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PAGE MUSICAL RECOLLECTIONS 1

BEGGARS 289

INDEX 321

AULD LANG SYNE

MUSICAL RECOLLECTIONS

The man that has no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils: The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted.

Thus wrote Shakespeare; but with all due respect for the immortal bard, he was wrong for once. Did not my dear friend, Arthur Stanley, hate music, and was he not to be trusted? Were his affections dark as Erebus?

True it is, music gives us a new life, and to be without that life is the same loss as to be blind, and not to know the infinite blue of the sky, the varied verdure of the trees, or the silver sparkle of the sea. Music is the language of the soul, but it defies interpretation. It means something, but that something belongs not to this world of sense and logic, but to another world, quite real, though beyond all definition. How different music is from all other arts! They all have something to imitate which is brought to us by the senses. But what does music imitate? Not the notes of the lark, nor the roar of the sea; they cannot be imitated, and if they are, it is but a caricature. The melodies of Schubert were chosen, not from the Prater, but from another world.

For educational purposes music is invaluable. It softens the young barbarian, it makes him use his fingers deftly, it lifts him up, it brings him messages from another world, it makes him feel the charm of harmony and beauty. There is no doubt an eternal harmony that pervades every kind of music, and there are the endless varieties of music, some so strange that they seem hardly to deserve to be called a gift of the Muses. There is in music something immortal and something mortal. There is even habit in music; for the music that delights us sounds often hideous to uneducated ears.

Indian music is thoroughly scientific, based on mathematics, and handed down to the present age after many centuries of growth. But when we hear it for the first time, it seems mere noise, without melody, without harmony, without rhythm. The Maoris have their own music too, but send a New Zealander to hear a long symphony of Beethoven, and, if he can, he will certainly run away long before the finale.

My musical education began very early, so early that I cannot remember ever passing through any drudgery. As long as I remember I could play, and I was destined to become a musician, till I went to the University, and Mendelssohn advised me to keep to Greek and Latin. I was born and brought up in Dessau, a small German town in an oasis of oak-trees where the Elbe and the Mulde meet, a town then overflowing with music. Such towns exist no longer.

Ja tuskinpa kovin paljo erehtyyk??n, jos otaksuu pojan jo kotoaan perineen mainiot tyylilliset taipumuksensa ja ne esteetilliset periaatteet, joita h?n kirjallisessa tuotannossaan aina on seurannut. Tosin en tunne l?hemmin L?onor M?rim?en esteetillisi? mielipiteit? kaunokirjallisuudesta, mutta tied?np? sen sijaan ne perustukset, joista h?n kaunotaiteet johti. Teoksessaan "Trait? de la peinture ? l'huile", jonka l?hemp??n k?sittelyyn ryhtyminen veisi ulkopuolelle ainettani, todistelee h?n sit? perusajatustaan, ett? "piirustus on se yhteinen l?hde, josta saavat alkunsa nuo kolme taidehaaraa: maalaus-, veisto- ja rakennustaide". Piirustus on h?nest? p??asia maalauksessakin; v?ritys tulee vasta toisessa sijassa. Samat periaatteet siis kuin h?nen opettajallaan David'lla ja aikalaisellaan Ingres'll?, joitten mukaan taide oli palautettava yksinkertaisimpaan ja t?rkeimp??n ilmenemismuotoonsa piirustukseen. Niinik??n oli kokonaisuuden sopusuhtaista taiteellisuutta etup??ss? koetettava s?ilytt??. "Yksityisseikat ovat olevinaan t?rkeit? pikku herroja, jotka ovat paikoilleen ohjattavat; muoto on kaiken ehto ja perustus: mit? yksinkertaisimmat muotoviivat, sit? suurempi niiden voima ja kauneus". Mutta esitystavan pit?? olla laajan?k?isen; todellisuudesta on ihanteellisuus etsitt?v? ja sen luonteenomaisimmat ??riviivat sopusointuisena kokonaisuutena kuvattavat leve?ll?, mutta s?ntillisell? tavalla, kas siin?p? juuri taiteen teht?v?.

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