: amous Pianist Hunts I For Folk-Songs to Fill Out Interesting Collection Percy, Grainger, the composer lianist who recently enlisted as a I irivate in the Fifteenth New Coast! Vrtillery Band at Fort Hamilton, liasj >een aptly described as a hunter. I lis prey is the folk-song, his decoyj lie phonograph. The noted pianist has found that i talking machine is his surest wea >on for capturing primitive music, a Sairsult in which he excels. The: oung Australian artist has had | nany unique experiences while, racking the elusive folk-song. Once i dr. Grainger was present when the Maoris and the Rarotongas were I laving a song and dance festival. I 'he Maoris and New Zealanders and! he Karotongas and inhabitants of, ine of the Cook Islands. Both tribes; ndulged in the strange custom of j hanting the name of their fathers, | ■eginning with the present genera- : lon and going backwards. When >oth tribes got several generations ack in their chantings, they found hat they were singing the same ames. In other words, both tribes lad once been members of the same I ribe. Po great was the delight of he Maoris upon making this dts overy that they provided their less! ortunate neighbors with clothes, ;n| 'hlch they were sadly lacking. The < tarotongas in turn celebrated the' vent by singing a hymn of thanks. 3 MoamcMiZ jj 1 J ———— | iQ jji||| "ill "">i IMII:'! it A KHismm;, SATI:HDAV. DECEMBER IS. loir. " FOUNDED ISTI |J. I jj SPECIAL CHRISTMAS | I OFFER ■ | i Ike AEOLIAN VOCALION 1 ======================================= ; i jj I JVith a Choice Selection of Records ft • I'll ' 6^ y ° U ||| || 1 home on Christmas Included with this offer arc the cVir> ur n BHHiI m ,d I v ■ . following: anu w n i cr e die J ■ ]Jj||jj '[ 1 I Day. 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The numbers included "God | Save the King"; "The Russian Hymn"; "The Marseillaise" and "The Lion of Flanders." Eight days later Mechlin was bombarded and the set of bells wrecked. On August 26 of ! the same year the famous Louvain I carillon of forty-six bells was de stroyed by the Germans, and later l many others. I "Jiway is one of the most enter- I prising patriots in town." | "What has he done?" j "He has not only memorized 'The | Star Spangled Banner.' but he now ; recognizes 'The Marseillaise' and the | Russian national anthem as soon as they arc played." Cheerfulness is one of the graces every artist should cultivate, and It should be developed and increased. ! Mr. Grainger was f(#tunate in hav ing his phonograph with him for he was enabled to make a record of , this song, which was an improvised ! chant sung by eight semisavages. ; Mr. Grainger regards this record as one of the most priceless treasures in his musical collection. I A beautiful voice without emotional I power in like a beautiful woman I without wit. It is stated that an eminent teacher of the kettledrum gave a pupil his first lesson on the instrument by causing him to count live hundred measures rest, while he (the profes sor) read his newspaper, and then charged him five dollars. A soft expression of the eye can never be accompanied by a hard ex pression of the voice. "I thought you said you could sing at sight?" said the organist to the choir applimant. "Sure I can, Sorr, but not at first sight," was the Dublin reply. Why the phrase "public school mu sic"? Is it different from other music? Out in the kest a schoolmarm was discussing a coming orchestra con cert with a musical acquaintance. The discussion got warm. The mu sical friend finally in exasperation asked: "Do you know what a sym phony orchestra is?" "I certainly ought to," was the reply, "for my brother sings in one." There is no doll, re, mi in piano music, violin music, organ music or orchestra music. Why should it be in vocal music? BAPRISBURG TELEGTO PH Church Music REFORMED SALEM Morning—"Allegro Assai" (from Fourth Sonata in D Minor), Guil niant; Recitative and Air (From The Messiah), Handel, "But who may abide the day of His coming, Charles Cassel; anthem, "Arise, Shine, For Thy Light Is Come," Dudley Buck, with incidental solo, Mrs. Myers; "Festival