Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 14, 1920, Winnipeg, Manitoba Free August 19 of music from Patricks Isle to Tharp essentially associated with old Erins about Irish Folk i of turf tax Gertrude Marion Barker in musical of All the musical histories of the a that of the Irish is the most from the earliest times l expression has been so a part people that one cannot think of irishman without Hie liar or his music and poetry were the the ancient inhabitants of ire out to higher and her they form a tradition which i he old harpers who played on the Tari and the bards and minstrels t with the Advent of de and the Christian Tea said the followers of comae Mac High King of Knelt Down he is Patrick Anil never so shall my Harp sing tha praises of save Patricks and from is time on Toviy joined the Saint in kafe Flonary at the life of Tomt Remote period wild not be effaced from the hearts and tories of the so behind very in a or Banshee and Are quite As vital in Iro it today As they were it the Dawn Iha Christian so jobs not Knox the Lalos jmj Blin tie Blarney the Pic i of the Rowback car who has Albeen charmed by the tales in song s rhyme of the Beautiful lakes of Sirney the rustic scenes of in the Home scenes of the Plain Folk toe Foik Soikis of Ireland Are Battle pm of Freedom of wrongs done by Ator Kings and Cromwells hosts they ill martyrdom of priests they Hirthe patriots to holier service they Jetle the tired Mother they croon Over and they give the pent up feelings of the lovelorn tenths and every phase or Evora Day in and heaven is written in Tho hearts if All True irishmen by the songs Bat Are Woven about in peace or in War the irishman is n Ibe Knprr lands ditties have been fought arid Avon to Irish the United Stales won tier Freedom to strains of All Way to gala All Orv Tia world As Ian Kef and As me English marched out of York town the pipes squealed the tune of Tho world Tui n a upside Al the world War the British army has a treed it its a Long Way to tip Perry and dear old Dublin for the Irish songs touch the hearts of tie and inspire them to valor of the Irish people Are their own his their songs Are free from guile and preen get and Tell of the loves and tha aspirations Ami ideals Tillat Are in the singers in tto time of Queen shake Speare the Irish melodies by living them into this immortal and the who hated upon his visit to the Emerald Isle in 1581 and wrote various interesting facts about the native the customary ornamentation of simple and declared an irishman dared not displease is neigh Bor for fear of Tielung made infamous by the Mouths of men in if musical composition meant nothing More than tunes sixteen burs ire land could claim some of the very great est composers that have Ever lived for in their miniature form the beat Irish Folk tunes Are gems of flawless the bards and minstrels had their Day and made their impression on the Folk songs of the period songs of Pagan chivalry clash with Christian heroism Gael and Gall rival the curse of Crom will and the jacobite illusion vies with the Dawn of a More modern Day from whatever Angle the Folk songs Are they cannot be separated from uie atmosphere that gave them if vocal expression is an irishman he cannot do perfectly drawn without giving due prominence to his Harp As the earliest allusions to music in Irish Story refer to the or the ancient celtic the Harp figures in most of the ancient who has Given us our first scientific accounts of celtic gives an old Story that tells How the first Harp came to be h is a tale of a Man and his Culi is the Man and canola he Mhor the can Olach hated her husband and fled from to persistently Fol Lowed through Forest and Wilder Ness she still flow before him and finally in her wanderings reached the sea Shore of As she walked Over the Sands she came upon Tho Skeleton of the and the passing through the sinews of the dead made a listening to this strange Tho woman fell and her who was hard on her came he greatly marvelled How it was jigs wife had fallen asleep casting about him for a he decided it must be the sound made by the wind in the tightly Strung sinews of the then the latent artist in cull asserted what nature had effected by Chance he did by he went into the and limb of a he made it into Tho framework of a he put strings upon made from1 the sinews of the that is How the first Harp Camo to be the Harp was of two a Small instrument used chiefly for religious Pur first by the old in their and later by Tho Christian Bishops and the other Harp was Large and used in Public assemblies and in the bagpipes were introduced into Ireland from it is they had Tho same use in the Irish Arr Alec they now have in the Highland regi but tie Irish in the course of an improvement using Bellows to fill the instead of the and continued to improve the instrument until the delightful Union pipes Are the As to their we know very Little of the music of the medieval Harp but at Elizabeths court Irish tunes were a famous itinerant Harper wrote Many of the Best known Irish including the Princess Royal dance and bumper Squire of late huge books of melodies have been collected and Petrle has attracted special attention to this Field by Sims thorough investigation of Irish Folk Thomas Moore had a wonderful Genius for writing around the essential ele ments in an older he wrote la Par front the to commemorate the feelings of Sarah daughter of the celebrated and her Robert Patrick forms the theme for Many wheat