THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 24, 1920. -
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MUSI CI
By HENRIETTA M. REES.
I DO not care what a musician
does, if what he does brings pro
( portioual results. When he has
mannerisms, I want just so much
more result on the musical, or artis
tic side, so that I may maintain my
listening equilibrium. For manner
isms are handicaps, and they distract
the attention of the listener so that
he is not able to receive the full
share of musical enjoyment which
should be his. It reminds one of
the ice cream into which salt has got
ten. I can forgive a singer for in
stance, if he doesn't open his lips
half an inch, nor change expression
once if he can sing like John Mc
Cormack, or Caruso. But on the
other hand, I do not believe it can
be done. I have heard a ereat manv
singers who did not know how to
open their mouths horizontally, ver
tically or any other way, and none
oi mem nave ever done it.
On the contrary, I can also for
give a singer whom one might suS'
pect of acute internal pains, j
mouthful of hot mush, and a long
nair, on me tongue which she is try
ing to eliminate, unsuccessfully, if
over and above her contortions there
is a powerful interpretation of the
song,' so thrilling and intense, that
we tnrow the mannerisms to the side
with as little thought as we would
an old brown paper, which had been
wrapped about a priceless vase. '
But I can't forgive the singer who
makes alt the faces, whose cords
stand out on the neck, and whose
eyes almost pop out, whose singing
cannot overbalance, but rather
matches the manner. And all this
regardless of beauty of voice. It
is perfectly legitimate if one sings
of joy to try to look happy. What
ever assists the interpretation of
music as music w legitimate. ;
Every one forgives the great De
Pactunann, for even though notori
ous eccentricities are his, he
pidys me piano witn a tone and in
terpretation rivalled by few. And
I'll forgive any one else, any eccen-
invity or maiosynerasy ne may nave,
it he, at the same time, will play as
well as De Pachmann. But until he
does, I will not, and between now and
'.then, there is time for most pianists
to learn to play without them. Like
Godowsky, perhaps, who does not
use them. One cannot forgive man
nerisms, when they mean nothing,
and there is so much else to be tor
given, too. How often are. they
necessary?
Mannerisms in music are of two
kinds. There re the conscious and
, tb unconscious. The teachers a
musician has had are greatly to
blame for the unconscious ones, for
these should have been corrected in
the studio, behind the scenes, long
before a public career is planned. As
for the conscious mannerism, this Is
more pften met -with in the amateur
or semi-pi'ofessional, for the person
who has attained real musical heights
does not usually bother, considering
it rather poor taste. Lowell, in
"Among My Books," says:
"The secondary intellect seeks for
excitement in expression, aad stim
ulates itself into mannerism, which
is the wilful obtrusion of self, as
style is its unconscious abnegation."
Anna Case,' soprano, "a rarely
beautiful woman with a really beau
tiful voice," will be presented by the
Tuesday Musical club in a sontr re
cital on Thursday evening, Novem
ber 11, at 'the Brandeis theater at
8:15 o'clock, in the opening program
of the season. The date of this
concert has been changed from Sun
day afternoon, November 7, to the
date announced above. Among her
many press notices is the following
from the pen of George Hoyt Smith
of Jacksonville, Fla., said to be the
ablest and most fastidious critic in
the Palmetto state: ,
"She sings, sometimes in English,
sometimes in French or Norwegian
or Swedish, the gamut of emotions
in touched, from the plaint of the
' disappointment of a lover to the in
vitation to the 'dance and the de
scriptive ballad. The famous aria
from 'Louise.' given in dramatic
style; a MacDowell Slumber Song,
from one to another, this beautiful
woman, arrayed in a gold-colored
satin gown, with cobwebby peacock
draperies, trilled and pleaded, war
bled and intoned, a wonderful mag
netic, dainty bit of inspired human
ity, swaying the assembled adorers
to every mood. ;
"Of her artistry there can be no
question; her voice needs only to b?
heard to win the highest encomiums,
even from those who grudgingly be
stow credit where credit is due. I
have never heard a more perfectly
modulated voice or more greatly en-
Pearl White's Success
Creates Happy Smile
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"Smile and the world smiles with
you,' declares the pretty aerial
queen. And Pearl White has plenty
of reason to smile for success in her
first feature, "The White Moll,"
playing at the Moon theater this
week, has come to her.
