Dearborn independent. [volume], October 08, 1921, Page 2, Image 2

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Putting the Pianist on the Pay Roll
By IIARKY H. DUNN
M I. I
EUGENE HI
WCHAKI).
I t J. ( lalifornta. who directed the murJ orut ot in. re
than MU) ucr on the firt exeniag of the muic Iritntl
T
blVE geniuj free hand, and to fellow the
artist to meet Inspiration at least halt way. with
a mind unw arii -d bv financial r.i re s th,- IO ! I 1 i
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01 a state arc planning to provide a source of funds
whereby COWipoicri, musicians, sculptors, painters and
Other creative artists may be paid tor their work l
Mich an extent, at hast, that they may devoti ;.it.:
beat energies to productive w..rk. rather than to teach
ing r to otlu-r laborious pursuits. Strangely enongti
the men end njosncn who are promoting this project,
and who, in September, took the first bin itep toward
its realization, are what are commonly known as "hard
beaded bustn s people." though, as a matter of lac
the idea I this altruistic revival of the Golden Age
in art or i mated w ith a poet, a very capable poet
withal, who poetises as a side wane, but who is a
pntty hard-risti I battler in the world of dollars most
of the time.
The itat is California, and. on the fifteenth,
ibttcenth and n itwamith of September, this year, the
comp ers, i isicians and singers ol that state were
brought together! from Siskiyou to San Diego and
from the Sierras to the sea. in a three-day music fei
oval, in the (ireek Theater at the University of Cali
fornia in Berkeley. Not only is this the first time a
state has done this tiling, but it marks the laying of
the foundation of a center of art in California, in
which prod ing artist will he regarded at least as
worth) of tl ir hire as the plumber or the carpenter
or the bricklaer.
In another nature this, music festival, which is to
be an annual I in one form or .mother, was unique
every instrumental or vocal compo
sition produced was the work oi a
lai irnia compter, with the single
exception oi ftOOM oi tin kindergarten
music introduced in the program pre
sented by the onng musician ol the
public schools. Farther than this, i
ery musician and singer who appeared
w as and is a bona tide resident Of Cali
fornia. Never in the history of music
in the New World has a state at
tempted to pre itself io completely
sell uthcient musically as this and
mo - - 'led
Attendance at the festival was re
corded from even state of the Pa
cific -lop. Washington. Oregon, Ne
vada. nona. New Mexic. ali con
tribute! their quota of men ami women
who came to hear the collected works
of th? California composers, the ma
jority of them played or rang by the
. . i .
composers tncmMii s, and mans in
terpreted b) muticiani and sinio r
international reputation, but all resi
dents of the westernmost state. With
in this unusual production sas toother,
even more unusual, for one oi the pro
grams, that which occupied the let
ond .it the three nightl oi BlOfic. wai
composed entirely of the work ot
composers resident in the city of
Berkeley, as were also the instru
mentaliftS and vocalists who interpreted the numb
Though Berkeley has only !.mni inhabitants, then
wen BJOn t igniied COBlpOacri and artktl than could
Ik accommodated n the program
( harles Keeler. the leading poet ,,f the Pacific CoMt
Conceived the idea ot th establishment oi tin art and
music center in Northern ( llifomia, and. as the first
tep to that end, the ihret day, all ( "ahtornia HMtt)k
festival was held Now. though Mr. Keeler is a poet
hi is ,s,, manager of the Berkeley Chamber of Com
merce and one of the moving IgWftl in the business life
of
WILLIAM J McCOY.
