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who foundedWinchester College and New College, mZusi ime. ,the one being a nursery,so to speak, of 6b ccal the other. Thus the gentle and saintly scholar- king did for Cambridge what the eminent DECEMBER I, I908. ecclesiastic had done for Oxford. The original charterof Eton- dated October i i, I44o-decreed that the College was to consist of 'a Provost,ten Fellows, four Clerks, six Choristers, a School- ETON COLLEGE. master, twenty-fivepoor and indigent Scholars, and the same number of poor and infirmmen.' Ye distantSpires, ye antiqueTowers, To quote furtherfrom Sir Henry Maxwell Lyte's That crownthe wat'ryGlade, History of Eton College (1889): 'This scheme Wheregrateful Science stilladores be said to have united the characteristicsof a Her Henry'sholy Shade ; may And thatfrom the Brow college of secular priests,a school for boys, and ye stately an almshouse for men. The Almshouses Of WINDSOR'S th' Expanse below poor Heights the own Of Grove,of Lawn, of Mead survey, were suppressed during Founder's life- Whose Turf,whose shade, whose Flowersamong time; the College of priests,after more than four Wandersthe hoaryThames along centuriesof honourable existence,has lately been His Silver-windingWay. doomed to destruction; while the School has risento an unrivalled of Ode on a distantProspect of Eton College. 1747. gradually pitch prosperity, and has the revenues THOMASGRAY (An Etonian). practicallymonopolised and the veryname of Eton College.' King Henry the Sixth had not completed his To return to the original Statutes. The four nineteenth year when he founded 'The Kynge's Clerks were to be 'skilled in chant, of whom one College of our Ladye of Eton, beside Windsore.' only, the organist and instructorof the choristers, Born at Windsor, the boy monarch naturally may be married.' All the Clerks were to receive desired that his noble conception should be placed 'commons and livery,' and the stipend of the within the range of his vision, and under the organist was fixed at ?/6. The Scholars were to shadow of the castle in which he drew his first be 'poor and needy boys of good character,with breath. In founding Eton College and its a competentknowledge of reading,of the grammar complement, King's College, Cambridge, Henry of Donatus, and of plain song.' It is very followedthe good exampleof Williamof Wykeham, interestingthus to findthat music (plain song) was A-PA 4T 'tlpXA-S ) /jE::, ElI ..:..o MAX::;:imp,-iii~---_::i-::1?i--ii~-ii j::::-:::z ip-:

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THE SCHOOL YARD. (Photograhk by Messrs. Hills & Saunders, Eton.) one of the three essentials required for all boys now been resumed. In Chapel the Provost who came to Eton. By inference, music occupies the firststall on the south side, and the undoubtedly formed part of the original curri- Vice-Provostthe correspondingone on the north culum,only to be ignored througha long period side. of years; now, however,it rightlyassumes its place The boyson theFoundation are called Collegers. in the list of studies, and the warmencouragement Sir Henry Maxwell Lyte says that the earliest the art receives from the present Head Master known instanceof the use of the termOppidans- (the Hon. and Rev. E. Lyttelton) is nothing more boys who live in the houses of theirtutors (assistant or less than a return to the intentions of the masters)-is in the Audit Book for1557-58, which Founder of this splendid College which has contains a charge 'for two newe chandlestycksfor become one of the greatesteducational institutionsthe opydans in the Churche,ijs. vjd.' Mr. Wasey of the country. Sterrystates that ' their[i.e., theOppidans'] original As a matterof conveniencethis briefsketch may style was "Commensales," These Commensales be divided thus (i), historyof the School; (2), its seem to have been of two orders,corresponding to buildings; (3), the College Library; (4), the commonersand gentlemen-commonersat Oxford; Chapel Services,and (5), the musical curriculum. they were to be admitted to board and lodge in The School was opened in the year 1442. Its the College, paying therefor,but to be instructed firstHead Master was William Waynflete,founder in grammargratis.' * William Paston (died 1466) of Magdalen College, Oxford. He was a great was one of the earliest Oppidans (Commensales), favouritewith Henry VI., who induced him to as was probably also Sir Thomas Pope (1507?- exchangethe headmastership of WinchesterCollege 1559), founderof TrinityCollege, Oxford. forthat of Eton. Waynfleteaccordingly came to At that time (the 16th century)the title Custos Eton, bringingwith him fiveFellows and thirty-five(or dunce) was applied to any boy who was scholars from ,who thus formed the detected talking in English during lesson time, nucleus of a school which has in course of time missing three words in repeating a rule in developed into its present state of prosperityand grammar,or making three mistakes in spelling. fame. The first Provost was Henry Sever, As at Winchester, the Eton Scholars were chaplain and almoner to HenryVI., and afterwardsawakened at fiveo'clock by one of the praepostors Warden of Merton College, Oxford. And here it (monitors),who shouted 'Surgite.' While dressing should be stated that the important office of they chanted prayers,probably Latin psalms in Provost (since 1884 successfullyheld by the Rev. alternateverses. Each boy had to make his own Dr. Hornby,a formerHead Master) carrieswith it bed, and to sweep the dust fromit into the middle the duties of chairmanof the governingbody, or of the Long Chamber, whence it was removed by to be more accurate, 'The Provost and Fellows,' * ' Annals of the King's College of our Lady of Eton beside Windsor. forafter a period of transition,the old title has By Wasey Sterry, M.A. : Methuen & Co., 1898. P. 53.

