THE ESSAYIST.

Til© Music of tlio Oltic llacf.

By Alico McLean. Tiie music of the two branches of the Celtic race, that of the Scotch and Irish people (the Gaelic branch) and that of the ancient Biions or Welsh (the Gymri) is more closely connected than may be generally supposed. In order to demonstrate thi s clearly, it is necessary to glance back to the land of ancient Egypt, in the morning of the world's history the seat of Art and Science, and the great school of Music, theoretical and practical. It is well known to students of musical history that the fir«t musical instrument was made by Hermes Trismegistus, who wandering upon the banks of the Nile, found a dried tortoise she'l, from which he constructed a rude haip, using the deasicated tendons of the reptile as strings. That this instrument was im proved upon, and paved the way for instru ments of more complicated construction, is made evident by sketches of the aimost per fectly constructed harps which have been found delineated in the sepulchres of old Thebes. The first reliable account of the colonisation of Ireland assigns that event to a people known as the Milesians. (Accord ing to tradition Ireland was peopled by a race of fairie3, and a pastoral people; but both of these races disappeared before the arrival of the Milesians). These Mile sians were a warlike people of eastern origin. Tradition says that they were in search of a beautiiul island, free from poisonous rep tiles, said to have been promised to descen dants of their ancestor, Gadelius. (Hence Gaelic or Gadhelic). It was until quite recently believed that these early Erse or Irish settlers, the Milesians, were a Scythian race, influenced in their customs, arts, and sciences, by early contact with that curious nation, the Chinese. However, a close study of the relics of folk-lore of the ancient Irish, and an earnest consideration of the meaning of the sacred emblem of the Milesiins, (a dead serpent and the healing rod of Moses), added to the general characteristics of the Celtic racsi, have led more repent investiga tors of this interesting subject to the con clusion that the ancient Milesians were pro bably of Semitic or Hebrew origin. Joseph and his brethten, themselves simple folk, most probably possessing only the primitive shepherd's pipe as their musical instrument, coming to settle among the Egyptians under the friendly auspices of the ruling Pharoah, would naturally in the course of time become acquainted with, and adopt the more com plicated instruments of Egypt, notably the many-stringed harp. It cannot be doubted that the musical knowledge of the Jews was strongly influenced by their sojourn in Egypt. The Egyptian name for their ancient ten-stringed lyre was Kinnor, a word surely connected w*th the Celtic terms Cennaire, or Conor. (Croith in Iri3h means a harp). Ifc is well known that the Iriph harp, corresponding as it does in many ways with the ancient lyre (which, it is now generally accepted wastheinstrument used by David when he danced before Saul), has been the national emblem of the Irish peoplef rom a period of the most remote antiquity. Vin cenz'o Galilei (father of the great Galileo) in his " Dissertation on Ancient and Modern Music," cays :—Among the stringed instru ments now in use in Italy, the first is the harp, which is only an ancient cithara, so far altered in form by the artificers of these da3'9 as to adapt it to the additional mini her and the tension of the strings ; containing from the highest to the lowest nole, more than three octaves. This most ancient in strument was brought to us from Ireland, as Dante says, "where they are excellently made, and in great numbers, the inhabitants of that island having practised on it for many and many ages ; nay, they even place it in the arms of the kingdom, and stamp it on their coin, giving as their reason I heir being descendel from the royal prophet, David. Giraldus Cambrensis (11-lfi) say?, in speak ing of the Irish, that they are "incom parably well versed in music, superior to aDy other nation that I have seen." Further on in the same passage he compares the music of Wales with that of Ireland, distinguishing that of Wales as slow and melancholy {tarda ct inorosa), and that of Ireland as quick and precipitate {vclox ct prceeepx), yet sweet and pleasing {suav'f tairen et jucvtulu). Ou the authority of Ciradoc (twelfth century) we learn that the Irish bards, who in his time enjoyed the highest reputation in Kurope for their skill in music, influenced the Welsh to a remarkable degree in its science and performance, and it is now a historical fact that Scotland was, to a great extent, peopled from It eland, and in music, as in other maiters, derived instruction from the parent race. rl he harp has for many centuries been held in high estimation in the Highlands of Scotland, many of the chief tains retaining a harper in their service. The last harper of any note ; n the High'ands was, it is stated, the Harper of Mull The art seems now to be dying out, as it also is in Wales, where formerly the harp was held in as high favor as in the Highlands. Dr Crotch, in his specimens of national music, remark?, as a peculiarity of Irish airs, that the flat seventh to the keynote is itself used as a keynote. The same process of modulation has. been noticed in Scotch airs, and a similar progression is often to be met with in Welsh music. We are thus led to the conclusion that the Irish derived their national instrument and music as they knew it, from the early Irish settlers, the Milesians, and that in later times the Irish influenced the music of both the Scottish and the Welsh people. Between the songs of Wales and tho3e of the Highlands there is a striking resemblance, especially as regards those written in a minor key, which resemblance is probably due to the introduction of large skips, such as that of a sixth, in the melody, and which endows this class of music with character istics peculiarly its own. The whole Celtic race is deeply susceptible to the influence of music. The early Irish barJs by their stirring songs urged the peop'e to dariDg and valorous deeds; or, with softer strains, calmed their wild passions, and, driving hatred from their heart?, filled them with the loftiest emotions of nobility and chivalry. In the same way were the Welsh people easily roused to martial deeds by martial music, or soothed into calm aud peaceful contentment by one of their quaint folk tongs. The music of Ireland, although in many respects greatly re-.embling that of the High'ands and of Wales, because built upon the same scale, poa?esses characteristics of its own. There is an abandon about the dance music of Ireland which makes it perfectly irresistible to its admirers ; and a quaintisess about the songs of Ireland which is all their own. The relics of Welsh songs which have been hinded down to us are full of pathos, and one would almost say that a song of this type must be the cry of a breaking heart. Even through tie lighter songs of Wales still flows the same vein of subdued passion and deep melancholy. Un fortunately, very few specimens of Welsh dance music have reached us, bat what have been preserved are seen to possess a distinct style of their own, the melancholy strain still pervading even the music of their recreation. The music of the Highlands of Scotland, although built upon the same scale as that of Ireland, will for ever stand alone, pof sessing as it does so many traits peculiar to itself and to the country to which it belongs. It has been stated by some musical authorities that the bagpipe was introduced into Scot land from Europe, but history tells us that the gieat Highland bagpipe has been the national instrument of Scotland from time immemorial, and, for a certainty, the nature of bagpipe music is wpII suited to the nature of the people and of the country to which it belongs. Many enemies, as have the bagpipe, it must be admitted that no other national instrument has to such an extent the power of making men's hearts swell with enthusiasm and love for their country. One can imagine the effect that the echoes of the pipe 3 would have, as, resoundiDg through rocky mountain passes and leafy glens, they reached the ears of loyal clansmen, summoning them to gather round the standard of I heir chief. England is greatly indebted to the bagpipes for maay of the victories she has won, for when in battle the men hear the sound of the pipes, they think of their home, and all that they are leaving behind them ; then they see the foe before them, and with hearts beating high with patriotism, and their blood at fever heat, they resolve to conquer or die, ffi throw themselves iutg tattle with, qq