Composer and matter ,,f orchaetration of
the celebrated Bohemian Club of San
rrancitco. under hoae direction that
club r-resented a number ol it famoui
miifcical offering on the doting night of
the day munc leatital. Herkee Calif
of the San PrancifCO Baj region. Instead, there for
of endeavoring to lay the foundations ol the state s
art center among artists, he went to the DJSineai ami
professional men and women of the community, and
obtained first, the support of the Rerkcle) Chamber of
Commerce, then ot the Berkclex city government, and.
with this as a start, oi the business, civic and municipal
organizations of Oakland. San Francisco and other
California cities. The Berkeley Chamber of Commerce
named a permanent art committee, oi which Mr Keeler
is member, to take up the project ol the art ami
music center for California, and carry it through. f
every means possible, to a successful culmination, This
committee is to be permanent, though its personnel mai
be changed from tune to time, as necessits for such
changei arise One ol the first things this committee
did was to inform all the composers,
instrumentalists and vocalists that
thej would be paid for their services
to tin musical festival. In all pre
mous musical history, whenever so
called local talent" has been dratted
to give of its productions or its abil
ity to a h rate exhibth n. all
the artists have been ex
pected t donate their mtv
ices free of charge, recerv
ing the ir remuneration, if
any. in the plaudits ol their
friends and the publicity
given to the exhibition. 1 1 1
this instance the rompOfCrj
and artists were more than
mildly surprised when they
were offered contracts, at
quite good figures for the
use of their compositions
and their own appearan
M the programs. This
method of paying for scrv
ic s rendered is to be main
tained at all these annual
mu ;cal festivals at Berke
ley hereafter. This year,
the net proceeds, after all
expenses were paid, went
to the War Memorial for
the city of Berkeley, the
implanting of the idea of
the art and music center in
the public mind being con
sidered lufficieni result for
this vear's festival.
The proof adl of next
year festival, and of sim
ilar events each vear there
after, will go to the estab
lishment of 1 nidation for the art and music center
front which tunds recognized composers, and other
producing artist! m sculpture, painting and literature
Will be put on such a financial basis that thev mav de
vote tin best Of their time and talents to their chosen
work Incidentally, thu ,s the first time the people of
fate have Shown such wide and practical apprec.a
tl 01 the position of the artist in the life of the
( i 'uununity
Poor programs w,re presented during the three-dav
festival Ifl the (.reek Theater, three in the evening
and one in an alternooa In the majority of cases, the
composers lelected
their own program!
is well as the artists
who were to assist
them in the presenta
tion of their composi
tions. This rather
novel method of ar-
ranging the pro
gram! proved highly
pleasing in its re
mits, since it enabled
the c wnposer to v,.rc
what he himself km n
to I) the best of his
work, and to have n
1: lented by men and
women whom he
km w to be most fa
miliar with it and
most capable of pre
s ntmg it in the spirit
in which it was in
tended to Ik- present. 1
when written. s no
! DCOpation, ragtime,
n r io Called 'ja"
was permitted in any
part f any program,
tlie It-wish composers
were entirely absent
yet the thousands who
attended all the pfwj
rotation manifested their approval and enjoyment
m ciass,, ,t a,, ppular v lei ti ns ot tin b t koad
offered h the long list of American, Italian and French
"In instrumentalists and singers.
'J t,r "ht of the mus festival. September
was devoted to th, world ol Charles Wakefield
man. oi i.(t ngeles, considered one of th. leading
jomiiofers of the Pacific Coast, and mternationalK
known as an interpreter of the Indian dance music and
jdk -.tigs of the meruan Indian An Indian wirl
Isianma. of the Chert.kee tribe. po!sesed of I pleat-
.ng meo soprano voice. ang two gfoum of .
"''"Ks, IMC 1 1 1 1 1 1 C T M
ie
Zuni
it - wm.
invocation to the Sun God " th,. nuZi
Ui: ' " .
' anH- Nniij. and the tm..nl-.r "i; .t. , s wJowa
Sk, ItTCadrmm1; TrrT fg ?
wa! pjaved by Mr. Cadman at the piano mkhT
tonw de Grassi at the violin and Arthui WeJTtT
cello. A chorui of more than 300 t , ,alt t
rection of Eugene Blancnard nA Mn d 1 A . r f!:
fhr,.r vl.-rt;.,.,. ! ' , " 'ICl.
imposition
nius,c and soul's.
