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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1924
Page
6
William Ames Fisher questions the value and direction of American music after war. He cites urban noise and Tin Pan Alley culture before contrasting grand symphonies and national spending on music, cosmetics, and tobacco to probe what music really means today.
George Morrison can play ten scales two and three octaves with favorable prospects for a top clarinet seat in combined orchestras. Bessie Ross advances to obligato A section in the string orchestra and Sidney Cowan to solo violin, as others vie for positions. The orchestra will back the Parent-Teacher Association play How the Story Grew on December 12, with recitals and Xmas program on December 18. A rare 1657 Jacob Stainer violin loaned to Vlado Kolitsch will be used in a January Carnegie Hall recital, echoing Mozart’s Prague ties.
Chas Raymond Dyer, connected with Barstow studio news, has created new work or contributions noted in local reports. The item highlights his involvement and the studio context, signaling a notable development in the area’s arts scene.
A quarter-tone piano invented in Berlin struggles to gain favor as listeners are not yet trained to hear the finer divisions of the scale. Musicians note the instrument’s novelty but question market acceptance.
The Palace theatre opens its new organ with Albert Harris as organist. Claimed as the largest pipe organ between Los Angeles and New Orleans, it features a three manual console, separate expression chambers, echo organ at the rear, and 63 000 feet of wire.
The organizer Mr Harris, noted for theatre organ performances in Oklahoma City Dallas and San Antonio among other eastern cities, will present two daily concerts one in the afternoon and one in the evening at cathedrals and large concert halls in El Paso. Dumb Dan Abroad features a comic exchange about a Russian passenger on a train.
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