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Issue Details: First known date: 1871... vol. 22 no. 1496 30 December 1871 of The Freeman's Journal est. 1850 The Freeman's Journal
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Euterpe : An Ode to Music [Cantata], Henry Kendall , Charles E. Horsley (composer), single work lyric/song

Commissioned for the opening of the new Melbourne Town Hall, Euterpe is described as a homage to sound, and an attempt to show how the power of music permeates all phases and walks of life - 'in religion, in charity, in general high purposes, in war, in sorrow, in love, in the dance, at the feast, in far countries [and] at evening' (Argus 10 August 1870, p. 3). Kendall and Horsley both make reference to the Town Hall and the opening ceremony's musical concert - of which the ode was the feature presentation. The words of the final verse, which are underpinned by the musical accompaniment, make this apparent: 'The ringing, and ringing, and ringing / Of voices of choristers singing / Inspired by a national joy / Strike through the marvellous hall / Fly by the aisle and the wall; / While the organ notes roam / From basement to dome / Now low as a wail / Now loud as a gale'

(p. 11-12)
Note: Text of the libretto.
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