Whetstone High School - Legend Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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Music is love in Search of cz word. Sidney Lanier 1' It is music which ascends upon us and drunkens momentarily the soul, but molds the intellect to a higher degree of perception. The composer creates the structure and form, often injecting moments of insight to his imaginary world of sound. He seeks to capture his atti- tudes on life in the musical media. Free to create this attitude, the composer explores deep beneath the crust of thought and reason and delves to the soul and the heart of man. The performer grasps with mind and soul the structure and form created by the composer. Exploring the rise and fall ofthe melodious lines undulat- ing in sound and emotion, the per- former gives the structure and form excitement, depth, and fire. Together, the sensitivity of the performer uniting itself with that of the composer gives substance to rare emotional beauty. Such a manner of emotional involve- ment can never again be produced. Each note, phrase, nuance will change in depth and understanding. But some- thing will remain with the audience and the performer. Perhaps there will be a better understanding of the imagination of music and what secret lies beneath the modulating tones. Why man creates and interprets his world in music is unanswerable. Per- haps it is that some of us find words inadequate in expressing pure emo- tional attitudes.

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Sing, sweetness, to the last palpitation of the evening and the breeze l '?' St. John Perse Boys' Glee practices under Miss Morgan's direction. Harmony, melody, blend, Sharps, flats, dissonance. This is the lan- guage of music. The director gives the signs and signals and the stu- dents, taking their cue from her, expand and embellish upon a story written in the strange hand of notes, rests, bass, and treble clefs. The musical mechanics are only part of the entire expression. Words, words, Words are ever pres- ent and always stressed. Enuncia- tion, vowel sounds, cross your t's and sound your d's. The vocalists are constantly reminded, they con- stantly forget, and remember again. 'ie . I ,, ,N ,,ek ,, i 191-ww W .wx 1 4 ,, Q ,gi . , Ruth Morgan Carol Ish and Jane Kay team voices. Ma-me-mi-mo-mul' warms up Girls' Glee.