This content downloaded from 159.178.22.27 on Thu, 05 Nov 2015 10:05:08 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions THE MUSICAL TIMES.-DECEMBER I, 1908. 767 four juniors selected for the purpose by the (the Translation of King Edward the Confessor) pra;postors. When these chambermaidduties had and Easter, the boys had to rise at four o'clock been discharged,the scholars marched downstairs in the morning in order to receive religious two and two to wash at the 'children's pump.' instructionbefore beginning the ordinarylessons of Their ablutions ended, they at once proceeded to the day. After dinner on All Souls' day they their places in the school-room. The Usher repeated prayersfor the dead, read aloud mournful entered at six (a.m., it should be remembered) passages selected by the master,and wroteverses and, kneelingat the upper end of the room, said about the gloryof the resurrection,the blessedness prayers. While he was engaged in teaching the of souls, and the hope of immortality! Such was lower forms,one of the praepostorsmade a list the life of an Eton boy three-and-a-halfcenturies of those who were late for prayers, while the ago. How differentfrom his school in this * days Praepostor immundorumhad to examine the year of grace 90o8! faces and hands of his schoolfellows,in order To make mention of all the various changes- to report to the Master, at seven a.m., any educational, administrative,and social-that have who had appeared dirty. Work was then carried taken place at Eton College during its wonderful on until afternine, when the boys were doubtless history,would be beyond the scope of this article. quite ready fortheir breakfast,and at ten o'clock Referencewill be made to some of these changes one of the praepostorsshouted 'Adprecesconsurgite,' in due course. In the meantime it should be to recall the boys to school, where, standing in stated that the original statutes were repealed in order on each side of the room they recited 1872, and that since then the educational system further prayers. Dinner was at eleven, school has been much modernized,though classics still again fromnoon till three,playtime ended at four, retain theirpre-eminence. and after another hour of lessons the boys left Despite those inevitable numerical fluctuations school, apparently for supper; more lessons which take place in schools, Eton has steadily between six and eight; at seven a slice of bread increased in public favour, so much so that it and a draught of beer, and at eight o'clock those occupies the premierposition among the public wearychildren went to bed chantingprayers. On schools of . At the presenttime, including Friday, beinga fast-day,all the offencescommitted the seventyCollegers-those on the Foundation- duringthe week were enumeratedand the culprits its muster-rollnumbers 1,036 boys. Among many punished. No mention whatever is made of * This informationconcerning school life at Eton in the i6th century Sunday. On all holy-days,between October 13 is taken fromSir Henry Maxwell Lyte's History of the College.

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THE CHAPEL. (Photogralk by Messrs. Hills & Saunders, Eton.) many drawbacks and many deficiencies,'says Sir from 1504 to I535, where may be noticed his Henry Maxwell Lyte, 'our School can boast a rebus, the lettersL U P on a tun. The thirty-five glorious past. In the church and in the senate, stalls on each side of the Chapel-or, to be more at the bar and in the army,in the 'civil service, accurate, the -unfortunately and in everybranch of national life,her sons have hide some highly-interestingItalian frescoes which held theirown and lefttheir mark. At Eton have date frombetween i479 and 1488. In the turret been learned the early lessons of endurance, at the south-westernangle of the ante-chapelis the patience, self-control,and sturdy independence, service bell on which is inscribed ' Prayes ye the which have braced the characters of many of Lord. I637.' England's greatestmen.' The Cloister Court, beyond the quadrangle (see Whether viewed from the North Terrace of Loggan's view on p. 765) is as old as the Chapel WindsorCastle or seen froma nearerpoint of vision, (1443-1450). Here are the Hall, on the south side, the buildings of Eton College are attractivein the College Library adjoining it, the 'lodgings' their picturesque variety. The stately Chapel is of the Provost, Vice-Provost, Head Master and

