The Irish standard., 1913-11-15

Brabant, abbess Of Nivelle, in Brabant,
sent for two brothers; st. Foillan and
st. Ultan, to teach psalmody to her
nuns. The two Irish monks complied
with her request and built all adjoin-
ing monastery at Fosse, near Liege.
All northern Europe must acknow-
ledge its indebtedness to Ireland more
or less, for whatever the Irish monks
Went they brought the science Of NIL
sic with them. The learned Kessel,
writing of our early ecclesiastics,
says: Every province in Germany
proclliins this race as its benefactor,
Austria celebrates ST. Colnlan. st. Nir-
gilus, ST. Modestus and others. To
whom but the ancient Scots (Irish)
was due the famous 'Schotten- kloster'
of Vienna? Salisbury, Ratisbon and all
Bavaria honor st. V.irgilus as their
apostle. Burgundy Alsace.s .Helvetia.
suevia, with one voice proclaim the
glory OF Columbanus, Gall, Fridolin,
.Arbogast Florentius, Trudpert. who
i first preached the true religion among
them. Who were the founders of the
/; monasteries of st. Nicholas at Mem
mingen but these Scots? The Saxons
/; and the tribes of northern Germany
are indebted" to them to an extent
that may be judged by the fact that
the first ten Bishops who occupied the
Sole verden belonged to that race"
! The first to introduce the Ronun
chant in Cologne was the Irish ST. He-
las, native of the County Managhan,
who Was elected Abbot Of Cologne, Ill
-. Germany, in 1915. It was to him that
Berno Of Reichenau dedicated his cell
ebrated work "Thc Laws Of Symphony
and Tone
One Of the great musical theorists
of the thirteenth century . was john
| Garlaud Of the County Louth. He went
to France, studied in Paris and taught
in Toulouse. where he wrote his IA
! nous treatise on De Musica Mens,lr-
! abili Positio. The street in which he
taught in Paris was named in his hon.
: or the "Close de Garlande."
Z! The first treatise on music written
| in the English language is credited to
, Lionel Power, native of Waterford,
and can now be found among the
T, Lansdowne MSS. in the British muse
UNI. He established the use Of sixths
and thirds, prohibited consecutive uni
sons, flfths and octaves and was the
inventor Of figured bass.< Many of his
compositions are still extant. His
treatise was written about the year
1890.
The first musical treatise printed in
English was from the pen of William
Battle of Dromconda, Dublin, and was
published in 1854. Battle became a
Jesuit priest and went to Spain. where
at the time of his death in 1914 he was
the chaplain Of the Spanish court at
Madrid and esteemed as one of the
most learned men Of his day.
| There were many distinguished nu-
| sicians among the harpers Of the sew
enteenth and eighteenth centuries. yet
Turlough O'Carolan stands emf
nently as the representative Irish mu-
sician of that period. O'Carolan was
born at Newton, County Meath, in the
year 1910. He became blind in his
twenty second year and, being an ex-
cellent player on the harp. determined
to make music his profession. His
compositions number over zoo, and
many Of them are famous.
The invention of the musical glasses
was due to Richard Pokrich, native
Of the County Monaghan. in the year
1741. John Clegg born In Dublin III
1714. was one Of the greatest violinists
OF his time. Another celebrated Irish
musician of this period was the Able