THE

F A MIL Y

M IN S T R E L:

A MUSICAL AND LITERARY JOUR N A L.

EMBRACING

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF EMINENT MUSICAL MEN ;-ESSAYS ON VOCAL STYLE, CHURCH MUSIC, &c. ;-FACTS SHEWING THE IMPORTANCE OF

MUSICAL INSTRUCTION IN COMMON AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS ;-PHYSIOLOGICAL INQUIRIES INTO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HUMAN VOICE,

EAR, &c.;-WITH DIRECTIONS FOR THEIR CULTIVATION;-ELEMENTS OF MUSICAL ELOCUTION, SIMPLIFIED AND ADAPTED

FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE USE ;-HINTS TO PARENTS IN GIVING THEIR CHILDREN A MUSICAL EDUCATION;-

RECORDS OF THE TRANSACTIONS OF MUSICAL SOCIETIES, &c.;- ANECDOTES OF MUSIC, WITH

ACCOUNTS OF ITS EFFECTS;_SELECT POETRY,-SACRED, MORAL, AND DEVOTIONAL;-

ELEGANT AND USEFUL LITERATURE, &c., &c.

ALSO

A CHOICE SELECTION

OF

VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC:

ARRANGED, CENERALLY, FOR ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR AND FIVE VOICES, WITH AN ACCOMPANIMENT; OR FOR ONE, TWO, OR THREE INSTRUMENTS.

THE WHOLE

DESIGNED FOR TILE PARLOR AND THE CHURCH, AND FOR SCHOOLS AND MUSICAL SOCIETIES.

VOL I.

CONDUCTED BY

CHARLES DINGLE Y.

AUTHOR OF "THE PRACTICAL AND INTELLECTUAL SINGING BOOK."

NEW YORK:

PUBLISHED BY JAMES DE VOE, 104, BEEKMAN STREET, CORNER OF PEARL STREET,

1836.

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Church Choirs, paid ...:::. 49, 67

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MUSICAL ARTICLES. Music, children should be taught ... 3 New York Academy of Sacred Music : 77
Academy of Music, Boston, 20, 29, 85, 92, 100,
Chinese . . . . . . . . 49, 67

108, 130, 140, 151
116, 158, 163
Christianizing ...

" " Handel and Haydn Society69
" Cincinnati '53, 85
Church, abuses of. 9, 18, 26, 51, 83,

102, 151
137, 149

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of Sacred Music, N. Y. .77, 108,

Handel and Haydn Union
130, 146, 151
lo importance of cultivating 75

.. 151, 164, 186
Accordian, (Mr. Chadwick's) ..'. 180

1 intiuence of . . . . . 35

“ Institute of Sacred Music : 77
Address to Theatricals . . . . . . . 132

" in the country, its diffi Obeo or Hautboy . . . . . . . . . 34
An Inquiry into the elementary constitu-

culties and defects 106, 149, 171, 178

Odeon, the Boston . . . . . . : :
tion of the Human Voice, or Speech

Dr. Franklin's letter on. . .

" address on opening the . . 150,
as a Musical Science 65, 13, 81, 89, 97,105,

effect of, on the Cossacks... 56

Old Hundred, the authorship contested
113, 121, 129, 137, 146, 161, 169, 177, 185

" on elephants . . . . 180

Opera, gross extravagance of the ...
Arne, (Dr.) biographical sketch of . . : 33

" on a wolf . . : ..

Ophicleide, or keyed serpent .....
Articulation, bad . . . . . .:

.. 10
general view of the state of ..

Oratorios, origin of . . . . . . . .
" indistinct .. . 19, 35, 36, 59

Greek . . . . . . . . . . 45 “ Leigh Richmond's opinion of
musical . . . . . 98, 105

hath power . . . . . . .

Organ, the ... · · · · · · ·
Bagpipes, Scotch ..

Hebrew .

Organs of Speech ....
Bassoon . . . . . . . . . . . 34

hints concerning its performance 44 | Ornithological singing school ..
Bells, music of .:.

Horn .
· · :

. .
:

. . . .

Onslow, (Geo.) notice of the works of . 60
Blind, education of the ... , 60, 74, 146

in common schools ...

Owen's (Rev. Mr.) remarks on music · 67
Boston Academy of Music 20, 29, 85, 92, 100,

in Sunday schools ...

Paid Choirs, remarks on . . . . . .
introduction to a brief history of

116, 158, 163
Boston Odeon

Paradis, Theresa, the blind performer on
.
. 116, 158, 163

in Switzerland. ...
Brown's (Mr.) Address on Church Music 68

love of, by sheep

the Piano-forte . . . . . . .
· · · · ·
medical ..

