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CLIFTON AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, 01110
PAGE SEVEN ,
THE DETROIT JEWISI-t CHRONICLE
g4gt4 IN THE REALM of MUSIC
JEWISH MUSIC.
our brotherl in Palestine. \\'e can
prove this by developing a keen sense I
for originality and by cultivating a
feeling of jealousy for our national
Uuc w ho followed the programs of
treasures and by following the advice
In 1917, ,then the city was facing the musical concerts during the last
of the poet: "lie a 'Jew and a man
a new era of culture, the call to arms comet t season, as well as previous ill the street."—Jewish Advocate.
seasons, could surmise that the musi-
,
: a purely.
I
'
sponded nobly, unselfishly, forgetful cal Pr"lr" ."' " has hermit ,
of all other interests, proving by her Jewish 1 "” le "" di: that all the Mi 'dia '; TWO ARTISTS ADDED
Sashas, the "Russian"
Yashas
'aver - the-fop' mrthuds, that she violinists ""d pianists,
TO GANAPOL STAFF
h "" " m" °1m-
"first in war, and first in peace."
musical profession. Among
Perhaps in no other circles was the lined the
„„,oe keenly the composers on the programs,
The t ianapol School of Musical
strain ofwar - time fell
names of Jewish composers of the Art announces the following acquisi-
lint
than in the musical coterie.
gradually, in the ten months of peace. highest rank are not a rarity. Jewish tion, to their faculty season:
f rom the bloat conductors of symphonic or operatic Ottokar NIalek, distinguished liohem-
Devii i i i s
bundant. "Uhere are
Ian 0)11011 pialliSt and teacher, a
dealt her in the World war. orchestras area
o
numberless compinitio ns ot a !nosh
the celebrated Prague
The temporarily depleted ranks of
melodies
placid
graduate
of
character, of Jewish
musicians her are tilling rapidly
'Ntired
t . ° " ervut°r Y and student
all over the world CVO's'
a "Shunt tomenield and Leschetisky, fur the
with the men returned from the strug-
Jewish wedding ur
gle and-everywhere there is manifest-
Nirs '
1,"" n°
Hatorali" we always hear our musi- artist
0011. e'reeman, former inenwer of
ed a far greater interest in educational th us
the sane' old
the New York Symphony Orchestra
affairs than lit 1917.
C hakes" or Russian "Komarim
wider \Valter Damrosch, and concert
Musical Boom.
shies," times sung by the Russian sol -
"", for the advanced
nkt
1'
P,ia
Music faces an unprecedented boom. diet- , to senseless and vulgar words."
„.“ r id by classes; Nliss Jennie Peterson and
in
Advance. enrollments in the various
Merritt for the intermediate
musical institutes throughout the city Jewish children or adults, born in Mr ' . Ad " Additiunal instructors for
merica „r Americanired. slio„1.1
and suburbs indicate a big demand
i4
g rades are the Misses
innin
he
g
in
and
dance
to
the
tunes
of
the
for more instructors. Many of the Mice
and Itlargaret Farnham, Margaret Tor-
private schools have ;ill-catty doubled scmi-b arbarie R ussian t • iis,ack,
inesuim , rence and A lice Clora. M r. Bernard
their staffs in anticipation of a re- not knowin g th eir origin,
,i Sturm and NIr. Julius Sturm will re-
ense-
m
cord year, Others are constantly that s uch nonsense. is the product i
There is no won- ble
turn classes.
for the violin,
cello L.
and
seeking more teachers. and all musi- the Jewish genius. cossatchk
Mr. Boris
Ganapol
,..... and
der n iiy the ,,, ..
cal schools are set for the "biggest"
"Polvskies" and other Slavic tunes are will
the departments.
direction of the vocal
year in history.
and resume
theoretical
The symphony orchestra has wield- never hear to be played in a Jewish
ed a potential influence our De- house. The Jewish children feel, in-
Other stinctively. that it is a foreign pro- Alan Kopelson's School of
musically
troit's
"whiled.
smaller orchestras are preparing for duct, w Melt is to be played only at a
Music Opens 4th Season
indi-
ndi- lweddingIO sus the " old folks .
the winter concert season
This phenomenon is due 'nerdy to
vidual
vidual artists are preparing new rep-
carele:sne ss -Carelessness on the part
ertoires for the winter's work.
Alan Kopelson's School of l'inno-
to demand
music of a forte, a school conducted on scientific
of the public and
Jewish character.
Concert Season Opens.
more decent
of the principles, opened its fourth season
The concert season in Detroit will
and c areleSSIleSS 011 the part
hegira Sunday, Sept. 28, with the Sis- j i.,.i s i l musician ii , collect and prat September 80. 11r. Kopelson's orig-
Mal methods and ideas have produc-
tine Choir, at the Arcadia auditorium.
t ice the proper music.
ed performers and teachers who have
This world-famous quartette from
Chassidic
Melodies.