She will play exclusively in fea
tures in the future, she declares.
joyed a concert program.
For years one of the greatest ad
mirers of Marcella Sernbrich, and
always in love with Lillian Nordica,
I can place Anna Case in that same
I list her personality, her voice and
her art give her place with the great
est and best of them." .
Miss Case will be accompanied at
the piano by Charles Gilbert Spross,
the well-known composer-pianist,
many of whose' songs have been in
troduced to the public by her.
The news that Sousa's band will
visit Omaha for two concerts on
the afternoon and evening of No
vember 10 will be received with
pleasure by many " music lovers.
Sousa's band holds a unique place
in the musical life of this country,
and 'Sousa's marches are known
throughout the civilized world. This
is the twenty-eighth year of activity
. for Sousa's band, and a record of
longevity for one band under one
' leader.. The band has not been
heard in Omaha for several seasons,
and as it is- booked for South Ameri-
can music- centers next year, and
for concerts in Europe the year fol
lowing, it will probably be some
time before the opportunity is of
fered again. '
IrK addition to the ensemble of
his band, Mr. Sousa will bring to
Omaha a number of soloists, in
cluding Miss Winifred Bambrick,
harpist; John Dolan, cornet virtu
oso; Miss Mary Baker, soprano;
Miss Florence Hardeman, violinist;
Ellis McDiarmid, flutist, and George
. J. Carey, xylophonist The band
will appear at the municipal Audito
him, under the management of Mr.
Francke. '
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Dean Stanley of the American
Guild of. Organists asks that the
programs which the members of the
guild will prepare for November 7
be outlined as soon as possible and
that a copy of each be sent to the
music columns of the daily papers
not later than October 28. At a re
eent,m''' of the local chaoter of
the guild it was decided that everv
organist who is a member of the
guild prepare some special music for
tne aoove date, at either the morn
ing or evening service. The guild
aims to aid and improve the music
ot tne service, and the special pro
grams of November 7 are the first
activity pf the members this season.
The Polyphonic society, the
musical organization directed by Dr.
R. Mills Silby, which made Us bow
to the public last year in, the muni
ciptal concert held in the City audi
torium, will resume rehearsals on
Monday evening, October 25, in the
chapter room of St Cecilia cathedral
at 8:15. New members will be ad
mitted. The Polyphonic society will
also be remembered for the concert
given at the Brandeis theater last
June. St. Cecilias choristers, who
also appeared at this occasion, have
greatly increased in their member
ship and have augmented their
repertoire by the addition of a num
ber of new songs. Dr. Silby an
nounces that all of hst years' class
in vocal training have successfully
passed the required examination.
We asked one of our hiirh-brow
friends how she .liked Caruso.
'Oh, well enough," was the reolv.
"but you know, I don't care for con
tinual climaxes. I never could en
thuse over the minister either who
could achieve a climax in announc
ing the meeting of the Ladies' Aid
society.
"Some people are born phlegmatic.
and others like Parsifal." Musical
Courier.
Eleanor Jane Lear, pianist, will be
heard in recital on Thursday eve
ning, November 4, at the V. W. C A.
auditorium. Miss Lear has studied
piano with A.: MBorglum'of this
city, and with Wager Swayne ' in
San Francisco. Miss Lear will be
assisted by Gertrude Miller, lyric
soprano, and Mrs. Ray Abbott, ac
companist. Miss Lear will play a
program of representative piano
numbers, including the, Beethoven
Sonata, opus 2 No. 3, a group from
Chopin and a group of miscellaneous
numbers and "Military March" by
Schubert-Tausi.?.
