The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-14
NUMBERS FOR MUSIC
MEMORY CONTEST
Twenty-FOur Selections Familiar to All
but Which Comparatively Few
Can Tell by Name.
The committee on the music memor,

The committee on the music memory
contest being sponsored by Brattleboro
Community Service announces, through
its chairman. Miss Izetta NJ. Stewart.
the "A numbers which are to be used
1t will be seen that there are many
numbers which are familiar to every
body through frequent hearing, such az
Sousa's Stars and Stripes Forever. and
that beloved Christmas carol, Silent
Night How many people know who
wrote this carol which everybody
knows?
Everybody has heard From the Land
of the Sky Blue Water, and Beethoven's
AIinuet in G, but there are still many
who. when they hear them, have to turn
to their neighbor or consult the program
to be sure of the name.
Such selections as Morning, from the
Peer Gvnt Suite. and the Pilgrims
Chorus from Tannhauser are frequently
played in the moving picture theatre.
but most people cannot give the names
of them or tell Just what the composer
had in mind when he wrote them
1t is the object of the music memory
contest to make everybody who will
take little time familiar with all these
p selections. Since the complete list
viii not he printed in the newspaper
again, readers should clip this article
and preserve il for reference IT will
be seen that three items are givp-thc
name of the comnosition. the name of
the composer and his nationality.
The contest is a movement inaurl1r-
ated to spread tn" knowledge and love
of good music through a contest in
RECOGNIZING and naming "a famous COM
positions when they are heard. 1t Is
00en to everyone without fee or regis
tration. For further details telephone
POS
The Reformer in later stories viii ex-
plain the contest selections.
The winners will be awarded prizes
Snecial prizes will be awarded those
who make the most beautiful scrap
books based on the music memory con-
test. Following is the list of selections:
From the Land of Sky Blue Water.
Cadman. American.
Ninuct in G.. Beethoven. German.
Triumphal March from Aida, Verdi.
Italian.
Scxtet from Lucia di Lammermoor.
Donizctti, Italian.
Stars and Stripes Forever, Sousa.
American.
Unfinished symphony, lst Movement.
Barcarolle. from Tales of Hoffman,
Ohenbach. French.
Danse Macabre Dance of Death
Saint Saens, French.
Old Black Joe. Foster, American.
Liebestraum dream of Love- No. g.
List. German.
Melody in f. Rubenstein. Russian.
Oh for the Wings of a Dove, Mendels-
sohn, German.
Largo from the New World Symphony,
Dvorak. Bohemian.
Miuuet from Don Juan. 4I5zart, Aus
trian.
Two Grenadiers. Schumann, German.
Morning; and In the Hall of the
Mountain King. from Peer Gynt Suite,
Grieg. Norwegian
To a Wild Rose. MacDowell. Ameri-
can.
Pilgrims Chorus from Tannhauser,
Wagner. German.
Marche Slav. Tchaikovskv. Russian.
Silent Night. Gruber. Austrian.
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Negro
Spiritual. American.
Blue Danube Waltz. Strauss, Aus
trian.
Polonaisc Militaire. Chopin. Polish.
HqHoluiah Chorus from "The Mes
siah" Handel Auglicizcd German.
Father. mother and all Of the children
are invited to take part in the contest.