rim
New-York tribune., 1910-07-10
FAC-SIMILE

which Autolycus sings Jog on jog on" in "A
Winters Tale (Act ". Scene o. set by Richard
Farnaby and "Bonny Sweet Robin" one line
OF which poor. distraught Ophelia sings to
Laertes before going to the brook where she
was pulled
from her melodious lay
To muddy death,
set by Giles Farnaby. There also. is Byrd's
setting Of 'The Carmans Whistle" the song
which, in all likelihood. was in Shakespeare's S
mind when, in having Falstan descant on the
early life of Justice Shallow he made the knight
say:
He always came in the rearward of the
fashion; and sung those tunes to the over
scutched huSwifes that he heard the carmen
whistle and sware they were his '.fancies'' or
his good nights"
Scant justice has been done to this music hy
the German historians. rule and it is there
fore the greater pleasure to note the laudable
exception made by Dr. Oscar Bic. who woxes
enthusiastic over Byrd's setting of The Car
mans Whistle and "Senger's Round":
The Carman's histle'" says DR. Bic .is q
perfected popular melody one of those tunes
which will lnger for days in our ears At the
beginning OF the third and fourth bars Byrd
sets me first and second. bars in canon in the
simplest and most straightforward style Next
come harmonics worthy of Rameau with the
certain figures are inserted which are easily
New-York tribune., 1910-07-10

worked into the canOnic form, now legato WITH
the charm of the Introduction of related notes,
now diatonic scales most gracefully introduced,
now staccatO passages which draw the melody
along with them like the singing of a bird
Finally fuller chords appear, gently changing
the direction of the theme. From first to last
there is not turn foreign to the modern ear.
1.-THE 'Sellinger's Round is more stirring. Its
theme is in swinging 6-S rhythm, running
easily through the harmonies of the tonic, the
super dominant and the sub dominant. 1t
strikes one like an old legend, in the first
this piece is prototype. The first variation re-
tains the rhythm and only breaks the harmonies
It's gentle Equalization is more distinctly marked
in the third variation, which at the conclusion
adopts running semi-quavers after Birds ia
vorite manner, anticipating at the conclusion
of the one variation the motive of the next
The semi-quavers go up and down in thirds, or
are interviewer by both hands, while melody
and accompaniment continue their dotted 6-S.
in q fashion reminding Of a Schumann- In
the later variations the quaver movement is
again taken up, but florid and more varied,
with runs which pursue each other in canon
This piece perhaps the first perfect claver piece
on record, which had left its time far behind,
was written in 10SO.''
Among other songs I mention the following
ings of the poets. dramatists and essayists OF
New-York tribune., 1910-07-10
MUSICAL LIGHTNING IN MUNDAfS
FANTASIA.

with the jocund. out-doOrsy flourish Of its -
ond. I find more Of the modern spirit than
any score Of the programmatic and eharacfe"
tic pieces written by the French masters -
came a hundred years after him Harsh ID
crude are many of the progressions in SOM +"
these English pieces. monotonous the repeuo~
OF rudimentary passage work in the var1akS'"
but their value as clavier music becomes ~
nous when compared with the bulk Of the -
written for the harpsichord in the same Dss'"
on the Continent
Thomas Tails (perhaps more properly 1s'.@
152s-S5) plays his most important role - -
father Of English cathedral music ana
teacher (and business associate in q nOse'"
OF music printing and the sale of music -
OF William Byrd (1s44 or 1546-162s)- Osn'~
Gibbons u5S3-1s25) was one OF three orete
who were eminent in their day in the csk"
service. and the father Of DIR. Christophss y"
bonS uSl5-'.S). who was organist Of Wiz
ter Cathedral the Chapel Royal. Weso",
Abbey and private organist TO Charles IL p
seems to have been the most popular vn"
virginia. music In his time and his ptsess ~.
number those Of any Of his associates /"
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book" His elesese "
petitor. as evidenced by that standar' =,
Giles Farnaby, who bridged over the sH'
and seventeenth centuries. but of whom "< :.
nothing is known Giles Farnaby is r~pFeSy w.
in the collection by hfty-one pieces 70 ', 49,,
sixty-eight; Dr. Bull follows with iosV
Tails with twenty-five, and then comes n.
Phillips with nineteen. Phillips was t'A
cleric OF English birth. evidence Of "n0
journ in Italy and on the Continent is foo', -,
his arrangements Of melodies by sucn ''~ :,
masters as Orlando Iassus. Luca AaNh
Alessandro Striggio and Giulio Romano .p
DIR. John Blow u65S-l70S) and Henry
t65S-'95) the list of epoch making Ensisn -,
posers may be said TO have ended, tho1s"
Pluer has included pieces by Dr. 7. A.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-10

