THE ART OF MUSIC

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 13 June 1925, Page 2

THE ART OF MUSIC

APOLLO'S MESSAGE At the Musical Associations reception t<> Kicisler, at Farmers. Sydney, the musical fraternity heard a message from the world s greatest violinist that night be described as an echo of the am Mit days of Greece, when, in the worship of Apollo, the hi ight-haired God uf -Song, the Heart of Music throbbed high up among the- trees and rocks of Parnassus. There, with the purple valleys below, and the blue sen in the/d’stat co. stood the temple dedicated t > Apollo “There ori the lml.v tripod sits the Delphian priestess, chanting to the ears of Hellas, in numbers loud, vb.de er Apollo doth proclaim." it was a beautiful message, as one writer lias remarked, inciting men to brave lives and brave deaths, to fortitude, loyalty, and knowledge, and to the worship 01. lovely tilings of mini and hotly alike. "For a space, at- least, the strings of mil.-:;' i-.uld vibrate to a worthy'melody : could innw themselves dedicated to sweet nses aml fine ends. Music knew hi r l,i ief interval of stately welfare It. was in this elevated spirit, ringing with a sineeiiiy that held every lis truer, and Kreisler spoke to his prolessinus’. brethren. Art ,s the gi ea l Inotherhood ot the. world. said lie. It has m> limits, no qualifications. R bridges every abyss; it is. in iaet. an asylum for every lost, soul. In many cases 1 have found it so. Ibe art ot music is, at the same time, the must aristocratic and the most democratic ot all human endeavours, it is a powerful factor in the progress of civilisation, and herein you are shaping to ti great, extent- the destinies of your great country. I am sure that you will be ever mindful of the heavy responsibility thus resting upon your shoulders, and that vou will cotftinuc to do ibis beautiful missionary work in the field ot art tor the benefit of the students of art in this country.