The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-22
LashanSka Talks Of
Roosevelt and Music

An appreciation of good music does
mot os necessity imply technical I'M
tderstandtns OF the art. Many great
rien have found ;r thu works Il muster
composers something: ,hat touched their
souls. One Of those rr"a was the lat"
Theodore Roosevelt.
To q musician friend. with whom tic
occasionally walked. Colonel Roosevelt
once ccuhded tha, tn" classical muster
ps"ccs IN music Appealed most /" hum
Musicians. ana r""pi" who. though
unframed y any rf muEir'> various
branches. arc by na,ur" musical. .cIn
comprehend why A,i"r!ra'& great son
lnSttnctlNciy turucd II the master cUu:-
posers." declared !iuida LashauSkc. the
Young soprano who Is fulfilling the pre-
dictons made for her by Narcella SEMI
b..ch.
Colonel Roosevelt. despite the fact
that he was not snuSicatiy educated. I'M
ncrStood clearly the mcSSaS" Schunann
had to give. And ne instantly SrLspeL
what Il was brahms was undertaking.
II couvcy-iuS, as he t"it the heart
qualities in the measures OF Chopin.
For thHse three We're Colonel kuo~c-
vcl,'S favorte composers.
Music has been trrlcd the universal
lanSuaSe-tne only Uuc-and that It
truly is. For no "ns who ha$ II" ca
tac;ty to t1et may be l"nE.d the cujuy-
mont which harmony ard rhymth lnHa-
eahly bring
People generally may nos be aware
that the late Theodore Roosevelt.
though not trained in music. was never
theleSs able TO understand great deal
of what was truly best N music. Tor
snc whose nature held the rugGedneSS
Of a man OF action. tho tender side ~;
this American OF Americans IS shown
In his inclinotlUH toward that which
the foremost composers created.
Hulda La$hanSko. the American SO
pran6 whose vocal achievements seem
10 b. bearing: out. III" pre1iStionT 80
~
RooScveltS favoritc composers. OF whom
there were three.
The majestic Brahms was one" says
Miss Iashanska. 'Schumann was ar -:
pther. and the last Of the triumvira;"
was Chopin. 1t has always been so with
The man whose soul IS great. Music al
ways finds place there. no matter now
busy his life. And in the days 10 comeH
whcn some Of the things Colonel Rooss-
volt loved are written about more fullE"
"" may learn how mucn good lnusl"
really meant 10 him.
Nulda Lashan$k;t. the young American
lyric soprano for whom Marcella Semi
hrich predicts 4 hrillians future is one
Of the. admirers OF the late Theodore
Roosevelt. who was aware OF the o!s-
tinsuished mans inherent love 1or
music.
Our former president. who meant so
much TO Americans because of the trad!-
tlonS h. so completely represented IN MS
own life. found true cniniort IN inc ga ga
pnel Roosevelt was not 4 proficient mo'
slcian. bur in that noble heart OF his
;h,.rc was 4 warming Tor what Was best
These closest Ia him in musical way:
declare that his instinct appeared Il
guide him tlncrrinSly into appreciatitC
compositions tina, were pcaned by mas
tors OF the misc.
His thrc. tarorite composers were
Brahms. Schunann and CHOPIN. lhei
rrclodiaS appealed 10 him most: posi- ol!
for the Reason tina; they put into th"iI
music tn. spirit Of The noble things o
the world. Eut l do not doubt. con
cludcd Miss Lasha0sk;l, th;tt Solotir
J RooSey.lt received the messages con
tanned in the works of these composer
because they wrote in ways grei
heart could comprehend.