Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 30, 1963, Image 6

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Newspaper Page Text6 A DAR Names Conference Delegates The 49th annual state con ference of the Oregon State society, Daughters of the American Revolution, will be held In Salem March 4-B. Mrs. Judd Greenman, regent of Crater Lake chapter, will be the delegat? from the chapter, and Miss Florence M. Gifford, vice regent, is her alternate. The chapter elected other delegates at the last meeting, held January 26 at Girls Community club. They arc Mesdames Edward C. Root, G. R. Carter, T. J. Gifford, O. C. Rawlings, R. K. Bailey, R. E. Green and O. H. Bren ncman. Alternates elected are Mesdames Lawrence McDan iel, II. S. Chirgwin, W. G. Cummings, Bruce B. Martin, J. L. Houck, J. M. Rice and Miss Helen Crumpton. Tne chapter paid tribute in a candlelight memorial serv ice to two members who had died recently - Miss Abby Lu cille Sturtcvant and Mrs. D. O. Hood, past chapter regent and state officer. A group of songs by Amer ican composers was sung by Mrs. Rodney L. Newman. The program consisted of a panel discussion led by Mrs. Bailey on resolutions passed by the Continental Congress of the DAR on defecit spend ing, citizen army, medical care under social security, socialization of American agriculture and water re sources. Taking part in the panel were Mesdames Carter, B. G. Harding, M. N. Morris, Lawrence McDanicl and Bail ey. Guest day will be observed In February and the program will be one of American mu sic, Mrs. H. E. March, Chair man of American Music, announced. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 30. 1963 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON Social Events Women's News Calendar Calendar notices and newt for the eoclety eeclion of The Mall Tribune muit be mbmtlted In writing and deadline (or the Sun day edition Is 1 p.m. Friday Dead l:rt for the weekly calendar li 9 a m of the day of publication and for week day news It ft p.m. the day before publication. Wednesday: 8 p.m.-RoRue Valley Art Association, Red Cross audi torium. Thursdays 1 p.m. - Olive Rrbckah lodge, home of Mrs. LeRoy Cline. iFMEE-rfrllrlouHj jl.MAUT llECIPESj P.O. Boi 2589, Portland 3, Ore. We've decided that the time has come to do a little clearing of the air about reviews of music published in The Mail Tribune. So, after doing some research to be sure of our facts, here goes. James A. Johnston wrote in a letter to the editor Jan uary 23: "It is time to get a new music critic for the paper. For years Mr. Werner has been writing these reviews of all the musical activities of the town. And in all this time 1 have not seen a single one in which he has been able to say that the performance was good. In fact, he always has to say something highly critical. His review of the Gregg Smith Singers was one such report. Ihc letter continues, but it is this portion on which we wi.sh to comment. Mr. Johnston is in error in believing that Mr. Werner (Richard D.) reviews all the musical activities of the town He docs write most of the reviews for Civic Music programs, and an occasional one for other musical events. However, many reviews have been written by other staff members including this reporter, George H. Bell, Evelyn Ousterhout and Faith McCullough, or by guest reviewers, such as Edith Rode, John Drysdalc and Southern Oregon college faculty members. As for Mr. Johnston not seeing a single review in which Mr. Werner has been able to say that the performance was good, either he does not read all the reviews, or he has forgotten their content. We have on hand a slack of clip pings of Mr. Werner's articles, and some of the headlines read as follows: "Reviewer Praises Pianist:" "Reviewer Praises Young Violinist;" "Reviewer Says Program was 'Balm for the Soul' " and "Miss Thebom Wins Over Audience," are some of these. Of the pianists, Josette and Yvctte Roman, Mr. Werner wrote: "Not only are these very charming Parisian young ladies an excellent duo, but they are most accomplish ed as individual pianists. Possessed of brilliant technique, they used it to convey musical meaning rather than for mere display." The "Balm for the Soul" review was written about the "Orchestra San Pietro of Naples" and Mr. Werner said: "This orchestra da camera (chamber orchestra) is composed of virtuosi. The clarity of technique, quality of tone and precision of ensemble could only be achieved by musicians of high quality and skill . . . The dynamics, nuances and coloring were superb." The young violinist of whom he wrote was David Abel of San Francisco. Part of the review reads, "From the first two notes ("Introduction and Rondo Capriecioso" by Saint Sacns) an open fifth and the love he gave them served notice that the lesson in music was over and now he would be happy and sing. And sing he did. Although the work is bristling with difficulties, as any violinist can attest, he overcame them all with aplomb, taste and style. This was music in the virtuoso manner, and Abel proved his vir tuosity . . . His intonation was impeccable, and the com position has some nasty chords. The last page was all pure pearls. Abel, you would have made Saint-Saens happy." Since Mr. Werner believes, as do most first rale critics, that it is only fair to both audiences and performer to point out deficiencies as well as good qualities, he wrote that Abel-still in his mid-twenties, was not yet an artist in the full sense of the word. In his review of the Nelson and Neal two-piano team Mr. Werner wrote that they "demonstrated technical prowess, Interpretive sensitivity and musicianship of a high order. He ended by saying he hoped the team appeared here again. Of the National Artists Sinfonictta, with Amparo Iturbi ns piano soloist, Mr. Werner praised the director, William Hanker, for his