San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-21
TUESDAY MUSICAL CLUB

The first meeting of the Tuesday
Musical Club for this season at the
home of the president, Mrs. Eli Hertz
berg, was marked by new feature
in the general lorm Of the meeting. The
Introduction of an hours study talk
on the Fundamentals of Music
along the lines urged by the National
. Federation of Music Clubs, was begun
7by Lcfeyre Reed, head Of the depart
ment OF music in the University of
Texas.
Mr.. Reed had for his subject The
Notation Of Music and in his free
use OF the blackboard in his illus
trations and descriptions of the oe-
yelopmcnt Of the art Of expressing
musical ideas in written signs, he
aroused -hc interest and refreshed the
memories Of his hearers by his prescn-
tatiOn of the facts and theories IL re-
gard TO the comparatively modern
art.
Owing to the fact that Mr.. Reed
b. must leave promptly CT . O'Clock. the
hour for the lectures has been changed
20 ! 40 instead OF = O'Clock as was
previously announced.
The formal program OF the CLUB
meeting had Eeyptian music for It's
subject, with Mrs. j. W. Holt n
charge OF the program. Mrs. Hot :
excellent paper , the subject was
read by Miss Alice Mayficld. Mrs.
Holt began By reminding her audience
that 'the earliest type OF music Is
purely rhythu;cal. II is the simplest
and therefore the NOS, ratura! form
of musical expression. and requires
nothing 10 produce beside the pound
ing OF 4 hand or any surface. * IS
a natural expression among Al! print
tive peoples. and tle response 10 ex-
aggerated rhythmic impulse. IN the
. music of todaT. is equally primitive.
The Egy ptianS were the figst PEG.
ME 70 cultivate the art OF music and
70 give il an important place IN their
religious and nationa. life. To them
il was s divine gift, and the highest
personages in their religious cult were
/. endowed by them with the POWER 10
make music. Many wal! paintings
have been found showing a large num-
Der of musicians performing on great
VARIETY Of instruments, and others
show singers in groups. Inscriptions
have been found describing musical
performance as ar back as 1000 b. e.,
and instruments themselves OF some
what later period have been discovered.
Several rare specimens were recently
removed from the tomb OF Tutenkha-
men.
AT 10 time. however. has anything
rbeen discovered thai would lead TO
the conclusion that Egyptian music
itself had any permanent way or be-
( ing recorded or any system OF notation.
, None OF the wall paintings show any
of the musicians reading from any sort
of musical score.
We know" Mrs. Holt said, shat
Pythagoras, the philosopher OF SamoS.
founded the Greek music and phlloso-
pby. and founded it upon his previous
studies in Egypt. llrthogocas lived
and taught in Southern Italy about
.-:iJO Il. C.. and it is fairly certain
4 that his system Of music. II rot pure
" Egyntian. was, at least a close
adaptation of the Egyptian methods:
1t ia from the silent testimony OF
drawings. paintings. and sculptures in
Greece, shat we draw this conclusion
for the Greeks also have left no writ
ten music"
Mrs. Holt followed with an interest
ing account of Egyptian musical in
T struneDtS which are displayed in the
Metropolitan museum.
The program reflected the spirit
! of Egyu;ian music as nearly as nrs-
, siblc. The chant of the high priestess.
= in the temple scene in the second act
of Verdi's Aida" was beautifully sung
by Mrs. Fred Jones. The chorus,
: which accompanies this muisc, had
been re-arranged by Mrs. Holt. for a
grorp of women's voices. 1t had ef-
.fective presentation by Miss Barbara
Brown. Miss Elizabeth Longacre, Mrs.
pAnnie Oge Wickes. and Mrs. Thomas
y Leighton, sopranos and Mrs. David
/. Bernard, Mrs. 5. d. Barr, Mrs. GuJ
Simpson and Mrs. 7. II. Ilanner,
altos. The accomplishments of Mrs:
Osmah +. Bordelon, greatly enhanced
. the artistic effect.
q Mrs. Bordelon was heard to much
!. advantage in two piano numbers which
she played delightfully."-. cambridge
s Christ's Egyptian Impressions" A
. Desert Song" and ITO a Mummy.
She also gave most capable support
I. TO Walter Hancock's violin selection OF
: Luigini's Egyptian Suite" Mr.. Han
) cock was at his best, and delighted his
! hearers with his performance. Cesar
: CUTS "Orientale" was played for an
encore. =,
Little Miss Ann Trinder, 9-year-old
> piano pupil of Mrs. Edith Law. and
b daughter of Mrs. J. III. Trinder. al
: army guest member, was the talented
student presented.
Announcement was made that con
sideration of plans for Music Weel
= will be begun this month. The Mus
ical Teas" sponsored By the Tuesday
= Musical Club will open November 20
~ with Reuben Davies, pianist. Mis-
Daisy Folks appearance having bee.
postponed until December 4. Reguln,
club meetings will begin at :; O'clocl
promptly. instead of at 3 80. to fol
r low the study class which will begii
promntly at / 40.