March," Rakoczy. Evening—(a) "Adagio," (b) "Al legro Vivace" (from the Fourth Sonata), Guilmant; anthem. "Mag nificat in A," Scott; trio for soprano, contralto and tenor, "Eternal King," Leslie, Mrs. Myers. Miss Cassel and Mr. Wfilborn; Menuetto, "Fourth Sonata," Guilmant. BERRY STREF7T Morning—Prelude, "Vision," Bell; offertory, "Ave Maria," Raff; an them, "Rejoice in the Lord," Henry Coward; postlude, "Grand Chorus," Guilmant. Evening—Prelude, Andante (Sixth Sonata), Mendelssohn; offertory, "Prayer." Guilmant; anthem, "Faint Not, Fear Not, God Is Near Thee," Henry Smart, arranged by Wm. E. Ashmall; postlude, "Postlude in A Minor," Colborn. CHOIR PRACTICING CANTATA The choir of the Reformed Salem Church is busje rehearsing the can tata, "The Stoiiy of Christmas," by Alexander Matthews. This cantata will be sung at the morning service next Sunday morning. EVERY FAMILY M HAVE MU The family dinner hour at home is the sweetest in the whole day for many people, perhaps the most. It is the breathing space between the daily routine and social duties or home tasks. But pleasant as it is, a little music will add to its cheer, its rest fulness and its refining influence on every member of the household. A short program' of two or three numbers can easily be provided on any instrument the family possesses. Where a player-piano or Viclrola is available, the duties of director of dinner music may be safely trusted to almost anyone present. The sons and daughters of the house should, in fact, take turns at selecting pro grams and assuming general respon sibility; but where there are only fionmechanical instruments, requiring some skill in playing if the short program is to be a success, the office of director naturally seeks the best musician in the household. Let us emphasize short programs, for a continuous performance of even the best music would soon cast over the intimate home event the atmos phere of the 'hotel diningroom. Besides, the family music director might have to go dinnerless, .and when he threw up the job there might be no other applicants. No general plan for conducting the dinner music can be laid down that will apply to all households, but the method adopted by one suburban family near New York has much to recommend it. This house was so arranged that the livingroom with its Piano adjoined the diningroom and was almost one with it when the por tieres were opened. Helen, the young est, aged thirteen and a music stu dent of three years' standing, took charge of the daily program.. As soon as the soup course was over she slipped away from the table and played a simple, pretty little piece for her elders. On her return the next course awaited her on her plate so that she had missed nothing but the clearing away of the soup dishes and the entry of the meat and at tendant vegetables. For the second and last number, which was always an operatic selection or something else beyond her own ability to ren der, Helen employed the player at tachment on the piano. Thus the possibilities of her dinner music pro grams were not limited to her own laboriously-acquired repertoire but included the whole range of the fam ily s old and new, classic and popular rolls and records. This number was rendered directly after dessert. Helen's family was quick to tell the neighbors about their dinner mu sicale, and now, at the evening" meal, sweet sounds arise from scores of homes in the town. Church Music CHRIST LUTHERAN Morning—Prelude. "Adoration," Rockwell; anthem, "And God Said Let the Earth," Simper; offertory, "Reverie," Flagler; postlude, "Grand Choeur in E Flat," Grev. Evening Prelude, "Cantilene Nuptiale," Dubois; anthem, "The Word of God," with bass solo, Mr. Crist; offertory, "Pastorale," Flagler; postlude, "Postlude," Lemaigre. BETHLEHEM LUTHERAN Morning—Prelude, "March Ro maine," Gounod: anthem, "Behold, the Days Come," Woodward: quar tet, "Even Me," Warren; offertory, "Offertory," Fielitz; postlijde, "Post lude," Duncan. Evening—Prelude, "Swan Song," Stebbins; anthem, "Saviour, Like a Shepherd Lead Us" (by request), Neidlinger; quartet, "Softly Now the Light of Day," Shepard; offertory, "Arioso," Frey; postlude, "Festal