I he seo .ml rening
the work of residents
the musical numbers.
pla) MSempervirensH bi
m
. .... the ,-.ltlr,. evenina being dcvoMio a!
i ... the SoMhtrn Citorau ,.,d,0r
of Berkeley, including, anion,
a dramatic reading from Z
Mrs. Ralph Waldo Trw?aS
incidental music by a sex
tcj ot itring d instruaenu
which by tin way, fur
ntsned one of me most in.
t('rrM" P ' of the pro
gram. Seven Berkeley cm
Ppser! wen r pre rnkd in
chiding 1, ,!ei: '.; Maurer
I ir-DE- G- StrWcii, Heart'
B. I asm .re. Thonm Fred-
I ?r,ck Ffcman, Catherine
truer. Antonio de Grassi
and allace A Sabk
The Saturday matinee
saw more than lt50() public
school children of Berkeley
presenting individually and
collect ivel the musical
work of th ie schools as
one program m the music
festival. The cceibbed
bands of all the hih v
grammar schools furnished
one omnisation of more
than 1 .(K M instruments, and
a chorus ol nearly as many
' trfces -a: to the accom
paniment of this band, be
lieved to be tin- largest
amateur musical organiza
tion ever . . mblcd Th'
school clr.' ' i-i.'s matinee
was the best attended of all
four presentations of the
music festival, and the
cr m ded to th its. The
, . r - r.tnjvik,iiv1i rtwiiv, hi
cnorai and orchestral performance ii I schools to
the Playinji of the Berkeley Higl School Orcbestn,
Which has taken pfise! all ..ser th- itate. Keen nvalrv
was aroused among the schools for this music festival
"i"'- the spring term ended in June, and t lie result
was that many of the children had worked ,,n their
individual numbers during the rammer, making the
entire presentation probably SI I .t as it
could have been with to main participant!. The
school! have been assured that or. program of each
o-inual festival will be ffvefl over to them, and work
has been started on next year's
On Saturday night, the closing nig hi of the music
te!tival, celebrated Bohemian Club oi San Fran
u h 1 J w h year prcsmts ar. nal plav fa
BOftemtan (.m;r, md k'ives a number of 1 ! ' ovents.
tOOII charge ol the pr .gram. More thai 2,5 ncmbers
of the club and their friends vent
from San Francisco I trS Greek
Theater, where the following five
numbers were staged b) the club :
Above TSIANINA. the
Indian girl from Southern C.
,fo'n,. who uof number ol
Indian tont, rmpoiiion ol
(.h.rle Wakefield Cadman.
lea.lmg compoter aj the Pacific
Coatt
If" WBD'K NAUIII.
JR ol Hcrkrley. Mhofurmabrd
a number of hit o n aoni.
plard and ung bv himtelf. ..n
the irconj mht ol the munc
fealival.
great Greek
music L'lven
s
Theater a
led through
1. Excerpt! from "Uva
of MnronM
U. Marcelh
Grove Pity oi 1920, Book by
Charles Caldwell Dobie.
Choral and Orchestras, conducted
by the composer.
2. "Hunting Song'
lay Bl0Uk&ri
THOMAS F FRBRMAN.
Of Berkeley, computer and piaaiat.
who contributed largaly to the aucceae
of the evening in the munc featival in
which the city of Herkeley furni-hrd
all the rmpoere. composition and
artiata who interpreted them
Sunday Morning Concert, lw
Orchestra conducted krj the com
poser 3 "Man of the Forest" I'.mUsiai
y. ). Riddm
drove Play 1l. Booh by Ctark
K I'.eld. conducted h the CO
poser.
4. St. Patrick of Tara
of
15
conducted b)
5
(.r.ive IM.iv PXS.
Morse Stephens
Trelude. C horus
th compose!
Book by Henry
and Orchestra,
u . J. McCoy.
ad
sung
I fjrptM 0era in hour Acts
Hook by Charles K
,i harewell Puet
( leopatra. Mrs. K. G.
hv ( harles Hulotti
. c - Act
.hi Prelude-Prayer and 2Wonn ; .
( leopntra Chorus of Priest! and r
C onducted by the composer.
Field
Act 1
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