St Patricks Academy - Patrician Yearbook (Binghamton, NY)

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lrrr, PATRILIAN Franz Ellnurph lllaghn lrvelrlrood Por ervht xe rrs he vxas oblrffed to grve musrc lessons He srys Manx a 1 enrus rs rurned bx hrs lrvelrhood for rt leaves no trme for studx Paul Anton Prrnce of Esterhazy xvas a man of enormous xx ealth H xx as verx fond of the fine arts especrally musrc In 1761 Hadyn xx as called to Ersenstadt to take a posrtron as one of Prrnce Esterlrazx s musrcrans Hrs posrtron vxas that of upper servant He xxas never rdle here as a long lrst of composrtrons slroxx He xx as oblrged to provrde tvxo cperatrc per formances and one or tvxo concerts a xxeek When drstrnvurshed xrsrtors came he had to furnrsh extra entertarnment In 1790 Johann Peter Solomon of London was startrng to grve con certs on hrs own account He heard of Haydn and came to take hrm to London As Hax dn had alvx ays xxrshed to travel thrs xxould offer the oppor trrnr x When hrs frrend Mozart heard that he was Uorng he exclarmed Oh Papa' you have no educatron for the wrde world and speak too fexv lrnguages Hax dn replred xxrth a smrle My lanouage rs understood all over the xxorld The Solomon concerts vxere very successful Wlrrle xxrth Solomon Haydn composed hrs Surprrse Symphonv When the novelty of Solo mons concerts xxore off the lrsteners vxould go to sleep durrng the slow movements as xxas therr custom Havdn took hrs as a roke and xxrote hrs Surprrse Symphony The sloxx moxement rntroduced bx onlx a fexv of the rnstruments moved along rn a xery subdued manner and xx hen everx one was nrcely settled for hrs nap Haxdn employed sudden fortrssrmo chord play ed by every rnstr ument of the orchestra whrch startled hrs arrdr ence to conscrousness Thrs and manx other pranks shoxxs Hax dn s sense of humor It rs even sard he asked God xxrth characterrstrc narve to forgrve hrm rf he served Hrm too cheer fullx An rnterestrng meetrnfr took place at Frankfurt rn 1792 the band of xx hrch beethoven xxas a member gaxe a drnner for Haydn 1 eethoven sub mrtted a crntata to the uest of the exerrrnff and Haydn xxarmlx pr used lrter rrrrved rt Vrennr he took lessons from Haxdn The te re rer rnd the puprl belong to drtllerent een urres leethoven was a musrcal revolu tronrst Haydn vxas content to xxalk the old ways Haydn rounded lrfe xxrth tvxo oratorros The Creatron and the Seasons Thex xx ere the summrt of hrs achrevement He preferred the C16dt10I1 because he sard The angels speak and therr talk rs of God He xx as never so prous as xxhen he xxrote the Creatron He xx as a devout Catholrc When he fel hrs xx ork laggrnv' he xxould leave hrs rnstr ument and sax hrs rosarx Cheerfulness naturalness and spontanertx are char acterrstrcs of Haydn s work Goethe sard of hrm He max be superseded but he can never be surpassed It rs sard about Haydn Lrke Montargne he conceals nothrnof from you he shovxs vou hrs humble nature he chats xx rth xou he Jokes xx rtlr xou He rs free from morbrdness he accepts nature and lrfe and death xx rtlr he laughrng confidence of 1 chrld and does not bother hrs head about them In 1809 Vrenna xx rs bomb rrded by the Fr enclr The exertement proved too much for the composer Iour daxs before hrs death he xx rs crrrred to hrs cl rxrer rnd solemrrlx plrx ed the Emperor s Hx mn three trmes hrs 1 rrexx ell to nrusrc Certrrnlx such r Irie should be rn rnsprra ron to anx one no mrtter lroxx poor rnd humble he nrav be Marx Bxrne '3 34 V V . ' T 1 ' 1 1 , 1 v. . - . 1 1 1 1 . 