The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-06-01

palace walls singing d wiz minOA
melody suggestive of the drone OF
bagpipes while in the secondary theme,
the spirits OF the night cry at the muir
der taking place within. Miss Maude
Hamilton.
8. Scarf Dance, Chamiwade. A bit
of "ballet music" in which the un-
usual harmonies, as we'll as the
rhythm of the dance, suggest the float
ing, advancing and receding OF the
flmy scarf. as the dancer advances
and retrets. Miss Dorothy Denning.
9. Nocturne in B fiat, Field. The
first composer to use this we'll known
form of one composition, the Irish
man John Field, has given a delight
full example of the might serenade, =
the music of the guitar, weird against
the sustained melody of the voice.
Mrs. A. H. Bouknight.
10. Minuet in E fat, Mozart. Com
ing. as it does, between the "sloW
movement" and the brilliant finale (or
closing movement}, of Moza7t's fam
GUS symphony, this idealized form OF
the old French dance, dating from the
reign of Louis XII, serves as con-
meeting link between the two. AS the
conductors baton descends upon the
first beat of the first measure, the
entire orchestra responds as one man; !;
then in the scond measure, the vol
ume of sound is hushed to the "piz-
zicats" or "plucked tone" OF the
strings alone, with the return to full
volume in The second measure follow
ing. So throughout the composition
the various tone colorings and shad-
ings of the orchestra itself are repro
duced. Miss Elizabeth Harms.
II. farewell to the Piano. Beeth-
oven Although not in reality. as the
name implies, Beethoven's farewell 20
the instrument he loved, this little
master piece with it's sorroWful mrs.
theme, repeated over and over again
and the wailing sound of a sob II
the broken clouds of the middle paf'
does suggest the pathos of the mas
ter's last appearance as a conductor
| upcn the concert stage, when at the
close of his wonderful ninth Sym
phony (Which he himself conducted al
| its first performance his concer'
master had to turn him about to face
the audience that he might see the
wild applause which his lncreasins
deafness made it impossible for him te
hear. Miss Maude Hamilton.
y. Tarantelle in A fiat, Heller
This graceful Spanish dance derives
it's name curiously enough from the
deadly tarantula, sort of spider
which flourishes in Spanish countries
and whose sting had always mean1
| certain death, so the ancient legeno
rms. until an obscure musician While
irving to soothe the dying moments
| of famous royal parsonage VINO mac
| fallen a victim of the Insects poison
GUS sting, strayed into weird, mlnol
melody in 6-S rhythm with sudden
little starts and unexpected turnlngs
which suddenly reused the patient
from his stupor so thoroughly that ne
at once began to dance and danced
and danced until from sheer exhaus'
ton he fell into natural sleep IRON
which he rose in perfect nealtn dno
spirit "Thus was written thus the
first tarantelle.' Miss Rose Hamm.
49, melody in F." Rubenstein. The
opening theme of this famous mel
odv' with its rising and falling ca
| dences suggesting the rising and fall
ing tones of perfect human voice mas
so masy different listeners that any
one of them must fail to express lui!
sieni6cance However the hint OF
1oneine in the second theme with its
increasing tone quality upon the high
or notes of the phrase and the cor
responding decrease toward the lower
the beauty of the slow connecting pas
sages between the themes and the
gradual increase in the last appear
ance of the theme with the exquisite
aritardando'' (nr growing slower) al
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