The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-11-02
!. Hiding Opens
Music Study
Course

NhOhSDA1 nlsnL OIL this Weoh
marks the opening of the artist
chorus of the Music Study club
f tbis season, Albert Spalding, dis
suished violinist, being the first Of
ng. The sale of membership tickets
been very gratifying, and doubtless
Tins high school auditorium will be
pletely filled to hear this first con-
Perhaps many do not think OF
1T Spalding in the same terms that
do of Kreisler and Heifetz, yet he
ss as one of the worlds greatest
Hi nists. He is a native American,
III of wealthy parentage, having re-
ed every advantage of study both at
ne and abroad. The supreme test
e an artists value artistically ana
KS n the view point of popularity Is
list of re-engagements, and few otn-
n artists in the world today can pro-
ice such an imposing list of re-engage'
tents as Albert Spalding. Statistics
,ow that he has appeared as soiolst
18th the New York symphony orches-
20 times and many times with the
,ston symphony, the Chicago sym
,ony. Philadelphia symphony, Min.
'nolis. Cincinnati, San Francisco ana
leland. Abroad he has appeared with
the leading orchestras of Europe,
ding the London symphony, the
conseryatorie, Peterborough SYM
Nv. in Rome, in Milan, The Hague.
;erlin. in Helsingfors, in Christiania,
5onenhagep, in Stockholm, and IN
Alexandria, Egypt. -.
Mr.. Spalding owns the estate VI
Halls Croft in England, which was the
'ormer home of Shakespeare's daughter |,
an. at Stratsford-on-Avon, anu
during the past summer he found time
in this romantic atmosphere to complete
the orcbestration to new overture 10
the Tempest. The program that ne
will render here Thursday evening is
Of special brilliance, and is belng an
ticipated by Music Study club mem
bers with great pleasure.
Mrs. Gussen's New Composition
Fresh from the press of her Boston
nublisher. f. NJ. Schulz and Company
comes a new composition by Edna COCK,
81 Gussen, Birmingham's distinguished
pianist and teacher. 1t Is entltleu
"Senerade," and is a beautiful coMpo-
sition of artistic merit, equally eIleeltve
for study or recital. This IS announcer
! added to the rapidly increasing ilst u
compositions by Mrs. Gussen.
! Meeting OF nj. T. A.
: The birmingham Music Teachers as
ISOLATION will hold their regular monthly
meeting on Wednesday morning at the
Motion hotel, at IL 80 o'clock. The sec
ond of the series of Lectures on Psy-
cbology will be delivered by DIR. Roy Il.
Hoke of Birmingham-Southe college
and is being looked forward to by the
teachers, as his first lecture proved so
Interesting. There are other matteI n
of Importance to come up, and 1uil
attendance is urged. Those who cannon
attend the luncheon are requested 10
notify Mrs. George P. Dupree or MISS
Pearl Rosenfeldt.
Praise For Music Teachers
It is good to receive word OF praise
now and then. Like balm to the weary
comes this tribute to the patient and
faithful workers in the tonal art, the
music teachers of this country, VINO are
ever striving for higher standards. :.
Frederick Patton, the popular barl,
tone of the concert stage. says tha'
credit for American musical progress
"A chiefly due to her music teachers
"Do YOU know who is responsible !ol
the wonderful way in which Amerlcs
has come out of the elementary stage II
musical appreciation and become IN q
abort time the leader of the world!" N
saThe people we have to thank fol
this are not the concert artlsts, ever
though we have done much, but TN
hundreds of music teachers In httl'
towns and in cities all over the country
take off my hat to them. In th'
despairful task of trying to teach mu
sic to children with no inclination u
no ability they have never faltered II
their enthusiasm or willingness 10 ai'
the talented or interested; few nav
forgotten the ideals with which the!
started out.
They are the people who put good mu
sic on solidly established basis In Amer
lea, and 1 freely confess my dept
gratitude to them and my since esteem
for them"
Talented Montgomery Girl
Contributed to that national maya
zine nv a reader, the New York Music
Courier contains this paragraph tell
ing of a unique name in the class OF
prominent Montgomery music teacher
John Proctor Mills, Montgomery
Alabama's poet-musician, has a pan
student in his class whose name is Mis-
noqerel. but she is neither conn
strip nor a tumble of words, but
beautiful young miss interested In rea
music and does not spend her time In IN
tin pan iingling of rag or jazz. lie
initials are +. T.. D., which makes on
think of the old negro saying; ga
done bawn faw good luck, case ne
initials spells a wud."
Designed BY Miss Tardy
Among the handsome illustration
appearing in this months issue of DE
sign" a magazine devoted to the he
ramic studio and published in Syracuse
New York, is a Satsuma lamp design
ed and made by Miss Annie Southern
Tarly of Birmingham, Ala. Miss Tai
DIV is we'll known in this city as a
artist, Keramic worker, and designer
and her many friends will be glad t
learn of this recognition of her work.
The lamp is rarely beautiful IN type
done in Zinnia design. The idea
entirely original, Miss Tardy havln
caught the inspiration from a lovel
bunch of zinnias plucked from her ow
home garden. She painted the. deslgr
and made the lamp, then using IN
zinnia colors with silver over cloth to
the shade. The complete whole was
attractive that it met ready sal
right here in the city, becoming tn
property OIL MrS. o. D. OIuOOANS' wa"
home it now ornaments.
Miss Tardy studied with Mrs. OHar
and other eminent teachers. She too
a course in designing at Columbia un
versity, and is member of the keran
ic Society of Greater New York.
She has had the honor and good To-
tune to sell several of her designs
leading magazines.
The Exhibit of Prints
No more beautiful nor interestin