The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-19
Mr. Willidm Gussen Discusses The Music Festival And The
 Work Of Treble Clet Club Beautiful Numbers Be Given This Evening Word About Chorus Training MT. Damroschs Splendid Or
 chestra-None Should Miss the Op-
 portunity of Hearing It
BY DOLLY DALRYMPLH.

| hour I have held my baton over the sin gers and all during that one hour we have | worked, worked, worked hard and faith fully. The sopranos when they are re- hearsing are as attentively listened to by the altos as though the latter were doing the actual work and vice versa"
 Tn other words. you lose very lit tie time. but make work the main ob- ject,' I remarked.
 That's exactly what is required of a well trained chorus" replied MT. Gus sen. There are so many fine points in chorus training that 1t would be all most impossible to enumerate them all, but the main thing that we have ac- complished in the Treble Clef club this season is singing in tune. That is thing that is very hard to do and the same holds in the case of an or chestra. The violins like the voice can be made to play in tune. but when put with other instruments 1t is very hard to harmonize them."
 The selections you have chosen for the festival will prove pleasing to the majority. because they are varied and not too heavy to be appreciated" l said.
 "The Delibes number, the Nymp phs
 
 Delibes is particularly noted as you probably know for his ballet music, and this selection is that pretty, bright, airy vein which with the piano accom- paniment which Miss Handley does very charmingly, makes an unusually attrac- tive number. Then there is the Schar wenak Gayotte Originally q piano piece). which has been adapted to wom- ems voices. the motif of spring and it's pl1 oafu fu1 music forming fitting companion piece to the Delibes number" was the reply.
 '1 am glad you have chosen some Brahms for the occasion" I said de- lightfullv.
 T have had number of musicians to say the same thing" said Mr. Gus sen. and the selections we have chosen are really very beautiful. The first, I hear Harp tthe translation we nse). is quite attractive. The Death of Trenar is one of the most difficult things we have ever learned. in the lines portarying the death, which is a long. continuous tone like a thread it was very difficult to produce the proper effect and it took many hours of hard work to get 1t evenly and smoothly. but we studied it over and over again and success usually comes from hard work and study. It is the true Brahms spirit and is extreme ly effective with the French horns and harp accompaniment"
 And then We are to hear the beauti- ful Hoffman number. The Song of the Norns. said l. "at which I am very much pleased"
 Tt is biz and dramatic" replied Mr. Gussen and very forceful number Madame Sara Anderson takes the so- prano role and by the way, has 1t over occurred to you what an immense amount Of work the soloists with Mir Damrosch have to do? had to send the score of The Song of the Norns' to Savannah to Madame Anderson for her to learn and it perhaps happens that at every place MT. Damrosch goes just such things are encountered. Do you recall that Madame Anderson sang here when MT. Benjamin Guckenberger was here? She was very yoLng at that time and l believe was just beginning her concert career"
 T presume you are greatly encour- aged over the prospect of the music festival and what 1t means to Birming- ham, l suggested in conclusion.
 T am very enth usiastic" said Mr Gvssep, and, really believe We are to have the best music and the greatest amount of interest from our people that we have ever had"