6 I 4 6 1 1 1 c 1, HI I III. . I. I. . . I I. . II I,, .V ca 1 9 - ' 1 -' 1 , v Y , . e 1 1 1 Y D l 1. v, l I 1 V V I V . I . I I IL I . . .I I. . I . . C, I I . . I . I , I V c ' ' 1' - ' 7 ' '- 1t V rv 1 ' I 1 ' V, - I 5 Y IK I ' ' ' , . . I A In , I7 , ' ,' ' I cl , CI. ' .V , 1 , , ra . , I . I V . , V .V I . I ' n , ,' sr J V - . , 1 7 1 ' 1 Y 1' Y ' u , ,' yy , D , ' 1 V V ' ' , , V 1 Y- . 7 I ' v ,1 I ' 9 1, I . , . . . . - l ' 7 v I V Y 7 A ' ' v1 Pu Y V ' 1 V V . 7 ' . V 1 , - ' 2 1 ' gr 1 . II V. . IV -2 r hrm and encouraged hrm to contrnue hrs studres. When the young artrst 1 . ..' , ' , - V V 1 1 V 1 .I - . 2 C A C C Ax p t A 1 A I I 1 C X ' , ' . L .' I 3 V . IV' . . - ' ' 1 I 1 y1 y 7 I 1 . ' V' V ' , cc 1 ,JI ' va . II H - x H v ' - ' . ' ' 1 1 - aa , , ' xv 7 ' ac -, , -i yy , . V . ' V V , KK , ' 9 7 , I . I L Y C, 7 1 y y 1 - 1 ' V 1 1- 1, ' 7 1 .' ' v V . V ' I ' cc y , ' ' Y 1 , , H ' ' 11 ' , , ' ' 9 V ' Y . I 1 1 ta 7 1, 7 1 V' V - ' V V' V ' V 1 1 ' V 1 ! 1 1 ' 'ti ' 1 - . ' 1 1 f' t 1 ' , 2 ' , V 3 I I 1 1 I y, . . I ' 1 V2 2 1 1 I IV ,' , A, 1 , . . ' v 1 . 1 1 1 v 1 1, v 1 . 1 . 1 . r 1 . A 2, 1 ' : U J .-- . 2 ' ' . 1 ' V V 1 ' ' . ' ' 1. 4' . - , . 11 z I . 1 . z t , 1 1 C U 1 , . V V. fI rp ' 1 1 7

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THE PATRICIAN il-'ran .Unmrph Zllaghn St Stephen s C rtlredral xxas at thrs rme the most magnrflcent church rn Vrenna When xoung Hax dn left Hamburg to fro there Hamburg knew hrnr no more Hrs lrfe rn Vrennr xx as no happrer than before The members of the clrorr school consrsted of a Capellmerster '1 sub cantor txxo ushers and srx scholars Fhex lrxed together and had meals rn common They had ordr narrlx been alloxx ed suffrcrent funds for board lodgrng and clothrng of the scholars but due o the rncreased cost rn lrvrnfr the boys xxere nearly starved to death and xx ere scantrly clad Therr dutres xx ere very contmuous and too severe for such xounff boxs Each day tnere xxere tvxo full choral ser vrces at the Cathedral Besrdes thrs the boys vxere oblrged to take part rn solemn processrons of the relrgrous brother hoods of he crty as well as servrces for roxal brrthdays and srmrlar occasrons Reutter drd not teach Hax dn as he had promrsed At first he gave hrm a fexx lessons rn musrcal theorx but after a trme neglected hrm entrrelx Haydn afterwards de clared that he had only tvxo lessons rn composrtron from hrs rns ructor Furthermore Reutter apparerrtlx trred to drscourage the boy rn every way and laughed at hrs first uncertarn attempts But Haydn even then real rzed tha he had talent and xxas determrned to succeed It rs rather prtrful to thrnk of the box so rndustrrously scratchrng dovxn brts of musrc and recervrng onlx sneers and sarcastrc remarks for commendatron Hrs rnstructor the one per son who could have helped hrm more than anx one else drsreffarded hrm W hen Hax dn xx as seventeen xears of age hrs brother Nlrchael arrrved at Vrenna Reutter xxlro xxas to rdxrng to Empress Marra found that she drd not lrke Haydn on account of chrldrsh pranks that he used to play at the Palace of Schonbrurrn vxhere she resrded vxrth her court so he decrded o ged rrd of Haydn as soon as fr chance presented rtself The boy hrmself provrded the opportunrty for hr drsnrrssal He rad just come rnto posses sron of a nexx parr of scrssors and ne stronglx desrred to trx therr qualrty Novx there was a certrrn chorr box xx ho had once stolen a book of Haydn s the prgtarl of thrs boy xxas too strong a tempt rtron for the nexx shears to resrst Snrp' The harr lax at hrs feet Reutter xx as furrous He declared that lre culprrt should be caned on the hand Thrs xxas too much for Joseph xx ho xxas then seventeen He sard that he xx ould rather leave the Cathedral ser vrce To vxhrch Reutter