East Hartford High School - Janus Yearbook (East Hartford, CT)

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W ALEDICTORY THE POWER OF NILSIC XX hat passlon cannot muslc ralse and quell Thus spoke Dlx den ln hls lmmortal lx rlcal poem A Song for St Cecella s Dax and he has expanded thls thought ln the com panlon poem Alexander s Feast bx one of the most powerful lnstances It seems to me of the lnfluence of muslc upon man Vx e flrst see Alexander under the spell of the romantlc lyre xx hose loftx stralns lnsplre xx lthln hlm the deslre to rule and he becomes the haughtx monarch Then as the svx eet muslclan breathes on hls maglc flute songs to the pralse of Bacchus vxlld rlotous rolllcklllg melodles the ardent soxerelgn grows xaln and IS once more the proud xlctor ln battle Flnally the melody changes lnto a soft Lydlan alr lnfinltelx sxxeet and soothlng that mlght suggest the presence of the Dlx lne melt lng lnto loxx llI'6SlSt1lJl9 stralns that transform the man of proud unconquerable splrlt lnto a xanqulshed xlctor filled wlth the xerx essence of love humbleness and plety The thoughts xx hlch Drx den so admlrably expressed ln the latter part of the sex enteenth centurx are not unllke those of all people of all tlmes We read of hoxx IH early daxs the lmaglnatlon of the Anglo Saxon klngs and nobles xx as frequentlx klndled by the rather crude yet stlrrlng songs of the scop and gleeman those orlglnators of poetrx and song Shakespeare xxho ls recoglllzed as a master ln the por tray al of unlx ersal feellngs and emotlons has told us that ex en anlmals ln all the xxlldness of thelr nature xvlll be moved by the sxx eet poxvel of muslc and that Orpheus that mx thlcal bard xxas knoxxn to haxe draxxn to h m the xerx trees stones and floods In the play, The Wlerchant of VENICE Lorenzo has sald The man that hath no muslc ln hlmself N01 IN not mox d xx lth concold of sxx eet soullds Is flt for treasolls stratagems and spolls The motlons of hls splrlt are dull as nlght And hls dffGCtlOllS dark as Erebus Let no such man be trusted But I do not mean to dxx ell elltlrelx upon the lltel xrx pro ClL1CtlOI'lS of the past to brlng out anx extraordlnarx lllstances of the poxx er of muslc So axxe lnsplrlng xxere the lmproxlsatlons of Beethox en that one of hls puplls once Ndld that ln xx hatex er companx he mlght be he knexx hoxx to p10ClLlC9 such an effect upoll the llsteners that frequentlx all exes xxould be xxet there xxas somethlng so wonderful IH hls GXDTQSQIYG stx le the beautv and Orlglnalltx of hls ldeas and hls splrlted xx ax of plax lng Beetho xen hlmself has Qdld llrIllSlC should strlke fire from the heart of man and brlng tears from the ex es of xx oman We all knoxx hoxx Helen Keller deaf dumb and bllnd had nex er heard a sound Yet one dax the stralns of muslc from an organ xx ere so poxx erful that she could fee the xlbratlolls the trembllng of the H001 beneath her feet and at ollce her 27 1 .5 y as . U 1 . . . ,, i Q v . .N . Y . H ' 1. 4 7 ' ' 7 v , 7! ' ' ' 1, Y ' u 1 , H , 1 s 1 . . . , . . , - , . V Y . V . . v. . . . xl Lv 1 5 4 Y 1 - 1 f I 1 '1 f . 1 . . . , . , 7 ' 7 'V ' 1 f 1 I 1 v lf . . ' y v ' ' 7 11 1 ' f1 1 1 7 - . , . . , , ' . 1 . 1 1. 1 . 1 . 1 4 1 , . . . . . f . ' . v ' 1 V. . Y Y ' . . , , . L. 1 L1 L 1 1 1 v Y I l ' . 7 11 7 - 1 1 1 . . N . . ' V l . . 1 , . . I 1 v 1 1 1 v '1 ' 1 1 . - . , . . . Y Y my n p, sl 7 . . v. N . . y - - y U 1 1 1' 'Y 1 1 1 ' . . , . , L 11 1 1 1 1 Q 1 1 1 , . l W . , . . , , , as , ' vi 1. . . , A , ' Y U 1 1 1' ' ' 1 . c , v Q .'1 1, 1' 1 1 1 , 1 . . . . , 1 1 1 1 f I '1 r 1 . 1 1 . ., . , . . , . . , 1 ' 1 1 - ' 1 1 . . . . . , I I . w 1 1 c , nv . . . v . v I ug y 11 I v - ' 1 1 1 ' r v I v . 1 1 V -. . . v . v. 1 . Y' v . . . in - -N aw' I . v y ' Y ' 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 ' . . v L ' 7 Y 1 1 1 L L V , 1 ' ' ' 1 1 1' . ' ' ' . 1 ' ' v ' 1 1 1 ' sl . '1 ' . . . , . . ' 1 1 , an 1 - u . . 7 Y 7 Y . . , W , . . . . , , v 1