March," Calkin. MARKET SQ. PRESBYTERIAN Morning—Prelude, "Prelude in D Minor," Kramer; "Noel," Guilmant; anthem, "Holy Spirit, Come, O Come," Martin; offertory, "Virgin's Lullaby," Becker; sermon, "The Holy Family;" postlude, "Fanfare in D," Bridge. t Evening Around the subject, "The Possible Meaning of the Cap ture of Jerusalem," the music will be: Prelude, "Christmas Offertolre," Grisin; "Noel," Dubois; offertory, "The Shepherds," Salome; anthem, "Deep River," ancient sacred folk song; postlude, "March in D," Guil mant. GRACE M. E. Morning—Organ, "Christmas Of fertory," Grison; quartet, "Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone?" Ha vens; organ, "Elegy," Noble; an them, "The Lord Is King," Marston; organ, "The High Priests and the Scribes" (Christmas cycle), Mailing. Evening Organ (a) "Prelude and Fugue in C Minor," Bach, (b) "Christmas Musette," Mailly, (c) "Ancient Christmas Carol in Scotch Style," Guilmant; quartet, "Saviour, When Night Involves the Skies," Shelley; organ, "Cradle Song In D Flat," Dickinson; anthem (by re quest), "We March, We March to Victory," Sousa; organ, "Fantasie on Old Christmas Carols," Faulkes. FIFTH STREET METHODIST Morning Prelude. "The Shep herds in the Field," Mailing; an them, "O, Holy Father," Gaul; offer tory, "Offertory," Massenet; post lude. "Postlude in B Flat," West. Evening—Prelude. "Cradle Song," Hoffman; anthem. "A Dream of Paradise," Gray-Lorenz; offertory, "The Shepherds," Salome; postlude, "Fanfare in D," Bridge. ST. STEPHEN'S EPISCOPAL St. Stephen's Episcopal Church music for Sunday. December 16. Al fred C. Kuschwa, organist and choir master. 11 A. M. "Benedicte." Hael; "Benedictus," Elvey: anthem, "The Night Is Far Spent," Steane; organ, "Grand Choeur," Rodgers. 7.30 P. M.—"Magnificat," Chant; "Nunc Dimittis," Chant; organ (a) "Song of Joy," Fryslnger ; (b) "Echo Bells," Brewer; anthem, "Doth Not Wisdom Cry?" Rogers; organ, "Grand Chorus," Lemaigre. The choir of forty voices will sing F. Flaxington Harker's Christmas cantata, "The Star of Bethlehem," on Sunday evening, December 30. Woman Draft Opponent Sentenced to Five Years Bismarck, N. D., Dec. 15. A sen tence of five years in the peniten tiary at Jefferson City wan imposed yesterday by Judge Martin J. Wade, of Des Moines, on Mrs. Kate Richards O'Hare, convicted of making utter ances in a speech at Bowman, N. D.. last summer tending to discouraging obedience to the military registra tion. The sentence followed a long speech by Mrs. O'Hare, in which she reiterat ed her opposition to war and defied Federal Judge Wade to do his worst. Witnesses at her trial testified that Mrs. O'Hare declared in her speech at Bowman that "mothers who raised their sons to be cannon fodder were no better than a farmer's brood sow," and that "young men who are foolish enough to enlist or volunteer are only good enough for German fertilizer." Mrs. O'Hare was editor of a Social ist paper in St. Louis and later went on a lecture tour. CHURCH AIDS SUFFERERS The first relief train to reach Hall fax was sent from the First Churoh, Christ Scientist, of Boston, Mass., ac cording to advices Just received by Aaron E. Brandt, Christian Science commitee on publication for the state, whose offlces are in this city. The train carried Ked Cross supplies for the sufferers. DECEMBER 15, 1917. : j | "My Mother wants ! a Victrola! w Santa: "Well, my ; Victors big man, the Victrolas i! and Victrolas • • 1 . £ , * | $lO to S4OO are going mighty tast, ||| % but your mother can I'| 11 still get the one she ji Convenient wants if you hurry up Term " and take her around to my helpers— — y Columbia Gr Columbia Records For Christmas The Common-Sense Way i To Buy a Phonograph kind music you of instrument that ij Jji Jj j| Si your ears will hear t plain common sense tell you that the way to buy a phono graph is to have a Columbia Grafonola sent home for a complete trial, you to decide then whether or not you want to keep it? Suit able arrangements made for payments. Spongier Piano House 2112 N. Sixth Street Open Evenings 7
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