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OCTOBER 1, 1955.
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
TWENTY-SEVEN
SAINT BERNARD'S OFFERS
CORRESPONDENCE COURSE
MUSIC ON RECORD
(By HOMER F. EDWARDS, JR.)
The students of sacred theology
at St. Bernard’s Seminary in Cull
man, Alabama, have returned to
school for another year of study
to bring them closer to that goal,
the holy priesthood. They are
again as in the past, offering a
free correspondence course in
Catholic doctrine, under the di
rection of their rector, Very Rev
erend Raphael Salasek, O. S. B.
The course is made especially
for non-Catholics who would like
to investigate the claims of the
Catholic Church! persons who
have wanted to look into the
Church and get some knowledge
of it first-hand. It is a convenient
home-study medium,, made more
interesting by the fact that stu
dents may ask questions about
things that have puzzled them.
Pamphlets on special topics are
also furnished to be read at the
student’s leisure. Catholics are
welcome to take the course, and
many do this each year to re
fresh their knowledge of Catholic
doctrine.
In the past, the seminarians
have had. students from many
walks of life, from the cities and
rural areas, north and south. The
course consists of seven lessons, to
each of which a simple test is giv
en. It is completely free. There is
no charge for the lessons nor for
any other matter furnished with
the course. The seminarians look
forward to another busy year.
Those who desire more informa
tion or who wish to enroll may
write: Correspondence Course,
St. Bernard, Alabama.
Father James Wallace has
celebrated his 60th anniversary
as a Jesuit.
Augusta Deanery
PSan Luncheon
AUPGUSTA, Ga.—'The Augusta
Deanery Council of The National
Council of Catholic Women an-
nounpe plans for their annual
luncheon to be held at the Rich
mond Hotel, Sunday, October
2nd, at 1:00 P. M.
Representatives of Catholic
Women from Milledgeville and
Dublin, Georgia, the three Augus
ta Parish Councils and all Au
gusta Catholic women are invited
to attend.
Honored guests at the luncheon
will be Father Toomy, Spiritual
Moderator of the Savannah-At-
lanta Diocesan Council. Father
Toomey, a native Augustan, is
presently serving as Pastor of the
Sacred Heart Church at Milledge
ville, Ga.
Guest speaker for the occasion
will be Mrs. J. H. Palmer of Cor-
dele, Ga. Mrs. Palmer is a past
president of the National Coun
cil of NCCW.
The day’s activities will begin
with Mass at 12 o’clock noon at
St. Patrick’s Church. Luncheon
will be served at 1 o’clock with
a meeting immediately following.
Miss Annie M. Rice, local Dean
ery president has appointed the
following committees to handle
the arrangements: Mrs. Harry
Shurley, Hotel, Mrs. E. A. Mark-
waiter, Decorations, Miss Mary
Sullivan, Reservations.
500,000 visited the Shrine of
Ste. Anne de Beaupre during
July.
The spiritual kinship of Rob
ert Schumann and Johannes
Brahms is strikingly demonstrat
ed on Mercury MG 8002 contain
ing a violin sonata from each:
No. 1 in A minor for the older
and No. 2 in A major, Op. 100
“Thun”) for the younger.
Violinist Rafael Druian’s
beautifully controlled tone and
disciplined bow make the econo
mically conceived Schumann so
nata sound very well indeed. The
Brahms work would profit with a
slightly darker and bigger tone
prhaps; both violinist and pian
ist (John Simms) seem a little
over careful with the music. Isa
ac Stern and Zakin on Columbia
get more at the heart of things
with their performance on Col
umbia. But back to the credit
side of the record: the Schumann
performance is a lovely one in
deed: one that no admirer of
chamber music can well afford
to be without.
For many nurtered on Beeth
oven and Brahms in the way of
violin sonatas, Bela Bartok’s So
nata No. 2 for violin and piano
(recorded on Mercury MG 80000
by Rafel Druian and John
Simms) may well be a trifle
gamey. For the enterprising,
however, this powerfully
wrought composition should hold
considerable attraction. Both in-
sruments are pushed about as
far as possible technically and
the almost atonal music deeply
rooted in Hungarian folkmusic is
charged with an uncommon en
ergy.
On the reverse side Maurice
Ravel’s single sonata for the.
same combination comes to the
attention couched in more civil
terms. For those unfamiliar with
the work, its second movement
is a salute to jazz (circa 1927) in
the form of blues. Both perform
ers are a trifle stolid here.
On the whole, however, they
meet the challanges of the de
manding works. Their Bartok is
much better recorded than Spi-
vakosky’s on Concert Hall and
they easily outdistance all com
petition in the Ravel.
Georges Enesco’s Sonata No.
3 for violin and piano, A minor,
Op. 25 has for a sub-title “In the
Popular Rumanian Style” which
indicates rather accurately its
essentially improvisatory nature.
Although no folktunes as such
are used . the whole composition
is filled with the feeling of local
Slav-Magyar color. The emotion
al range is wide and the shape of
the piece as a whole is very
large as if both performers have
all the time in the world to trace
the elaborate patterns of the bril
liant improvisations.
Override (on Mercury MG
80001) Leo Janacek’s more dis
ciplined Sonata for violin and
poano provides more effective
contrast for the uninhibited emo
tionalism of the Enesco. For
neither sonata is there any com
petition in the Schwann cata
logue.
Both Druian and Simms des
play requisite virtuosity for the
Enesco and uncover a healthy
vein of sentiment for the more
romantic Janacek.
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