thought at all of self, only of their glorious J country, In other countries there is a band to each regiment, but the bagpipe does its work alone. Dr Norman MacLeod, speaking of the bag pipe and its music, says:—Thus, if if excites the stranger to laughter, it excites i the Highlander to tears, as no other music can do, in spite of the most refined culture of his after life. It is thus, too, that what apptars to be only a tedious and unmeaning monotony in the musia of a genuine pibroch, is not so to one under the magic influence of Highland associations. There is, indeed, in every pibroch a certain monotony of sorrow. It pervades even the " welcome," as if the young chief who arrives recalls also the memory of the old chief who has departed. In the "lament" we natur ally expect this sadness, but even in the "summons to battle," with all its fire and energy, it cannot conceal what it seems already to anticipate—sorrow for the slain. la the very reduplication of its hurried notes, and in the repetition of its one idea, there are expressions of vehement passion and of grief—"the joy of grief"— as Ossian terms it —which loves to brood upon its own loss, and ever repeats the one desolate thought which fills the heart, and which, in the end, again breaks forth into the long and loud agonising cry with which it began. All this will no doubt seem both meaningless and extravagant to many ; but it is, nevertheless, a deliberately expressed conviction. Thus, the music of the bagpipes cannot fail to stir the inmost -emotions of the High lander, whose granite nature is generally finely marbled with the veins of sentiment and romance; and he will think, not only of the land of his birth, but of the noble deeds that have been done under the in fluence of the stirring strains of his national instrument. The songs of Scotland show the Scotch to be a people of deep feeling, for they are the natural expression of a gener ally speaking untutored race. The majority of the most beautiful airs that have been handed down fco us were written by men possessing little or no knowledge of music, but endowed with the capacity for deep feeling, and the power of expressing that feeling in melody. The songs of the High lauds, in particular, are full of pathos, and written in a very refined style; but, unfortunately, they are little known. It is small matter for wonder that the people of Scotland should be able to pourtray the deepest emotions of human nature, for they had songs to sing during the performance of the most prosaic duties of their daily lives, rowing songs, weaviDg songs, and even songs to bing while milking cows. Their song was as natural to them as the song to the bird, and some of their old airs have been honored by being wedded to the words of poets whose names will never die. Thus has " Katherine Ogie," an old Highland air, been immortalised, for Burns has deemed it worthy of being united to that most beautiful of his poems, " Highland Mary." The dance music of Scosland is so well known that remarks upon it would be superfluous, for Caledonian gatherings are now held throughout the world, and reel and strathspey dancing has found its way into all classes of society both at home and abroad. Another proof of the antiquity of the High'and bagpipe lies in the iact that the style of (lancing prevalent at the present day in the Highlands of Scotland has been handed down from remote'ages, and in no way differs from the dancing then in vogue. 1} has been said that the Scotch are, as a race, bigoted and clannish as regards their own countrymen. Be that as it may, there is no doubt but the songs and the music of Scotland have done a great deal to make her children cling to each other, and to make them proud of their country. Mark the enthusiasm at a gathering of Scotchmen, met together for the purpose of listening to their national music, a3 they hear songs which bring before their mental vision pictures of their home across the sea, calling up old memories, sad or sweet, and arousing in them the feeling of the followers of Bruce and Wallace. And mark the effect of '■'Aulcl Lang Syne," each fac>3 is aglow with good-will. "^cots wha hae !'' is to the .Scotchman what "Cod save the Queen" is to the Englishman; it is his .National Anthem. A country that has no patriotism lias no history worth remembering, and a man who is incapable of feeling love for his country is not tit to enjoy the privilege of existence. It has been shown how the Scotch and the We'sh derived instruction in music as in other matters from the liisb, and thit the harp has played an important part in the musical history of all three branches of Iho Celtic race, each of which, while pos sessing traits of its own, partakes of the same general character. There is no doubt that as time rolls on, scoffed and sneered »t as it may be by so called musicians, who profess to be above looking at anything Celtic, whatever may be its nature or its qualities', these lyrical gems will oome to be known and appreciated as they deserve by true musicians, and all who have a sincere admiration for the beautiful.

