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Show T: J.-1 : . iS iil3 ; . ! ' t - . -J : ; :.- -J ' J , ' "Vigor, Vitality, vV Breathless Jazz -Xt Is an Expression of the Times9 Says Leopold kowski7Aft(HmHng I Paxil Whiteman's Saxophones - :7 j4 ' '. r A Breathless Jazz . . . AltW of the Times, " Says Leopold y 1 r t Y vOv kowski7AftHmHngj " " Paxil Whiteman's Saxophones I y; yj I airf Syncopating yt . J 4. Xylophones " ' . TS THE world on the way toward , their constant experbnaua. they are Mora to intlaaaita the entente oT . v : " ' ' ' aa Q"Y A musical revolution In which Kbit Jaxa causiiig new luood to f to tea waina Tjllilf fiiannf ' 1" IASAJv O a. t-aV-- 7tRw 111 wave the red baton T ofraosic nil the xaiawnffied conference -s)Oo v V 5 Tk CL T7f Amid the chaos, the uncertainty, the ' "The Jaxs player. mak their hstrn- , , IV. 1rt W V A 2 v rV X,0 i-TT V constant ferment of nodern tbou.ht. the ment. do .ntirely new Uia,. taw in lie) WwI4" 'Cl . 'VfO Y,fVU jTyXlAT 3 new mode of apreuion through which ihed imakaane are tascht to . la Parte netmOj wbeB -Vxa T s T a GV7 I ?K L X ) ftU . . 'the art of n'utlc ii eiftinr, la lyncopa- - They are .the pathfinder into new Prfnew of Ward daBCew with .3'lrN0,' V-TVviVY- l T illV'l , " tloa the only ezpreeaion which aeema to ; lin." ,. T,.-.h .trie in jBTT ' " iVVV T1 . . -VAA.Jrf Sl provide an outlet for what i. folaf oa preUy rrrt m J J NVV X!- JVt4 Y X , A N ilk . , fauide of modem man? i - R. CTOKOWSKt who i. onalderrf Phr Cte)lictc4 by ES AMU' J "J ' lVYjL yhl t . That Jau U here to eUy haa Juat been one of the fcWiTix inhida to mnateal - icaa, Um araaic provided hj M k j? rJi ' "SiLI iWT Avf MK admitted by Leopold. Stokowiki, biUr- drclee of America, made thew ebaerra- . jmrfmm im atrrlwtfm -S Jr WJS jOill (Sk " nationally known conductor of the Phila- tiona on jaxa after btdnc n interested 1V Tw C4 V rll rY -1 ( delphia Orcheatra. Why It la here to liitener at aa experiment In rmulc n I fr J 7to1 hS "t 4 atay this noted musician quickly follow eently conducted by the Philharmon3s th'u Xmerkaa a egyrt aaaj t the I i . T .1 jeivet- Jj ' I L""- t Bp by aayinf: Society of Philadelphia, an orranrzatlan platami bT aa natra-eeaawtiwe nraat- 11 A TVfcl'KJ'i- MTT Jr "Jaxa haa come to etay became It la devoted 4o the traditional and claaaical aJ erES&Btffcm. k i ft I I Jv LllWi Jill f Vl aa cxpreaiioei of the timea, of the breath- aauaic The Philharmonic, much to the Erpplee ot leawjetar flcaaaj cwar the WeV I M 1 fijRH i'J 1 , leaa, enercetic, euperaetire timea in dieguet of tha fandameotaliata of the andltadnm all WMteaaaaft anlrlia i? I fc'l Xl't'' "J O i which we are livinr and it la tueleea to mneical world, gava iU aUga over te peayad "The LKeay gtahla Bleea" Jnat VSr I tvt X 'I. Mi r 1 T. . T . . ght arainet It. Already ha new vigor. Pal Whiteman. American premier Jau ta aba tha torn eg Jaea tha waa . VTt 1 I Al t. VMV AawpoW UaW- . Ite new vitality l beginning to manifest artiat, permitting hia aaxophonea ta aob, piayed ame jii age. Y' Vvy7liiC! H MOWU tn tke circle, Sara Itself. It haa real energy and force. Its ' hia trombonea to slide, and listened ta ' Thta there sBessssaa tfcaaa aadqna and jw llvV V rfJ- haa) come tt) slay, 1"" rajaed . Jerky rhythm la perfect expression of attenUvely to tha strum of tha ban weardly besatttftd Jsaa a 1 in of today. A fllS I I i Ns Bnaro isSDO aa to broadcastinC the life of today, the portrayal of the '" h PiP'o atacrato of the cornet aa which sent aa inTiiiri that eame pre- III! ii I s 1 !r. JV . rush from one thing to another. It Is a though they gave voice to one of the pared ta eritidse oat asto the afternoaa ffyCA I A k f'-'l-K i