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SAMMIES' LIFE
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country that American troops hare
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under the American flag, behind
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ments? In that sinsle sentence is summed
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from crude beginnings, in which
miito had no part, to & condition
where, today, in many respects, it
leads the world, strange as it may
seem to some, in Its musical accom
plishment, in its sinters, players and
music schools, in its splendid sym
phonic orchestras, its treat choral
bodies, its opts companies, in the
latent power of Its composers. Just
beginning to be felt, and to crown
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ment of its musical industries; which,
scarcely In existence less than a
century ago
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1840 AS RECALLED
The olil fashioned tinting- school
for grown ups may or may not have
been the ancestor of the modern com
munity chorus. If it Mas. all the more
honor to the bespectacled, black
coated singing' masters who eighty
years ago and more trudged with
their flocks through the New England
snows and the Pennsylvania uplands
to the low red schoolhouse, so cold
and dark on winter nights till the lan
terns and lusty voices of the country
people filled it with light and cheer.
The young men and women came
to learn note-reading twenty-four
lessons for $1.50. That was not a
trifling sum In the forties, and the
walks to the echoolhouse were often
wearying after a day's work. "Was
It all for thfr.seke of mastering the
Interval from do to la, keeping time
and qualifying for a. place In the
choir to be organized later? Of course
not! The singing school was a social
dlversiQn, an 'exciting neighborhood
affair In the days when dances and
evening parties were- rarer even In
the cities.
Old Singing Seasel.
The lato Mr. I. O. Emerson, born In
Parsonfield, He In 1830 and living
to see the beginning of the modern
community chorus, gives the follow
ing vivid reminiscence of the singing
class he attended as a young man:
"There would be the usual rivalry
between the swains for the privilege
of accompanying the fair ones and
carrying their sons: books. Some
times there were impromptu brushes
between pet speedsters attached' to
the sleighs in which some of the cou
ples rode to the school. Tet, there
was reason for looking forward to
merriment and good times asweU as
learning to read from note.
"The school room was without
light, although a big stove grave
forth a comfortable beat. The lead
er, carrying a lantern from his sleigh,
walked to the teacher's desk and
placed his light and book thereon.
Others came with portable lamps, but
most with tallow candles set In small
blocks of wood.
Treason Begins.
"And now the lesson began, the
rudiments of music being taken up
and explanations given. Sometimes
the very earnestness of the would be
singers resulted In confusion and
I they became mixed as to the proper
.succession or tne ao, re, mi, series.
X3UI (ow nuiflvr idtmidu, m Mtrnwrnim
was laughed off, and everybody tried
again until the exercise could be sung
correctly.
"By the time the last lesson was
reached these young people had
learned to read from note with some
facility and were generally accurate
In time. Of real training In sing
ing there was little or none. The
people sang as they thought best and
the quantity was certainly above the
quality. But they were benefited per
sonally and socially.
"Yes, the old fashioned singing
school was a useful institution and
kept alive In the hearts of the people
a good foundation for the later pro
gress." AMERICAN COMPOSERS
GAINING FROM WAR
Among the curious results devel
oped by this bloodiest of all wars is
the recognition being given to our
composers, not only here, but abroad,
and especially in Kngland.
Take Sir Henry Wood s orchestra,
in London. That organisation has,
from time to time, introduced works
by American composers. Naturally,
MacDowell was represented, but more
recently compositions by Arthur Foote
and George W. Chadwlck, by Victor
Herbert, by Hadley. by Blair Talr
cblld, by Loettler. Eoon some of the
works of John Alden Carpenter are
to be given.
SB SCHOOL 0
BY NONA ENARIAN
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In MemostenangOf ah important city of the republic of Guate
vmala, this old couple are a familiar sight. Their instruments are a
huge drum called a Tambean, of South American 'origin, and a large
fife called a Pito, and for many years they have lived upon the earn
ings of their musical talent. The wile is an adept at making rhythm
upon the drum, while her husband coaxes weird Indian melodies from
his pipe. 'It is their custom to seat themselves in one of the public
squares of the city and solicit coins from any music lover who stops
to listen to them.
$18,000 VIOLIN
FOR BREESKIN,
TALENTED YOUTH
Ellas Breeskln has won his spurs
as a violinist of the first rank.
Although barely twenty-one years
of age, Mr. Breeskln makes his debut
prefaced by an enviable record. So
precocious have been his gifts that
his patrons and admirers have al
ready manifested their good will and
faith in his future by the presenta
tion to him for this tour of a price
less Stradlvarlus and a Tourte bow
valued at J 18,000.
