Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-05-16
Miss Byrd
Wishes To
Play Here

.anle OF ooie
'''' !, .nmber of the Musical
~ ~, which which told of the work Of
T,oifred Byrd, who, 1t says.
NJ mantle of carreno.,
y al' pvrd. s daughter OF DR.. ana
" VII H. Byrd. } lis Salem her
4, 4. town, and is most desirious
Y ops l'.v,ur IN IN the northwest next
p''s ss.necially here in Salem.
y y, msnagers are trying to
y y. arrangements for a tour OF
4. y sortbwest for Miss Byrd next
~, Genius of Miss Byrd is well
..sri,ed -, in Salem and her
W. friends and admirers will
'.' .'.sr 10 read what the Music
Sonrier coS has to say of her.
~" article in part follows;
Tbs late Teresa Carreho, .
,lDorlsdged greatest woman .i pi-
',IVt Of them all, died almost i've
,,,s ago. Today many ambitious
.,,no fledglings, backed by over
..l'us % managers, are clutching
tally after the mantle OF
F,repo' even without ever hav-
= known this great artist or
Ss,rd her play. There is, howev-
, noted woman pianist before
4. ,ublic today who can speak
sHh authority on Teresa Carreno
M her great art. That pianist is
fynIired Byrd, and recently she
&6Iksd a little about her associa-
lon with Carreno.
ain the first place began
,as Byrd the other evening in
~ charming apartment near
fRivsrside Drive, New York, IL
Srvbody had told me when I first
.ssrted to study piano that l
|g0uld ever become a pupil Of the
.rsat Carreno / would have dis
missed the idea from my mind as
being too highly improbable. To
|ne the name Carreno spelt every
hing in the world. How did l
Eventually come to study with
|Ae then, you ask. It is not such
|, long story, but will try to be
concise.
"Of course the interviewer did
|ars to listen, so the tempera-
mental little lady with the bob
Asd hair, whose playing has de-
|lkhted thousands, settled back in
Il biz easy chair, the bigness OF
(which, all too large for her d.
ninutiye self, had to be filled
out with sofa pillows to support
lH body, began:
aTm from the northwest. as
|ym may know oregon - the
liud Of big open spaces and big,
broad minded people. 1t is the
part Of the country that ! real
y love the best, although l have
seen all Of America from Canada
10 the Mexican border. There Is
about the 'bigness' OF
this country that I try to reflect
b my playing, for I want my
playing to carry with it the fresh
ness Of pine laden breeze blow
Ing down from the mountains
Bringing a whiff of the heights
. the people living in the crowd
q Valleys want it to be big
md broad with nothing of the
lieayune and fussy about it,
How well Miss Byrd has sue
tseded in this particular can best
Ae seen In what the critics have
'sid about her in speaking of the
readiness Of her style and the
nesh sweep Of her playing"
Miss Byrd told her interviewer
! how she studied at the New
England Conservatory of Music
M when she had graduated
.snted to go to Europe to con-
aaue her studies. To this effect
as talked with George W. Chad
neg the then and now director
the conservatory. He advised
Z 70 go to Berlin and in a per-
setly matter of fact voice men
iehso Carreno's name as a pros
l.euVe teacher. Carreno! Ioften
'0noef nowadays il Mr.. Chadwick
members the look on my face.
heard her first in Portland,
a'son' near my home town. Her
Aa5lhg | remember as supreme
wonderful. There was some
liag about its fire and dash, the
nuaoness Of her style, that swept
!, y OIL your feet as that on no
'.l7 woman pianist has ever
..le' Alter her superb perform
'-'s ! was taken back stage to
~ ner. My memory Of this
'sa1 Is even more confused. /
~ remember a tall, queenly
.oaAa Of unusual beauty that
- eneouragingly at my slut
' TO this day 1 do not
- now ! managed to do 1t, but
s,~ ! gathered courage to
! 1s' l am coming to Berlin
-. = !oa And then my goddess
-. - ,ust as If it were the most
, -, : 'ning ever: III see you
In 1oN J, the time dragged that
-. A last I sailed from New
..,..san s,ned with an Introductory
8. 1srd proceeded to eulo-
! !, : "a aer interviewer the gsni-