Page 4 > ® THE COLLEGE NEWS Dr. Schumann Speaks on Music of the East st (Continued from Page One) In the Persian folk-song, with its _ monodic accompaniment of violin and flute, we find the harmonic simplicity which, as has been said, is so charac- teristic of Eastern music. Indian music, on the other hand, is very chro- matic and has great variety of rhythm. Tremendous skill is requir- ed by the singers, who pass their knowledge down secretly to each suc- cessive generation. We now come to China, and in her we find the mother of music. There it was that music first became an art. While we, just before the time of Bach, were struggling to produce a tempered scale, China had made the discovery some 2000 years before Christ; there is on record the order of an emperor to stop the use of hun- dredth octaves, and return to simple pentatonic music for the sake of tra- dition. ‘Today Chinese music is de- cadent, but we can still see its orig- inal simplicity; there are no leading- notes, and the ratio. 3 is the only one used. The center-tone to which the- melody always returns is what provides a great deal of the strange- ness to our ears, which are accus- tomed to cadences. In the “Mikado” and in the transfiguration motif of Strauss’ “Tod und Verklarung” we }have an example of center-tone. Thus Chinese music is balanced iin itself; any record may be played back- wards! Gongs play a large part in this music. It is also interesting to note that the songs are intermixed with dramatic speaking, and that the two sexes are never combined in one piece. Modern Chinese drama is very emo- tional and dynamic. The Japanese, although they have received their culture from China through Korea, have changed the pen- tatonic system of music by the addi- tion of half-tones leading “down- ward. The intonation they have tak- en over from:the Chinese. Dr. Schu- mann let us hear a spring song sung by the women all over Japan at the time of the cherry blossoms; it says, “spring itself has come to the plum tree.. I can already see shadows on my window.” Then the lady greets her beloved and offers him some tea. ‘It is in Java that, free from the disintegrating influence of war, old Chinese music is preserved in its pur- est form. also influenced by Moslem, and even by European music, as we could see | Setansarennea ee The Java song itself is | by: the excellent flute-playing in one of the. records. was typically oriental, his voice being full of “gurgling-sounds.” —The—re- ligious ceremonial music of Bali is very quaint, with long-resounding tones, though European influence can be seen in the cadences. The instru- ments are of metal, with bamboo res- onators. Especially interesting is the dance music, which is sung by four choruses, two older and two younger, who sit facing each other and sway to the music, Which ever-increases in tempo. And so, concluded Dr. Schu- mafii, we see that if in some ways Oriental musie is more simple than ours, in others it is far more com- plex. 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