The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-07-11
I'R(IG|E)Y
In.Music is Little Ruth Kemp
er, a Native of City
..of Salem. j

Ruth kemper, born at Salem, W
Va, less than ten years ago is a mus
,ical prodigy which for actual accom-.
plishment suppasses the efforts Of
years OF talented and older must
clans
AT the age Of three and half years
she surprised her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Francis Kemper. by going. TO
fthe piano and playing Jesus Lover
of My Soul" with both hands, not
i exactly as 1t is written, but with her
t,gn harmony. When four years old
/ they gave her piano 'essons in Gin
cinnati. During that winter she
/ begged for violin. This was, cotton
for her and March, April and May
she had instruction and in June was
able to play in public sonota
. by Hauptmann and duet with her
plano teacher from the opera Nor
ma and little piece of .Bethoyen's.
After starting piano LESSONS, It was
discovered tn she had absolute
, pitch This: at the age OF four years.
a talent that very few OF the great
est masters have. at 8 years Ruth
could also sing vocal music at sight
Practicing Is or 20 minutes daily was
all that vas allowed her at this time.
!, During the year when she was five
years old she was to study with Sol
Marcosson. bur Illness prevented
! During the next summer the family
was at Chautauqua where William
Sherwood. OF chicago discovered her
;pronouncing her perfectly normal
( I'D with very wonderful talent. She
then had violin lessons under Mar
cosson. and two. weeks study with a
teacher from Tennessee. Then she
played in 2 big recitals, one III the
large auditorium and one5in, the pub
lie music hall where she gaFs e11n-
positions of TschalkOwslti, Roller and
K1assert.
| During this time she could mem
orize five pages of Dlsabelie,s soma
tas week with is or SOt'atinGtes
daily practice.
The next May she was taken to
Pittsburg where Mr. Won 8, Kunitz
took wonderful interest in her. be-
ing very anxious for her to- accom-
,pany him to Europe, butcher family
ifelt she was too Young. TO. go, hut
4 that her European education, must
come later. They planned tax her
her to Boston that summer, At tAis
time Won Kunitz said of Ruth Kern
per. atthugh sill within the foun-
dalton work, she had shown such un-
usual aptitude and special intuition
in her work that he thought II safe
no predict her to become a remark.
able performer on the, violin in. a
comparatlyely short time. As prom
Use CT her future has been fulfilled
very largely IT this time. Ruth has
tReen studying in Boston since then
under Charles Martin Loeffler where
She has made very wonderful prog
ress and this great leader OF must
CLANS, Loffer does not consider her a
t.'child wonder" but a juvenile artist,
she combining with her very remark
EaSle talent for execution, that of alb
lsNiNbC pEASu dIiu hlSdIluI lHllNS IHpluly.
l1l4o Handel sonota movements of a
program which she recently gave in
Boston at Faction Hall were memoir
i'ized in four days after she first saw
: the music, with one hours practice
each day. 3i5s
The Boston Herald has the follow
Ing to say on the little girl:
Ruth. Ktnper vIolinist. gave her
FIRST reSital in Boston last evening.
/ Miss Kemper is vicllnist of, lndis-
putable talent and marked ability.
Last evening the little girl displayed
both authority and polse In her play
ing. which was further distinguished
| by beauty tone. full pure and var
Jed in colon. He'd technique was pro-
| ficient, her thrill rapid and even,
while her phrasing showed musical
instinct and intelligence.