The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-07
Popular Song.

the classes birmingham should not be
laggard in this respect
Tonight in Capitol park the first con-
cert of the season will be given by a
carefully selected band from the Musi-
clans union and a choice programme of
popular music will be heard
1t is designed that three concerts a week
shall be given during the summer months
June. July and AUGUSTINE evenings
and a matinee.
| 1t takes lot of money to do this, and
| the members Of the Music Study club
have personally appeared before the
finance committee of the city fathers, the
various prominent capitalists. and COM
panies, and in every instance have been
kindly and cordially received
To quote Mrs. Johnston
| when I tell you that I actually made
a speech before a COMMITTEES and asked
for a donation to theAband concerts, you
will readily see the great interest have
taken in the matter for l have always
made it a rule not to do those things
| Another clever member of the club re-
marked:
IF the votes for women question had
been established in Birmingham, Mr. Gull
pepper Exum would have 200 strong from
the Music Study club for mayor, for he
was so courteous and kind and generous
that we were completely captivated"
MIR. Gordon Crawford, Mr.. A. Fl.
Ford and Mr.. Louis Pizitz." said another
enthusiast, are among the most inter-
ested in the band concert movement, and
their generous. cordial. response was ap-
preeiated by the club members more than
we can possibly say
The initial concert this evening will
largely determine the question of what
the people want In regard to the band
concerts this summer
| If the concert is well patronized and en-
| joyed, the Music Study club will at once
make their collections and proceed with
the programmes for the ensuing months.
| Certainly the "Can't-Get-Away-Clu
more than any other, and its name is le-
gion. will heartily approve of the band
concerts. for 1t matters not how attractive
a place is as summer resort, and Bir-
mingham is delightful, the monotony of
the long. sultry term is broken by the
pleasure of hearing some good music and
meeting ones friends now and then upon
these occasions, whereas the summer
often passes without a single break In the
interim.
There Is not a person alive who is not
susceptible to musc's influence at some
time
At reform schools and penitentiaries the
brass bands, whose membership is often
composed OF the inmates of these institu-
tions, have frequently had much to do
with the regeneration of, the characters
OF respondent and even desperate men.
Witness. the pleasure that Miss Geral-
dine Farrar gave the prisoners recently in
a federal institution when she sang some
of the beautiful old songs for them dur
ing her southern tour of grand opera.
The softening influence OF beautiful mu-
sic Is admitted by those who have what
Ian Maclaren calls 'the cure of souls
within their charge in jails and other
penal institutions.
Music will steal 'insidiously into the in
| nermost nature of man or woman long
after the soul has been Theoretically
sealed against every other kindly infiu-
ence. sa,As, ..,... .ssa .. sA...
Indeed. Birmingham is one of the few
southern cities which has not already fol-
lowed the custom of Germany, France.
Italy and<other foreign nations. in pro-
viding open air concerts for it's popula-
ton so that all may have the benefit of
music's sweet concord.
For these concerts to be a permanent
thing, 1t means the creation of a musical
atmosphere for the entire city. An at
mosphere that will appreciate good music
and demand the best and contribute its
mite to the promotion and uplift of 1t.
The Music Study club deserves the
thanks and hearty Incorporation of every
body In Greater Birmingham for this step
1t has taken in regard to music In the
parks, and no doubt the attendance at
the concert this evening will testify to the
popularity of the movement.