"N-MIDI-DEMBER 4, 1949 TIIE MICHIGAN DAILY PACE TIIIIT a1EQ r RING NOT AUTHOR: Old Carols Date Back To 17th or 18th Centuries GOB Contrary to popular belief, Bing Crosby did not compose either "Si- lent Night" or "Adeste Fideles," two Christmas carols whose con- stant repition will soon cause the temporary derangement of thous- ands throughout the country. Collegiate Relic Returns To Campus Hats are going to people's heads again this year. A relic of 1920 civilization, this indispensable item has proved its worth through a galaxy of func- tions. ,Most practical, is keeping the 'ears in and the cold blasts of win- ter out. Women scorn this tradi- tion; they use bits of gnarled felt to set off what they consider a startling hairdo. At college campuses, creations are being sported as a sign of the new "collegiate look." Made up in school-color patchwork designs, they boast a purposeless but eye- catching mien. THE WRITING of the hymn "Adeste Fideles" is attributed to St. Bonaventure, but it is not found in his works. Others be- lieve it to have originated in the 17th or 18th centuries, in Ger- many or France. Canon Frederick Oakeley, of the Westminster proaethedral in London, made the popular Eng- lish translation of this hymn, "Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful," in 1845. "Silent Night" was hurriedly written by two men for a local Christmas celebration in 1818. * " * FATHER JOSEPH Mohr, an Austrian priest in a little church in the village of Laufen, near Salzburg, wrote the words of "Stille Nacht Heilige Nacht," and Franz Gruber, a schoolmaster in near-by Arnsdorf, composed the music for the lyrics. They both lived long enough to realize the lasting popularity achieved by their little Christmas hymn among the German people, but no one could have predicted the amazing return of its haunt- ing strains year after year from the nation's radio stations, juke boxes and private phonographs. I, 7a7---7 GETS A HAND FOR WASHABILITY GETS A HAND FOR COLOR GETS A HAND FOR LOOKS CLARINET QUARTET-Pausing from their practising are (from left to right) Prof. William Stub- bins, soprano clarinetist; Norman Rost, alto clarinetist; George Roach, bass clarinetist and Dwight Dailey, soprano clarinetist. All four are members of the University's unique Clarinet Quartet--the only group of its kind in the country. The Quartet can be heard every Monday night, over WUOM. * * * ,, * * * * * UNIQUE MUSIC GROUP: Clarinet Comes Into Own in 'U' uartet It's Exactly Three Weeks 'til Christmas 25% of the student body have done their Christmas shopping . . . 5% won't do any Christmas shopping ... 70% have theirs yet to do. If this means YOU - read on.. . All four winds-blowing at the same time. A situation like this may make a meterorologist run for cover or a politician shudder, but it makes a musician smile. It's harmonic. * ~* * "WHEN FOUR clarinetists get together to form a clarinet quar- tet, they'd better blow together- or blow," is the way Prof. William Stubbins, of the music school, puts it. Prof. Stubbins last summer organized the University's unique faculty Clarinet Quartet, consisting of Prof. Stubbins and Dwight Dailey on soprano clar- inets, Norman Rost on alto clar- inet and George Roach on bass clarinet. "This kind of group is the only possible woodwind equivalent foi the familiar string quartet," Prof. Stubbins explained, "with enouglh tonal variety, flexibility and range of instrumentation to be able tc play any style of music. And since the disbandment of the Warmelir Quartet in Chicago several years ago, it is the only group of its kinc in the country." PROF. STUBBINS was assistant coach for the Warmelin Quartet in Chicago. Also "working out of' that city, Rost, playing alto clari- net with name dance bands around the country, developed a reputa- tion as "probably the most out- standing alto clarinetist that has ever been developed," according to Prof. Stubbins. e t played solo clarinet in the band, first clarinet in the orchestra- and gave his graduating recital on the clarinet, flute and oboe. * * * ROACH, who does the arranging for the group, plays a bass clarinet designed by Prof. Stubbins to play the woodwind counter-part of the violincello in string quartets in Roach's arrangements for the group. Made by the Parisian wind- makers, LeBlanc, it was lent to the Clarinet Quartet along with a sift of contra-bass clarinet for use in the University band. Roach, who can play all wind instruments in addition to the clarinet, also plays trumpet with Frank Tinker. He was also assis- tant conductor -of the University bands, and now commutes to Ypsi Normal to conduct the band there. Strangely enough, he began his musical career as a child by giving violin recitals. Although the Quar- tet can, and often does, play di- rectly from music scored for string quartets, Roach feels at home in either field. PROF. STUBBINS, who has played with both popular name bands-Ray Noble, for one-and classical groups - the Chicago Symphony, for another, said the members of the group hope its formation will inspire some new quartets for clarinets. "More music is being written now for winds than for strings," he explained, "both for dance and for symphonic groups. But very littlehas been written, or seems to be being written cur- rently for the clarinet quartet." "Formerly, the classical com- posers were confined more or less to strings because the winds were not really developed," Prof. Stub- bins said. He noted that the clari- net was only invented in 1690. "Of course, it still has not yet been perfected, but we can get as much flexibility on it now as the strings." 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