fHE ASfiBOKIUW GtJABMAti : TUESDA*, JANUARY 22. 1895

Printed wd published by the Ashburton Publishing Company, Ltd, at their cteajr frinting office, Burnett Street Ashburton TUESDAY, January 23, 18P5,



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MILES AM) CO., LIMITED. (IN LIQUIDATION.) ■ «q* Grain Season 1895. E ARE CASH PURCHASERS OF Wheat. Oafs, Barley, AND €3rasa deeds. FOR SALE, OORNSACKS, TWINE, AND MACHINE OIL, Etc., Of Best Quality, at Lowest Current Prices. ANGLO-CONTINENTAL SUPERPHOSPHATE, Highest Analysis and Testimonials, Farm & Station Stores REDUCED TO CHEAPEST BATES FOR CASH. WOOL WOOL WOOL LIBERAL OASH ADVANCES made on "Wool for Sale in Ohristchurch or Shipment to London Branch. , *(V | ■! l MILES & CO,, Limited, E. W. HANMER, Auctioneer, (IN LIQUIDATION.) j ASHBURTON AND RAKAIA.



DRAPERY SALE ! DBAPERY SALE I DRAPERY SALE I GREAT BARttAOni. DRAPERY AND CLOTHING j FOR NEXT TO NOTHING. EVERY ARTICLE TO CLEARED OUT. /CUSTOMERS are delighted with their Purchases the last Fortnight, and we are V^ induced to CONTINUE THE BALE for a short time longer, The following are a few of the many Cheap Lines we are offering :— Dress Goods 2fd, 3|d, and 4|d White and Grey Towels 2Jd Double Width Dress Materials 7£d Lace Curtains Is 9d per pair All Wool Serges 4|d Ribbed Hose 6d per pair or 3 for la Flannelette 2|d J Ribbons all shades Id per yard Yard Wide Twilled Flannelettes 5Jd Pure Cambric Prints 6\i, usual price Silesia Linings lfd 10|d White and Grey Sheetings Sid Good Prints fast colon, 3|d and 4|d AND EVERY OTHER DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN RE-MARKED TO OJHE LOWEST POSSIBLE FIGURE. G. H. Mogrid^e, EAST STR EE T, ASHBURTON.



USE LITTLE'S SHEEP DIP FLUID DIP, the best Non-poisonous Dip Used and Recommended by Owners'of ovt>r 5,000,000 Sheep in N.Z. alone. PRICE (in casks) ss, 6d per gallon, 1 Gallon Fluid makea JOO gallons Dip 4 POISONOUS DIP, combined with Glycerine—the outcome of many ye»ra' experience Wonderfully Saccewful. Is displacing all other Poiaonoua Dips. [Sales have TREBLED each, year since introduced EXTERMINATES VERMIN, KEEPS WOOL SOFT & BRIGHT, EASILY MIXED Cheapest and BEST POISONOUS DIP in the Market vnTP otjTrpr (In Improved Iron Kegs) 3Os per cwfc NOTE FRIGE - (In Oases of lOj im pacfe / SOs F per ogm One Cwt. Makes 1,000 gallons of Dip. Chief Aflrentß-BLAGKBURNB k 00 , OhrUtoharoh. Pistmct AQENTB-Miles and Co., Limited, { (IN LIQUIDATION.) Aihbnrton and Btkaia.