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a humanising influence over their fellows. As an instance, Mr. 

 Halle has done more to refine and benefit society in Manchester 

 than anybody who ever entered it. Good music should always 

 be listened to in strict silence, without which it is impossible to 

 enjoy or get to understand it. 



Music, in some form or other, has existed from the eai'liest 

 ages, and amongst all tribes and races of men. The primitive 

 instruments were the Drum, the Pipes and the Lyre, By the 

 Drum was meant anything which would make a noise, but 

 they found that by covering the ends of a hollow cylinder with 

 skins, a much greater eflect could be produced, and some of the 

 wild tribes have acquired astonishing dexterity on their Drums 

 and Tambourines. Pipes were made of metal and the Horns of 

 Animals, and were used in religious ceremonies to assist their 

 superstitious rites, in warfare to frighten their adversaries. The 

 Lyre, or Harp, is very ancient, and existed long before David's 

 time. In heathen Mythology " Orpheus '' is represented with his 

 Lyre soothing the savage beasts. 



"Haydn" was the first to develop the Quartett, which is 

 one of the highest forms of musical composition. All his works 

 are beautiful and display his healthy genial disposition. Mozart 

 studied under and followed him, but said that he had taught him 

 very little. This is human nature all over : most pupils soon 

 think they know more than their masters. However, he was a 

 most remarkable genius, and has left an immense number of 

 compositions behind him. Sonatas, Concertos, Duetts, Trios, 

 Quartetts, Quintetts, Symphonies, Masses, in addition to his 

 grand di-amatic works. For symmetry of form and the exquisite 

 tenderness of his slow movements, his Quartetts and Quintetts, 

 (especially the latter,) may be said to be almost unique. He 

 died at the early age of 35. Haydn lived to be 77. 



"Beethoven" is considered by all good judges to be the 

 greatest instrumental composer that ever lived. He seems to 

 have possessed a higher poetical inspiration. Like Mozart and 

 many other great men he was disappointed, and neglected, and 

 died in poverty, at the age of 57. These three gifted men have 

 expressed every form of human feeling and emotion. To say 

 that they are in the old school is ignorance, envy and conceit. 

 Music, as an Art, has made rapid progress the last few years, but 

 as regards composition the works of these Masters have never 

 been excelled, and never will be because, when perfection is 

 arrived at, it can only be copied. Like "Handel" they have 

 given pleasure and delight to thousands, and will do again, as a 

 fresh generation is continually springing up to whom these things 

 will always be new, and they have reared for themselves monu- 

 ments imperishable, which will last for ever, as long as human 

 kind exists. 



