MUSIC AND MUSICIANS
(My Clarence Desdunes.)
THE PROBLEMS OF TECHNIC
All technic must conform to its in
strument. The violin was made to
suit, the hand, not the hand to suit the
violin, hence its technic must be based
on a natural logic of hand movement.
The whole problem of technical con
trol is encountered in the first change
of position on the violin. If we vio
linists could play in but one position
there would be no technical problem.
The solution of this problem means,
speaking broadly, the ability to play
the violin. Violin playing is really no
abstract mystery. It's as clear as
geography in a way. One might sa>
the whole art is bounded on the south
by the G string, on the north by the
E string, on the west by the string
hand, and that is about as far as the
Clarence Desdunes
comparison may be carried out. The
point is, there are definite boundaries,
whose technical and esthetic limits
may be extended, and territorial con
trol. To me violin playing means tak
ing your fiddle in your hand, and do
;ng just what you want with it. And
that means having the right finger i
on the right place at the right time;
but don’t forget that to be able to do i
this you must have forgotten to think
your fingers as fingers. They should
be simply unconscious slaves of the!
player’s psychic expression, absolutely
subservient to his ideal. Too many !
people reverse the process and become j
slaves to their fingers. And if the j
violin is not held at the proper angle, i
it is just as though a piano were to
stand on a sloping floor. Too many
students play with the violin on the
bow, instead of holding the violin
steady and letting the bow play.
' Next week: The Staccato Bowing,
JUDGE ARTHUR G. WRAY
independent candidate fo Govemoi,
will speak next week as follows:
October 26, 8 p. m.. City Audi
torium, Lincoln.
October 28, 8 p. m., City Audi
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torium, Omaha.
Judge Wray is not the candidate of
any party, but of all the progressive
voters in all parties. After his name
on the ballot will appear the words
“by petition.” In an interview’ on the
Negro question he said:
“I favor absolutely equal political
rights for Negroes. The Constitution
does not recognize the color line and
a Governor I would not. ap
oiuti.enls would be made on the
is of. merit alone and a colored
n and a white man w’ould stand on
.actly the same plane, no more and
I o less.
The Omaha mob of one year ago
: the foulest stain on the white page
T Nebraska . history. While I am
Governor there will be no mobs or
lynchings in Nebraska. In 1912 I as
sisted Theodore Roosevelt in organiz
ing the Progressive party .and like
him I believe in using the ‘big stick’
if necessary to enforce law and or
der.”
INTELLIGENCE CONTEST NO. 9
Prize for perfect answer.$5.00
Prize for 95 per cent of answers. 3.00
>rlze for 90 per cent of answers. 2.00
1. Who was reputed to be the
strongest man in Biblical history?
2. What did Queen Isabella have j
to <io with the discovery of America?
3. Who wrote “The Waverly!
Novels ?"
4. Who is the author of “Rip Van j
Winkle?” ;
5. What soldiers in the great wai ].
were called: Doughboys? Poilu ?
Boche ? |
6. Who war “Jeff’ Davis?
7. With what invention were the j ]
Wright Brothers connected ? ! ]
8. Which American league base-'.
hall team won the pennant this year? J
9. Which baseball team won the ]
world series this year? ■
10. How many games were played ]
in the world series this year? Which
of the games were won by the Cleve
land American league team?.
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contest. Send answers in promptly.
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questions.
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office not later than one week after
date of Issue on w’hicb same appear.
A'political meeting was held at St.
John’- A. M. E. church last Friday
night. The Rev. J. H. Mixon, D.D., of
siding elder of the ,
Methodist church, w-as the speaker.
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Arthur G.
WRAY
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE for GOVERNOR
TO THE VOTERS OF NEBRASKA:
As the Independent Candidate for Governor, I
will greatly appreciate your support.
I was bom, reared and educated at York, Ne
braska. My people eame to York county in 1869.
I have served a&>.Judge for York county, Mayor of
York, President of York Welfare Board, President
of York Parents-Teachers Association, and Presi
dent of The State Social Workers Association. At
the present time, I am chairman of the General
Child Welfare Committee of the Children’s Code
Commission.
If elected, I will be obligated to no organization,
political party, political boss or machine, and I
will be absolutely free to serve the best interests
of the state without fear or favor. I will wage a
war without quarter on profiteers. My appoint
ments will not be influenced by color, race, re
ligion, wealth, political party or social standing.
Each applicant will stand or fall on his own merits.
It may be considered old-fashioned but I believe
that more Christian men and women should be
elected and appointed to office. Mrs. Wray and
myself are the parents of three children. We want
them to grow to manhood and womanhood in a
state where Christian principles in government
prevail. Money making is important but clean
living is even more important.
ARTHUR G. WRAY.
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