THE SLAVE MUSIC OF THE SOUTH.
By Rev. George H. Griffin, Milford, Ct.
If ever the real genius for music seems to have been born in the soul of an entire race, that race is the African. Explorers of the dark continent speak of a marked musical taste among the negroes on their native heath, but the American type of African is still more largely developed in that direction.
Some of the European races are naturally full of song, but in them the culture of music as a science is also illustrated.
The light and pleasing melodies of Italian operas or the grand and sonorous chords of German symphonies and sonatas show the results of a high degree of musical education.