The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-05-08

pines. in our cities. must have got
ten the impress ion, that their chicf
aim is 20 produce various noises,
marked, t,Wever, by "A strong rhythm
which easily catches the ear. In
: general we must say, the lower a peo-
pie in civilization, the louder and
noisicr its musical instruments. and
! in this connection il seems proper to
| state that the general American pre-
dilce.ion for Jazz music. in which the
! rhythm is made the dominant feature,
at the expense of melody and har-
mony, indicates a rather low stan
dard.
The transition from savagcry to
civilization invariably implies re-
fining Of sentiments and their out
ward expression SO we do not find
it strange that religion and music
early joined hands. In all the PRINT
tive religious cults we discover the
use of mus zeal instruments. Besides
drums. gongs, blow and string in
struments came into vogue. when
enabled man to produce Il greater
variety Of sounds and add greater
spIendor To religious feasts, and also
to other festive occasions.
From this time we have more
definite historical information about
-thc development Of music among the
nations Of the earth. The Pyramids
Of Memphis often show harp, which
onsequently must have been one of
the earliest instruments. In sar-
cophagus al Fayum a few decades ago
old Egyptian flutes were discovered
which showed our prcsent-da!
scale, and the age OF the sarcoph
agus is dated back to 5000 Il. &.
The art of singing was also highly
developed among the Egyptians. An
old papyrus contains 4 m0ckinE
poem on Il singer who was much Civ
en- to the joys of the table.
more beautiful than the nightin-
gale and the Shepherd bird is thy
voice, but TO thee "A mighty jug OF
MeYissa beer means more than thy
/ 5 ong: they invite thee to the feast
| of the princess, thee, the son Of n
| brickmaker, and the servants salute
/ thee like IA lord. a maid places thy
harp near the soft couch, but thy
/ eyes do rot see the harp. and thy
| heart does not think of golden songs,
/ thy eyes only stare, to see what
meals are coming TO the table. and
! thy stomach is as Unsuitable as thy
throat is dry
/ Most famous among the old Egyp-
tians were the great musical feasts,
TO which thousands Of people gather
ed from all sides. Herodotus, the
Greek historian, who lived 500 years
| +. c., speaks Of such feast, in which
100000 persons participated. He says:
"On the ships are men and women.
The women have rattlcs in their
hands and beat the rattle woods to-
gcther or during the whole voyage
J play on the flute. and the other men
and women sing, clap with their
/. hands, or dance Evidently even
these musical offerings were of Z
somewhat primitive character.
! Thousands of years before our era
the Chinese had fully developed
musical technique. They had Il seal,
Of five notes and a name for each
7 note Besides, the king" which con
, sists of l6 stone plates, they hat
4 various kinds of chimes. The bes
: known of Chinese instruments is thu
5 "cheng," which is made of pump
f kin with - ha.yhoo flutes fastened
: inside. similyfuonditions prevail II
c Japan. L
:. old lnula, wSf attributes not ON.
a the origin of music but also of it
t instruments to the divinities.
$ nymph, says one Of their legends, ha,
: escaped from the gods and fled int
c "A tree; Of the wood of that tree Tyre
t and flutes were made, and thus tn
voice of the nymph was heard Oh
Y Of these instruments. Beside, tn
e drums and flutes, they had trumpets
d and string instruments rescmblin
: our either. called VIVA" Accordin,
r to their legend. the vina has beer
t given to the Indians by the kind Sar
aswati, the spouse Of Brahma.
I Music was zealously cultivate
| among the old Hebrews The Bible
y in the first book of Moses, mention
Y Jubal as the inventor Of the "kinor,
: a triangled harp. Since the Jew
e were in Egyptian captivity for almos
: five hundred years, it is not unlikcl
+ that they received some Of their in
d struments from the Egyptians.
We know that Moses at the exc
i dus from Egypt had silver trumpet
5 made; after crossing the Red Sc;
n MIRIAM his sister, intoncd son
l. Of praise and the walls Of Jcrich
J. fell amid the sound of trumpets. !
% the prophet schools, which Samue
ix1- Al Il