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VOLU/fl. SIX
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TLANTA was generously enthu
siastic over the voices of Jomelli,
Schumann-Heink, Madame Homer,
Gadski, Fremstadt, and other vocal
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celebrities who have
sung before her Audito
rium audiences from
time to time.
But Hermann Klein,
the great teacher and architect of the
voice of this Song Bird, who is now
the wonder and delight of those
who hear her, spoke with prophetic
assurance when, after reading the
glowing accounts that went out to
the world, of the glorious singers
who had thrilled and enthralled
auditorium audiences, he said:
“Wait until Atlanta’s own daugh
ter goes home.”
And Atlanta, dear, enthusiastic
Atlanta, is paying gladsome homage
to pupil and teacher alike, since Miss
Caroline Crenshaw made her. debut
at the big Auditorium Thursday
night.
A Hymn the Key to Fame.
To the romantic uninformed, it
would seem that the spirits of the
Nuremberg Meistersingers had cov
ertly stolen their quivers of melody
from the dusty archives of Valhalla,
and dispatched them by winged
sprite to dower this fair Georgian.
But from Miss Crenshaw’s lips we
have a different story. As a grad
uate from Cox College, a little less
than five years ago, she was wholly
unconscious of her vocal talent.
Accidents are, to the believing, but
the sudden revelations of an Omnip
otent Director, and to such an acci
dent Miss Crenshaw owes the dis
covery of her rare gift of song.
While attending religious services
on a Sunday morning she was in
spired, like David of old, to sing
praises unto the Lord. Mrs. I. C.
McCrory, herself a beautiful singer,
and one who is peculiarly gifted in
detecting musical talent in others,
was attracted by the singing of her
young neighbor-friend.
“Send her to me for a while,” said
Mrs. McCrory to Dr. William Cren
shaw. the honored President of Cox
College, and father of Miss Caroline.
It took only a few months to con-
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vince the teacher and the father that there
were unusual possibilities bound up in the
heart and voice of the fledgling Song- Bird.
Dr. Crenshaw immediately took his daugh-
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MISS CRENSHAW’S RANGE OF VOICE.
ter to New York and entered her for a three
years course of training under Hermann
Klein.
Mr. Klein is, himself, a nunil of the late
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Manuel Garcia, and at the time of
Garcia’s death, was Assistant Teach
er to the world’s greatest Instructor
in voice culture. After two years in
New York, Miss Crenshaw accom
panied the Klein family to London,
where they now live, and pursued
her studies until a nervous break
down, in the close of the third year,
over-mastered her splendid, buoyant
organism and caused her to return
home for a season of rest. Now
that she is restored to health, she
will shortly take up and finish her
course in singing.
The Sky Larks in London Town.
Under Mr. Klein's careful, pains
taking tutelage, Miss Crenshaw's
progress was phenomenal. She at
tacked the interminable practice
periods with tireless energy and de
termination, and so transformed the
prosaic “da, mi, ne’s, oo's, ah’s, and
aw’s,” that the English cook in the
Klein household declared the birds
on the spacious estate congregated
about the windows of the studio to
listen and learn to imitate the sil
very trills of the Song Bird of the
South.
The Picture of a Voice.
The engraver’s art couldn’t repro
duce the voice, of course, but an in
spection of the unique cut shown on
this page, gives an interesting ocu
lar demonstration of the marvelous
range of Miss Crenshaw’s voice—
over two and a half octaves.
She has developed into a full,
flexible, dramatic soprano of unusu
al purity and resonance. With the
ease of a swallow on wing, she
sweeps up the staff past “high C,”
on to the dizzy height of E flat in
alt. These high notes ring out as
clear and pure and true as the tones
of a flute. On the descending scale
A below the staff is easily accom
plished.
Mastery of Strange Tongues.
As a necessary supplement to her
musical career, Miss Crenshaw com
pleted her study of French, German
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