Continued en- eighth page.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-30
BAR NEGROES FROM
THE POLLING LIST

ANNAPOLIS. ND. March se.--
Delegate w. Mitchell Diggs. OF
Charles county. gave positive assur-
ance this morning that he will In
troduce In the House of the Maryland
egtxlatare=fe-das- his-hii i-ersitaing
for the Acknowledgement OF negroes
by refusing them registration In State
and municipal elections. Mr.. Ham,
mond. OF Howard county. will intro
duce an amendment based on the
Alabama law. On Introduction OF the
bills the Republicans will inaugurate
a course Of hifthstering and win
wage bitter fight against the meas.
ure.
The Digges plan has attracted wide
sprcad interest and Statesmen and
legal authorities all over the country
have expressed views widely diver
gent a. to the validity of the pro-
posed legislation. State Senator Coz
man. son OF the late Democratic
leader. United States Senator Arthur
Pue German. has been quoted AZ de-
ciaring he viii lead the night for the
adoption Of the bills.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-30
MURDER WITNESS
MAY Be SUICIDE
Sam Pete Holland Killed by Train
Under Suspicious Cir
APPEARED FOR HARDY
cumstances.
Said TO Have Possessed Inside
knowledge of Staying of
Jones.

Especial to The Richmond Nirginian.l
SUFFOLK, VA, March, so.--Mys-
terry surrounds the death of Sam Pete
Holland. whose horribly mangied body
Was found on a road crossing near
here last night. under conditions
pointing strongly TO suicide.
Holland was struck by Southern
passenger train as he was seated on
the tracks. A coroner's jury brought
in a verdict of accidental death. but
it Is whispered that the dead man
may have sought self-destruction as
a result of his unpleasant connection
with the Hardy murder trial
Holland was the star witness for
Hardy In hts recent trial for the muir
der OF Tiberius Gracious Jones. As
a result OF his testimony. he was In
dicted for perjury. but proceedings
were dropped. SO that he might be
used as witness again. should the
case have a rehearfng.
1t Is believed that he possessed an
intimate knowledge of the inside facts
OF the case. He was q clerk in mir.
Hardy's store, and is said TO have fur
nished the gun with which the latter
is alleged to have committed his
crime.
Hollands body was cut into an al
most unrecognizable mass by the
train. Both arms. both legs and his
neck Were broken, and his skull and
his ribs crushed
The deceased was twenty-seven
years of age, aud Is survived by a
widow. Ave children, father. mother
and two sisters.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-30
TAKE EXCEPTION
TO VERDICT IN SUIT

NEW YORK, March s0.--Attorney-
General William q. Conley, of Wesi
Virginia. who came to New York
yesterday, conferred with former
United States Senator John G. Spooner
and John @. Carlisle, counsel for West
Virginia In the so-called West vir-
ginia debt suit. to-day The three.
together with former Governor Daw-
aon. of West Virginia. discussed the
recently filed findings made by for
mer Representative Charles Little-
field, referee in the suit. and de-
cided upon numerous exceptions TO
these findings. which were filed on
March II.
just what these exceptions will he
none of the West Virginia counsel
would say. The Virginia representa-
tives met in Washington q week ago
and decided upon their exceptions.
Tho cause of the suit brought by vir-
Ktnia goes back TO the promise Of
West Virginia 70 assume an equitable
portion OF the debt OF Virginia, Ii.
January, 1860. and the claim of the
former State that she had paid into
the treasury Of Virginia all that wna
due.
John q. Carlisle. who attended 10
days. conference. Is still In the care
of a physician. but IL recovering
rapidly from his recent serious ILL.,
nesA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-30
BREAK FROM JAIL
MURDER WITNESS
Condemned Slayers Awaiting
Transfer to Richmond Effect
Delivery in portmouth.
THREE MAKE ESCAPE
----------------
Murderers Joined by Prisoner
Serving Minor Sentence-Use
Blanket Ropes.

PORTSMOUTH. VA. March So
Two murdererx, John Parker and VIII
liam Smith, awaiting transfer from
the Norfolk county Jail TO tine peEt-
Tertiary at Richmond. cut through
the bars of the murderers' cage and
escaped with another prisoner Just
before dawn to-day. The escape was
discovered shortly after dlybreak and
a posse with bloodhounds Is now on
the trail
Murder Is believed To have been
committed by the three men In their
eGcape The body of a local tar5er,
James Smith, was found With knife
wound through his heart shortly after
the delivery. Officers believe smith
saw the, escape prisoners and was
killed when he attempted 10 Give the
alarm.
After cutting through tho bars OF
the cage in which they We're con-
fined. the murders and the third pris-
oner, who was serving sentence for a
minor ofrense. broke through the roof
OF the jail and lowered themselves
three stories to the ground with ropes
knotted from their blankets. They
are thought TO have escaped towa on
a freight train.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-30
TAFT RECEPTION
!. APPROACHES RIOT
Many Women and Children
Faint in Crush at White
House
POLICE POWERLESS
TO CONTROL CROWD
would Be- Guests Climb in
Windows and Use Rear En-
trances--President Near
~ Exhausted.

