Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 230, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1917 — Matinee Musicale Club Opens With Splendid Meeting. [ARTICLE]

Matinee Musicale Club Opens With Splendid Meeting.

The Matinee Musical® Club enterci upon its third year’s work under discouraging weather conditions, but encouraging as to attendance and interest. ; • '. < In her greeting to the membership, the president, Mrs. M. D. Gwin, emphasized the importance of co-oper-ation on the part of the members in being punctual, attentive and responsive. She also quoted well known club workers who had called attention to the need of the world for music at this time of stress. „ . Miss Maud Daugherty was leader. Two comprehensive and well prepared papers were given, the first, “Church Music and Its Influence” by Mrs. Geo. Williams, and was an interesting explanation of the methods employed by ancient writers to express music and standardize the scales. St. Gregory and Palistrina were mentioned as being the leaders in harmonizing and purifying the music of the church. Her paper was creditably illustrated by two double trio numbers, the "Gloria in Excelis,” by Gregory, and “Crucifixus” byJPalestrina, rendered by Mesdames E. C. English, A. R. Hopkins, J. D. Martindale, A. H. Hopkins, G. A. Williams and Miss Nina Martindale. Attention was called to the impossibility of the church music being given by other than trained choirs on account of its difficulty and the absence of any instruments in the church services of that time. Mrs. F. A. Turfler followed Mrs. Williams, and dwelt with the secular music of the same period in a very excellent paper, “The Rise and Development of Early Italian Music.” Her subject was illustrated by a Folk song, “Oh Come to Me,” by Mrs. Ray Wood and a Folk dance, “Tarantella.” bv Miss Helen .Wamer, both of which were most pleasingly rendered. If the remaining programs for the year are as well prepared and as logical, no member can afford to miss a snigie number of the year’s work. Anew feature of the year’s work will be a discussion of the pronounciation of Italian names on the program and current musical events. Among those mentioned Friday were the prominence given in the various American cities to community singing, the generosity of Albert Sparling, the great violinist, in donating $5,000 to the Red Cross, and the fact that three of the sons of the world’s greatest contralto, Madam Schu-mann-Heink, are in the American army and one in the German. On account of the scarcity of coal it was decided to combine the programs. Therefore, the next two programs will be given at the time of the first meeting in November. Mrs. Asa McDaniel and Mrs. A. F. Long will be the leaders. The following comittee was appointed to arrange the charity program to be given on Nov. 27: Mesdames E. C. English, C» G. Warner, and Asa McDaniel. The meeting closed with the singing of “America” by the club.