Dane In Comedy. '
Robert Anderson, ' the Danish
photopiay star; who gained success
playing opposite Dorthy Phillips in
"The Right to Happiness" and other
Universal productions and who will
soon be seen with her in "Once to
Every Woman," is making a name
for hinself in the comedy field. He
has been featured with Joe Moore in
Century comedies and is now taking
part in the five-real comedy feature,
"The Hotel Hermit," which the Cen
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in California
South American Story.
Frank Mayo's current production
is "The Throwback," a romance of
the South American rubber country,
written and directed by Jacques Jac
Curd. After spending two weeks on
location at Balboa, the company is
now working on a South American
village erected on the tiver bottom
at Universal City. Prominent in
the supporting cast are Edward
Coxen, Gordon Sa:kville, Helen
Lynch, Dagmar Godcwsky, Irene
Blackwell and others.
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In Plays Is Cure
' For Biased Minds
That the strong prejudice "har
bored by motion picture producers
against pictures dealing with re
ligious themes is rapidly disappear
ing is the belief of Benjamin A.
Prager, well-known film producer.
The public's warm reception to "The"
Miracle Man," "Earthbound," "The
Right of Way" and other photo
plays motivated by a religious
thought has forced film nftguls into
a less dogmatic and a broader atti
tude toward the theological theme
with the result that pictures of this
type will Virtually dominate the
market during the coming year, says
Mr. Prager.
To substantiate this belief he
points to the recent production of
Hall Cain's, "The Christian,"
Winston Churchill's "The Dwelling
Place of Light," "The Stealers."
William Allen White's "In the Heart
of a Fool," "The Scoffer" and scores
of pictures of a similar character
propounding religious doctrines or
centering on a religious thought.
This trend, he says, will eventually
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tion of the motion picture from the
clergy which heretofore has ac
corded it scant often derogatory
notice. Moreover, he adds, by giv
ing thought and substance to screen
stories, the religious theme will do
much to broaden the appeal of the
photoplay.
Unable to reconcile religion with
entertainment, producers for a long
time have invariably considered the
filming of a religious theme as a ven
ture predestined to failure," said Mr.
Prager. '"The public comes to the
theater to be entertained not to be
sermonized,' they . argued But
George Loane Tucker's 'The Miracle
Man proved the fallacy of their con
tention, for it was a religious pic
ture at the apex of its power, com
bining recreative value with uplift
ing thought without distorting
values. -f
"By 'religious picture' I do not
mean a palpable effort at preach
ment nor the visualization of a sec
tarian creed. I refer to a. picture
which derives its drama from some
broad principle of religion to which
all - systems subscribe, such as
staunch belief in the Divine Power,
or faith, piety and morality.
"The Tucker production earned
Stage Romances Are Short Lived and Lax .
In Happiness, Katherine MacDonald Says
7j9 Mi nhrWJh
Which is the strongest an actress' love for the glamor of the foot-,
lights, or her home and babies? In the above scene Katherine Mac-
Donald as an actress who has become domesticated in "Curtain,";
playing at the Strand theater this week, and Charles Richman, her
leading man, have; an understanding on the matter. ,
the rich rewards it reaped if for no
reason other than it swept away the
unjustified discrimination against re
ligious themes. Stories of this
type are now at a premium. The
vogue of the religious theme must
endure if the motion picture is to
progress, for the screen art. is vital
ly in need of more substantial fare
than vapid sentiment and airy ro
mance." StroheimY Find ,
Cesare Gravina, noted Italian ac
tor, has an important character nple
in Von Stroheim's next contribution
to the silent drama, "Foolish
Wives," now being produced at Uni
versal City. Mr. GraVina has ap
peared at the head of his own com
pany not only in Rome, Venice, Mi
lan and other Italian metropolitan
centers, but has anted in all the Eu
ropean capitals and in South Amer
ica. He has been decorated by, the
king of Italy and the kirig of Spain
and counts Ettrico Caruso among
his friends and admirers. Gravina
recently scored a hit in "Scratch My
Back." .
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