The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-07-05
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In Music is Little Ruth Kemp
er, a Native Of City
Of Salem.

Ruth Kemper, born at Salem, W
Va, less than ten years ago is mus
ical prodigy which for actual accom-.
plishntent sunpasses the efforts of
years of talented and older must
clans
AT the age Of three and q half years
she surprised her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Francis Kenper, by going to
the plano and playing Jesus Lover
of My Soul" with. both hands, not
exactly as It is written, but with her
own harmony. When four years old
they gave her piano lessons in Gin
cinnau. 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
ry HauptmaHn and a duet with her
plano teacher from the opera Nor.
ma" and "a little piece of Bethoven'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 years Ruth
could also sing vocal music at sight.
Practicing is or O,minu.es daily was
all that vas allowed her at this time.
kDuring the year when she was five
years old she was to study with Sol
Marcosson, but Illness prevented.
During the next summer the family
was at chautauqua where William
Sherwood, Of Chicago discovered her,
..pronouncing her a perfectly normal
child with very wonderful talent. She
then had violin lessons under Mar
cosson, and two weeks study with
teacher from Tennessee. Then she
played in 2 big recitals, one in the
large auditorium and one in the pub
nc music hall where she gave com
positions of Tschaikowski, Roller and
Klassert.
l. During this time she could mem
orize five pages of DISABILITIES soma
tas week with Is or 20 minutes
Rdaily practice.
The next May she was taken to
Pittsburg where Mr.. Won Kunitz
took wonderful interest in her, be-
ling very anxious for her to accom-
pany him to Europe: but her family
felt she was too young to go, but
lthat her European education must
come later. They planned t tax her
her to Boston that summer. At this
time Won Kunitz said of Ruth Ken-
per. althugh still within the foun-
dation work, she had shown such I'M
rsua& aptitude and special intuition
in her work that he thought it safe
to predict her to become a remark
able performer on the violin in a
comparatively short time. a prom
Use of her future has been fulfilled
very largely at this time. Ruth has
been studying in Boston since then
under Charles Martin Loeffler where
She has made very wonderful prog
Lress and this great leader of must
clans, Loffer does not consider her a
child wonder" but juvenile artist,
she combining with her very remark
atle talent for execution, that OF alb
solute pitch and memorizihg rapidly.
Two Handel sonota movements of a
program which she recently gave in
Boston at Fselton Hall were memor-
lied in four days after she first saw
the music, with one hours practice
each day.
The Boston Herald has the follow
ing to say OF the little girl:
Ruth Kemper. violinist, gave her
I first recital in Boston last evening.
Miss Kenper Is a vloIinist OF indis-
putabie talent and marked ability.
Last evening the little girl displayed
both authority and poise in her play
ing. which was further distinguished
by beauty tone, fun pure and var
lied in color. He'd technique was pro-
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