promplx retorted Of course you wrll leave but you must be caned first Thus he vxas rgnomrnrously cast out after ten xears of farthful servrce A seventeen year old boy pennrless almost fr rendless and helpless because hrs vorce xxas broken It vxas an evenrng late rn November that Haydn xxas turned adrrft He roamed all nrght about the streets of Vrenna I the mornrng he met Splanger an acquarntance who vxas also musrcal and poor Splanger took hrm home to hrs gar ret and gave lrrm lodgrng for the xxrnter It rs alvx ays the poor xx ho grve xxhat thex haxe to others and rn thrs vxax many a humble Uenrus rs grven hrs start rn lrfe Hax dn h rd defrnrtelx decrded that composrnff musrc xx ould be hrs lrfe s xxork but xxhen he xxas lrvrng xxr lr Splanger he realrzed that for the present at least he must xxrrte tor bread rnd not for fame He would do anx thrnx to earn money rf rt xxas concerned xxrth musrc He sang rn chorrs plax ed at balls and xx eddrngs lre even took part rn street serenades playrng the vrolrn Thrs last posrtron rs not as undrgnrfled s one mrght thrnk It xxas bx thrs method hat great composers nrst rnterested the people rn therr xxork Sometrmes a band of musrcrans xxould serenade a frrend or patron of the composer But xx lrrle these erxperrences may have helped Haydn later rrr lrfe at thrs trme lre earned barelx enough for a OJ - - 7 - ' '. . . . '. L' . ' . 1, X 2 ' 4, Y ' n 1. Q b 7 2 ' ' c ' . r C ' 9 , . . . - Y Y Y . . Y . Y . ' . , . Y . I . Y Y Y , . c U, v 1 v 1 ' A 1 ' v 1 1 I . . . V . , 1 . , . , - . as . ' o Q, ' Q -V . . V V . . x o .- Y YY . . . Y . . L . U . 0 1 v 1. I Y . ' 1 . ' V V ' T I, . . A Y , L . . Y Y . . . Y . Y. . Y . . Y . . Y Y Y . Y .Y , ' I v ' 1 u . . 1 as - Y r vu 1 1 v 1 4 -v 1 1 ' . ny 1 , 7 ' X . 1 1 v v f v' 1 1 u' . ' c - I D I I I 1 ' . V -A, V . ' V' . , V ' r , , L . A. C I x 1 Y . Y . Y .Y . I . . b . i V. ' ' V ' ' V . l 1 V '. -V ' - ' v - V f . . ' 'V ,V V 1 , 7 ! f . v . . . . Y Y Y Y .Y Y C . Y Y C YV Y . V . Y , . r . . ' V ' . , . . H . ' c 1 , n Y . . . Y I .t . 1 e ' ' ' a 1 V 1 ' ' - 1 Y . Y . Y . ca 9 Y Y . . Y . . ' v 4: V' ' V 1 V ' V V 7 V Y. 6 ,, Y , Y. . . Y Y Y . Y . I Y. . Y . . , . C . ' as ' V a 7 1 l v 1 vu. h 1 I 1 1 , - c . v . ,V 1 ' ' wg 1 1 V. ' I . a 1 - v . V ' r 1 ' 1 v 1 . v 1 . L . D u v nv ' ' D V 1 Y . . . . Y Y Y v . 09

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THE PATRICIAN St iiatrrrk Down the corrrdor of fifteen hundred years Hrs gurdrng vorce to us strll maketh way Amrd celestral chorrs he bends hrs ear To hear the Irrsh pray' Srnce thrs has been a year of centennral celebratrons the Class of 1932 should consrder rtself verx fortunate to be graduated at thrs time Perhaps the rnnrversrr x xx hrch we should cherrsh most hrghlx rs the fifteenth cen tennr xl of Sfrrnt Prtrrck s landrng rn Ireland to teach the Farth The com rng of P rtrrck to Lrrn marks the greatest of Irrsh epochs Of rll the momentous happenrnffs rn Irrsh hrstory thrs seemrngly srmple one h rd the most extraordrnary most far reachrng effect It changed the face of the natron and utterly changed the natrons desrny The comrng of Patrrck may be sard to have a sublrme effect not on Ireland alone but upon the world It was a world event He was one of the grefrtest of Celts became one of the greatest of Irrshmen and one of the xery great among men In the xear 432 rust forty three years after he had first seen Ireland as 1 crptrxe Prtrrck returned o the land of hrs chorce as a consecrated Brshop of the one true Farth In the earlv perrod of Patrrcks second comrng the Orefrt Roman Emprre was cr umblrng whrle Ireland wrth fleets on the sea rnd armres