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Bursar. Lupton's tower,which contains the clock room (1869), of which more anon ; and the Lower and gateway,are a littlelater, about 1517. Lower Chapel, dedicated in 189 [ and built forthe boys of School - the original Eton schoolroom- the the Lower School.* The latest addition to the building on the leftof the quadrangle (see p. 765), architecturalfeatures of Eton College is the stately is just about 450 years old. The bronze statue of pile erected to commemorateEtonians who fell in the Founder, holding a sceptre,in the centreof the the South AfricanWar: a view of these Memorial yard, was erected in 1719 Buildings, together with an by Provost Godolphin, and account of the opening by a little-knowntradition says the King, on November 18, that in passing it you should will be foundon p. 78o. always keep the statue on To any one interestedin your left. The quadrangle old books a visit to the was not completed till the College Library is made erection, on its west side, additionally enjoyable and of Upper School, also shown instructive with the Vice- in Loggan's view (p. 765), Provostand Librarian(Mr. F. on the left of the Chapel. ct"a WarreCornish) as a cicerone. In the same direction, and 1? Among the printedbooks he passing through the gate- will find three Caxtons- way, is Savile House, its 'Les faiset proessesdu noble back to the road and the et vaillant chevalier Jason' garden front looking upon ?? (r474), 'Tully of Old Age,' the college buildings (see &c. (1481), 'Thystorye of Built in BOOKPLATE OF THE COLLEGE LIBRARY. the Foxe' p. 77I). 1603- Reynard (1481); if not much earlier and the fourfolios of Shakespeare perhaps the original almshouse--this charming (1623-85), and, amongst other quartos, some of old domicile is the residence of Dr. C. H. Lloyd, the earliest, e.g., 'Midsummer Night's Dream' Precentor and Musical Instructor. Subsequent (i6oo), 'Henry V.' (16o8), 'King Lear' (16o8), additions include the new in * buildings, Weston's For furtherdetails and descriptions of the College buildings, see Yard and facingthe garden frontof Savile House 'An illustrated Guide to the Buildings of Eton College,' by R. A. Austen Leigh, Eton: Spottiswoode & Co., Ltd. 1905. This admirably (1844-46); the new schools (1861-63); the music- compiled little book contains a vast amount of information.

