The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1922-11-17
MUSIC MEMORY" CONTEST DEPARTMENT
BY MISS HARRIET R. HERMAN
Supervisor of Music, Glasgow Public Schools

Following are the numbers for the
third week of the music memory con-
test:
Sextette-"Lucia" (Donizetti).
"Oh Italia Beloved" (Donizetti).
1.-THE Marseillaise" (de Lisle).
The records may be heard in the
usual places.
Victor: 1886, 1924, 1766s.
Edison: S2225L, 5O1s6.
Columbia: 5O79, CLOG.
GaetanO DOnizetti-1797-1 848.
Donizetti was one of the most bril-
liant opera composers of the nine
teenth century. His first opera was
which he continued to compose with
great success. His ability to create
smoothly flowing and exceedingly
pleasing melodies and his skillful
handling of dramatic situations made
him very popular.
Donizetti wrote, in all, GO operas,
but the most popular is, of course.
"Lucia di Lammermoor." The celebrat-
ed sextette which occurs in the second
act is one of the best known numbers
from any opera. 1t is more than a re-
markable concerted number, it is also
so we'll fitted to the scene in which it
occurs that even the critics of Doni-
zetti have been compelled to admit
it's extreme beauty and dramatic pow
err. Edgar, the lover of Lucy, enters
the Unexpectedly just after Lucy
has been inveigled into signing the
marriage contract with Lord Arthur.
After looking silently from n to the
other of those assembled in the room,
he finally draws his sword, and on
fronting his enemy, Sir Henry, Lucy's
brother, demands an explanation. The
contrasting emotions of character
are skillfully woven into the music
as each takes up his part in the song.
This popular melody has been ar
ranged in almost every way for cho-
ruses, orchestras and solo instruments
over.
"Oh Italia Beloved" from the opera
'Lucerezia Borgia" has long been a
favorite chorus. Italy has always been
known as a land Of sunshine and song.
Its warm, sunny climate and the care
free life of it's people has undoubted-
1y been the reason for this appropriate
name. We find in italia Beloved" an
expression of this spirit, the melody
a bright and happy one, with exoui-
site harmony and the words describ-
ing the love of the Italian for his
country in an equally delightful way,
at the same time conveying an idea of
the beauty of this sunny, southern
cline.
Claude joseph Rouget de Isle
176O-1836
Rouget de Isle was a captain of
engineers in the French army. Out
side the little mountain town in which
he was born and the army posts at
which he had been stationed, no one
knew anything about him. His re-
served mi and solitary habits pre-
vented him from making friends
readily and his inclination toward
dreaminess often took him on long
rambles into the mountains while his
brother officers engaged in pranks in
the barracks. Though they liked him
because of his moodiness, his was a
lonely existence.
During the year of 1892 the mayor
of France decided that the province
of Lorraine needed a recruiting song
He planned a wonderful dinner and
invited the army officers. At the ap-
propriate time he suggested that Rou-
get de Lisle write such a song.
The young officer thought about it
through the remainder of the dinner
and when he went home that night his
soul was aflame. Until dawn he la
bored, never once feeling tired, until