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WOMEN IN flUSIC.
literature, science, poetry and music; the
The movement toward the establishment German Wagner clubs, whose object is the
of a National Federation of Women's Mu- critical study of the literary as well as the
sical Clubs is progressing in so satisfactory musical compositions of that world-re-
a manner that a temporary organization is nowned musician; the Folklore societies,
now assured. The chairman of the com- which devote as much attention to the
mittee appointed for the purpose at the last rescue and preservation of folk songs and
annual convention of the National Music folk music as they do to folk tales; kinder-
Teachers' Association, Mrs. Theodore Su- garten music leagues and church choir
tro, has just sent out an official circular an- clubs.
nouncing meetings for the permanent
The advantages of the federation will be
organization of the association on Tues- many and important. It will organize
day and Wednesday, January 25 and 26, musical sentiment throughout the United
1898, in Chicago, and inviting every mu- States, and thus create what has been
sical club to send a delegate and declaring needed for so many years, a musical world
the eligibility of all women's clubs which in the United States. By its annual meet-
have a musical department. This is im- ings and sectional meetings it will enable
portant news and reflects much credit upon the public to become better acquainted
Mrs. Sutro and her able and industrious with the leading composers, singers and
colleagues.- The admission of department musicians, and will aid those just begin-
clubs, in which one department is devoted ning a musical career who, under present
to music, is a very wise and even states- conditions, find their progress embarrassed
manlike step. It brings into the organiza- by being unknown. A national bureau
tion many of the largest and most influen- may be had which will facilitate the study
tial societies of the land. In the past two of music throughout the land, the giving of
years at least two hundred of the great concerts, the presentation of operas and
women's clubs of the country have adopted oratorios, the development of grand con-
the department system and have made certs and grand opera, and, above all, the
music a regular subject of study and work. holding of great musical festivals.
The new rule will bring in other types
and classes of organizations.
Among
these may be mentioned the Clio, which
A monument erected over the grave of
conducts throughout the season a double Tchaikovsky was unveiled at St. Peters-
course, one part being literary and the burg on the recent fourth anniversary of
other musical; the Fenelon,which is his- the composer's death. The monument,
torical, literary, artistic and musical; which includes a bust of Tchaikovsky, is
Philitscipoma, which combines philosophy, the work of the sculptor Kamensky.
WHAT MAKES A GOOD SONG.
We often wonder what makes some songs
appear to wear so much longer than others.
There seems, in some instances, to be some
peculiar element of virtue which insures
at the outset a warm reception and a long
life. This is true of writers of very varied
ability. Not all of the best songs are by
those who are supposed to be the best song
writers; many of the most lasting compo-
sitions have emanated from the pens of ob-
scure writers, who have written very few.
and perhaps one only. Professional song
writers are constantly searching for this
element, this mysterious quality, unnam-
able and so fugitive, and each attempt is
an experiment launched with the same
hope, but only rarely with its realization.
No one pretends to have discovered and
become master of the secret, and yet it is
easy to see, if we examine closely the really
good songs, that some of their principal
virtues were among the least considered
elements at the time of composition.
In the first place, we often find a song
writer struggling to fit a lofty and senti-
mental song to a poem which is poetic only
in external appearance, only in its rhythm
and its rhyme. Song writers, those who
are capable of a really poetic conception
and expression through the medium of
song, should be able to discern the poetic
element wherever expressed; should be
able to know when the verses are presented
whether they are poetic or otherwise. It
is not the province of poetry to exhaustive-
ly describe any person, place, or thing.
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