Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 297, 24 October 1914 — Page 8

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. SATURDAY, OCT. 24, 1914

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MEMBERS OFFER VARIED PROGRAM TO MUSIC CLUB Cincinnati Visitor With Powerful Dramatic Soprano Delights Audience With Artistic Presentation.

In the Orchestra

The Viola

MISS SCHALK PLAYS!

Mrs. George Eggemeyer Gives Two Compositions by Mac Dow ell, Tragic Figure of American Music.

Variety, vivacity and the exhibition of musical gifts and erudition characterized the presentation of the program of the Music Study club in the beginning of its regular season Wednesday morning in the public art galleries where Its meetings devoted to club peitiiruances are given throughout the ear. Miss Mildred Schalk and Mrs. E. E. Meyer bad charge of the arrangement of the program and Mrs. Lewis King, president of the organization, presided tnd announced the numbers preceding the formal program with a short and intfcrest!r.g talk concerning American composers and their relative standing in the musical world, both in this .?ou !.. u u j abroad, as the club'e study this yeir will be largely devoted to American composers. Opening Numbers. Mrs. (jeuiga Eggemeyer and Miss Ruth Hartley gave the opening number with t .u compositions by MscDowell, that tr.igic figure in the annals of tneiknu music, regarded as the greatest k niurt ni'tive to the United States, whose creative gifrs vcre as brilliant is they were erratic-. .'.iscDowell has 1 more poveful appeal than any other American composer known to the gensml public, for bis endowments were more cr less occult in character and hence slve him a more catholic audience than others of his confreres who may, perhaps, possess more finely accniti'.atcd aesthetic quality. However that may be, MacDowell is layman's composer as well as a musician's, and this was demonstrated in the numbers given by Mrs. Eggemeyer and Miss Hadley. Appreciate Efforts. In Miss Hadley, the club has a young pianist of much temperament, her fingle piano numbers by the "arm? roniposer, later on In the morning, showing much temperamental possession and hi ir.g greeted with long continued applause. Both were from MacrloweH's "Sea Pieces," Miss Hadley's im f-r pre' is t ion of the "Shadow Dance," being admirable for so untried an amateur. .Mrs. Edward Meyer, who helped artange the program, delighted her hearers wtli songs from Harker and Arthur Foote, Mrs. Meyer being a

All through the symphony I heard a strain As sweet and strong and sad as a bird's note When it has lost its mate, and from its throat Has poured its heart out in a song of painAs though its longing symboled in a flame Of vivid color. Or as some white boat That, sailing on a silver sea, would float Into eternal sunsets, red and gold. A sound so linked with melody of strings It could not be divorced, and yet it sings As one alone who, in his solitude, Knows that Life is all in him to unfold. An inner harmony in his own soul Which balances the spheres' great rhythmic roll. Esther Griffin White.

HARMONY COURSES

LOCAL SCHOOLS MARK DISTINCTION

PRESBYTERIANCHURCH

MUSICAL

PROGRAM

musician of much sureness and poise and having the gift of intellectual, as well as of artistic, comprehension of the musical art. Mrs. F. W. Krueger, was the only other vocal soloist for the day, presenting a German song by Chadwick, and a declamatory number by Harker, "Consider and Hear Me," with her usual finish. Miss Mildred Schalk, a young pianist familiar to the local public whose

virtuousity has been commented upon I

hero several times recently, gave one j of the distinctive numbers on the pro-1 gram, Foote's musical interpretation; of some of the famous quatrains by ; Omar Khayyam's the great Persian poet who is quoted by the man in the ditch as well as the exalted personage, !

and whose philosophy has permeated, especially, English speaking lands, on account, of the celebrated translation made by Fitzgerald, the English poet. Miss Schalk Pleases. Miss Schalk read the particular verses musically exploited by Foote, the first including the familiar, "A Loaf of Bread, a Jug of Wine and Thou." Delightfully piquant was the trio

number by Chadwick, "Miss Nancy's I Gown," by Mrs. Marvel, Mrs. Meyer j and Mrs. Krueger, Mrs. Marvel's deep- j

tonea contralto Deing ueara wiiu line effect, as it was in the quartet closing the program given by Mrs. Krueger, Mrs. Marvel, Mrs. Krone and Mrs. Meyer in songs from Chadwik and Foote. Miss Carolyn Hutton gave the only violin number with Miss Schalk as accompanist, the latter accompanying Mrs. Meyer, and Miss Alice Knollenberg playing for Mrs. Krueger's vocal number. Miss Martha Deikmeier, of Cincinnati, a guest for the day was introduced by Mrs. King, Miss Diekmeier giving two numbers, following with an encore so insistent was the applause at the close of the first. Miss Schalk and Miss Hutton accompanying on the piano and violin. Miss Deikmeier is the possessor of

COMPOSES SONGS FOR GRADE PUPILS Professor Sloane Writes Songs for Musical Comprehension of Young Pupils.