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'Merchant of Venice' (i600oo),&c. The firsteditions vellum between the years 500ooand i5 o, this include Homer's Iliad (Florence, 1488) and Milton's precioustome, measuring 231 in. by I7-in.,is in the 'Paradise Lost'(1667). Here is the firstbookprinted originalboards, covered with stamped'leatherwith with movable metal types,the so-called Mazarine Tudor badges. The volume has been thoroughly Bible, in Latin (2 vols. folio),printed by Gutenberg examined by Mr. W. Barclay Squire, F.S.A., who and Fust (or Fust and Sch6ffer) at Mainz, communicated its contents to the Society of 1453-56, just about the same time that Henry's Antiquaries in a learned and exhaustive paper foundationat Eton was gettinginto workingorder. 'On an early sixteenth century MS. of English The bindingof oak boards, with stamped leather, Music in the Library of Eton College,' which is of the same date and by Johannes Fogel, of he read on February I7, 1898, and which Bamberg. The Audit Books of I609 show that is printed in Archceologia, vol. Ivi., p. 89. the sum'of ~JIo 3s. i was spent on the library, Mr. Squire says whatmakes the volume so valuable 1d. an amount which included paymentsto Joyce,the is that the compositions contained therein are waterman,and sums for wharfage and custom, without exception by men of high. reputation the books being conveyed fromLondon by river. in theirday. ' So rare have collectionsof this sort The show-cases contain the Statutes of the become,' he adds, 'that I believe I am right in College, signed by the Founder; the wages book saying that there are now in England only two other MSS. of the kind which, for size and importance of their contents,can at all compare with the Eton volume; these are respectively preservedin the librariesof Lambeth Palace, and of Caius College, Cambridge, both dating from a littlelater than the Eton book.' The volume consists of a collection of motets and magnificatsfor several voices, the music of each part being so written upon opposite pages that,when the book is open, the differentparts can be sung by all the singers at the same time,the earliest method of writingpart-music. At the beginningof each compositionis given, in red, its compass, fromthe lowest bass note to the highest in the treble,a detail which Mr. Squire has never seen in any other musical manuscript. A Salve ...... Regina, in nine parts, by Robert Wilkinson, is curious as being writtenin white breves and semi- breves,all the rest of the book being in black or red notes of this value. This Book originally'contained ninety- seven compositions. The pieces that are missing unfortunatelyinclude a 'Gaude florevirginali' (' 5) composed by John Dunstable, and a largepart of a settingof the Passion for Palm Sunday (t 4) by Richard Davy. The forty-threeperfect compositions that remain can be placed to the credit of the followingmusicians : Banester. Hacumplaynt. Lambe. THE HEAD MASTER. Browne. Hampton. Sturton. THE HON. AND REV. LYTTELTON. E. Cornysch. Horwud. Sutton. (Photografi/ by Messrs. Elliott &- Fry.) Davy. Huchyn. Turges. Fawkyner. Hygons. Wylkynson. of the clerk of the worksfor the Chapel ; Charters, Fayrfax. Kellyk. &c., with the Great Seals of William II., John, Henry III., Edward I., and others. There are Not the least interestingfeature of the MS. is some fine specimens of bindings, principally the series of heraldic shields scattered throughout Italian and French, of the i6th and early 17th its pages. As specimens thereofwe are enabled, centuries,in addition to some Papal Bulls, and a by the kind permission of the Vice-Provost,to very fine collection of mezzotintengravings from reproduce in facsimileas one of the special supple- portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds, though the mentsto thepresent issue twofolios from the volume. marginsof manyare unfortunatelycut. One of these facsimiles (fol. 64b) shows three The treasures include a Book of Hours, on of the fiveshields of a five-partmotet, 'O domine vellum and illuminated (Paris, 1530), which celi terreque creator,' by Richard Davy, organist belonged to Queen Mary Tudor, and afterwardsto of Magdalen College, Oxford, at the end of the Maryof Modena, queen of James II. Of supreme 15th century. The arms are as follows: Triplex, interest to musicians, however, is the splendid England; Tenor, Edward I. Confessor; Contra- Anthem Book (MS.) of Eton College. Writtenon tenor,Bishop William of Waynflete,or Magdalen

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College, Oxford. The last-named is one of the alreadydescribed. In I553-54, the re-introduction ' small points' which have led Mr. Squire ' to of the Sarum ritesinvolved the purchase of various conjecture that the MS. was writtenby someone books-Kyries, Alleluias, and Sequences--aswell as intimatelyconnected withboth Eton and Oxford.' of chrismatories,bells, and chalices. At the present The otherfacsimile shows the initial of the tenor time (holidays excepted) there are two full choral of an ' O Matervenerabilis,' in fiveparts, composed services on Sundays, and on week-daysthere is Browne. It contains the shield by John following 'Morning Chapel' for the boys at 9.i5, or 9.25, of arms: Sable, a chevronargent betweenthree according to the season of the year, and full lilies s/ippedproper ; on a chiefgules, threeowls of choral evensong in the afternoon. To be present thesecond. So farthis has remained unidentified.*at a serviceattended by the Upper School, and to

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SAVILE HOUSE. THE RESIDENCE OF THE PRECENTOR AND MUSICAL INSTRUCTOR, DR. C. H. LLOYD. (Photograqfk by Messrs. Hills & Saunders, Eton.) Eton College Chapel and it's music is a theme look down fromthe organ loft upon the boys much 600 whereupon mightbe written. That music there met together,is a most impressivesight, and formed an important feature of the services in as that youthfulcongregation uplift their voices in olden times is proved by the MS. Anthem Book some well-knownhymn, one is thrilled by the mightyunison which rolls through the beautiful * For furtherdetails of this important MS. see Mr. in Barclay Squire's building. Faper Arch ologia, above referredtoo; also 'A descriptive Catalogue Previous to the the adult of the Manuscripts in the Library of Eton College.' By Montague year 1868, portion Rhodes James, Litt.D.: Cambridge University Press. 1895. P. 1o8. of the was served by the lay clerks of