participation certificates the wheat Board has announced an initial payment of thirty cents per Bushel on participation bring in your certificates and we will collect the amount for our facilities Are always at your Toronto Soprano announced to sing in Board of Trade auditorium september 23 Alma do the Shamrock and the Glor lows Isle on of the Dearest of All the Irish songs is the last Rose of a song that belongs to Tho time of Queen but made famous by Flotow in his Thomas Moore came upon the Melody in a roundabout for it was originally written by a Man named who was a wandering and it was familiar Over Ireland in a coarser dress centuries before Moore gave it its More polished words and the Bells of once a great was written by Francis Syl Vester and immortalized those old Bells on the Steeple of the exile of by a Thomas shows a surprising affection Lor the and a sympathy with the sentiment of their Caroll Odaly gave us Robin and a thur Oneill has preserved to Mankind the old hibernian the girl i left behind perhaps two of the bes known Irish composers Are John Field and Field was a composer and pianist of no Little his friends thought him far greater than and often played Fields concerto in a Flat Schu Mann also praised Fields compositions Michael William Balfe is known to us for his the Bohemian what the Irish May accomplish in the musical world is yet to be for the time being the strange wails of the revolution May be heard among the ghosts of Taras but after the cleansing by fire there will Rise again a better Ireland and the Art of music so beautifully expressed by the Irish soul will come again into its own interpretation of the pipes of be their triumphs in the future what they May it is sure the glory of their past cannot h the sons of to left outward Demon stration of individual for in ire land the thoughts and aspirations of the primary examination of the Toronto conservatory of a Trio of the Allen orchestra offers a new specially entitled minuet and variations from Beethoven Seren Ade in d major 25j a Delight Ful and original work written for the uncommon combination of Vio Lin and this is probably the first time that this particular work has Ever been performed in the Trio vill be rendered by Manning Joseph and f the National association of negro made up of prominent negro musicians from every Section of the United of whom Are Gurari j a atoll of the recognized conservatories of held its second annual con vent on in new York from july 27 to july the convention brought to Gether a most notable gathering of negro exponents of there were 200 who represented teachers and supervisors in negro schools and conductors of private Heads of negro conservatories of known concert As Well As promising Young Necro students of who Are now receiving their training in leading conservatories to a musical Mischa the sails for Europe on he Bald recently that he did not expect to play regularly in Public next but that he meant to give himself up to composing and other private he plans to return to the United states for Al Short not to appear but co attend the production of an oper Etta which he is writing for a new York theatre in the seasons of 102122 192223 he is engaged for Tours in thereafter to in tends resuming his american not satisfied having broken All american records for attendance and Box of fire John Mccormack is apparently spending his vacation do ins the very same thing in recently he captivated Sidney in three concerts within a a Triumph that resulted in six sold out houses the following two not Only Tho people of that City have of Cormack itis but those of Melbourne As for Twenty concerts have been arranged for each without div by this sort of record will con nue wherever the genial John appears sunday Moalc there will be another in the popular series of Evensong and band concerts at River Park the music will be As usual by the band of the 79th Ca Efferon pro Rit Lrata Tallana Nunn hymn abide with England German address hymn Faith looks up to thee hymn i Survey the wondrous Henry German o god save the Winnipeg girl wins Silver medal Alma Peterson to sing at Early fall concert As announced last the ladies auxiliary of the army and Navy vet Erans have arranged present miss Alma of the con Cert at the Board of Trade auditorium on the evening of miss Peterson is a dramatic Soprano and comes to Winnipeg with a Good record she was formerly a member of the Chicago and is now competing tour of some sixty cities of United states and Canada in the Spring of 1d21 miss Peterson will continue her and sailing across the Atlantic will sine in London and Continental cities and later again in South when a member of the Ellis grand opera the Paul Pioneer press wrote of her and miss fornia Ceuta fornia and Alma Peterspn Are a to satisfy the most exacting Star the concert will be practically the earliest of the 18201921 season in win s the thursday noon Lay recital has become a regular feature at Christ for next thursday Norman Douglass will and James bending will be at the James Isherwood advises that to has not signed contract with the Sonora grand opera he re Mains in Winnipeg to conduct his classes in miss Pupil of Edith has received word that she has successfully passed the wants wants wants keep Bobbing up at every from the Cradle to the stores want real estate dealers want buyers for City lots and other housewives want Cash for superfluous or second hand household builders want takers for newly built banners Are