Hiiet
with great success. lie cm-
the Sistine Chapel Choir of Rome,
There are hundreds of melodies ploy's'a comprehensive system which
has been secured through the efforts
of the Michigan Philharmonic Bu- which were sung at the tables of the has won much favorable press corn-
Chassidic Rabbis. Their musical and mint.
reau for a single recital.
Mr. Leopold Wolfson. eminent
The history of the fatuous Sistine national "hie is i"" tl"'"•
I'l' With
Choir is a fascinating one and dates the destruction of hundreds of Jew- teacher of New York, speaks of Mr.
ish
communities
with
the
slaughter-
Kopelson's
work in New York City:
back to the earliest centuries when
much of the song then in vogue was ing of so many tens of thousands of "1 have had repeated opportunities
directly traceable to the cantillation Jews in the recent wave of pogroms to admire Mr. Kopelson's unusual
still current in the services at the III the Slavic coantries, those melodies talent, great persistence and industry.
great Temple at Jerusalem. 'Thus, arc apt to get lost and forgotten. Ili. is an experienced and skillful
many of the sacred songs . bear dis- There are, however, in America man) pianist and teacher. His alert and
1.,
inlet traces of their Jewtsli origin. Jews of a former generation who were inventive mind am pa s
Their program, however, will not be sitting at the rabbis' table and still thusiasm in his work guarantee a
confined to church music alone, but remember those melodies. But so tar thorough training to his pupils.
will include madrigals, canzonettas no attempt has been made to col.'
and selections from standard operas. lest those melodies and to substitute y For the accommodation of the
. ,distance,
othounger
pupils
and competent
those living
at
.ch-
a
Tickets for this concert may .1)e . ob- them at Jewish weddings or any er
two very
tea
tained at the offices of the Mtchtgati occasions for the vulgar "Cossachkes. ern s under the supervision of !tin hop-
..ris'on
give lessons at the pupils' rest-
Philharmonic Bureau, 17 Book B ldg.
, ] i There are also many original selec-
ot silences.
IB mark the tions produced by the composers
The Sistine Choir
s.
.
cots
first of a series of the most elaborate Yiddish musical plays w
concert programs ever arranged for played successfully by our Klessmer,
Detroit. \I any of the world-famous but since there is no demand for
artists have abstained from concert Jewish music our musicians do not
work during the war and many will care to be ambitious and efficient
while the old "Cossatchke" is still in,
make their first visits to this city.
style and still appeals to the senses
of a half-drunk "Nlechutan."
Mr. Louis Gordon, fur the past
"liatikvah" Not Known.
seven years head of the Hebrew
School at Superior, \Vis., has been
An example of indifference on the'
engaged as principal of the Talmud parts of the public and the musicians
Torah maintained by the Congrega- was shown at a recent theatrical per-
tion Temple of Aaron, Minneapolis, formance in Boston by a Yiddish cast
front New York. The play was Yid-
Minn.
dish, the actors were Jews and the
public—needless to say, WO per cent
Jews. Before the rising of the cur-
tain the American hymn was played,.
the public applauded. Then the new
Russian hymn was played and the
gives graduates the experience
public applauded. Then the "Nlar-
necessary and teaches them to
seillaise" was played, and the public
play all standard and popular or-
applauded. Then many other hymns
chestral and ()tiler mnsic without
and selections were played between
further experience. orchestral
the acts, but the hymn of the people
rehearsals weekly. Special atten-
of the audience was not played. When
,
tion gl en to the teaching of \ iolin,
a demand was made on the musician
Piano, Flute, Clarinet, Tronthone,
to play the "Ilatikvah . ' they flatly
Cornet, 'Cello and Voice. Cornet
refused without offeritt any reason.
and Trombone playere are fitted
Many of our optimists that
with mouthpieces to enable them
prophesy great prosperity on the field
to reach the high notes.
of Jewish culture claim that the Jews
in "(Mks" will vie with the Jews •
in Palestine, and from this rivalry
186 Gollingwood Ave.
Jewish culture will benefit. Let on
Hamilton and Woodward Cass.
hope, then. that it will be so qualified
Phone Hemlock 880.W.
to compete on the field of culture with
PEACE BRINGS NEW
INTEREST IN MUSIC
Detroit Institute of Musical Art
"Strongest Faculty In the Middle West"
Fall Terms Opens September 8
o tut w,,,,,tward 911'.
The Detroit Institute of Musical Art, 1117 t
under which to stud).
9Kers the student of music ideal condition ,
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Williatmi • head of Plano Dept.
Guy
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inkm
K i ng. Im o of violin Dent.
Philip Abbas, head of 'Cello and ensemble playing.
of Theoretical a n d Organ Dept.
Edward It Main ill'',
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Phone North 2555.
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