Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-07
cMUSIC


co, soloists.
The program follows:
when the Roses Bloom 0Richard); "of
My Souls Great Sadness" Franz); Spring,
ltIildach), Miss Fisher.
MY Dream" tTostD Mr.. Bnlotti.
THE Wand tSpross): MY Ainfolk." Lem-
on); .'zueignnng," tstrauss). Miss Fisher.
.'Fuhliment," tsmedleyl MT Bulotti'
MY Curly Headed Baby (Clustman); song
Of a Heart (Tunison); Cradle Song" (Van-
nah). Miss Fisher.
Music interests in Los Angeles ad-
vanced another step, and that a DIG
one, last week when authority to or
ganize a local center of the American
Music society was received from the
national nresdent, Arthur FarWell, by
Eugene Rowland. Mr.. Rowland has
had the project under consideration ana
has been in correspondence with Mr..
Farwell for several months, and con-
1ersation with many of the resident
musicians has convinced him that
membership of over one hundred may
be secured at once.
The New York center, OF winch Ia"
yid Bispham is president, Is not YET
year old, and it would be matter LOT
civic pride could Los Angeles match
the big eastern metropolis with a SIM,
lar organization, we'll grounded ana
vigorous from the start.
One remembers with grief former
attempt to start local center, and us
untimely and disastrous finale. In that
ii was fair, we sorrow for 1t; that IL
was lacking in brotherly concord, all
musicians must blush for it, but since
it is dead, let us all put our shoulders
under and help the new venture. work
ing for ii with voice, heart and hand
The project should receive the enthusl-
astic support of every one interested IN
things musical.
the annual fee in the national organiza-
ton. All members of all centers must
belong to the national organization,
and the usual rate of SIS includes mem
bership in this national society.
Although the public knows in gen
eral way something of the American
Music society and its inception. the fact
that musicians trace its beginning to
an earlier movement across the Allan
tic is not so well understood, and may
be of interest
In 1861 Franz List founded the Al
gemeine Deutsche Musk Vereln. Whlch
was largely responsible in making the
work of the German musicians known;
In this he had the cooperation of all
orchestral, quartet and other organiza-
lions, as they helped by giving immedi-
ate performance to works as they ap-
peared.
This we must have in America in or
der to develop our American music.
Though America has not yet produced
a composer who has given to the world
a masterpiece to marvel over, we have
many who possess the timbre for such
work and the future compositions or
Foote, Parker, Converse, Brockway and
others are awaited with interest.
The American Music society is the
ol,tgrowth of the work undertaken byl
the "Wa-Wan' movement and is the
elimination of seven years hard effort
to discover TO coordinate and to form
ulate the national basis for an Ameri- |
can music.
In the Review of Reviews for De-
cember. 1908. Arthur Farwell said:
From European study and ooserVa-
ton I returned in 1899 with the firm
conviction that, if America was toI
achieve distinction in musical compost
ton, it would be only in so far as 1t
could produce something out of and
peculiar to itself.
1.-THE works that make musical
France and Germany today are not the
works which those countries produced
while seeking to initiate Italy. Nor did
Russia begin to produce music that
rang true until she spoke from the
Russian soul instead of trying to speak
from the German.
IF America cannot speak for itself, |
why speak at all?"
l.
which the man who wrote the above
is the head would have for its ultimate
aim not only the encouraging of Amer |
lean composers. but also to give their
works authoritative presentation.
Immediate steps will be taken to or
ganize the Los Angeles center, and to
make it second to none in this great
movement.
Mr.. Rowland is not only fitted by
years of residence in music centers in
Europe, by training and close associa-
ton with men of affairs in the music
world. as we'll as by eminence in his
own chosen field, the violin, to make a
success of this project if given the
sympathetic cooperation of his con-
freres, but during temporary retirement
of several years from the musical
due to an accident
to his hand that threatened to perma-
nently disable nim-he was connected
with several large business enterprises
which were conducted so successfully
his friends ar confident he has not
only the requisite artistic ability to
make the enterprise a success, but also
possesses the necessary business train
ing.
Going to Europe in 1894, Mr.. Rowland
studied with Wirth, Zagic and Joachim
and was closely connected with Carl
Bohm and many others in Berlin. After
a period of study with Ysaye in Brus-
sells Mr. Rowland returned to America,
appeared with the New York Symphony
in New York and made long tour
the south. He volunteered
with the Seyenty-first New York regi-
ment in 1885, but as the men were not
called out he returned to Europe in
August and again studied with Ysaye, |
was a member of Ysaye's orchestra
and had signed a contract with Wolff
in Berlin for a series of concerts to |
commence in Brussels, when a serious
accident to his left hand temporarily |
put a stop to his work as a musician. |
This was in 1899, and until 1907 he de-
voted himself to a business life, and |
at one time, during the period of the |
japanese war, was the per-
sonal representative of the Interna-
tional Railroad syndicate formed to
supply rails for the Transsiberian
railroad and personally superintendent
the delivery of 60 per cent of the rails |
that were used to construct the road. |
Recovering the use of his injured |
hand, Mr.. Rowland entered the world
Of music again, accepting an engage
ment with Ellen Beach Yaw, the tour
in Los Angeles.
Despite the fact that he came to Los
Angeles a stranger Mr.. Rowland has
won a recognized position among the
musicians of the city, and as head of
he Nowland- Hunter trio has been in
strumental in giving the city series
If chamber music concerts this winter
hat has been no small factor in main
aiming the high average of our mu-
steal events.
David Bispham, "the foremost
American singer" exponent of Amer
can songs and American music for
will present the following
program at Simpson auditorium Tues
lay night. assisted by Harold Osborn
smith, pianist.