Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-03-02

fine music will be the Alma Web
~ ster Powell concert at the Grand
theatre tomorrow evening for the bene-
fit of tne willamette university library.
Before Nine. Powell's recent marriage
and consequent retirement from Grand
Opera she was paid fifteen hundred dol
lars for each of her concerts. Nine.
Powell is one of the few coloratura so
pranOs of the world and she has been
the leading artist of the most celebrated
opera companies Of Europe and Ameri'
ca. -,
The programme which is unusual will
be as follows:
Music Is a Human Need"
The Thesis: Music is a human need, in
creasing and decreasing with social
pressure.
Part I. Lecture. Toneurology, a New
Study.
Music as a remedy in nerve disturb
ances. Music as a preserver Of tne
faculties. Music and the war spirit.
Music as the re-establisher of normal
rhythmic motion in the human body.
Music and child education. The place
for music in universities.
Part II. Musical Program. Types Of
Music for Types Of Mind.
illustrated by the following eOmpo-
sitiOns.)
1.-The Hungarian type; strong indi-
valuation, as expressed in the Ere
bet aria from Hunyadi LazO ... Erkel
The Hungarian statistics.
2.-The Italian type; Italian statis-
ties: typical social types as mani
tested in:
(a) "Una voce POGO ia" from 1.-The
Barber of Seyelle' .............. ROssini
(b) a. All. fors e lui" from LA
Traviata" ................................. Verdi
(c) I'm bel Iii vedremo from
" Madam Butterfly" ............ Puceini
(d) Aria from "'Das Hexenlied"
Pirani
3.-The German type; Bavariln sta
tistics; the social mind at various
periods, as illustrated by the fol-
lowing musical types:
(a) Queen of Night aria from "The
Magic Flute ......................... Mozart
(b) ''Du Bist die Rub" ... Schubert
(c) Mondnacht ........................ Schumann
(d) "Almlrht'ge Jungfrau" from
"TannhauserN .................... Wagner
(e) "Seitdem dein Aug in meines
Schaute' ............. Richard Strauss
4.-The British type; English static
tics, the social mind as shown in:
(a) "LO, Hear the Gentle Lark y ..
..........'............................... Bishop
(b) The Lost Chord ...........,...... Sullivan
(e) Baby .............................. Mallinson
5.-The French type; French statis-
ties; peculilrities of temperament,
as illustrated by:
(a) "Je suis Titana" from mig
non Thomas
(b) 'Pourquoi Roster Seulette" ...
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Saint-Saens
(e) Jewel Song from Faust Gounod
(d) Sa Chevelure ...................... Debussy
6.-The Spanish type; its love of
marked rhythm, as snown in the
modern Spanish aria:
Los Consoles ....-................,..... AlVl
danish, Norwegian and Russian
types; their statistics; German in
fluence:
(a) Sehnsucht ........................... Rubner
tb) Elm sehwan (poem by Isben) ......
Grleg
(c) "Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt "
" Utn W uOtlutJ -....'...- 1 tAhlhON ahA
S.-Non-representatiye American types;
United States statistics; the mis-
sion of "ragtime.
(a) Indian Melodies
(b) The Sea (poem by W. d. How
ells) MacDowell
(c) She is Song (poem by DR.. Frank
Henry Giddings) DR.. Webster Powell
9,-Seotch and Irish Ballads; the con-
servative, sentimental type.
(Steinway Piano Used.)