wanting to dispose of old homesteads so they can move automobile dealers want customers for used Anil so it Day after and never the unfailing remedy for the is the want the classified pages of the free press Are the Peoples want sex where All classes Trade at trifling Manitoba free phone a3 5 31 the great want and medium of Western Canada the faculty of the Toronto conservatory of Tho have just made Public the results of their Midsummer announce that miss Alix Claudia second daughter of Myron of is the Winner of the conservatory Silver medal for 1920 for intermediate sight she having scored the highest of Marks awarded to any candidate in Toronto and throughout the Dominion Mesa Ai Bride was born in Winnipeg and attended Havergal College Here for a number of in june of last at the age of while a Pupil at Bishop Bethune she obtained the Toronto conservatory of music piano degree of since the beginning of the autumn Terra of 1319 she has been in residence at the medallist Winnipeg girl receives Silver medal by Toronto conservatory for sight Alix Claudia Toronto conservatory of in addition to continuing Ner Juno studies under Paul the conservatory she has taken up the conservatory vocal course corresponding to the instrumental after taking Tho recent Sint singing examination miss to Mcbride was prevented from going for tha regular singing intermediate examination in which her prospects for securing a High standing were regarded As exceptionally promis owing to a sudden attack of Laryn which entirely deprived her of the use of her voice for several Days and necessitated a postponement of the at tempt Untiet the next examination in de she returns to the conserva tory in september to continue her studies in piano instruction and voice audiences would appreciate announcing of to announce or not to announce end cores is a question which has been considered by most concert but which has so far been decided according to the taste of the individual without any funeral discussion or at tempt at final settlement the ques Tion on its the subject has been disposed of some eng after the manner of the old double Bass player in the familiar who said there be two sorts of Bass them As wiggles their fingers when they play and them As them As dont announce encores Are at present in the majority so if that were Oovi ousts the better practice it would be sufficient to let Welt enough there would seem to be a Good Many How Why the announcement of encores should be encouraged with the idea of making the practice among several classes of people who would Benefit by the custom audiences May Fae considered it seems obvious that the Normal concert goer likes to know what he is listening As soon As the performer begins an encore which is partially you hear whispered guesses about you in the a Large proportion of these guesses Are if the encore is a new never heard All the guesses will be the simple announcement of the title and the com posers name would prevent this disturbing Buzz of conversation and Supply the much desired pianists would necessarily be obliged to make the announcement themselves singers and accompanied players could have it Don they up on the scaffold of a Hundred feet covering All the View from the Noor from your work finally will always he is an on a close to the ceiling or Wall to finish a figure of dimensions for the nose May tie two feet Inch on a nose ordinarily cuts some especially if it were Long enough its i Conven it is impossible on the scaffolding to see How the picture will appear from the you can Only imagine feel your Way and use your an Inch wide May not even visible from the and thus values Are difficult to preserve often when the scaffold is taken Down and the artist for the first time has an Opportunity to review he will wish much of it could be in the neighbouring country there is a Good Deal of Between the different states to have most Vel borate fifteen million Dol Lars was appropriated from time to time for the Capitol of All finished before the Mostof this was used for decorations of the Many of the rooms in the differ ent state capitols arc very elaborately decorated by mural some of them to the extent of being Over the plan of one Mastermind is often several experts working independently on the same room Many Cooks spoil the the murals in the new Assembly by Augustus Vincent will stand with any of their put up at later tie Unity of the whole thing is and it is a Joy to see such rare there is no reason Why students of Art and learning should not come Long distances to see these mural and the mural paintings in Manitoba legislative chamber Worth study by Art students Lars of palette and chisel says they Are harmonious whole in Olden when flue structures were of worship As a was considered too Good that could beautify the the most celebrated artists were employed to make the mural hence we have the frescoes of the cathedrals of the Middle masterpieces if the High Watermark of their time As Well preserved today As when they were in our materialistic and commercial time Only parliament buildings and state capitols Are considered worthy of mural these structures Are few and far hut Here really the very noblest of human efforts is being when the doors of the Assembly chamber of the new parliament build ing were thrown open on Manitoba the All was revealed As one of the most beautifully decorated rooms that one could wish to it is Tho work of tack from new a comparatively new Man in the mural business