Woman's enterprise., 1921-12-16

Banner still wave,
Ger the land of the free and the home
of the brave?
Francis Scott Key, who wrote Am
erica's national song, composed these
verses during the bombardment Of
Fort McHenry, Baltimore, in the War
Of 1912. Key, young lawyer, sought
the release Of an American doctor,
who had been captured by the Eng
lish. With flag Of truce, he went
out to one Of the English vessels, but
as an attack on Fort McHenry had
been planned, Key was detained a
prisoner over night. During the bom-
bardment, he watched with interest to
see if the American forts were re-
sisting the attack, and when morning
dawned and he saw the Stars and
Stripes still waving in triumph he was
filled with joy. Key wrote the first
verse during the night, using as his
music a song which the English Of
ficers were singing called "To Ana
creon in Heaven" He finished the
song when he reached Baltimore, and
it was Immediately published in The
Baltimore American for September
21, 1914. The great success of the
song was unprecedented, and it re-
mains the accepted national anthem
Of America, having been so designat-
ed for use in the Navy by Act of
Congress.
La Belle France France, the Beeu-
tifuD IL. T. Laurendau). Overture
on popular French melodies.
This is not really an overture at
all, but is sort of melody of many
of the popular French airs and groups
in such a succession that the collec-
tion has some resemblance to the
overture as a form Of musical COM
position. 1t fits very we'll into the
program, the entire purpose Of which
is to assist our concert goers to an
appreciation of some of the best in
the music of the French composers.
The conductor is indebted to Mr.. J.
Saint Clair Favrot, secretary Of the
French Society, for calling his atten-
tion to this overture.
The airs include the following: La
Belle France (France, the Beautifully,
Au clair de la lune (By the light Of
the moon), Ten souviens-tu? do you
remember?), Cadet Rousselle cadet
Rousselle), lie chant de depart (The
song of parting), J'ai du bon tabac Il
have some good tobacco), LIE Roi Dag
obert (Dagobert, the King), La Mere
Michel (The mother Michel), Fanfan
LIE Tulipe (Fanfan, the Tulip, La
Bonne Adventure Good Lucky.
In the Calmness of Vision, waltz
song from Romeo and Juliette
(Charles Francois Gounod, 181s-1S93.)
Gounod's sweetly sentimental set
ting of this great tragedy of love and
death has achieved a popularity Sec
ond only to this Faust. Some critics
have called the music too insipid,
but very few who have heard the
splendid arias for Juliet will agree
with this opinion.
Romeo and Juliet overAows with
charming music, Gounod having writ
ten for the lovers some of the most
emotional passages ever composed,
and the opera has even been called "a
love duet with occasional Interrupt
tions."
It is maintained by some critics
that this waltz is too snowy and
brilliantly effective to be sung by a
! modest young girl at her first ball.
However, Gounod has written such an
uncomminly pretty waltz of exquisite
melody, that most hearers are too
delighted to inquire very closely into
questions of dramatic fitness.
Juliet:
Song, jest, perfume and dances.
Smiles, vows, love-laden glances
All that spells or entrances
In one charm blend
AS in fair dreams enfolden
Born Of fantasy golden.
Sprites from fairyland olden,
One me now bend,
Forever would this gladness
Shine on me brightly as now,
Would that never age or sadness
Threw their shade Ger my brow!
lie Cygne (The SWAMI (Camille
Saint-Saens, 1857.
No work of the famous French COM
poser, Camille Saint-Saens, has been
more universally popular than this
charming short tone picute, which the
] composer has inscribed 1.-THE Swan"