Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-08
MUSIC
IN RICHMOND



Just as The taste tor good reading
may be cultivated by consciously az
rectins the mind toward the book
that have long been r"cogni|e" as ,nt
taste be formed and improved by the
hearing, and study, OF the best in mu-
tainly not the trashy. popular sanes
SO often heard in 'hesc, days.
One need 80, ga to ne dsT lee; iy0 %.as
good acquaintance with the best. here
Is wide range OF soaES wherein hEni :
err melodies abound wherein modern
composers strive for and attain graz
full and beautiful effects. wiihon. ~"
,endsney to n @Gniar,,y ,r which n,,s; tnG
comedy seek While many may dis
agree as TO the musical greatness OF
mendous money-making ability, yet It
cannot he gansaid that he has done
much to aid the nphuildins OF the mu-
steal taste OF tho country. in using
the simpler, lighter modern songs, such
as Il Hear You, Calling. Me" OF Mar
shall, ''Muthcr MaChrcc' and sim r
selections Ills simple. easy style OF
ballad singing has brought; wide
range Of music INTO Inc unds s;s ann-
certs and talking machine records.
The term classical. has always necn
only ef 10 ,hc WORKS ST OF tho earlier mas
tiers OF Mendelssohn, Beethoven.
Mozart Bach and others-or whether
McDoweil. Beach, Ncvin. Foo,c and
their contemporaries. The. term elias,
sical In this s'nss mas n,sa or 1en ranR
in literature art'-and any work
of art that may be or is reEardG,dl a., as
or modelled after the higher forms OF
literature or art" Thus regarded, the
compositions OF any OF the best con- com
seiassical." Thus, ,hss "Ros !'Ty !, and and
do" Of Thaycr, and countless other
similar songs may be as truly classi-
gal as MendelsSohns . Spring o SGns n or
poser has turned out Qualities Of mn-
Sic that is worthless, I9is tS n ,hsor IN
that one OF the tests OF greatness Is
the composition OF both very great ano
very poor music. whereas the mGdioSS ere
works of medocrity His ties, may not
be infsi,ble hui i Is rood and Rad
music Is often so elusive as to be IN
dssGr1bable: 1t does not ne ,ns IN wa s1iRs
Of Moza 4to and Haydn. Of RobeT, Franz
and the old Italians. are as s'mpie as
the highest ballad OF the Day IN Ihoa and
this is. In the last analysis. the rear
Again. the good song. or compost
ing thought to he uninterestinE' un-
iii careful study and many sno Sc
0uent hearings , ha>r ,vnrE and The in
tent 81 the composer When once
studied and a r iix dor SUCH wear san nd
moi become stale or tiresomc. ON the
contrary, how soon the poor sons be
comes a thing of the past. What mas
become Of - ne Sands OF the p'Sc-t'
IL that WAS thc nnmcl OF II. ana ~
Garden Of Ny Heart whacn eHei! ~
was ouElnE no, s SO MN! .onr fni1cd
to "e Survive s'Ns BECAUSE they lacked that
Hn eh"i, Immon III. refined musical
800 Tbcy will not be remembered
in decade. while Ncvins 80 Til
we Two Were MayinG" and Ncrow"
.'Thy Bcaming Eyes viii lie sung hItN
years hence.
There are other 2nES Whlen ~
harder to CLASSIFY. Ih'S,'| '"ou-
BY" classic W.! ''s '''"H
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thro!npelc". minus ma, Ia'si' II rNcr, When
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