Born in Gkaterenoslav, of a mu
sical family, Mr. Breeskln's talent for
the violin was noted at four 3 ears
of age. So marked was his sense of
pitch that he uaa taken by his
brother, also a genius of the first
rank, to the authorities of the local
conservatory where, upon their ad
vice, he was not permitted to engage
in musical studies until seven years
old. Two jears later he had it on first
prise at this conservatory
' Upon the advice of Leopold Auer ht
was sent to Petrograd, where he en
tered the National Conservatory his
studies being interrupted by the mas
acres of that time. Escaping into
was saved almost miraculously by aid '
of the professor of the- Con.en.tor,
Austria, where he became blind, and
of Krakow, who enlisted eminent xnr
geons to perform an operation, this
talented boy. barely ten years of age
leaped at once Into popularity and
eminence When the family settled
in Washington, the exceptional giftr
of the young violinist attracted the
attention of Mrs. Theodore Itoosetelt
and other patrons of musical art. nho
secured a fund for the furtheiance of
his musical education.
Yours Here!
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TAL ANS DEMAND
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During the last season at one of the
most brilliant performances at the
Metropolitan a !sltor who had spent
the greater part of his life at Parma
remarked: "Of the seven soloists only
three could have succeeded at our
opera house, and even these would
have had to sing differently, or they
would bavo been unpleasantly re
minded of their shortcomings by a
chorus of hisses."
Tlie fact Is that oier there een the
most consummate artist has to fight
anew for his reputation at every per
formance. It is common gossip that
at Turin Adellna Patti was hissed off
the stage, becauso of soms ellght. per
haps only momentary, indisposition
ulitn she failed to take a certain high
note. Th- audiences Insist there that
they hae thn right to "hate the goods
delivered " If a. high salaried singer
is indisposed he rhould not appear
It was a rumpus like this that
caused Arturo Toscanini to leave the
Scala for threo years during the
"Wlme of Oattl . Caaana.
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The event
second act of
the "Masked Ball," ihen Zenatello,
1 he tenor, had Just finished the fa
mous "E Scherzo o FolIIa," In which
niccardo seek to mock the prophe
I lies of the gyps It seems that a
part of the audience demanded a
' repetition of this aria, while others
1 .verc opposed, ulien they noticed thai
Maestro Toscanini was growing rest
' ie. The demonstration lasted for a
few minutes and grew In violence,
! until Tosca-ilnl, contrary to his cus
j oin, conceded the encore
An soon, however, a the act nas
"ompletcd, he left the theater and
refused to finish the performance.
iecesltatlng the calling in of a sub
titute He could not be persuaded
o continue at the Opera House, and
iattl-Casazza had to engage Cam-
anlnl and then Mugnone as first con
luctora.
HEGOODS
FROM
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Chorus of Dervishes (64759) J each
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Ave Maria (74563)
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COPPERPRINTS : 'WIDE. RANGE IN
MADEMUSICSCORE COLUMBIA DISCS
PERMANENT1N 1 856 ON FEBRUARY LIST
Now-a-days when atnost every
one can read and write music It 1
hard to believe that there was ever
a time when one could not buy a
printed score. Yet it ia a fact that
u was not until' well-nigh the fif
teenth century that music first began
to be universally printed. That was
made1 possible by the 'fnyeritlort of
movable metal tjpe. "
Prevjous to that time .nmic, w$
vu.cu 00 oy won ot tnouu ana by
handwritten note. Strolllng'-iTe-uba-dours
or bard would go from cltr to
city and village to village, anVsirig
.the national songs of praise 'inU vic
tory. This .waa as true In th i(J
vanced Greek times as It )vas;J:n
the darker medieval years r The
Greeks, it Is true, were the first to
see the need of'-preservlng'tor pos
erlty the songs of tbemhs(refs, but
they hid no means otherJthan those
of the stylus and papyrus 'to make
their art lasting. The same "In"a Jarge
measure, is true of thee -monasteries,
with the exception 'that In their case
It was pen and -t Ink .that, was the
mean of Inscribing1 their notes.
To the- vast -majority of people,
msmory waa the means.oC treasuring
music The' man with the greatest
repertoire of songs was the most
popular and In greatest demand npon
all occasions of festivity' and 'Celebra
tions. What this means can, perhaps
best be understood when one stopsnu
consider that some of the oLJest folk
songs, Scotch, Irish, Indian, and the
like, that we hear now-a-days have
been handed down to na without the
aid of the printed page, passing down
from generation to generation as a
national heritage. ,r2any of these
melodies, if traced, would be fourd
to date back, arapng 'the EnsJIshto
the time of Alfred, and, among the
Scotch, to the 'originators 'of th
famous old clans. The'aanie is true
ot all nations which can 'boast ot a
store of traditional melodies. -
It was in 1586 that, the real per
manency of scores waa assured. At
that time, Simon Verorlo..an Italian,
Improved on the German printing
press by inventing copper plate print
ing, tlvia making possible the popu
lar possasalom ot those musical jaa.
terpieees which are 'part and parcel
of every man who today calls himself
a lover of. the art-J And. n the earns
manner, it has-made possible .freer
musical expression and experimenta
tion among those novices In the field
who have not yet awakened to an
appreciation of. the great composers.
