The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-11-08
A"cantre'' Of the American University Elk.
tension Society Organized In Norfolk.
A COURSE OF LECTURES ARRANGED.
"Thc. Development of aIusic'' to BE
Treated OF by Mr., r. w. surrctte,
fn Six Illustrated Lectures, with
the Assistance OF Norfolk Talent
Musical People Interested.

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plans perfected whereby a series of
SIX lectures on '"rhe Development of
Music will be given in this city this
Writer. under the auspices of the So
| ciety
This course OF lectures will be given
by MIR. Thomas Whitney Surcttc and
the first lecture will be delivered on
Wednesday. the goth instant, at a
place to be selected later.
There WAS n large attendance OF musi-
cal people present last night and the
following officers OF the Centre were
elected:
Mrs. w. II. Brooke president; George
Todd, treasurer; Miss Ethel Ncely, SEGA
| rotary, and Mcssrs. Newton Fitz, j. J.
Miller. j: Iredell Jenkins. Mrs. l.. p
Itoherts, Mrs. Osborne and aIiss Moore.
| Executive Committee
The lectures to be given will be illus
trated with songs and the leading must
cal people of Norfolk will take part
The illustrations of the lectures will
be I'm charge of Professors I'itZ, Miller
ana borscs, each of them having the
| management of two lectures
The introduction of University r;S-
tension courses into n community marks
an important epoch In it's educational
| history. There was once time when
any progressive community which
wlShed 70 place the opportunity for
higher education within reach of more
/ IMAM the very limited number of its
cltlHrns whose means permitted q long
residence away from home found no
othcr way Of dons, 50 than by the en-
aowment of Il college in it's own midst
Al present such n community organizes
| Il University Extcntion local center
III iindS that the universities arc will
ING 10 send out competent lecturers i'm
any subject recognized as regular
college discipline. 1t finds that ii can
secure sequence OF courses In thn
nave taste OF various subjects by So
iectihE 4 course. say. in natural science
thcn one i'll history or political science
| or literature. 1t finds that a complctc
schcmc OF higher cduca ton by non
resident lecturers has been inausur,ta d
and that 1t has been already thorourhI,.
tested; that IT provides for cxa,nInn
non ana certifics results: and that for
INC individual student II involves hui
Very little expense.
,r. o"icle, who Is to deliver these
lectures. is an American bv birth and
education. He was born in Concord
Mass, a town famous the world over
as the home Of Emerson, Hawthorre
lIhoreau.. and Louisa Alcott. His mu-
shN,i StuuicS We're carried on under
some OF Ifoston's best teachers and at
Harvard under Professor Paine. tho
eminent American composer and wri-
ter After finishing his course thor,
! ne tutorcd Cor Professor Paine some of
.'c "tuHehlS IN the theory classes of
the college. Mr.. Surrctt'S studies IN
Guided many of the Instruments in tho
! modern orchestra with which he be-
came familiar In order to equip himself
for scoring for full orchestra. Before
,ncse years OF preparation were over
MS iirst important work was published
tho pastoral opera. Priscilla, or the
Pilgrim'S Proxy" This work spranC
into immediate favor. and was plaved
IN Boston, and afterward over all New
England with the greatest success.
MIR. Surcttr established himself I'm
Boston as teacher Of the piano and
| theory and remained there for nearly
eight years. His interest in the theo-
rctical part of the subject increased
so strongly that 1t occupied most of his
time and resulted in the establishment
of Classes for the study of musical
form, and in class lectures on various
topics connected with the intellectual
side OF the music question. Finally, Mr..
Surettc became convinced that the
thing which needed most to be done was
to teach people in general something
about music itsclf-to try to make them
look ut music for q common sense stand
point-and particularly to give their
children a musical education. which
should consist I'm knowledge or music
IT'S structure, form and history, with a
view to bringing about some ADEQUATE
appreciation OF the great masters. rath
er than To give them only that dry husk
- thOHlIal lIiiiilHS, WnlCn consists In
being able to play some pretty piece
Just as their teacher tells them TO plav
1t. 1t was possible to carry out these
Ideas i'm New England and II is now q
common thing in Boston for people TO
get together before the weekly SYM
phony concert and study the sympho-
NY or concerto under the guidance OF
some theory teacher
University Extension offered Mr.
Surette place on its staff of lecturers
and he accepted il as the best means
OF getting his IDEAS before large num-
Der of people.
In addition to these interests Mr. Su-
rette has kept on composing, usually
doing most of it in the summer. His
last work of any prctensons was an
American romantic opera. "Casca bell
which he has just finished getting
ready for the stage. This was pre,
coded by ballad for soil chorus. and
orchestra. called THE Eve of ST A.
nes." founded on Keats weIl-known
poems.
Mr. Surette's lectures include I'm adj
dition to the course to be given in this
city. one OF Wagncr's "Parsifal." iIlus.
tratcd by stereoptican and by PLAYING
from the score; one on church music
and one on the growth of the sonata.
q Child Enjoys
The pleasant flavor rpntln oot;o, -,