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St. George's Chapel, Windsor. Since then there south side of the Chapel and greatlyenlarged. At has been a separate establishment,though the the same time it was placed at the junction of the choristershave existedsince theoriginal foundation choirand ante-chapel,where it remaineduntil 1881. in 1440. The choir now consists of six lay-clerksIn that year both the organ and the loft were and sixteen choristers. The latter are day-boys taken down and the presentstone screen,designed drawn from Eton, Windsor, Slough, and the by Street, was erected and completed in 1882. neighbourhood. They receive a commercial To Messrs. WV.Hill & Son were entrustedthe education in an old College building formerlyreconstruction and enlargement of the organ, used as a brew-house. which was opened on June 4, 1885, by Mr. The earliestmention of an organis in connection (afterwardsSir) Joseph Barnby, then Precentor witha visit of Queen Elizabeth to Eton in 1560 or and organist,when Handel's Chandos Te Deum 1561, when 'A Te Deum was sung in pricksong, was performed. The present organ-rebuilt by all standingin theircopes, and the organs playing.' Messrs. Hill in 1902-consists of four manuals This instrument-called 'organs' because of its and fiftysounding stops : it is remarkableas being double row of keys or pipes-probably stood on the only churchinstrument in the kingdomwhich the rood-screen. It was doubtless demolished at exhibitsfront pipes of 32-feetscale.* the Commonwealth, and the Chapel must have The close connection, from the ecclesiastical- been left withoutan organ until the year 1700 or musical point of view, between Eton and Windsor with 1 701, when FatherSmith supplied a specimenof his is shown by the roll of organistsbeginning artistichandicraft, erected on 'a huge organ-loft,John Mundy (c. I575) and ending with John Mitchell,a lay-clerkof Windsor,in 1867. One of the Eton organists,John Lamb (c. 1687), was also a vergerof St. George's Chapel! The new regime began in 1868 with the appointment of the Rev. George Leighton Hayne, Mus. Doc., an Etonian, as organist. To him succeeded Dr. Charles Donald Maclean (1872-75), and for the next seventeen years the office was held with distinctionby Sir Joseph Barnby. At his death, in I892, a worthy successor was found in Dr. Charles HarfordLloyd.it In consideringthe subject of music as part of :: ::xv. the curriculumof the school life at Eton, it has to be stated that until fortyyears ago music had no existence there. In 1756 it was contraryto the K. Ig rules for any boy on the Foundation to use any :: oR'US musical instruments. Joah Bates, then a Colleger, 'remained in this state of musical privation for some months,and had no othermeans of practising than by playing imaginary keys on the table, which fora considerabletime was his customevery day.' Mr. George Graham--nicknamed'Gronkey Graham'-one of the assistant-masters,possessed a harpsichord,probably a rare possessionfor an Eton tutor in those days. With great kindness Mr. Graham invited Joah to his rooms, 'and THE PRECENTOR AND MUSICAL INSTRUCTOR. findingwhat an extraordinaryperformer he was, his musical DR. C. H. LLOYD. obtained permissionfor him to pursue accommodated him with the use of his (Photografi by Messrs. Hills &' Saunders, Eton.) studies, instrument,and procuredhim libertyto playon the about twenty-fivefeet in depth, approached by a College organ at his leisure hours.' This incident, flightof steps, placed across the Churchwithin the which throws an interestinglight on the former how choir.' This loft or screen, a very fine piece of neglect of music at Eton, serves to show and workwith fluted columns and elaborate carvingby much may result from the sympathy a Grinling Gibbons-was disposed of at a small co-operationof an assistant-masterin fostering cost, another instance of the unfortunate'getting boy's musical talent. Sir Hubert Parry, during rid' of organ cases and organ screens which his pupilage at the great school, picked up his prevailed in the earlypart of the last century,and music as best he could, takinga few lessons from even later. About the year 1830 John Gray is Elvey, at Windsor,in said to have erected a new organ. This was playtime.. replaced by an instrumentbuilt by Messrs. Gray & * A view of the present organ will be found in THE MUSICAL TIMES of Davison and placed half-wayup the choir on the June, 1899, p. 371. i A complete list, so far as it can be compiled, of the organists of south side, standing on the floor of the Chapel. Eton College is given in Mr. John E. West's 'Cathedral organists, past built as late as this was a G ! andan present.' (r899.) Although 1852, organ See a biographical sketch of Sir Hubert Parry, THE MUSICAL In 1869 the instrumentwas removed from the TIMES, July, 1898.