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eager hungrx soul xxas hlled xxrth rapture -X she felt rts mrghtx notes she sensed a nexx feelrng such as she had nex er known before I see a lrttle group of men rn the trenches durrng the re cent World War lt xx as at the end of a nendrsh dax of battle The dead 01 dymg xx ere lx mg ox er the battlefield and occasron ally a cross marked the gr axe ot some soldrer At a short drs stance from these Amerrcans xx as a group of German soldrers Suddenly from the ranks of the enemx the sxxeet plarntrxe notes of a xrolrn ro e rnto the strll ex enrng At frrst thex xx ere lrke the melodrous bursts of song from the thrush or lar k the r they changed sloxxlx 1nto a sxx eet melancholx strarn not unlrke the call of a bird at ex entlde A deep srlence prex arled The lrttle group of Amerrcans xvas xxrapt rn thought It seemed as rf for a moment therr xxorld xxas transformed Therr very exrstence xxas changed It rarsed then hopes subdued then fears brought encouragement Such rs musrc s poxxer Some one sard sard It rs musrcs loftx mrssron to shed lrght on the depths of the human heart It expels grrefs appeases cruel motrxes calms troubled mmds lrfts and rn sprres and brrngs peace and solace Mx feelrngs sometrmes are not unlrke those of Debussy who has sard I loxe musrc too much to speak of rt otherwrse than passronately I know of nothmg xxhrch can rmpress me more deeply or translate my feelrngs more completely than musrc A short xxhrle ago I xxas lrstenrng to some of the most strrrrng musrc I haxe ex er heard A great symphony orches tra xxas plax mg Forest Murmrus from VS agner s Sregfrred through rts depths robbrng rt of rts deep srlence I saw the leax es astn rn commotron I heard the gurglrng vxaters of hrd den brooklets I felt the cool damp breeve xx hlch xx afted to me the balmx odor of ferns and moses I saxx the shafts of sun lrght as rt stole through the dark recesses flcker on the leax es rn motron For a fexx moments I xx as lost rn mx xrsron of the xxoods Musrc has the poxx er to axxaken the hrdden depths of the soul to uplrft msprre transform Drd xou exer srt xx rthrn a great cathedral and lrsten to the almost heax enly stralns of the prpe organ rex erberate through rts loftx rnterror l What emotrons does rt not awaken Does rt not for a moment lrft xou bex ond xxorldlx thrngs and transfuse xxrthrn xou some thrng that xou cannot define' What can xxake the soul s strongest rnstrnct ot mother vxorld lrke nruslc 7 Let me quote here those vxords of Jean Prul Rrchter O Musrc thou xx ho brlngest the recedrng xxax es of eternrtx nearer to the xx earx heart of man as he stands upon the shore and longs to cross ox er art thou the ex enrng breeze of lrfe or the morning arr of the future ' Cl rs mates xxe ne met together tonrght for the last trme before each goes hrs sep rrate xx rx VS e are happx rn the com Dl6tl0Il of our Hrgh School career xx hrch has been xx on onlx af ter dfrxs of hard ind farthful xx ork VK e oxxe much to our par ents xx ho haxe encouraged us along the xx rx and to our prrncr 8 , ., L, .,L, . .2 .l A S L. I. ' 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 . 1 1 1 1 v - N .,. . . ,. . . Q 'I 1 1 - .nw 1 v 1 ' ,1 1 1 1' 1 1 1 1 1 1' - 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 1 1 '-1- .. K1 tv A 1 , 1 1 ' I 1 11 1 1 f Q 1 I v S v V I 1 v I v 1 1 I . L . , 8 . I 1 1 v ' 1. I 1 'I I . 1 . uI 1 1 v1 ' 1 1 . A 1 v 'w 1 . , , 1 L .L - 1 ' A 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . c , 1 1 .1 1. ,1 v ., . . . . Y . H .u Y. , V . . H . . , , L . ' 1 7' 1 ' 1 . . . ,, , . , , y K , c, c . 1' Y 'V D 1 1 u . U . W . . Q .' , Y I S ,, . V . . Y Y H 7 I A Y V s s Aw . ' L1. v v I a V - Yr N ' 7' SI ,, Y? 7 7 ll ' ' 7, As they played, I heard that forest murmur as the wrnd rushed 1 Al A, L' 1 1 1 1 -1 '1 ' ' 1 ' 11 ' - 'A v r v s 1 v v I v . , , . U 1 1 c, 1 c ' ' ' 1 1 1 V w . . . ., r 1' 1 y 1 1 ' . , , .,.. N . I I .1 1 I V 1 v1 I 1 . . v . . , , 1 A 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1' ' 1 I ' 4 1 V I I 'I 1 ,1 1 v 1 . 1 . I 1 v I 1' I . . 1 1 1 . v v W I I . 1: A6 wi v 4 K 1 1 s , 1' A. 1 ' 11 1 K1 1 ' 1 1 . 1 , , 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 ' . , ' , ' D 4 . 199 Z 14 1 1 1 2 1 1, , ' , , ' ' .. ., K 1 1 1 K1 11 A1 2 11 12.1. ' , 1 , 1 ' - - I - ' 1 1 11 1 1 ' . 1 1 1 1 - . 1 1K1 1 1 2 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 I , , V ' I ' n vI 1 I 'I v 1 ,' ' ' ' 9. v ' 2