I ' Compose instBt lUey BBOtua part of the quick transportation of ' world's most time-honored classics. resounding tha jisstee f aotaethiaf ZAl Wuv V l" Htr reccjvCJ royalties. Many gmUa- saodern life. ; The event, which caused a wide rippla whkh had dnrrmj tha osarsa of tha after- fA)Wl) V II fll ered at Washington to fixt a "In France today thera are many in muiical circles, was entitled "An Ei- noon ejxhanod itajaane -Jsaa" far that r$4f A ( WW t 1 vm I. Mrh tkea clever musicians, most outstanding of lament in Modern Music The object more dignified one. madam mnsio. MZ f I 1 ( ' J I U IMIs urn whom are Debussy aad Ravel. In announced was an educational one, the lvZrS i f i Vk '1 ! I ' ' ncB, V lctor HtlterT, JU England a school Is growing steadily, and PToe being to point out the tre- mflE orcheatra played "Papa tove r'ifWff Y I flkl N. 'J . Philip Soma. Irving Berlin, H. shortly It wiU burst Into bloom like a mendous strides that havn been mad. In Mams.- eertairiry a Jaaa tone, but It JflriTA) J 1 1 1ff " . . Von Ulier and W. Jerooa ara ' flower. But though there Is much talent, Ppular music since tha advent of the jrbed to diffesejot efcthinj Zrorn SZf !' I 'fll ' 1 ' . X ' '" ' , the. world la atiU In the throes of a big first crude form of Jaxa, with Ita die- the first. Tha adriitkai of' SlMy -SjA.' ' 4V " X . snowr v unrest for which it is striving to And eordanciea due to the unrestricted and tha aaxophona, which was ?" A I l it 1 I I X X expression. There is no great genius, no linguided musical antics of tha i- sot ortirtnaDy aa instrument Af Vi -S. 1 1LUS 1 ' I X ' , ,. great spirit such aa Wagner dominating "ividual performers, to tha jaxa or- played in the first Jaxa r- tfr A Sysl U - I X X Huaaim ?jT7T. . the world of musie at tha present time. . chestra of today with its carefully pre- cheatras; tfaa bacjo, violin fT XVl , ' " t I ' craxa for jaxa and Ba twnt sssxar, jaxa "la America lies the future of musk. pared scores and marvelous precision to and baas bad a ouieting in- fl V, Vi-I W - y dancinc. perta, time. n nii.t. WTe' JS 7 .- Tr baa geaas oanea eraxy, ana ' , fluenca. Toere flowed whim- W fy - assa" I f ea 1 .... . .. - . . AtTHOUGH Dr. Stokowskl does not Whiteman haa been called the sical ammds in plan of f ff ' , I , . , ; i It V toJTrt-lll7etS A prophesy that Jasg will ascend to "? ho .Vl"1 o tha old-time crashing riot- I Us - ' T ItT-LjIu true areatnes he mean, it epoch- "'"W. bUUnt. uou. music ,f oomea J llJ. A i& -. i T- making Influence whose tendencies seem Hf i.e. . . -- airf Syncopating Xylophones "Mora to pmeaaBta U entente) cordial tiaanc nations than all the interallied conference in tha wxu-ld," ni tit Tcrdlct in Paxhi recently when the Print of Wales dnneed with pretty Tnmch Hs In n "Jaz palaro" coadiirtd hy svn Aaaer-- Aaaer-- lean, the anaaee provided J an American jau emJHsrtra this Jajnarkaa toaa axpart caaaa ta tha platami aa aatie laaaaiiallia ma- Slpplaa ot 1 i.'ln noaaad over tha peayad "The liseaj gtahla Bleea" Juat .ta abeer tha form atf Jaaa chat was played aoma yaara aeaw Tbra there aaaaa thaaa CBdroe and weardty baanUAd Jaaa eaaait an of today. which sent aa inTiiiri that earn pra-" pra-" pared ta eritidai taat axto tha afternoaa . nabnnding tha praasaa of aomcthiaf whkh had daring the iieans of the after. noon exchanged tts.Treene TJaaa" for that more dignified one, naalaiu mnsle. HTIIE orchestra rilajad "Papa Xovaa .