Parrots, their musical powers ..'..
Chinese Music .

of bells

Piano-forte . . . . . . . . . .
· · · 171

sell-acting . . . . .
of the blind .

.
unurch Choirs, paid · · ·

. 19
" the modern vs. the ancient 33

of Nature

Premium for original anthems .

. . .
" Music, abuses of 9, 18, 26, 51, 83,

of the Spheres · ·

Prizes for musical compositions ...
137, 157

:::: 56,93 Pronunciation, indistinct . . . . . .
" " Addresses on ... 68, 69

Psalmody, a divine institution ....

on a correct taste
le « Influence of ..

ordinance of the Prussian govern Remarks on the choir singing in some of
Circular of the N. Y. H. & H. U.S. . . 187

ment in relation to · · ·

the churches at Albany . . . . .
Clarionet :

power of . . . . . . . . 25.

Review of a Guide to instruction on the
Composer, what constitutes a . ...

sacred, efforts in behalf of . . 61,

Piano-forte · · · · · ·
Corno di Bassetto

us in schools · · · · · ·

American Harp ...
Concerts, Musical, 29. 45, 53, 61, 77, 85,

Scotch . . . .
130, 180

American Musical Journal . 132
should be redeemed from profane

Dyer's Anthems, &c. . .
Double Bass . . . . . . . . .

to sacred purposes. ... . 145

Evening Melodies . . .
English Horn

3
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Mother's Nursery Songs.
. . . .

should be taughi to all....

. .
Enharmonic Organ ..

simplicity in . . . . . . . . 164

Musical Magazine . . .
Enunciation, bad ...

teachers of . . . . . .

National Church Harmony

the dialect of heaven . .
Evening Melodies, review of ...

. . Scale, the modern . . . · · · ·
the language of emotion . . .

3, 20, 64, 180
Family Singing......

Simplicity in music : : : : : : :
the mind's medicine · · · ·

Singers, character and duties of ...
German Flute . . . . . . . . . .

thoughts on . . . .

why there are no more ..
Handel, biographical sketch of ...,

Vocal, important hints concerning

Singing, a duty . . . . . . . .
Handel and Haydn Society, (N. Y.) . 69, 151

lecture on. · · · · · ·

a universal language . . .
“ Union Society 164, 186

Musical Academy, (N. Y.)
Haydn, Anecdote of . .

.. ..

conducive to health .

devotional . . . . :
biographical sketch of ... 81
Addresses , '. . . . . 67, 68

in families. ... 3,
Highlanders, the Bagpipes of .....

Anniversary. . . . . .
Horn Music in Russia ....... 83

Articulation. .

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School, prayer for ...

98, 105
Chambers of the Greeks and Ro-

what constitutes good.
Horn, the ........... 34

Sing, propriety of learning to ..

Conventions
Instruments, Musical ...

..

" learning to, a scriptural duty

Concerts, 29, 45, 53, 61, 77, 85, 93, 108 Song, sacred . . . . . .
propriety of using in divine

125
worship ...... 11

130, 180 Songs, national

Leigh Richmond's opi. Sound, philosophy of ....
Jew's Harp, the .........

nion of . . . . . 179 Sounds, mysterious ...
Lyre, the ...

Sunday Concerts ......

ear. .
Marseilles Hymn, origin of....

Education, influence of 114, 138, 162, Operas ...... 45, 132
Medical Music .:...::. .:

Teachers, qualifications of ..
Mother's Nursery Songs, review of .

examination at Cincinnati .

Testimonials in favor of the Minstrel 69, 76
Music, a Christian's duty concerning .
Journal, American . . . . . 132

172, 180
a Christian's recreation ....

Instruments . . . . . . 33 Theatricals, address to . . . . . . . 132
a Fragment . . . . . .:.

Literature . . .

Trombone and Trumpet......
among the common people of Ger-

Magazine . ..

Viola, Violin, and Violincello .... 34
many : : . . . . . . .

powers of parrots ....

Vocal music, lecture on . . . . . . 28
an old book of . . . . . . 9
puffing

“ important hints concerning 42
as a branch of instruction in com-

revolution in Switzerland. 123. 131

Voice, human, rules for preserving the : 19
mon schools · · · · 145 152
Societies 12, 21, 29, 37, 45, 53, 61, 77

" its elementary constitu-
at midnight. . . . . . 145, 152

85, 93, 124, 151, 180

tion, 65, 73, 81, 89, 97, 105, 113, 121, 129,
at the West. . . . . . . : 1

137, 146, 161, 169, 177, 186
" character of, to be used for sacred | National Airs ....172
purposes . . . . . . . 11 I o Songs

..... 42 Yankee Doodle, origin of . . . . . . 164

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