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O'Neill - Irish Minstrels and Musicians, Volume 1, Issue 1, Page 244

O'Neill - Irish Minstrels and Musicians, Volume 1, Issue 1, Page 244
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Regan Printing House, Chicago, 1913
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O'Neill - Irish Minstrels and Musicians
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1
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486 Iris/i Minstrels and Musicianstion circulated through his brain, and the next thing he knew he had evolved atune which went right prettily with the words of the Irish poet. Much elated,the young composer took the product of his muse to a publisher of popular songsand sang it to him. The latter shook his head and oracularly declared: Themusic is all right, but the words are bumAlthough the beauties of Irish melody were made known to the world bythe genius of Moore, he has been a target for fault-finders to the present day.Bunting abuses both Moore and Stevenson for tampering with the ancient melo-dies. Petrie, a personal friend, scarifies Bunting. and is himself in turn, withWalker and Dr. Ledwich, called to account for certain shortcomings by his oldassociate, Prof. Eugene OCurry, while Sullivan condemns the whole lot, ordamns them with faint praise.In an article which appeared in The !/f/eeklv Freeman of March II, 1911,Grattan Flood says: It has been proved by many leading musicians that the set-tings of the Irish Melodies in Stanfords book are wilfully corrupt, yet AlfredPerceval Graves told his audience, in a lecture delivered at Alexandra College,March 12, 1912, that they owed a great (leht to Sir Charles Villiers Stanford forthe exquisite way lie had arranged those irish airs and for giving them morebeautiful harmonies than Stevenson clothed them with, and having to a largeextent restored the native beauty from which they had been divested by Stevensonand Moore.In the foregoing, enough has been said to afford food for thought, beneficialto those who are prone to he either captious or dogmatic in their conception ofcorrect musical standards, for when such musical celebrities as the above men-tioned disagree, who is competent to (lecidle?Tis with our judgments as our watches, noneGo just alike, yet each believes his own.The most devoted enthusiast in the Irish Revival propaganda has his daysof despondency, when, wearied by years of unresponsive endeavor, like the faggedrailway manager,He wants to let goAnd drop the whole thingThe worries, the frets,The sorrows and sinsJust to let himself downOn tile bed or the groundAnywhere, so its clown,And let himself go.And, though there were times when a note of Irish music would thrill thewriters soul with the wild, earnest power of harmony and bring back the life tohim if he had been dead a month, now hes as tired as the official quoted,Who wants to forget,And dlon t want to thinkOf whats gone or is comingJust to let down his nerves,Just to smooth out his brain,Just to rest. And thats all.Oh, he just wants to let go.Iris / i Revivals487Yet when, in our tribulations, the paralysis of discouragement disposes us toseek relief in the allurements of retirement and the quiet life, free from care,annoyance, and disparagement, we may find some consolation in the reflection that,If nobodys noticed you, you must be small;If nobodys slighted you, you must be tall;If nobodys bowed to you, you must be low;If nobodys kissed you, youre ugly, we know.If nobodys envied you, youre a poor elf;If nobodys flattered you. you ve flattered yourself;If nobodys cheated you, you are a knave:If nobodys hated von, you are a slave.If nobodys called you a fool to your face,Somebodys sneered to your hack in its place;If nobodys called you a tyrant or scold,Somebody thinks you of spiritless mold.If nobody knows of your faults but a friend,Nobody will miss them at the worlds endIf nobody clings to your purse like a fawn,Nobodyll run like a hound when its gone.If nobodys eaten his bread from your store,Nobodyhl call you a miserly bore;If nobodys slandered youhere is our pen,Sign yourself Nobody, quick as you can.FTNIS
issue Number
1
page Number
244
periodical Author
O'Neill, Capt. Francis
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1913-01-01T00:00:00
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