WASHINGTON, March 3o.--Two
thousand overenthusiastic men. wo-
men and children sturmed the White
House executive offices to-day in a
Wild desire to shake hsnds with Presi-
dent Taft. At one time the crowd
broke away from the White House
policemen.sa and crowded through the
door and open MindoMa into the pres1-
Dental anteroom. In the. crush sew
eral women tainted and we're taken
out and into the White House, where
they were revived.
The big crowd had been waiting
more than an hour when the break
came. The whole front yard Vt the
White House was filled with curious
visitors. most OF them high school
students and teachers from New Eng
land.
There were six or saeven different
delegations, and for q lime the police
succeeded In keeping the impatient
crowd in some sembtance Of order.
When the announcement was made,
however. that the president wa
ready TO receive them, the crowd be-
came surging mob
Column Breaks.
With a convuisive movement. the
snaky column that extended through
the White House grounds broke ar
moved In a solid mass on the execu-
tive Offices. They swept over the po-
iicemen who had been summoned
from every post In the vicinity. crowd
ed through the doors and climbed in
at the windows, In the anteroons
they were herded back with difficuity,
and for time II looked az II the
White House force would narrowly
avert a panic.
Women with crushed Easter bon
nets and bedraggied sspring suits
broke their way through the mob and
dropped exhausted into chairs in the
waiting rooms. Mems hats were
trampled under foot and their owners
forced their way out OF the crowd
with btsttonless coats.
Ii took fifteen minutes of hard
work by the police to get the crowd
ander contrni when 0rder WAS nm
ally restored the President ran some
i.ss,e Of the crowd through the hand
shaking MILL and was forced to turn
the rest away in order to attend the
wedding of Miss Constance Hoyt
daughter OF the counsellor of the
State department.
While the crowd besiegei the front
doors and windows of the executive
Offices. ciamoring loud for '.BilI Taft
and singing America. several dig
mined Senator'S and Representatives
were forced to climb in the back win
dows to get in the Office, They did
sfzoi. stay iofSg. Va"
Hand -shaking almost exhausted the
President.
No More Delegations.
When the tumuit had subsidized and
the miscellaneous collection of hair
pins. ribbons and buttons had been
removed from the floors of the ante
rooms and from the lawns in front
OF the executive Offices. the President
decided that he would see no more
big delegations this week. Severa
school teachers excursions were
scheduled to shake hands with the
President between now and Saturday
but II was determined that after to.
days experience there would be nc
more 'etushes."
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-30
AGED "MARR|AGE THIEF
PLACED UNDER ARREST

FfTcHEuRG. MASS. March 30
Chas. w Boss. aged seSensy-nine, &C
cused OF marrying and DESERVING Mrs
Anna Beaumont. u rich widow. OF lee,
Mass. year ago and tfen vanfshinS
with 81, 900 Of her cash, and goods, As
in Jail here to-day.
Boss is said to have won the widow
with tales of his wealth and after mar
riare 10 have induced her to remove
10 this city. Thereupon the bride. the
police say, drew 1900 Of her say,hk
hacked her trunks and departed with
Boss. TN tine train Boss excused nAssi
self to take smoke, and taking Win
him his brides $500 and her gold
! y.ateh. which he carried for safety. "
disappeared. So did Mrs. Heaumonts
baggage. valued at 800.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-30
AUTOISTS ARE FINED $50
FOR SPEEDING IN CITY
Four Assessed This Sum and Three Take Appeals to the
Hastings Court

