The Progress of the Age

Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 March 1915, Page 3

The Progress of the Age

MUSIC AND FARMING. "We live in a wonderful age; we have seen telephones, wireless telegraphy, flying machines, moving pictures, etc. grow up in our midst; but now fiwthor knowledge has been revealed to us by students of psychology. Who would havo ever dreamed that music could have alight to do with farming or machine-building etc? and yet on the best authority we are now informed that some music was ere- I ated by the Divine mint! tor the purpose of inspiring those people engaged in the industries and crafts. The student of psychology maintains that certain music awakens and clarifies certain mental tendencies and by listen- ! ing to music the people .engaged in industries and crafts have those tendencies developed. With clevelopment comes a greater power than they possessed hitherto to perform their various tasks and great mentality to execute their work in a gradually advancing spirit. This superiorty will be easily noticeable amongst.the workers, who already take a keen interest in nuisic. Their music-loving instincts have awakened their faculties and one finds where the craftsman is a musician or very fond of music he is always a more inspired and enthusiastic worker.

The foregoing in an epistle written by and published in the Auckland dailies. This subject is of vital interest, especially in view of the visit to this town by Leo, Jan and Mischel Cherniavsky. leading exponents of play upon violins, piano and 'cello. They rank among the great musicians of the world, and as a tri'o it is claimed- they ..are the finest in the world. This being so it follows that all those in our town and district interested in the .progress of New Zealand will impress upon one another the desirableness of not missing the Cherniavskys' concert in Levin on Wednesday next. Seats can bo booked at Ken. Aitken's. The anthems of the Allies will be played by the Cherniavskys at the end of their concert.