- Hams." eertsdnty jaaa tone, but it ' was garbed to different rirahma- groat , their conataat experiments, tbey ant causing new blood to flow ta tba vaczis of music. ' The Jaxs players maka their mstns-menta mstns-menta do entirely new tauasgx, tsaaara finished musicians are taaaat ta avoid. . They are .the pathfinder, into nrs , reaJnu." a C T1L. BTOKOWSKX who is eniaiaered one of the bolting minds fa miislrnl circles of America, made them observations observa-tions on Jaxa after being an interested listener at an experiment In muxlc recently re-cently conducted by tha Ptulharmonia Society of Philadelphia, aa organization devoted to the traditional and classical music The Philharmonic, much to the disgust of tha fundamentalists of tha musical world, gare its stage over to Paul Whiteman, American premier Jaxs artist, permitting hia saxophones ta aob, ' hia trombonea to slide, and listened na attentively to tha strum f tha banje and tha piping staccato of the cornet as though they rave voice to one of the world's most time-honored classics The event, which caused 'a wide rippla in musical circles, was entitled "An Experiment Ex-periment In Modern Music Tha object announced was an educational ana, tha purpose being to point' out tha tremendous tre-mendous strides that have been made in popular musie sines the advent of the first crude form of Jaxs, with its dis-' dis-' eordanciea due to tha unrestricted and linguided musical antics of tha individual in-dividual performers, to tba jaxa orchestra or-chestra of today with its carefully prepared pre-pared scores and marvelous precision to time. Paul Whiteman haa been called the man who tamed Jaxs. It waa he who took the wild, blatant, sensuous music ef - . i . tba first. Tha addUaoa of' ' tha saxophone, whkh was not originally aa instrument played te tha first Jaxa ar-tiieatias, ar-tiieatias, tba tanjo, violin and baas bad a cmiettoy; in-flnenca. in-flnenca. Then flowed whimsical whim-sical sounds in place of ' . tha old-time crashing riot-ousneaa. TS THE world on tha way toward a A musical revolution In which King Jaxs will wave the red baton T Amid the chaos, tha uncertainty, the constant ferment of modern thought, the new modes of expression through which , tha art of musie is sifting. Is syneopa- , tioa the only expression which seems to provide an outlet for what is going oa j' Inside of modern man? ' ' ' That Jasi Is here to stay haa Just been admitted by Leopold. Stokowskl, internationally inter-nationally known conductor of the Philadelphia Phila-delphia Orchestra. Why It la here to atay this noted musician quickly follows . P by saying: "Jaxa has come to stay because It is aa expression of the times, ot tha breathless, breath-less, energetic, superaetive timea in which wa are living and it la useless to fight against It. Already Ha new vigor, " Its new vitality is beginning to manifest itself. It haa real energy and force. Ita , t Jerky rhythm Is a perfect expression of the life of today, the portrayal of tha rush from one thing to another. It la a part of the quick transportation of SBodern life. "In Franca today thera are many clever musicians, most outstanding ot whom are Debussy aad Ravel. In ' England a school h) growing steadily, and shortly It will burst Into bloom like a flower. But though there Is much talent, the, world la still in the throes of a big v ' unrest for which it is striving to find expression. There is no great genius, no great spirit such aa Wagner dominating the world of musie at tha present time. . "la America lies tha future of music "ALTHOUGH Dr. Stokowskl does not prophesy that Jan will ascend to true greatness, he means it an epoch-making epoch-making Influence whose tendencies seem , headed to bring about a revolution in the whole world of music , ' "In America new ideaa are stirring, he goes on, "America'a contribution to the musie of the past will have the same ' - revivifying effect aa the