Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-26
SAXOPHONE MUSIC
DEMOCRACY'S AID
instrument Bridges Gap Be-
tween Musical Comedy and
Symphony

After all. the last tost ur music is what
it says to men. not what man or Man
thinks Of IT, unpopular music" is a term
mat II II means anything. means that Ger
tam ears prefer certain chords and instru-
W'hiS' not that there is any such hidcous
monster as the quoted phrase implies
PhIlad"lphian cmbarking for France
recently was asked what musical instru-
lh"hi u" most regretted leaving behind The
"mbarkc" is the sort of person who knows
his wagner his modern opera. even his
M"N"rhc"r and his Douizctu And his
answer was tho saNOuhunc" The rcpIv
may seem 10 contradict the asserted worth
"i everyday muSica! taste In reality. it
"hiN shows IN" vast catholicity of music
IcopI" 60 iu for Dobussy-and Irving Rcr-
IIn blh"rS suspend mental scales that
cnHntorbalanCc the apparently antipathctir
harpSichord and the marimha Because the
Matiue" Musical club miss has "a weakness
Iot Percy GrainCr is no reason why she de-
tests Harold Bauer
rms growing characterization Of music is
one oi the trends Of the times "hc saxo-
phone might be the signpt and syn,boI of
such a spirit II is mellow. funny long in
range ana adapted 10 all sorts of usagcs
rou can sample your saXophonic muse
nearly everywhere Hardly any COMPOSER
doSplses l, from Earl Carroll to Richard
HIauSA This bulky homcly, unpreten-
uouS u,HrdI horn bridges the wav from,
80 Long Lefty" to the Alpine symphony
u is as democratic as the movies or base
ball VI ''''
Ihc columbia phonoEraph catalogue of
records for the month Of June offers an in
'or"SuhE fragment Of biography i'm con-
m"c'oIl with a list Of SaNophonc selections
ms biography is headed The Inventor OF
'h' SaNoph0nc," and is as follows;
Nho4l th" year 1875. If you wandered down
aimot an% ,n% Id2un'igsS d sd" streets Of Paris on
You S3u mlEhl see through the window Of a small
Lv man, :, i''6n nara az work Ito :. surrounded
Hiar,nrts flutes and other v,,.H-lvrino sTbis man
Clarinet nlovnr' l"tnr'n nr an one family. lax is
ait grcat arss aRd do ,bC bw2rTh,ps ms oodwind
In his small shop Sax spcnt yoars In .y.
bis beioyan5i c,Ii YIN and improving the tone Of
GGTTeW nc saXophone as we know II today' III"
snonsiTi.o % '9Re ne OF ne saNophonc is much re-
curious instrument. This popularity extends over
and me- "f liz 'nU Sr"S, " tribute to the love
master In Tn" furthcrance Of his beloved art t''
nrsI 81" SSSn BATE ~ iS5f Say rCssterod Paris the
lar musical Instruments before the pnb mIiE p9rn, T
entire saNophone family covers Ho so,rnn" punDn" rhe
Tenor baritone. bass aud contra bass units wiz
instruments run from two to dve and ors,-biif b',f
rhn dneSriHnps' Hs' o SrI & 'onsLTHcted Of light metal
sum sum as thC mute and oboe. The tone is "A com
p9IsoSn p9IIstS OF many Of tho orchestral colors in
Some Of the new Columbia saxophonIcs
".t builiing Blues 'Suwauee RippIes "
My Castle in the Air. from Miss Spring-
time and What DO You Want IN Me-
These Eyes at Nc Fore" from "I5oIIow No,
All are recorded by the Saxo Seytetto
The first named is one Of the Iivelicst things
OF the sort on the market
In musical eccentricities the Victor Con,-
bany Is nor hehindhand one Of its taking
ideas is the exploitation Of the originai
DiNieland "Jass' band. Such hands aro
powerful; there is no other adjective moro
fitted to them. one-step "rbe Divioio,,d