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The appointment of the Rev. Dr. Hayne as unique distinction among the long roll of Eton organistand instructorof music, in 1868, and the classical mastersof holdinga degreein music-gives building of a music room in 1869, were the earliest a prize for pianoforte-duetplaying to be competed recognitionof music as a subject in the school for annually. House singing competitions for a curriculum. The door of one of the music- challenge cup are held in the autumn, when teachingrooms still bears upon it a plate inscribed quartets are sung by four boys from each house 'Dr. Hayne.' Four years later (in 1872), Dr. that enters. One of the concertedpieces is chosen Maclean succeeded to the dual post,which he held by Dr. Lloyd, the other piece being left to the until 1875. Then, as already stated, Barnby choice of the competing house. On the same entered upon his long and successful reign of occasion prizes are offeredfor the best tenor and seventeen years. The presentholder of the office bass solos. Next 'Half' the Associated Board -his officialtitle being 'Precentor and Musical is to hold a School Examination at Eton. Thus Instructor'-is Dr. Charles Harford Lloyd, of there is every evidence that the study of music whom a biographical sketch appeared in is being earnestlypursued, and that it is surely THE MUSICAL TIMAES of June, 1899. Dr. Lloyd making its way under the genial and tactful has an efficientstaff of seven assistants: guidance of Dr. Lloyd. The presentHead Master is entirelysympathetic towards music, so much so Mr. GustavMorsch, Cologne Conservatorium. Pianoforte andviolin. Mr. H. R. Couldrey,Organist of Holy TrinityChurch, Windsor. Pianoforte,organ and singing...... Mr. AlbertMellor, Organist of WindsorParish Church. Pianoforteand organ. Mr. MarkClapshaw. Pianoforteand singing. Mr. EdwardMason (Royal College of Music), member ofthe Grimson Quartet, &c. Violinand violoncello. Mr. ColinC. Taylor(Royal Collegeof Music),Organist ofLower Chapel. Pianoforteand organ. Mr. A. E. Baker,Mus.B. Oxon,Organist of Eton Parish Church. Pianoforteand organ.

Excluding the membersof the Volunteer Band, nearly I50 boys now learn music, the majority studyinginstruments; thereis also a harmonyclass -:i:-:-.::----i:x i: conducted by Mr. Baker. These boys receive two half-hourlessons a week. Every pupil enters the time he has practisedin a ' Music practiceregister,' an idea which Dr. Lloyd borrowed from Clifton College. This printed form,covering an entire 'Half,' as the school termis designatedat Eton, is thus arranged:

MUSIC PRACTICE REGISTER. MICHAELMAS HALF, 190o8. Name Houre_-

TIME.

M., Sept.21 R. G. ANDERSON. 22 Tu., ,, PRESENT SECRETARY OF THE ETON COLLEGE MUSICAL SOCIETY.

W., ,, 23 (Photograhk by Mr. Alfred D. Kissack, Eton.) that boys are now allowed to take their lessons At present the teaching and practisingrooms are during school hours, a hitherto unknown in two places, but a new building is in course of concession which is highly appreciated by both erection, which will give eighteen more rooms mastersand pupils. adjoining some of those already in use, thus The Eton College Musical Society,as at present completingthe scheme forconverting two racquet constituted,dates fromthe year 1875, and is in a courts into a Music School large enough to flourishingcondition. It consistsof orchestraand accommodate the whole musical staffand their choir, and is managed by a committeeof masters pupils. The plans forthis conversion were worked and boys. Practices are held weekly, conducted out by Mr. T. G. Jackson,R.A. by Dr. Lloyd, who is also president,in the large A school music-prizeis given annually for the music-room,formerly a racquet court, in which best pianoforteplayer, and Mr. W. H. Leslie has there is a grand pianoforte and a two-manual instituteda sight-singingcompetition prize to be organ by Walker. It was at the concerts of a competed for twice yearly. Mr. A. M. Goodhart, similarSociety that Hubert Parry,some fortyyears M.A., Mus. B.-an assistant-masterwho has the ago, appeared as a boy composer and performer.