and of the modern school of but he seems to have this go Given Power to Combine the principles of the classics with the modern style and a modern Painter he the Freedom of sur passing even the most pronounced in is on of the striking characteristics of these mural paint Ings and in spite of it will prove very difficult for even the most conservative of critics to find any serious the the the color scheme an exceptional All melt harmoniously to a Unity that makes the whole room Beautiful As a it gives the impression that the artist had thought of one Fine Harmony of design and conceived Tho and finished the work the same line and color it is not the object Here to comment upon the insignias and labels of the different groups of allegorical the essential thing 13 the skill with which the master pieces Are both in in these huge 9 feet and there Are Many of did not seem to make any great impression upon the helpers and Brush hands on the scaffolding while the common Public taste will never Mush in manifesting by sneering remarks upon things it does not the Large panels All these groups were painted on can Vas at tacks studio in new it took him a couple of with a gang of Brush hands and to put them up and tone these Large spaces the divided in one with groups of on bluish is soft and the Are verily floating in the sky As the air and Day Light is where the remarkable style and technique of tack comes the his away with All tendency i does away with to objects Are seemingly floating in of the in this daring technique is As it has proved to make Many a painters Canvas the artists used to Lay in a space covered As an Brush hand would do it on a but the impressionistic school of the Issora did away with an for ail tack says it is stupid to Lay in a space and whatever May be said of his he cannot accused of being Between the triangular with groups of allegorical figures above the there Are also on the upper Large without just twinkling stars Are faintly observed on these panels of deep Blue tones which also make up the under tone of the whole color these spaces Are of great importance and set All the skill of the artist on is they serve to combines and to set off properly the panels with which Are All on a Mellow Yel Lowish All the panels Are divided and framed in by a running Border winding Over Walls and this Border covers space and is All in Gold All this glitter ing Gold would prove disastrous in a less vigorous color Here it simply adds the Richness and glorifies the whole sep Blue predominant the deep blues in theolor scheme serve their purpose remarkably the upper spaces of ceiling and wails surrounding the panels Are kept in warm Light Gray which gradually melt into deeper and cooler Grays on the lower Matching Well with the purplish Marble casings of the doors and the Black Marble Dedo along the in this scheme of color arrangement the deep tones the blues come in very making a Harmony of great like a grand symphony by a full toned main group of figures the main important group of allegorical figures is on the South Wall above the presiding on a Semi circled it is a group of eight standing fully nine feet grouped and arranged with Beautiful they represent the giving with Justilla in Tho she is not As severe As we Are accustomed to see but is suggestive of what is right and exquisite style in which All figures Are painted shows the never before have i seen allegorical figures More gloriously nor painted with such Noble Freedom of the arrangement of draperies on All the figures of these murals Are of a Sweet variety suggestive More of our modern times than of the conventional grecian style we have so often seen in mural the majority of the figures by Bushfield in Many of the capitols of the states Are of this and pretty much alike with the same Gre Cian done in the same grecian sort of an Effort of poorly duplicated grecian figures walking about like pals ghosts from a time when Conception of life and Art were of mural Art As a Branch of mural painting certainly is an interesting it re quires special qualifications and and Ingr and at to make up a design for a Large room is one to get delays French hair makes the hair Beautiful and Fluffy it cleanses the removes and gives a tone to the if your hair is lifeless try delays French hair being daintily it makes an Ideal and it 13 not a bottle sold in Winnipeg to the Public Drue 560 and Dunlop drug 263 purely a Canadian product Mason Risch for Over fifty considered the peer of Canadian pianos and equal to the Best the put the to any test you will prove our sold at factory to Home and on easy Mason Risch 302 Portage j Home of the school children the future to read about Fred director of Labora tories of the University of tvo rth who has been holidaying at and in re grand this 13 e f Are leaders among men Many leaders in commercial life Wuerck surroundings a capable staff train their pupils to enter the military naval colleges or our the number of pupils is avoiding crowding of and every care is taken to maintain a High Standard in even 1 College school principal Tyson Emmanuel the fall term opens for calendars and full information address the Tyson Wil detail of if you Are thinking about purchasing a new Mark the new Edison today costs less than 15 Over what it did in Edison has person held prices Down by absorbing More than on half the increased costs of he May not be Able to do this much to thu a still our budget 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