injection of new, and in the largest sense, vulgar blood - into a dying aristocracy. "Music will then be vulgarised in tha . best sense ot the word and enter more and more into the daily lives of people, influencing them and becoming part of their philosophy." In tracing the future tendencies in musie Dr. Stokowskl points out three obvious trends. First Toward the quarter tone, which' would either necessitate the rebuilding ef all instruments now in see or, a reform in the method of their use. Second. The development of color in music with the eventual combination of visual color - symphonies with tonal effects. , , Third. The development of musie into multiple forms In which there would ba aa elimination of prohibition in masie - and all forms would be permitted, with , the result of greater and greater variety to appeal to all sorts of people. "The quarter tone when it cornea." predicted this noted conductor, ."will create a terrific disturbance in music Virtually all the instruments will have to be changed, and we shall have to have an entirelynew scale. With the present ' ' instruments we should need four hands to play them with a twenty-four-tone , scale or else we must devise some . , entirely new wsy of playing them. "The Negro musicians of America are playing a great part tn this change. They have an opea mind, an unbiased outlook. They are not hampered by conventions r traditions and with their new ideas. ...I "I :. ' I - ' V ' . t t :': , . , . ': - . ' ' 'AT- A- ii. , -X Jug, which Leopold Stokow Ai, ahorm in the circle, nays haa come to stay, nan rajaed a sharp tame aa to broadeastinf;-Composera broadeastinf;-Composera insist they should receive royalties. Many gathered gath-ered at Washington to fight a bill intended to deprive them of such, Victor Herbert, John . Philip Souaa, Irrin Berlin, H. .Von Tilxer and W. Jeroiaa am .- atfiowr toa. Huaaim that may be. the world ' craxa for Jaaa aad Ba term sister, Jaaa Ti- baa geaas dance crazy, doe) to tha tfalj i alsaatiiai ' of caweadaaf Anarieaa tnaea. Ta whnla city froaa its four heart aa tta atin IbiiBiiI robnrba ahaemih with pobBe daaaa haJa and dawca esses, when ear aijrat tbao-aands tbao-aands rash ta aamaii illy trot away the hoars. Eva taa art gaUeriea aad ahibitiaa roeem of sery e ta I aadnei have been iLiiiasaaiaum A tor thai par-pose. par-pose. In America aa baporbant aa tanas seat Ju-lsi sais that faaaoos Xags of it went raceatty to ftearaaa to iiidHlsaa II i Ci iwiiiaieil In is s ' " 1 their brain cfcOdrea briog ts sail aa withoot rayahtiee over tba Tadto, Tha had wratan, at waa iliiml, aeat taaaa thunisaiti bdob tboaaeaads of deaaara ba causa laasdeaaVl waa atxanglad at hartal by emdhaa taiadJUsa oar tha wera. 'Victor Herbert. Ma PtsEp. Saana, Irving Bertto, La field Tihisskl. Chariaa K. Harris. Fud Whsaaaaaa aasd a acore of U.ha aae sanoog thaaa who bronght the "SaxSa Shssa" to Caaajraas, JJCZZ haa taaa eaOai aa aOy'e tha to tba aaajaua of todays eeraaaera aa ' takinr a treat aaat wtt daath ta beseaj the aext apaateat hwaaa of afl aaailad Yet answer tboaa wba atamwhly ataad up for aa tnarBntVa that baa eaaaad mora ' argnmenta thaa tba T aan na f Nations: ' ' "It to a knlv of all toaniiaL" Aad to prove it thay toll tba meat raowat story of Edward Albert ot TSyt-n , tba world" dancing Prhaaa. At a dancing eatablishment to the Montmaitra the Prince ot Wales stepped happQy aad deniocratically for fonr s wise si is ave-niags ave-niags and the French are aaying ha did mora to thoaa tight boars to patch Bp -tha entente cordials thaa all tha toter allied conferencea put together. And it was aa ameriraa Jaax orchestra playing! -rapjearniation aaat hia own carheatratlon