The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-05
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a come to pass in the history of the or
 gan"
 The organ more nearly than any other
 instrument approaches the orchestra :"
 said Dr. DunSley, and to quote Alexan-
 der Russell again:
 i "Balzae called the organ a whole or
 ehestra by which he meant that It's 1 tonal resources embrace The dynamt.s { and colors Gf the orchestra. But the or
 gan is more than an orchestra, Its com- i pass exceeds by many notes the .owest | and highest of the orchestra. dynamic- | ally it Is incomparab able-there arc tole l masses in the organ which for sheer l overpowering weight of sound are to De found in no other instrument on earth; it has ten tone-colors to the orchestra's $ one-the infinite variety ohtainable by the use of individual mixtures, for ex- ample, will give pigments of an entirely i individual and unique type.
 The organ, therefore, it's not a substi- | tute for the orchestra. It has it's own l field of activity d literature which for structural interest is only equalled by the prchestrais, a capacity for sustained sorority of melody and harmony which | IS infinitely superior to any other instru- solemnity and lofty grandeur it is in ment. And in the painting of moods ot compara ble.''
 And from the organ to the orches- tra-we make the step,' said pr. Dunk ley, meaning by that that l see no reason why Birmingham, with all of Its
 musical talent, shouldn't have one of present the finest church music in the south. while symphony orchestra of ! the very best symphony orchestras in the south. Of course, there is one pro- vso-and that a very large one namely. the financial backing of the community; but again, Birmingham with all of it's wealth and being mu- sically ambitious should be willing to organize and promote and support a l good orchestra-say of at least fifty i five or sixty places. In Seattle the | symphony orchestra has seventy mem l bers and it costs about eighty thou- l sand dollars year fo maintain it. but l the pleasure it gives and the benefiH | the city derives from it fully repay the guarantors. In New Orleans the 1 Choral Symphony Society is supported | by a large guarantee fund. while the ! New Orleans Philharmonic Society 1 which has 2,G00 subscribers and which l brings the great arstists of the country I to New Orleans just as the Star Concerts bring them to Birmingham l stands back of the Philharmonic Or chestra, which was organized in 1909, and later reorganized in 1913. There is no greater factor in musical education | or musical enjoyment than an orchestra well conducted and we'll organized 1 Birmingham has. sufficient musical tal- | ent to organize a good orchestra per- haps, with an importation of two, which is nearly always necessary; then 1 when the auditorium, that much needed requisite for Birmingham musical success, is erected, and we can present l our own symphony in our own audi l torium, Birmingham will undoubtedly
 take it's place along with the most progressive and the most up-to- date
 musical cities in America.
 This is my dream and ambition for
 Birmingham-the Church of the Ad- vents magnificent organ and choir to generous proportions is organized and
 maintained, thus making music a fea- l ture of the great growth of this won- derful community" said pr. Dunkley. deprive the reader of getting this pleas ure at first hand The surprising reNe- lation which makes it seemly that Nancy stay on with the members {of | Happy House, whom she has learned to l love So much, is the crowning clima'1 in this beautiful story of adventure and love. One must read it to appreciate it. Writing is very puzzling to savages. In South America, on one occasion, native was sent by a missionary to friend with a note and four loaVes of bread. The native ate one on the way,
 and was amazed to find that the no,e discovered his theft On the next occa- sion that he was set with four loavcs he sat on the note while eating one of
 them