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fl Page 8 <THE OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL Thursday, February 9, 1850 much of their interest, (2) The future ¥ pends entirely on first rank. of opera de- "singers of the (3; The standard of singing has i declined. "Fifty years ago in one country I could mention, there were no less than 15 baritones of Far be it from humble me to think anything different from what the famous Sir Thomas suggests, but it does seem to me that most of the great and inspir- 5 ing symphonies which we hear today were written by composers further back than 1880. Beethov- en, Handel, Bach, etc. It seems that music has to be steeped in antiquity before it becomes rec- ognized. Some of the works being | | | I | | or at the very highest ten. i | i I we have lived since 1900. Three major wars have inter- vened, Boer War, 1st. Great War and Second Great War. True, there have always been wars but not on the scale of the last ones we have seen. These things make a difference in the thinking of men, in inspiration and grand themes on which to base their composition. I do think that the works of the music giants of years ago have helped to keep up the morale of the people from 1800 to the present. One would almost think that it was part of a plan that these men write the music to be used for a purpose long af- ter they are dead. Their music has been made greater than ever they realized by men like Sir Thomas with their wonderful symphony orchestras and large choirs. I think there will be symphony. orchestras as long as men can play Beethoven, etc. I also be- lieve that music has become so highly commercialized that the contemplated financial returns are clogging up the creative gen- genius of men. Our age has seen a wonderful development in men like Sir Thomas Beecham, Toscanini, and many others who have been en- dowed with the gift of getting the very greatest out of music writ- ten in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. We have also seen in the past 50 year a great develop- ment in the composition of light and comic opera, like the Student wonder if T am wrong when I suggest that there is a danger of living, in the past, that there can never be another Caruso, De- Reske, Patti and others. These people were marvellous but there are marvellous singers today. Not only vocally but also in intelli- gence. T think it is quite a com- mon thing for the real opera stars and the least consonants, there- fore is not as nasal as French or the operas were sung in English, a lot of words would not be rec- ognizable, for if there is one sin that all singers commit, some to 1920, orchestral players will lose [q as gutteral as German. Even if laimed by the best critics but simply are not in it with some lesser known artists for all round ability as artists and producers of vocal beauty, Just because so and so says this and that about a certain ar- tist should not be the clincher for any of us. We are all critics, that ficient to have our ideas. taken seriously by anyone else. No, do not let us live too much in the past. There are many won- derful singers today that equal singers of days gone by and WHAT 1s THE (t CHEMICAL FORMULA 1K FoR S ! 2 PLAYED BY 1MBANKTO NATIVES °. oF NEW GUINEA HAS NO FINGER HOLES AND GIVES Ou ONLY WO NOIES AN Aral Hz Winner of the Week If Mr. F. W. Ellis, 67 Spruce which sponsors budding stars. I| think it is "Stars of Tommorrow" | Red Seal Record with the com- pliments of the Journal. could go on with further ments to show that argu- the future or something like that. It gives St. wll call at Lofquist's Record lan idea of the future vocalists. 1 Bar he will be presented with a EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITY $27,500 or offer for guest house, convalescent home or conversion to apartment house. Solid brick, hot water heated, 15 rooms, 3 bathrooms, large lot, ap- proximately $26,000 has been spent renovating. AGENTS CO-OPERATION WELCOME W. S. 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SCOTT [members of the senior Canadian [the Junior Red Cross. BY IRVEN FELL drdwn out article, but to get at Pui Red Cross Society and close to i Some weeks ago I read the fol- [the third question just-briefly. I [| ro | lowing questions and answers. [can only go by what I hear over | | a hb | | Ty asked of Sir Thomas |the radio with the odd Massey 3 Gl h { of eecham, the famous English [Hall or fortum rect 4 meee Carsten Glahn oe {l gens ve gy about on these | that there are some wonderful ; Optometrist - Optician Lr = i | 3 ; 8 concerts in the world. I can't im- FROM HE CHURCHYARD 163 Colborne Street Oakville oki We Hi The questions were: (1) What |agine that Sir Thomas Beecham 1S THE RENT i il is the future of the large orches- Without mentioning any names, Rs -- TELEPHONE 1375 -- That k tra? (2) What will be the future |is dealing with vocal ability only. UPON WHICH A cure S 11 be | of opera, grand and otherwise? [every one who listens can think SSRN, ans Fost (3) Has the standard of Singing (of a dozen or more singers who Daily 2.300, 6.00 Pa y Fruits i declined ? simply thrill us every time we Sat. 9.30 to 12.00 Mon. and Thurs. 7 to 8 ihe {up The answers were as follows: [hear them. : Or By Appointment he (1) Unless we are given a "fresh | 1, hig yogard I must admit a (ine oup" of inspired COMPOSEIS, that there are some singers who n ch as the period of 1880 £0 haya reached the heights and been is 5 < first rank. To my knowledge this |is, we know what we like and % number has been reduced to two (what we do not like even though |there are more to come. Listen to [looks pretty bright for us who Photograph on Request e our musical standing is not suf- that Sunday afternoon program |like to hear good singing. 5 io ! ; =~ fig produced will undoubtedly be $ considered marvellous 100 years 1 il from now. 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