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A College For Young Women
A true home for young women that pos
sesses all the desirable elements. Beautifully
and healthfully located in the foothills of Mid
dle Georgia in a region where the winter cli
mate is mild yet invigorating. Fifty-two acres
in campus. Atmosphere of Christian culture
and refinement.
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Four years collegiate course leading to A. B. de
gree, Foremost American and European institutions
represented on faculty.
Full departments of Music, Art, Expression,
Languages, Science, Household Economics and Pre
paratory. Gymnasium with tennis, basketball, etc.
Attractive Booklet upon Request.
C. H. S. JACKSON, A. M., LL. D.,
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Southern University of Music
GIRARD THIERS, KURT MUELLER, Directors
353 Peachtree St., Atlanta, Phones, Office Ivy 6490, Dormitory Ivy 4416
Eminent Faculty of European Specialists. Diploma and Certificate
courses. Dormitories. Write for catalog
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THE GOLDEN AGE FOR WEEK OF SEPT. 11
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From the music studio
Conducted by Albert Gerard-Thiers.
This department of questions and answers, through which music lovers and
students of music may be brought In coontact with one of the foremost teach
ers in the South, is published every week. Any one interested in music,
either vocal or instrumental, may submit questions to Mr. Gerard-Thiers.
The only requirements are that they be concise, written in good faith and
signed by the sender . They will be answered, through this department only,
as promptly as possible and in the order received, the editors reserving the
right to select such as they deem of sufficient importance. All letters should
be addressed to Albert Gerard-Thiers, care of The Golden Age.
THE MOVABLE LARYNX
Not long since I attended a pupil’s
recital. They sang very well but one
Contralto in particular had such a
funny movement in her throat when
she sang. Her Adam’s apple flopped
up and down until I almost had hys
terics in watching it, for it looked so
queer that I lost all that she was
singing. Is this a habit, vocal defect
or what? S. M. L.
The pupil who caused you so much
amusement sings with a very loose
Larynx. She has perhaps a very
deep Contralto with Long Vocal
Chords. There is no way curing tlr's
defect, if we may call it such, as the
Larynx moves up and down as we
ascend or decend the scale and any
stiffen’ng is disastrous to execution.
If such people would wear collars
when making a public appearance,
they would not distress their audi
ence by gymnastic of the Larynx.
OVER CRITICAL
I know a g’rl who never hears any
one sing well. Is she so unusually
bright herself that she is so hard to
please where I am delighted, or is
she over critical? M. N. L.
As you suggest, your fr’end is over
critical. If you take notice it is not
the over-critical in any walk of life
who are most intelligent or the most
successful. Usually the reverse. An
intelligent listener should realize her
own defects and the possible way to
overcome them.
SONGS ONOMATOPOETICALLY
CONSIDERED
Some time ago I had the pleasure
of reading one of your essays and
would have you give me a little hint
on the word Onomatopoetic.
G. P. H.
Onomatopoetic Is derived from two
Greek roots and practically means
suiting the actions to the words. In
music, onomatopoetic effects are pro
duced by various means, more or less
effective. The subject to com
prehe"sive to he treated in the col
umn. I append the names of a few
compos’tions onomatopoetic: Scar
lattis “Cats Fugue.” The song from
Hiandel’s “Israel in Egypt,” which de
scribes the plague of locusts. In the
curious rytbm and beat of its meas
ure we can easily distinguish the
jumping of these creatures. I may
have too fervent an imagination, but
in listening to that song I always im
agined the locusts to be at least four
feet long. They take such mighty
jumps and land so heavily, Os the
numerous side of onomatopoetic mus
ic we have pdenty of examples,
sneezing songs, laugh’ng songs, cry
ing songs. Huntington Woodman’s
“Open Secret” and “April Rain” are
fine examples of onomatopoetic com
positions. One hears the buzzing of
the bees, the call of the first spring
robin, the babbling brook, and the
south wind; in the latter song you
feel the putter of spring rain on the
fresh young flowers. Dudley Buck’s
“Creole Lover’s Song” is also a fine
example. When we take up a song
we should decide as to it Onomatopo
etically and never by any chance in
advert ance lose sight of its meaning
and the suiting the action to the word.
NOTE ATTACKED BY BREATH
Mme. Tetrazinni says that the note
should be attacked by the breath be
low the Diaphragm or the “appoggis”
as she calls it. Please explian.
T. M. L.
The Diaphragm is not the point of
first attack, in that the flow of breath
such as comes and goes naturally is
not sufficient for singing, and without
a propeller of some strength we
could not accomplish much. Fill the,
lungs and place your hand on the
Diaphragm and sing n*tes “staccato”
and you will feel a slight vibration
for every note sung. As more strength
is required for greater volumn or
higher tones, if you are singing with
Diaphragmatic breath control, you’ll
find the Diaphragm lifting, or in other
words “pull'flg in” (not. out) as some
teachers tell you.
MASTERY OF THE TONGUE
Mme. Tetraz’nni also speaks of the
exere'se which should be used to get
the tongue down. Do you believe in
mechanical means? T. M. L.
I certainlv do not believe in me
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POTATOES ANO PIANOS.
You wouldn’t think that there is any
thing in common between potatoes and
pianos, would you? But there is.
For example, the Mayor of Indion
apolis, Ind., found that the produce
dealers were forcing the people cf his
city to pay about three times as much
for potatoes as they cost on the farm.
They were simply fleecing the public.
As the poor people of h-’s c'ty almost
live on potatoes he decided to stop it.
He went to the farmers and bought po
tatoes in carload lots, shipped them to
the city and sold them from wagons
on the streets. He saved the citizens
thousands of dollars and yet the farm
ers got just as much for their potatoes
as before. The Mayor became very
popular with the people, but not with
the produce dealers.
It is the same way with pianos, for
The Golden Age Piano Club works on
identically the same principle. Instead
of going to the farm for carload lots of
potatoes we go to the factory for eight
carload lots (100) of pianos. If you
see the point write for your copy of
the Club catalogue, which explains
how you can join with ninety-nine oth
er subscribers and benefit by the big
wholesale transaction. The Club will
save you over one hundred dollars on
your piano or self-player piano and
give you better quality, stronger guar
antees and easier terms. Address the
Managers, Ludden & Bates. Golden
Age Piano Club Dept., Atlanta, Ga.