The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-08

It was at once pronounced the greatest triumph of modern times in scientific piano construction.
 It was revelation to the artist. for he found embodied in the upright case not only the mechanism of the grand piano, but that som mething which had always been wanting in the up- right-breadth, intensity, soulfulness qualities which aid so materially in the expression of true musical emo tion. It is difficult to describe the listeners impression when he hears for the first time the Wissner Artist Grand in upright form.
 PARAGRAPHS FROM
 THE MASTERS.
 Music requires inspiration" Chris topher Willibald Gluck.
 Inspiration Is, after all the noblest attribute in an artist."-Moritz Haupt- mann.
 Nothing can be accomplished in music without enthusiasm. Robert Schumann.
 "It is one thing to give ourselves up to reflection, and another to in- "
 "It is art and science alone that reveal to us and give us the hope of a loftier life. Ludwig van Beeth- oven.
 that are true to her, for all that serve her. not themselves" - Friedrich Niecks.
 True art deals only with the edu- cated and select few. and would per ish without their support. Franz Liszt.
 gro steer steadily toward an ideal standard is the only means of advanc- ing in life. as in music. ."-Ferdinand Hitler.
 ITO engender and diffuse faith. and to promote our spiritual well-being, are among the noblest aims of mu. sic."-Philipp Emanuel Bach.
 Every note of Mozart's is a round in the ladder of the spheres by which he ascended to the heaven of perfec- tion."-Jean Paul Richter.
 Many persons can neither under stand nor feel the power of music: they were not made for music. nor was music made for them" m."-Hector BerlioZ.
 "As the monument of great man is periodically adorned with fresh wreaths. so may great poem be set to fresh music once in fifty years. "- Moritz Hauptmann.
 '"The object of music is not to ex- cite sensations. nor merely to imply ideas but by creative power to real ize and bring ideas before your eyes '' .-Adolph Bernhard Marx.
 Facility in playing by heart is in deed a most useful talent. but it de- serves only to a degree that amount of praise and admiration that is usu- ally bestowed upon it.'-Ernst Pauer.
 Music has, like society, it's laws of propriety and etiquette; and even has not been revealed, are bound to respect and conform to them. - Franz Liszt
 vocal music is the exponent of our direct feeling ng,-Instrumental music and dance music certainly is asso- ciated with oheerfulness and joy."- Ernst Pauer
 Every good poem embodies a mu- sical germ-a secret melody. To un- fold it, to find the right key and to give it an artistic form, is not com mon gift; 1t must be inborn, for it cannot be acquired. Robert Franz.
 "I am convinced that many who think they have no taste for music would learn to appreciate 1t and par tage of its blessings. if they often listened to good Instrumental music with earnestness and attention."-~- Ferdinand Hitler.
 Observe how all passionate lan- guage does of itself become musical, with finer music than the mere accent; the speech of a man even in jealous anger becomes a chant-a song. All deep things are song."- Thomas Carlyle. and larger than the exciting cause. A prooof that man is designed for a higher state of existence; and this is deeply implied in music, in which there is always something more and beyond the imm ediate expression."- Samuel T. Coleridge.
 'He preluded
 With magic hand, that summoned
 from the strings
 Aerial spirits rare yet vibrant wings That famed the pulses of his listeneer And walked each sleeping sense with
 blissful stir"
 George Eliot
 "It is the exclusive object of mu- sic to express feelings and affections. The extension and development of the power of expression in music consists in the capacity for describing special affections, and this capacity for de- scribing special affections it acquires only by being blended with speech. .'' Robert Schumann.
 'I am sure that if anything on earth can give an idea of the angelic choir, it must be the music of Pales- trina! And yet I do not forget the glorious effect of Handel-but all mu- sic to which instruments contribute must be a degreee more earthly than in themselves sufficient, where noth- ing mechanical is ed."-Baron- ess Bunsen.
 Music, miraculous rhetoric! that speaketh sense Without tongue, excelling eloquence! With what ease might thy error be excused
 Vert thou as truly loved as thou'rt abused.
 But though the soul neglect, and I cannot hate the, cause the angels l. love the."
 Isaac Walton. "The first condition for being an artist is m nd a clx Iodo