The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-11
CADMAN DELIGHTS
 AUDIENCE WITH INDIAN MUSIC TALK

The Iecture-recEtal Svhfch cnarfes Waefeld Cadfnan gave yesterday be- fore the Wednesday Afternoon Musical club, was enjoyed by hundreds oz peo- pie who completely filled the haEs main floor and galleries of the Fdrst Methodist Episcopal church.
 Cadman is the young American who is so widely known because Of alss com positions and his haruonizaafon Of h. dian music. He was assisted tn hfs leeture-EecitAl by Madam ATaFfs BiEh- delitas. This gifted young soprane e4D- HSated her audience with her z5sTs1Ei- alAty and charmed them with her voica which was clear and sweet, showing splendid technique and perfect control
 Tn his Indian Music Tal4z, g Caamaa endeavored to show the relationship between widely different races sn pEih1- btive music which espnang Kfuna the came emotion. This was IlbuHtraeed by three chants, Omaha Tribal Prayer, a Gregordafh Chant of the 7th Century and an Ancient Egyptian Chant, sung by Madam SHndefius in t41s three IAn- guages. The audience was impressed by the similarity Of the three The translated words expressed practically the same sentiment.
 Our complex civilization contfn- ued the composer, ''hss developed a complex music and for that reason the music of the Indian expresses more simply the only feelings which, after all, music can exPress-namely. love hate, Joy and sorrow ''
 While Indian music is essentially vo- cal and loses by being played upon the piano, the voice of the Indian hIrnseIr is rarely musical and contains no sweetness whatsoever. Usualiy he sings off the key. The visitor to the impressed by the music of the tribe. In fact, for the first three or four days he only hears a congiomeTsdion of noises, varying from the barking Of the dogs to the shouts of the men and the snuawking of the papooBss. Grad ually, however, by purposeIy ignoring the outward disturbances, he become conscious of a decided rhythm and then he recognizes the music.
 This deep sence. of rhythm in the In- dian Ss very peculiar. Often he will sing piece in one time and beat on his drum in entirely another. 1fr. Cadrnan and Madam Sundeiius demon ejtrated this with Che piano and Indian drum.
 The lecturer told of one piece which had been sung to him, wherein the man held a rattle in one. hand and calumet pipe In the other. The rattle he shook to one time with the pipe he described geometrioaI figures in anOth- CT, he sang in another ana besides that kept up a peculiar pulsa1ion of his
 
 ',rhe spirit of music is innate in the Indian" said MT. Cadfnan. He is e. sentfally poetfca1 and mythology abourds with him. The story. the song and the dance are closely interWoVeu in all his cerernonials."
 He spoke of the %ea1u91 Of material in Indian music for the composer De- use of it's poetic beauty and Hn~ agery. It's possibilities for haFnoniza- ton and idealisn were dsu1onstrAted by first playing the rnsdoly ag the ln- dian used 1t and then harm cni2ing tt.
 A number of interesting Indian nau- sical instruments were ehown, afnDng which were several drums and ratties. ale1 a fiageoiet All were decorated with curious designs in colors-
 Mir Cadman played a selection on the omaha hageolet, a curious instru- ne1t. prototypes of which have been ltnearthed in recent excavations in Central America.
 He also executed on the piano BsT- eral Very beautiful selections from his cum positions. while Madam SEud sliu1, accompanied by the composer, sang number of pieces which were received with much enthusiasm by the auoi- ence. Prom the Land of the Eky- Blue Water was liked so well that ie he'd to be sung again.
 At the conclusion of the Is0tl1re-Fs- citaI the young composer and the cbai,1r1i i'm soloigt received round after round of applause from the delighted , udience.
 Anyone interested in Indian nufde may obtain the volumes which have tsen complied on that subject by ths U. s. Department of Ethnology by ap- plying to their congressman at Wash ing gtcn.