rn forerfrn lands had reached the prnnacle of her polrtrc rl poxx er a trme that would seem the least proprtrous for wrnnrng men to the meek and abnefratorx doctrrnes of Chrrst Yet was rt rn hrs own mx sterrous xx ax God s chosen trme for sendrnff Hrs chosen man Durrng the fourth xear of the rergn of Laogharre son of Nrall the Hrfrh lxrng on the eve of Easter Patrrck s party encamped at Slarne on the left bank of the boye opposrte to and rn srght of Tara In front of hrs tent Patrrck lrghted a fire whrch xxas vrsrble at the krngs court A grert festrval xx rs begrnnrng at Tara corncrdent wrth he begrnnrng of Patrrck s I 'rster feast It was a gross vrolatron of royal and ancrent order that on thrs eve a fire should be lrffhted before the Drurds should lrght therr sfrcred fire upon the royal Path Accordrnorlv when Loagharres as ounded court beheld rn the drstance the blazrng of Patrrck s fire great xxas therr consternatron and hrgh and hot therr xxrath What audacrous person demanded the krng has dared to commrt thrs outrage'7 The Dr urds told hrm that rt was rndeed the Tarlcenn of the old prophecx come to supersede hrs rule and therr rule rn Errn More over hey sard unless the fire on that hrll be extrngurshed thrs verv nrvfht rt shall forever more blaze rn Ireland It wrll outshrne all fires that we lrght and he xx ho lrt rt wrll conquer us all he wrll overthrow you and hrs krngdom wrll overthrow your krngdom he wrll make your subjects hrs and rule over them all Then Krng Laogharre a splendrdly determrned old pagan angrrly de nranded that the tr ansgressor should be dragged before hrm wrth all the o her forerf n rntruders who were hrs suppor ters P xtrrck s c rmp w rs rarded bx the soldrers and he 'rnd hrs companrons xxere ordered to march to Tara As thex advanced to the Krngs palace the llrurds lax rn rmbush to rntercept and krll them but these evrl ones drd not see the lrttle band of mrssronarres pass They saw only a harmless herd of gen le deer a doe followed by her tw entx fawns VS hen Prtrrck refrched the court he found Krng Laogharre srttrng rloft rn state xx hrle hrs xx ar rrors rn srlence sat around rn a great crrcle xx rtlr the rrnrs of therr shrelds agarnst therr chrns The monarch evrdently apprehensrxe of the secret power of he stranger had warned hrs court that none of the marks of respect xx lrrch xx ere due to a forergner should 35 Q O H , . . ' !! V- - . . V . V V 1 V r . ' . ' V V L . ' ' r . . cy Z . 'Lai nIr v . Y s' ' lv . - '. ' r V' 7 ' ' . ' , C C C 5 0 . I I. I 1 . I I. . I A . . I. . . . I C c 1 V X 2 V V I V- . I C I . . , I 1 . I I. I . . r I L , . . I . I I. C 1 .5 1 V 1 . 1, . 1 . - 0 ' V 1 V V ' . ' 1 . K ' . ' V .- .' . . 4 ' ' c. c , c L , ' - ' .' V' 7 1 - , . I I I . I I . . . 1 r- 4 1 1 1 5 I l . 1 . Q . r , c Q., , c I I I I . I I .L. . . C , I V V V V V' ' V V ' ' ' 1-, ., - 1 V V . V' V V V 7 ' ' . ' ' I. . r I , . . ,., . V A V V ' V 1 7 7 . ,. I . V I . as 1 1 1 . I I . . . I , . . - V I I . I . II I . . . . I. II . . c -r cr , .. .' J I . ' ' ' V sr AC n . . I . - ' 1:1 . . - V r 1 t . C, , I4 I . . . I. , L C, , V ' . V V ' ' I ' V V r . sr I ' I 11 ' U ' 1 1 . I ,, I . . . I . . . . . . U . V . . . . 1. 7 Y ' I 11 4. ' cc , ' ' ' ' 1 L 1 . za 1 - V V V . . V 1 3 7 I V . V . . V V . .1 Y 7 1 v 1 Y, . . I . I I . . I 1 1 ' 1 t . . 'IIE ' . . V V ' . . I 4 U' , 1 1 'Q v . r I s - 1 ' C n I CA I C V V, - V . - I v ' 7 ' 1 Y I . I I I . I I . . I . . I c r . . I . . . . I I I I . . I - ' 4 1 V V V v V L , I . V . . . . . . V . V . . c c 1 , I . . I I I . . I I . I . . I . I . 4 ' 1 1 1 9 I. I I. I . . I . . . I . r . , . ' V V V V . L V . V . ' I L O , A . . . V V V ' 1