American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-06-10
Music

MUSIC
"In heaven a spirit doth dwell
Whose heart strings are a lutte;
None sing SO wildly well
Az the Angel ISRAELI
And the giddy stars $50 legends tell
Ceasing their hymns, attend the
spell.
OF his voice all mute"
Even Mt creation a music more won
derful and vast than human mind "a
grasp, was made by the spheres and all
the hosts of heaven; then when all
was completed and perfect, the music
was confined in heaven until It shall
again fill all creation at the judgment.
But not all OF the wonderful music
could be inclosed In heaven. 80 nature
kept some distributing II throughout
her world.
II may be heard In the sands of the
coasts as one walks over the pebbles,
which, being uniform In shape and In
size, when pressed together In a GER
tain way creak distinct musical tones.
Perhaps the sands we're robed OF some
OF their share of the heavenly strains
by the shells which we find on the
shore. forever having within them the
soft tones OF the winds and sands
mingled with and calming the tones
Of the mighty roaring seas. Have you
not, many times. when In the woods,
on a clear, still evening. imagined
yourselves surrounded by happy spir-
is or fairy creatures whispering and
singing softly TO you?-but not So
you were stealthily listening to the
wonderful music which mother nature
Kave to her grasses and trees.
How lavishly she bestowed her gift
upon her birds and bees and their
kinsmen Of the air. making them mes
songers of heaven bringing their mu-
sic to earth. II only mar had that
within him to respondI
Last and greatest OF the heirs OF
this blessing IL man.
W. find that our earliest forefathers
played on reeds to their mates. then
fell In love with the tune for It's
sake.
Even then they considered music rs
an expression Of emotional feeling.
often beyond the power of words to
convey.
They used crude instruments OF all
sorts upon which they made sounds
which we would call mere noises.
meaning nothing to us, but those peo-
pie. through their playing, conveyed
their emotions to their companions.
Then do we not have music az a
perfect medium for the expression Of
feeling and an emotion which may be-
come %aestheticY Its very Elasticity
makes II al agent for evil even us Il
In u powerful aid to worship.
Let me here define music IA COM
posed OF sound. the raw material that
In a modification of aerial vibration
whose impact upon the auditore nerve
n mental varying images. Words.
the signs OF ideas. In connection with
the sounds form the music most yalu-
able to the people as the greatest and
most beautiful mode OF expression.
The words excite feelings indirectly
by conveying feelings directly and i'm
medsately and intensity those aroused
by the words. Then we have music
with Its strengthening and creative In
fiuence upon emotions but at the same
time we can not have music without
emotions as an incentive and true bas-
In. Emotions are absolutely necessary
to the music which has the greatest
sersct upon human minds and lives,
an we'll as II is necessary for those af-
focted by II.
Music Ia the medium for the express
sion OF feelings which are too deep for
the power of words to convey alone.
The music OF Russia Is called Russia's
Tear" because II In an expression OF
the hearts OF the Russian people which
are always sad.
II is said that the entire workings
OF the human mechanism physical. as
we'll az mental. may be fabricated by
. strain Of music. Havelock Ellis
says In music the most indefinite
and profound mysteries are revealed
and placed outside US as q gracious,
marvellous globe: the very secret Of
the soul II brought forth and set In
the audible world"
Do we not day by day become more
Impressed with the power OF muster
Some Of the poets. whom Brpwning
are the only people except the
musicians themselves. who are cap.'