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Show 1 1 "RAMON A," Fully As Important Musically As Dramatically I w li m' Genius Displayed In ' p Selecting Romantic W Strains Which Will t Attract Logan Music Lovers to the Lyric If fi Tho appeal of tho cinema opera, Ilamoua, 1b bo strong to music lovers lov-ers as to jnnko Clime's btage erBlon of Helen Hunt Jackson's romance of California ana thu Mission Indians an ovent fully ns important musically ns It Is draniatlcally. Never before. In the history oftlio new art of welding tlio motion picture to an operatic score an art comparable- with Wagner's Joining of the stage nrt of Shakespeare with Intel-preatlvo Intel-preatlvo music has n setting of bucIi dignified sweetness as that provided j by Emll lllerman for Hamona, been accomplished. Mr. lllerman, a composer com-poser of the highest attainments, had displayed positf'c genius In selecting romantic strains from the great mast- ers, and woylng them Into n unllleU , '. whole, often supplying missing links ! t ' by original compositions that lose no thing In their association with rccog i nlzed masterpieces. I Mr. lllerman Is responsible for ex- , ample for the tender theme which , runs through the entire cinema opera with each appearanco of Hamona, tho heroine; nnd for the equally eltpctivo theme that attends tho aged Father I Salvlerderra. The first theme Is of jS a haunting sweetness that Interprets 91 that ery soul of the love emotion, 8 while tho padre theme has In it ill H of the grand old roverance for tho , ffi church In tho simple days when tho H missions were the centers of south- fi cm California life. fi Alongsldo his own themes, Mr. ' I nicrman has set melodious strains fi from such composers as TschalyowB- ky. Grieg, Schumann, McDowell, Ver-fi Ver-fi di, Wagner and tho gigantic Bcotho- ven himself to say nothing of mini-a mini-a herlcsg composers whoso talents have B lifted thorn Into tho border plane of 8 genius. S The elderly Hamona Ortegnn of tho f prologue dies to tho nnsterful Asoa J Denth from (Jrleg's Peer Gynt suite. jU In the rrudltirn of this music Is f fit brought Into servlco a great organ Kf'BBBBfiifififir 'r "i $ A; W-S p Alessandro in "Ramona" fij impoited from Vienna and carried by ,'; fij tho Hamona company, huvlng nil the !f flj Noliimc and sweetness or ilie i:rent if H pipe organs of tho European cuthc- flj tlrals. Kltectho uso Is also undo of ; fij thin organ In the rendition of tho sol fit emu ri.lls from Wagner's l'ar'dful. fl Durliif tho burning of the Indian he flj vlllngo, tho orchestra plays tho great S l-'lro St-ono from Wagner's opera of fe I tho Wnulkuero. 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During tho course of tho nrIous Indian In-dian scenes of the play, frea uso Is mado of Tschakowskl's Nut Cracker Suite, which probably Interprets tho red man more effectively than any other music yet composed. There is also Introduced Tho Danco of tho Warriors, by tho Frenchman I.aComo. Various snatches from Puccini's Am erican opora, The Girl of tho Golden West, and much original music by Mr. lllerman himself, Including a remarkable re-markable war danco. During the supper scene of the first art, various strains from McDowell's Woodland Scenes, aro Introduced -and Georgo Kochler, general musical director di-rector of tho Hnmonn companies, has also Interpolated somo more McDowell McDow-ell numbers Including, To a Wild Hoco, From An Indlnn Lodge, and To a Water Lily, for tho organ. A dlstlncthely fetching novelty of tho score Is the original violin solo by Mr. Hlcrmnn, assigned to tho Indian Alessandro. Whllo Alcssnndro is playing It on the screen, tho concert master in tho orchestra pit follows ov-ery ov-ery movement of tho bow nnd gives sound to tho shndowy violin Tho Mission singers carried with the Hamona company coutltuto a ery impoita'it part of the musical half of the entertainment. In the first overture they help create an atmosphere at-mosphere of solemnity by singing tho old Abide With Me. Later, they also introduce tho tlmo honored, All Through tho Night. Hut their most distinctive tontrlbutlon Is the won 'Jerful morning song, composed by Mr. lllcrinun, and whoso melody Is Introduced repeatedly as a theme throughout the orchestral score. Tho chorus Is also heard effectively In tho famous, 'Ah' song, dlstlncthely Indian In its type, from tho Indian suite of tho famous Russian composer, Him-aey Him-aey Korskoff. Chimes always appealing when properly Introduced, enrich tho orchestration orch-estration In the Mission scenes, Imitating Imi-tating tho sweet clanging of tho old Mission bells. Strnuss'e Traumcrcl, Is mado uso of repeatedly In Interpreting Inter-preting tho spirit of tho Missions. |