Word: tune
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Picardie," was marked by an unusually careful attention to expression. The latter song was, from a musical point of view, the best on the programme. The only serious defect was in the vocal waltz "Invitation," in which the piano accompaniment was too light to keep the voices in tune. The new march, "Onward," was sung with excellent spirit, but old "Schneider's," which was sung as an encore after the first number, was better rendered than it has ever been before. The solos were all good and were very enthusiastically received. J. A. Wilder L. S. sang a number...
...belong to the natural school. Indians break into song almost involuntarily and it seems to be their only method of expressing their emotions. An interesting thing in this connection is the fact that very few Indian songs have words. They use merely a few syllables, showing that the tune is the most important and the thing which expresses their meaning. Words are very rarely used...
...braves hear them and become more courageous. They have no songs which are sung for amusement alone. They are all serious ones which are sung at their ceremonies, when divine aid is desired or when they are thankful for something. The Indians never have two verses set to one tune. Each song has some particular significance to them and they could not understand two different ideas being sung to the same music...
...TUNE: "JOHN BROWN'S BODY."Rally round your captain, boys, and make the Eli sore...
...story of country life. There is a short critical sketch of Camille Saint-Saens, the great French composer, with a portrait, written by H. E. Krehbiel. "Have ye Niver Heerd Tell o' Rose Creagan" is a charming little song very daintily illustrated. The installments of "Sweet Bells out of Tune" and "Benefits Forgot" are good as usual. A very entertaining article is "Artist Life by the North Sea" written and illustrated by H. W. Ranger. Washington Gladden contributes the third and last chapter of "The Cosmopolis City Club" telling what the Club accomplished. This number is unusually rich in poetry...