Messrs. J. j. Ballou, A. Greena-
wafd. Rufus Williams and J. a. Mon
cure, an prominent citizens. were
fined $50 each by Justice Crutchfield
in Police Court Wednesday morning.
Mr.. Williams paid the fine. but the
othre three men noted appeals.
In each instance there was q Bit
ter fight between the defense and the
Commonwealth before Justice John,
who last week dismissed charges
against twenty-seven alleged "scorch-
ers because Of misunderstanding
with the police department. and who
Wednesday took the words Of the
officers against any statements made
by outsiders.
Mr.. williams said he was not in
the city at the time his car was re-
ported for violating the speed limit,
and that rather than bring into court
those who were in the car at the
time he would pay the fine and moi
take an appeal.
Mr.. Rankin Not injured.
Mr.. Ballou was not only charged
with exceeding the speed limit, but
there was an allegation OF recklessly
Running his machine lodged against
him. On the morning OF Good Fri
day he was said to have struck Mr.
William Rankin. an aged citizen, who
was on his way TO st. Mary's Cathe-
was on his way to Sacred Heart Ca
thedraf. at Floyd avenue and Laurel
streets, and seriously injured MT
Rankin
Bicycle Offacer Bryant went into
the church and found Mr.. Rankin,
who said that he had not been In
jured. and that only the dust from
the car struck his pants
Officer Atkinson said Mr.. Ballou's
car was going at rapid rate when
1t struck Mr.. Rankin. and that Mr.
Ballou did not stop at all. but ac-
celebrated the speed of the automo-
bile.
This officer called to me when ]
rounded Laurel street said Mr.. Bal
lou. .and as ! turned my head 10
look at him l must have brushed the
clothing of Mr.. Rankin here. / know
that my car was not going more than
ten miles an hour until ! reached
Laurel street. near Floyd avenue A
street car behind me rang the gong
and buggy was coming In the op-
I
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-30
NO GENERAL STRIKE
ON PART OF MINERS

CINCINNATI, o., March s0.-No gem
eral strike IL to follow the failure OF
the miners and operators OF Ohio.
Pennsylvania ana Indiana to reach =
proved working conditions. Strikes
will occur. however. In individual dis
trtcts and when the miners delegates
left here for their home this morning.
200. 900 men would lay down their
picks April LIST.
Following tha breaking OF oe all ua-
gotiations the miners held u Anal ses-
sion last night when 4 strtke platform
was adopted 1t was decided to con-
tinua the present agreement for tive
more years with the exception OF an
increase In wages ranging from three
to Ave cents ton on screened COAL
Contracts on this new basis VIII ha ne~
gotiatad by the miners OF the different
Districts individually and II they can
not be obtained. strikes win follow.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-30

posite direction. l speeded up for
about half minute In order to get
out of the way OF the car and not
hit the buggy. This officer (pointing
to Mr.. Gerring) called to me. and !
turned my head for an instant. ]
must have brushed the clothes OF Mr..
Rankin at this time." finished Mr..
Batlou. young man. and q wealthy
citizen Of the city.
Mr.. GreennGsald Appeals.
My car was a one-cyiinder Cadti-
lac, judge. and 1t could not have
made fifteen miles an hour II the
chauffeur had wanted to run it this
East. The officers say they chased
mo ana the speed was twenty miles
an hour. will have to take an ap-
peal II you fine me-" said Mr.. Greena-
valid.
Eight miles Is the speed Unit In
Richmond. Mr.. Greenawaid." said
Justice GratehfaeiA, land 4 must I'M
pose a fine Of $50"
please let me have an appeal TO
a higher court. This persecution OF
automobiles win not last forever.
Some one In going to get hurt" an
swered Mr.. Greenawald. and Justice
Crutchffeld replied:
Mine out OF every ten people In
Richmond are against the automo-
bolists. and when they come before
me am going to fine them $50 each.
You. of course. have the right of an
appeal"
Mr.. Concure would not argue the
points connected with the report
made against him OF speeding. He
appealed from the fine of $50 and a
friend was in court who went on his
bond.
The appeals noted by the three gem
tlemen viii be heard before Judge
Witt in the Hastings Court on the
9Th OF April. and around the case
there hinges story within story
for Henrico authorities are to hear
appeals at the same time and are 10
pass upon whether or not the auto
lists are TO go more than fifteen miles
an hour. The city ordinance. how
ever. says that not over eight miles
an hour shall be made by any auto
mobile. 1t has been tacitly under
stood, though. that no arrest win be
made unless a machine Is going fas-
ter than fifteen mites an hour.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-30
STRUCK By AUTO
RICH MN MAY DIE

WASHINGTON, March so --Cephas
A. Rogers. an aged stlverware manu-
facturer OF Meridian, Coma, In In q
critical condition at the 0eorge WASH
-inHton University -h0spitsl today xuf-
ing down by nm automobile late last
night. Mr.. Rogers. who with his wife
was returning north after trip
through the South, stopped In WASH
iington to attend the Wosleyan col-
ieFe banquet last Might He WAS re-
turning frem the banquet to his ho-
tel when he Was run down, Harry
Riggs. negro driver OF tho machine.
disappeared after the accident
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-30
HEARING is DErERRED
IN TAN BARK MATTER

Owing to the unpreparednesso of Of
ficials of the Norfolk and Western
railroad. the hearing set for that road
to explain why its freight rates on
tan bark were not uniform was In
definitely postponed Wednesday No
date will be set until next week.
The N. & w. Is charged by 4 Har-
risonburg lumber dealer with charg-
Ing him ~ cents hundredweight for
shipping oak and hemiock tan bark,
while q rate of 30 cents q thousand
pounds was quoted West Virginia and
other Virginia shippers.