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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1923
Page
3
The Pecos orchestra expands beyond hymns and aims for challenging scores. It practices Mendelssohn and Rubinstein while supporting church music, and the public will hear advanced pieces as they improve. Junior violinist George Slover, moving on from Pecos, shows promise through steady progress and dedication.
Dr. Leopold Stokowski, head of the Philadelphia Orchestra, proposes sunken stages with musicians hidden from the audience. He argues that concealing players would heighten hearing and allow listeners to perceive music’s complexities more keenly.
The Baptist Church orchestra has new music with many familiar hymns arranged for orchestra. It includes Overture Consecration Evening Star from Tannhauser Evening Slumbers The Lost Chord Tito Mattei Non E Ver Inflamatus from Stabat Mater Mozart Gloria in Excelsis and other religious selections. The plan is two or three selections per preaching hour before open offertory and after closing prayer.
A Cincinnati Enquirer piece notes key dates: the saxophone’s invention in 1846, jazz beginning around 1915, the decline of short skirts by 1922, and the song Yes We Have No Bananas dating to 1923.
Edwin Hall Pierce surveys how great composers saved ideas in sketch books Beethoven filled with themes Handel sketched only melodies and bass Mozart planned mentally while Schubert’s ideas flowed freely The article also cites a critique of popular song writers and notes the death of A S Norwood prominent Henrietta businessman Funeral details and Norwood family funeral roster follow Ancillary Letters notice from Reeves County Texas details required appearances and deadlines
The article criticizes factory song production, noting publishers accept few submissions, hire hacks to transcribe melodies, add piano accompaniments, and orchestrations, then market flashy covers. It laments waste of money on short lived “popular” tunes and questions the value of such trash.
The PTA will hold its regular monthly meeting in the high school auditorium on Friday January 4 at 3 30 PM with a business session and program. The program features a vocal solo A Little Child Shall Lead by Mrs Lillian Butler and talks on public school music and the mother's role in daughter’s success with papers loaned from headquarters.
A note from a friend announces the December 18 1923 marriage in Tombstone Arizona of Lizzie Lee Hoefs and J A Hildreth. Lizzie is a longtime resident praised for her character, while Hildreth is described as a prosperous Arizona businessman. The couple will reside in Lowell Arizona and friends wish them joy.
A reader urges action on curfew laws to curb gang fights robberies and murders. He recalls the old song Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight and laments shifting parental roles, noting youths today often influence parents more than vice versa and requesting community reform.
A letter recalls a past clash over a curfew whistle near General Motors Works and Union and Natural Bridge road. The whistle was silenced after complaints but was reinstated following a manager’s directive. The writer suggests more whistles and fire-house bells to enforce curfew, urging discipline for youth.
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