20 BACH FESTIVAL AGAIN TRIUMPHS Dr. Wolle> Achieves Wonder ful Effects and the Choral Singing'Js Magnificent Bethlehem* —iAt the thirteenth! Bach Festival :1 Bethlehem there was a large atierolance despite the fact that war I'rawn away t"he young men and jruirtial strains have somewhat cooled tfhe enthusiasm for music other than tfl.at of belligerent type. Seldom has the campus of Lehigh University tpoked more ver dant at so early a spring date, and equally seldom has Nature been so Kind to the devotees of the Bethle-i hem festival. The weather was ideal. As usual the choral played by the trombone choir of the Moravian Church announced the opening of ( the event front its place in the tower! of the Packer Methodist Church. I Before the chancel rail wfthin the| edifice were suspe-nded the Ameri-j can, French and British flags and J "The Star-Spangled Banner" was sung before the initial cantata. The Bach choir, which has rightly been termed "the greatest in America, literally made musical history be cause of the thrilling manner in which it voiced the national anthem. The two hundred and fifty voices ' blended as perfectly as one huge in strument, accompanied by the sonor ous organ and the orchestra. The rendition was the aicme of musical patriotism and the honors must De equally divided between the partici pants, both vocal and instrumental, and Dr. Wolle, the conductor, whose genius for leadership is as emphati cally evident as ever. "My Spirit Was in Heaviness," was the first number of the afternoon program. This cantata begins in sombre measures and ends with tri umphant exaltations. The salient feature of the exposition was the perfection of the choral effects. At this time it is superfluous to exjto;- tiate upon this phase of the Bacli, festivals. It is its supreme and sub lime achievement, and the factor upon which the musical history of these festivals will dwell in future j times. The superlative tonal effects in diminuendo, crescendo or fortissi mo are marvels of tonal accomplish-1 ment. And it is Dr. Wolle who is the creator of them. He has ma-i meric fingers and he literally draws the harmonies from his singers with occult gestures. If the Bach choir has helped to make Bethlehem fa-1 mous. it must be also remembered | that it was and still is Dr. Wolle who! has made the choir celebrated. Let "critics" wrangle and assert! that so many bars were eliminated in this part of the score and so many measures "cut">• from that section. What palpable farce such "trifles! light as air" these quibblings arc: Mayhap it is necessary to prune cer tain compositions, for "life is short and art is long." Even "critics" manifest hunger. In fact, the ma jority of them are ever ready for a hearty meal. Therefore it is just as necessary for a conductor to snip out measures as it is for executives . in wartime to use shears on red tape, ps has been exemplified by Charles M. Schwab, the chief guarantor of the Bach Choir, in his operations cf the Emergency Fleet Corporation. The soloists of the afternoon were Mildred Faas and Nicholas Douty, both well known in Philadelphia, and Emma Roberts, alto, and Charles Tittman, basso, both not so well known in the Quaker City. The vocal abilities of the two former require no comment now. Miss Roberts s.ngs well, but not with much voice or profound tones, while Mr. Tittman has many resonant notes in the upper register and vocalizes with power and a certain display of art. But it was the choir, first, last and always, which elicited the admiration and approbation. The cantata was followed by the Actus Tragicus in which a vocal mir acle was performed by the choristers. There was a diminuendo effect which stilled away like the evapo ration of steam. Did an audience applaud in a church there would have been thunderous plaudits. In stead there was whisperings of ad miration. Then came "Now Shall the Grace" sung with a swelling cres cendo which have must aroused the envy of the angelic choir. It is not blasphemous to state that the Heavenly Host which carolled "Holv, Holy, Holy" on the first Christmas night might not have excelled these Bethlehem vocalists. The entire audience joined in singing the clos ing chorale. The evening program was devoted to the "Tombeau." an Ode to morn ing and a glorious "Magnificat." There were more chorales in which the audience joined. Through the ages have come down to moderns those inspiring words: "Magnificat anima mea Dominum." They have been set to music in all styles of ecclesiastical ritual, and in all cen turies of the Christian era. There are many beautiful versions and the Bach one keeps green the majesty of the sentiment of the Virgin. Tha soloists were the same as during the afternoon. Musical celebrities from all parts of the country were In at tendance. Report Discovery of Sex Determinator San Francisco. A secret device that will indicate the sex of any liv ing organism has been invented by a local chemist. The instrument con sists of a globe of secret composition suspended by a silken fiber. In ap plying the device the globe is sus pended above the subject. If the organism is male it swings in a circle. If the subject is female the jrlobe swings hack and forth like the pendulum of a clock. The device was first tried on eggs in an incubator. Over 90 per cent, of the eggs hatched out as indicated by the invention. Then other ex periments were made in a butcher shop. The globe indicated the sex of the cuts of meat and dried blood, and has even determined the sex of a.child before birth. The new instrument will be very valuable in the apprehension of criminals, owing to the flevlble de tection of the sex of blood. 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