Arizona republican., 1922-04-04
MUSICAL HISTORY
OF ARIZONA GIVEN
BY MUSICIANS CLUB

A musical history of Arizona or,
better. a musical representation of the
romance. the strange beauty, and the
soft artistry of the great Southwest,
was the conception behind the eve-
ming of desert song and verse given
by the Musicians club last evening
at the the Woman's club under the
direction of a committee headed by
Mrs. III. NJ. Fennemore.
Almost every phase of the music
that has entered into the life of this
part of the world was shown dur
ing the rendition of last evenings
program. Modern compositions por-
trayed the best musical ideas in
spired by the beauty of the desert in
the minds of trained talent; tribal
songs of the Hopis and the Pin1as
gave an insight into the musical life
of aborigines who still live. in many
respects, the lives of their forefath-
ers; Spanish lyrics and dances
brought the audience back to the
storied days of the hidalgo and fair
senoritas and cavaliers in laces and
silk with slim blades hanging at their
sides: Gregorian chants created new
pictures of the patient franciscan
friars who hundreds of years ago
gray desert or labored for the faith
among strange peoples. and even a
cowboy song was sung to picture
the West as it is where the high
grass has not been disturbed by the
plow of the homesteader and where
herds Of, half wild Herefords forget
they are the beginnings of tender
loins and rare rib roasts.
The program was well attended,
the auditorium OF the club house be-
ing filled to the doors. The event
had aroused widespread interest
throughout the city, and music low
ers in general were attracted by the
unusual character and worth Of the
entertainment. The program was
well arranged and was given with a
smoothness and carefulness which is
| sometimes lacking in affairs OF this
kind.
The opening number was a Des-
ert Suite, Homer Grunn, by the Phoe-
nix Union high school orchestra. The
suite is divided into two parts "At
Sunrise" and "Cholla Dance" and
both numbers were well played and
well received.
The next two numbers were tribal
songs and dances. the first being OF
the Hopis and the second of the
Pimas. The Hopi selections, "Ka-
Capti,' and Naval ST." are OF the
snake and deer clans. The Pima
tribal songs were three in number
and were characterizations of the
traditional Indian song themes. This
| part OF the program was given by
/ Emma Grant and Eva Grant Miles
| and was a fitting introduction to the
1 fata fa4l
Dorothy and Frances Hamilton
| then gave two Spanish dances. which
| were beautiful in every step. the tan
go and Spanish waltz. The dane
/ ing of Misses Hamilton was perfect.
| ~ prepared and was alive with an.
/ imation and grace of Spanish art.
A quartet consisting of George
Grasso. Dennis Gleason, e. C. StuH1
and F.. A. Harrington then sang rep.
resentative selections in the Grego-
rian chant that species of ritual plaif
song which was invented by Pope
4 Gregory for the singing of ecles
iastical music in churches and which
! has become obligatory in the Roman
Catholic church. The chanting wal
not only perfectly executed. but i
gave a definite idea Of the kind o.
| music that accompanied the Jesuit
4 II
neys through western America.
A unique number followed. Thi;
was the playing OF two selections
"Bloom and Blossoms Waltz" ant
"Sobre Las Olas." by a stringed or
chestra m ade up of nine Indian girl
from st. Johns mission, which i
conducted for the Indians of thi
part of the state by the Francisco
fathers on the desert south of Phoe
nix.
Yua Sonstegard King. who i
4 known perhaps as the foremost read
er of the state. then read "The Rancl
Woman's Prayer" by Sharlot Hal
and another composition of her own
.'The Bradshaws." This number wa
followed by a selection. "One tn
Mesa" by the high school orchestra
and then Calvin Boies sang a cowbo.
song. when the Work is Done Thi
Fall"
The Dolores Ramirez orchestra
consisting of violin. flute. cornei
trombone and cello. then played twl
Spanish compositions. Linda Mexi
cana" and "Veintidos de Julio" Thi
number was followed in turn by tw,
Spanish songs sung by Mrs. II. Adel
Enyeart. LA Perjura" and LAS vi
oletas." A Spanish dance was thel