' An interesting phase of the music instruction in the lower grades of the public schools is the preparation of songs by Mr. Sloane for the musical comprehension of the young pupils, the compositions being written by Mr. Sloane himself and copies run off on the mimiograph. In these Mr. Sloane seeks to refine the appreciation of the children by the Introduction of simple harmonic chords to accustom the pupils to discriminate between the classical and the popular forms of composition. For Thanksgiving Mr. Sloane has composed a set of three songs to make a series, called "The Invitation," "The Party" and "Jack Frost," very charming in motif and apropos to the season.

Richmond is one of the few cities in ' the United States where harmony- is taught in the musical courses of the I public school, Mr. Sloane, instructor j in music, having three classes in har

mony which include two sections of the beginners and one advanced, all high school pupils. "When Mr. Earhart started these classes in harmony eight years ago in

ths Richmond high school," said Mr. Sloane, "he was ridiculed by the mu- j sicians and faculties of the colleges : of music all over the country. j "Now the colleges are pointing to! this course introduced by Mr. Earhart i as practicable and make admiring I comment upon the existence of this 1 department in our 'music study here, t Adopts Innovation. ; j "Through reading about Mr. Ear-' hart's innovation in a musical magazine, I started classes in harmony in the city in which I taught before com-: ing to Richmond. I "Harmony bears the same relation j to the study of music as grammar to any language and no one can be a1 thorough musician without the study) of harmony. The study of harmony j was originally founded on the compo

sition of Bach and Handel and the book we use in the Richmond schools is that of the great German harmonist, Richter, compiled and simplified for use by Francis L. York, director of the Detroit College of Music." To illustrate the practical nature of the classes In harmony Mr. Sloane stated that a young woman of this city went to Cincinnati to study harmony and was asked at the institution in which she went why she did not take harmony in the Richmond high school where she could get the instruction free.

The following program will be given Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock at the Second Presbyterian church: Prelude, Canzonnetta Rockwell Hymn No. 26 Invocation Come Unto Me .Walcott Choir.

Scripture Reading j Prayer Savior, Breath an Evening Blessing Meyer Miss Pearl Warner. Offertory Romanza in B-flat. .Harris Address, Rev. E. E. Davis Thy Will Be Done Parker Mr. and Mrs. Ault. Sometimes a Light Surprises. .Harker Ladies' Chorus. Father, Whose Blessings Harker Miss Mumbower, Miss Johnson Mr. Overman, Mr. Merrill. The Radiant Morn Hath Passed Away Woodward Choir. Postlude, March in C Read

Members of the choir are: SopranosMiss Hilbert, Miss Mumbower, Mrs. Thome, Mrs. Ault, Mrs. Gault, Miss King, Mrs. Woods, Miss Huffman, Miss Leftwick, Miss Ford, Miss Bollmeyer; altos. Miss Warner, Miss Lawder, Miss Bradley, Miss Johnson Miss Hasty, Miss Howes, Miss Over-' man; tenors, Mr. Ault, Mr. Reigle, Mr. Overman, Mr. Nearon; basso, Mr. Graham, Mr. Merrill, Mr. Lawder, Mr. Mumbower, Mr. Thome, Mr. Howes, Mr. Davis; organist. Miss Emily Plummer; director, Jesse Woods; pastor Rev. E. Davis.

CITY APPRECIATES MUSICAL ABILITY

That the community is appreciative of the professional as well as the amateur musicians who are resident here, is shown by the inclusion of both programs for events of a musical character, Frederick K. Hicks appearing in a double number recently before the monthly institute of city and county instructors in the public schools. Mr. Hicks gave at this time "Pierrott's Serenade," by Randegger, and the "Moment Musical," arranged by Kreisler from Schubert, familiar to the general public through its inclusion in vietrola records.

SINGS COMPOSITION

OF REID AT

CHURCH

Ernest Reid, known as an amateur pianist of this city and a former student in the musical department at Earlham, is a composer of song and piano music, and for the first time one of his compositions was heard in public last Sunday evening when it was sung by Miss Daisy Mote .-at Grace church. Mr. Reid has so far offered none of his songs or instrumental pieces for publication, preferring to perfect his musical form. Neither does he expect to write for popular consumption, as he wishes his work to appeal to lovers of more serious music.

PLAY AT GRACE CHURCH.

Frederick K. Hicks appeared at M. E. church last Sunday morning, in a violin duo with Robert Gentle, one of his most talented pupils, and a well-know local amateur. Their number, by Ries, was especially apropos for the offertory music.

SINGS AT EATON

Mrs. E. E. Meyer, a leader in the musical life of the city and conspicuous in the activities of the Music Study club, will sing in the Presbyterian church in Eaton on Sunday. Mrs. Meyer, who studied under Mr. Louis Shenk, has taken a number of Mr. Shenk's pupils since the departure of Mr. Shenk from Dayton for New York.

a highly trained, powerful, dramatic soprano which she uses with musical dexterity and much charm, singing with a sureness and ease that bespeaks artistic confidence and a professional acumen.

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