The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-17
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licves sists upon being taken very seriously.
Supply The mere fact that he wears his hair
80. long robes himself in a single gar
planat 1nent and has young Greek wife is
not of public interest. That he lets
u his little son run about in his bare
legs while the thermometer stands at
E4pcr 90 below, and that he spends his spare
Phil#1noments in weaving at an ancient
L-. eHns shuttle .are very minor matters.
ing pit The point'of the whole affair is that
in his ~. 1,,,ro,,, las n,ss,on BEING him
picture Ar. Duncan i'as . Ss
a periiself professional musician and dan
thrown ,,sr .be has come back from Greece to
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it is 80 wanaerine through rhessa1ian
string os .a,....,,,
of fSGroves, and Watching the hsAerlheH
smal.on tho Aegean he has fathomed all
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paratuathe problems of rhythm and melody
". LEI Now he wants to break the truth gent
men saly to the American public.
IRON ON He tells lgbout it TO writer in
trying the current number of Musical Anne
workir RIGA and promises wonderful things
using Ni1if .the world will reject the music of
me Beethoven and Wagner and return to
lures 1.-THE music of ancient Greece Among
rapid Other things. he insists that the change
the ey5will be a great labor-saVer. lhus ne
smoke n!,eh E says:
takes in Greece, as in many of the Orlen-
in onetal countries the fashion of singing
TO get and of moving the muscles of the body
sion IT in rhythmic accompaniment has bee,
nnnind carried TO such point that 1t mas
his ma become an Indispensable factor IN the
the ccperformance OF labor tisherinen
sees isGrawing in their nets on the coast
slowly lsing the old folk songs; drawing III
IN IN me ~ 1,the heavy lines in harmonic accom-,
4"Ae paniment and causing the waves tc
VIZ vibrate in harmony with their move e.
VI ments. they are enabled to draw II
loads of fish which would be impos
30 say kibie for them to handle without this
apractice. The same principles should
sIstant be applied to every act of our lives
predict Sweeping and busting, although ou
He saof tune with the Hellenic ideals o.
stones harmony, still can be brought within
t IN. .fithem. and being so brought within
I. tied toscan be accomplished with far less eX'
extend penditure Of energy"
ton vi This is fine, Rhythm solves the
scherinwhole question of labor 1t reduces
81, ~. the drudgery OF everyday life; 1t les
5 sens the expenditure of energy. If we
have physical task beyond our pow
Roappeer, we have only to chant refrain
mass-nsnd the work Will be done Bank
noEe pwserks can add columns more rapidly
a First Band check up accounts more accurate
adoptsdly to the sound of a mellow pipe
Vas no housemaids scrub with less .exer-
A. All "a TTtions by swinging their brushes II
Rarger.t time with the festive graphophone
we're 1n, 9fPrtypsts double their speed by play
.-4ng dance-music ON their keys, File,
..gs with music, enlivened by harmony
= y. A. Dnuckened by minstresy, the averag
0alman can greatly enhance his work
rsr0.fo f course Mr., Duncans ideas will b
\ "a. carried out at once. The music o
- fine great masters viii be laid aside
Afa ~ sfWasner will be but name; Beetho
sssssvsn o song that is sung. Hclleni