FAMOUS WHISKERS OF
SOUSA THINGS'OF PAST
Another tradition has gone Into
the waste basket. John Philip Sousa
has shed the whiskers that have
adorned his couatenance for the last
thirty years ever since the time
when he was considered too Juvenile
for a bandmaster, and planted whis
kers to overcome the obstacle.
When asked what strange impulse
had led him to remove the facial
adornment, which is as much f an
American institution as baseball or
mince pie. Mr. Sousa said: A mans
face must be as clean as he can con
sistently make it in order to obtain
the greatest efficiency. At the Great
Lakes military station there are 17.-
000 men. and only two sets of whis
kers. Commander Grimes and 'my
self owned these sets. The more I
associated with the jouth and' ma
turity of the day the more I felt
something was wrong. One day I
looked at myself in the mirror, and
thought, 'Lieutenant, It's time to ring
down the curtain on those whiskers.
The world is overwhelmingly against
whiskers; they are useless. Cut 'em
I off. "
! WANTED INSIDE INFORMATION.
The office boy watched with keen
interest the proprietor, who was hast
ily buttoning up his coat in the after
noon. "If anyone asks for me I shall
be back In one hour," the great man
I said ss he was leaving the office.
I "Yes. sir. and how long ill you be
out if no one asks for you?" rejoined
jthe boy. Quickly. Pittsburgh. Chron
I ice-Telegraph.
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February music offered by the Co
lumbia Graphophone Company com
bines the purest classjes with the
seductive Ust of the ever-popular'
Jaxz.
Heading the list Is Taniaki lliura.
soprano of the -Boston Opera Com
pany, the only Jaeanese nrlraa donna'
singing operatic roles, who renders
the spltndid aria. "One floe Day."
from "Madam Butterfly.". Cetjy Sell
ers, the master of descriptive organ
ists, haa the first records on the Co
'ombla Cathedral organ. Jlla "Largo"
and TLost Chord are considered
marvels i of technique, ,
Cherublnl'a "Venl Jesu" is sung
by Father WUllara Finn's PauUet
Choristers, of Chicago, who have
-earned ma international reputation
in , their' Interpretation: of sacred
music , tjnst As-1 Amv and "Lead
Kindly Light" -arf beautlf ally aung
by Henry 3urr. -
Jfumereua compositions of W. C
Handy, director -of the lUndy Jar
Qrchestra, are available thjs month.
twuiuot int HOOKtng i ow xsiues
and "Ole Wss Bag,"- jjioll Bert
Wllllarria offers "No Place Like
Horde' and Twenty Years." and
-George H. O'Connor sings" the amus
ing aitv "They May Call Tou Ha
waiian on Broadway."
-.War songs of the month Include
the old-time favorite, ."Just" as the
8un Went Downj and the stirring
"Over There." Arthur Fields "alngs
the. Tommy Atkins .-nlxlnt. -Take If.
Back to "Blighty," and f well Knock
me- ejigo into tteugo out of Hell
go)and.T. -Vernon -Stile. - United
States singing Instructor at Camp
uevens. maxes jl strong appeal with
-men xotru Remember He."
NAVY MUSICALLY
Kahan Franko. the American con
ductor, has offered his services to the
United" States Government for the pur
pose or organising the musical equip
ment or tne united states Navy. Such
an organization. It Is stated, has be
come a necessity. Musicians of one
man-of-war frequently play In an
other pitch than those of another
vessel.
Then, aaraln. according to Hr.
Franko, there are many sailors com
petent and anxious to play various In
struments, but unable to do-so simply
because such instruments are not In
evidence in the general naval equip
ment. Mr. Franko expects to remedy this
state of affairs Jointly with John
Philip Sousa. The success of the
massed bands of the United States
fleet and naval stations, which creat
ed such a sensation at the Hippo
drome in New Tork, was the direct
result of the personal Instruction of
the men by Xahan Franko. Two
compositions of Naban Franko In
troduced at this concert are dedicated
to Colonels McAlpIn and Tanderbllt.
and another, to be heard shortly. Is
dedicated to Clarence H. Maekay.
Mr. Sousa. who was present at the
concert, was so impressed by these
tno Franko marches that he has ask
ed for copies, so as to have them
played In the west, where he Is train
ing the musicians at the naval sta
tions. Naban Franko is a native of New
Orleans and studied music In Eurone-
On his return In-1878 he enlisted In
the Kentucky national guard. For
twenty-five years Nahan Franks was
connected with the Metropolitan
Opera Company as concertmaster and
conductor.
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United States.. The occasion will be
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tnlrty-flve song. lead jra now worklnr
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