lawoght it into tha Bead of ait. Any one -Weae haaaacaea BBBBdaaademjccyaaBjsuly, sasamona baasty aad tiwI'"m luiiat ba do-lightad do-lightad wkh thaa partarxaar 'kind of art, . I am -anra." Aumidsug ta StokowaU. Whitaonan, tha king of ayoenpati on. haa taken common popular ragtune airs and ' converted them into pieces f genuine " art. What to tha rotnre ot jaxxT Is . it about to pass into tba body proper of tiro sir and heoaaae aa tnaportant chapter .of tba great history of world aansicr Tuil milMssa. Ii! " ' - 1 T ' ma to tba arte. ' It is evea bow fa) his . mted leaaaradaad aB oear aa a part of tba agaaacai Mklore of this country, aa typically Aanariosa aa tha Monroa Doe- trine, tba Fonrth tat Jnly ear hasrrall, "Soma day." ba aaya, "aomo wealthy patron of oaat win maka meailes re-. ' seanh tbat aril perfect tba mraeral cx-no.l.a cx-no.l.a of Imsslia. far It baa baaa left largely aa Jaaa te tell tba world about ,' tha music at aansrtra " ' -KJO I-TRg a acriona critic than L. Haa-1 Haa-1 V aelmanx, cteausUir of the MetropoB- . tan Opera House to New York, recently aaid of Jaxs, referring te that section ef it written hy tba troa masters of this new echool of aimaaalia' "Whoa Biiaaetarng taeraaVa aa definitely defi-nitely tha chaiai Ua of tha people of a nation, it lanaot paaa away." Irving 8arUn, Bong writer, haa named jaaa tha only great eceitribatica of tha twentieth century te tha artistic armala of the world. To him it to tha rhythmic beat of modern xmura avery-day life and it will thrive aad endure bat sine thera is nothing artificial about it. Condemnation of moaning saxophones as bitter as its praises are enthusiastic are filling tha world ot musical criticism. A jaxi orchestra that will play "Carolina In the Morn In'" and then ewiax to Goanoda "Ave JUaria" Is not a rarity these daye when syncopated melodlea Tie with tha clajBlca for popularity Then Whiteman played "Whispering" , with that melodious, rhythmic, softened sound that has beea hia cult since aoma few short years ago be came out ot . Denver, hia noma town, where ha was once a follower ot tha seniors In music The audience- applauded vociferously. The laughter waa gone and they wera whispering, "Well. I didnt know Jaxa . could be like that When ' tha adaptation of standard selections such as Mac Do well's To a Wild Rosa" and Frimi's "Chansonette" -were put to dance rhythm, feet started ' to patter, heads to nod and thera waa a burst of enthusiasm at the end. The actual triumph rams when George Gershwin played his "Rhapsody ta Blue? oa tba piano accompanied by tha or- cbeatra. The audience sat spellbound aa the rrhrp notes, tha moaning runs, tba eraah of a ta viatic sounds poured forth. As the last note struck there waa a momeat's hush. Then tha audience went wild. People stomped their feet, cheered snd applauded. "When tha concert was finished Dr. Stokowskl, whe had been one of the most, attentive listeners, said: "Mr Whiteman haa taken the worst type ot American music, which is of African die rent, aad through masterly the Jungle that somehow seeped into this country a decade ago and made it a favorite of tha most fastidious ballroom. ball-room. Royalty (the younger branches) planted a stamp ot approval upon him. During hia famous winters la London's supper clubs he and the Prince of Wales became such great cronies that champagne cham-pagne waa oa more than one occasion sent to the Prince of Jaxs and his band from the Prince of Wales and his gay young friends. Wsh-s called Whiteman "Paul" and it got so that none of his private parties were complete without him. . - Thus it was not without prestige that ' - , . s , CewilaW. Ult, as reklla teas Oemsaar , |