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In listeningto a rehearsal of Sir Hubert Parry's proceed to considerthe subject of the relationship new ode and Dr. Lloyd's stirringmarch, both between his poet-sonand the art whichpermeated composed for the opening of the new Memorial the home of his childhood. Buildings, one is struck by the keenness of the ProfessorMasson, in his monumentalLife of the boys in endeavouring to carry out Dr. Lloyd's poet, says: 'The boy became a singeralmost as wishes. All, including the masters who belong soon as he could speak. We see him going to the to the Society, seem to enjoy this music-making,organ for his own amusement,picking out little whether as vocalists or as instrumentalists,melodies by the ear, and stretchinghis tinyfingers especially the youthfulperformer on the drums. in search of pleasing chords. Aubrey states At the presentmoment the boys belongingto the definitelythat Milton's fathertaught him music Society number 213, a record muster. and made him an accomplished organist.' But No more fittingconclusion to this'brief sketch performers,however gifted they may be, pass of Eton College-one that has music for its chief away and, like a dream, they are forgotten. theme-could be found than that kindly and Not so the writtenword. Stamped withgenius, it specially supplied by the Head Master, the remains, and the printing-presssets its seal upon Hon. and Rev. Edward Lyttelton,who writesas 'immortal verse.' follows: In the youthfulpoetic flightsof Milton-versifi- 'It is difficultnot to believe that Music has cations of Psalms cxiv. and cxxxvi.-music does not find a as it does in his laterand maturer a great futurein education in this country. place Since the destructionof the Schools in works. Attentionmay, however, be called to the Song latter of the above because it is the reignof Edward VI. it has been miserably paraphrases, sung but in of the there is in all the churches. Will not the first stanza neglected, spite neglect recall that of ? a vast amount of musical taste and capacity readily hymn praise in the people, and whereverit is wiselytrained Let us witha gladsomemind Praisethe Lord forHe is surprisinglygood resultsfollow. In education kind; it has at least three it is a wholesome ForHis merciesaye endure, aspects,(i) Everfaithful, ever sure. outlet for the emotions; (2) it is a constant and certainmode of trainingthe brain; (3) all The entire hymn, which consists of twenty-four chorus and orchestralwork is an admirable stanzas, is a fine piece of work for a boy aged trainingin social co-operation. Further, it fifteen. Here are a few stanzas that have not may be remarked that of all subjects now found theirway into the church-songof the people : taught in schools, it is the one in which The ruddywaves He cleftin twain improvementcan be most visiblymanifested, Ofthe Erythraean main, and this is a featuresadly missed in some For His, &c. othersubjects of teaching.' In bloodybattle He broughtdown DOTTED CROTCHET. Kingsof prowess and renown, For His, &c. He foiledboth Seon and his host Thatruled the Amorrean MILTON AND MUSIC: coast; For His, &c. A TERCENTENARY TRIBUTE. Andlarge-limbed Og he didsubdue With JOHN MILTON: DECEMBER all hisover-hardy crew, BORN, 9, I6o8. For His, &c. Music was the atmosphere which the infant The hymn which forms part of 'On the John Milton breathedwhen he entered the world morning of Christ's nativity'-written at the age threehundred years ago. His father,John Milton of twenty-one,when Milton was an undergraduate the elder, was a skilled musician, one of those at Christ's College, Cambridge-contains more cultured amateurs through whose influence the than one referenceto music, e.g. stanza ix.: divine art has contributedand still contributesto Whensuch music sweet deepen the joys and softenthe sorrowsof home-life. Theirhearts and ears did greet A scrivenerby business or profession,music-loving As neverwas by mortal finger strook, John Milton, senr.,like othercity men of his day, Divinely-warbledvoice the lived over his 'shop' at the sign of the 'Spread Answering stringednoise, As all theirsouls in blissfulrapture took: Eagle,' Bread Street, Cheapside. In that quiet thoroughfare-for huge warehouses were then unknown-and under the shadow of the old Bow And how fine is stanza xiii., especially the last Church,his illustriousson was born, though the threelines : actual habitation in which he firstsaw the light Ringout, ye crystal spheres ! was one of the 13,oo000houses. which fed the flames Oncebless our human ears, of the Great Fire of London. The musical If yehave power to touchour senses so; and Andlet your silver chime interests,practical creative,of Father Milton Movein melodioustime; were recorded in the biographical sketch of him And let the bass ofheaven's deep organblow; which in appeared the issue of this journal for And withyour ninefold harmony July last (p. 437), therefore we may at once Make up fullconsort to the angelicsymphony.

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