Arizona republican., 1921-07-31
MUSICAL NOTES
BY EUGENE REDEWILL

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 Concerning American symphony , orchestras we find the same old struggles for existence by many of the Organizations. It has been defi- nitely demonstrated that no large symphony orchestra can subsist <fth- out a guarantee fund which is gen. erally supplied by we'll to do citizens and businesS men. Such cities as Minneapolis. Detroit, Cincinnati and San Francisco have the backing of the business body. and contributions from these sources are on the order of advertising benefit to the respec- tive city. On account of union diff faculties the symphonies of Boston and Minneapolis have practically been disbanded and a new personnel have been engaged. But it takes time to build An orchestra. Years of pgac- tice is necessary to cover the large volume of musical literature in order to effect leading combination. Some of the newer orchestras have come into prominence and among these are the Tri- City Symphony of Davenport, Iowa. This orchestra has decided to discontinue soloist performance .n connection with their concerts for reason that the soloist distracts atten- ton from the work of the orchestra, and the newspapers devote more space to the talents of the artist than to the efforts of the players. The Philharmonic orchestra of Los An geles is exceedingly fortunate in hav- ing the backing of w. H. Clark. Jr. Mir. Clark e well known in Arizona, satisfied with the way the old Los Angeles Symphony was being man aged 10 he built his own orchestra, which in the course of a couple of years put the Los Angeles orchestra out of business. w. H. Clark, Jr., has made substantial donations to the fund for musicians suffering from the world war. and the noted society of Austrian Musicians at Vienna has conferred upon him the honor of hav- ing his name written on the much names of Mozart, Haydn and Beet hoven, Schubert and other notables of the music world have been en- graved. The Los Angeles Philhar- moriic orchestra will undoubtedly continue to grow until 1t is leading factor in western musical activity. They contemplate an eastern tour, and while this is of course little in advance of their accomplishments.
 
 which can be depended upon to pro mote the development of the musical body.
 John D. Rockefeller engaged the famous Goldman band of New York to celebrate his eighty second birth day with a two hour band concert. By this special request. the band played medley of southern airs. In . cluding, of course, >"Suwanee River" "Old Black Joe and My Old Ken lucky Home. To add somewhat serious character to the music, the The Tales of HoffmAnn." But the greatest delight of the veteran oil man and multi millionaire was that provided by Ernest F. Williams who played a corner solo. This enthueed John D. so that he made the soloist give two encores.
 A boy prodigy has been discovered in Tacoma, Wash. Robert Murray, it is said, can sing staccato tones in altiesimo, beyond the last note of a piano keyboard. Throat specialists and vocal scientists have agreed that nature has endowed the boy with equipment not duplicated by any
 
 | ist has described his as '.the geo.
 metrical brain, so much described by Plato.' Murray's voice will develop | into a tenor, of probably the cobra | tura type, something unusual in male | singers, but it will be at least a | couple years until his voice is settled l Some very sensible advice is given the boy by pr. Frank E. Miller. {
 throat specialist This advice could
 be utilized by all youthful students oi | the voice; ft reads as follows:
 T am of the opinion that his voice | which is a world voice. should be l presented before the public at this l time, under proper care and limita- | tions without the 60 -called extreme stunts that I have described him ca | pablo of, and that the future voice l which can now be determined with | reasonable certainty to be tenor. car l best be developed and preserved tc
 a great world tenor by so doing The latest reports concerning tht
 health of Caruso is that his voice i' I unimpaired by his recent illness, ana l that his tones are as good as ever l The outcome as to whether he will b' I able to return to the Metropolitan fol l strenuous work depends upon th' I healing of his chest and air chambers l Even though his voice were perfec yet it would be of little importance tt
 his resuming the stage unless he re
 gains the strength and endurance
 necessary to carry him through th'
 strength taxing roles in which Ceru
 so has been so famous. Critics hav'
 recently stated that Caruso was il
 his prime up to the time of his Illness
 His tone had lost its harshness-lik one critic who asserted that "Carus,
 screams" his musicianship ha' gained so that his last interpretation
 surprised even his close friends. am
 his acting was practically finishe' and had lost all of that oo-much at home manner that gave his entranc on the stage the concert platform aii rather than the desirable subordina ton necessary in grand opera.
 Artists press notices sent in fo
 publication are sufficiently amusin to comment on. In the first plac press agents are extraordinary crea lures. They operate on percentag
 basis, that is, they realize that onl five per cent of what they write get into the news columns. and so the
 write away and send it in bunche: alphabetically indexed or numbere from sheets 1 to 50, their sole en deavor being to hit upon somethin that will get by the watchful eye c the department editor. The Chi Hickory Stick says Jennie Squeak um's voice is high on the lowe tones;" The Australian Banan say Herr Scratcheutsky' tone on tn violin is as beautiful as anything els invisible;" the Nippon Jiu Jitsu say Leopold Poundowsky's plano play inc is narticptar rnUerfl1lo and (