conducting of the Mozart selections, praised the woodwind section for its playing of a modern compos tion, said the group was not well balanced as to instruments, and praised Miss Amparo as a "brilliant pianist." Back in the 11159 season Mr. Werner wrote of the Rabin offs, Bcnno and Sylvia, that Mr. Rabinuff "displayed a grasp of the classical style and demonstrated beyond a doubt a most proficient technical equipment." Of his wile he said her three numbers "were all brilliant numbers Benefit Art Exhibit Plans Near Completion Final preparations arc well under way for an afternoon benefit for tne Rogue Valley Art association to be held at the newly remodeled studio of Eugene Bennett, 305 South Oregon street in Jacksonville on February 3rd from 3 to 5. The public is invited. All proceeds will go to the Art Association which main tains the Rogue Gallery, 220 I West Main, Medford. Feature of the afternoon J will be a retrospective exhibit of water colors of Jacksonville done by Mr. Bennett from 1943 through 1950. All of the paintings are of landmark buildings in Jacksonville and are being loaned from private collections for this event. Mr. Bennett is a native of southern Oregon, having been born in Central Point. He was graduated from Medford High school, attended the Univer sity of Oregon until he enter ed the Navy during World War II. In 1947 he entered the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Chicago where he received his masters degree. After a year of travel and painting in France and Italy he returned to Chicago to leach at New Trier Town ship High school and the Art Institute until returning to Medford in 1958. He is an honorary member of the Southern Oregon So- ' J, m SAVE ' f .;tjLJ HERE , V.V .j U.S. Treasury 'DrpanmeiTT ; fVl 'immmmmiMhmMJl Jnml Rpvpntin Service .' late-nil A NEW FREE SERVICE FOR OUR CUSTOMERS! DrugTax A SKRVICC TO TAXPAYERS Ever wish, nt income t.i time, ih.it ou li.ul a complete moid of every cent mmi spent lui ilini; ami iliug piodutls thumglmiit the )car and how mm It nl it ,u li g.ill ilciliu tilde? Thai kind ol a iruuil iciiild .tc uu money. And th.it kind ol a ICioid (.in now he unn, chtv y c.u , absolutely fire of ilwuic. This new senile is i.illnl DiugT.iv We air making it available to all of our (Iimoiiiiis iininedi.iiclx, lice of di.tigr, as another av of s.isini; "thank sun" lm their p.itiunagr. You would be siupiisrd at the number of diuir ami medical supplies that (an be nf a ilrduttihlr n.ituie items such as autisrplits, aspirin, uiinjlt and mid piipaialious, ami liundieils of oli.rts. Indeed, the Amci ii .in laxpaser has been losing mill ions of clnllais annually brtause lie hasn't hern asvjie nf lum inaiiv ding itrim aie legallv ilcdui liblr. Hut sou must be able to idler pmnf of puuli.i-r in otilrr to claim null items in pirp.it ititr sour lednjl iiimnie tax letuin. And when u bus hum us, sou get thai pmol in thr foiiu of an annual icinnl, mailed in l cliiii.ny. Coma in and let ut tall you mot about DrugTo OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL 9 CentraleDrug Main Your Convenient Prescription Pharmacy I Central Phono 772 9431 I u iu:en sSTAMP ciety of Artists and one nf the founders of the Rogue Valley Art association. He has taught privately in Medford for sev eral years and given extension classes for the Oregon State System of Higher Education in Coos Bay and Grants Pass. His work is currently in the rental galleries of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Portland Art museum; the Benjamin Galleries and Frank Oehlsch laeger gallery in Chicago. During the past few years Mr. Bennett has been devel oping a style of wood sculp ture reminiscent of the totem poles of the northwest Indians. Groups of these poles are now in the collections of Omark Industries, Portland: U. S. Na tional Bank of Portland, Eu gene: Standard Insurance Co., Medford; and Mr. and Mrs. Harlow Carpenter, Waitsfield, Vermont. They were also fea tured at the Oregon pavillion in the Century 21 Worlds Fair, Seattle. Club Announces Lunrheon Friday Get Together ciub will hold a potluck luncheon Friday, February 1, at 1 p.m. at Girls Community club. A social hour will follow luncheon. On the committee are Mrs. Trcna Herd, Mrs. Ida Ireland, Mrs. Guy Baker and Mrs. Esther Wyalt. expertly executed. She displayed quite a bit of fire and warmth of feeling. A very lovely and talented lady." Also in that season Mr. Werner reviewed the Griller Siring Qaurtet with great praise saying at one point "they are superb", in another that they are "most expert in contemporary music" and later "very lovely and sensitively done." The review ended "On the basis of the two concerts so far given, we are in for a beautiful musical season. We tip our hat!" Mr. Werner has been writing for 10 years, so it would be impossible to quote from each review. But going back over the concert list and reviews we can report that he had deserved praise for such concert stars as Ruth Slenczyn ska and Walter Hautzig, both noted pianists; for the Amer ican Piano Trio, for the soprano, Dorothy Warenskjold, and for the Zurich Little Sympthony orchestra. Jan Peerce, the American tenor, Bidu Sayao. the famous singer from South America, the Portland Junior Symphony orchestra, the pop ular folk singers from Africa, .Mara is and Miranda and Ccsare Valleti, all received praise from Mr. Werner. There have been many others throughout the years. There have been a few disappointing performers and programs and at these times Mr. Werner wrote what he considered an honest appraisal of the numbers. A few times this reporter has thought he was too charitable, if anything. An audience has a right to expect more than mere "enter tainment" from highly billed and highly paid concert stars. We also feel that this might be a good time to review Mr. Werner's qualifications as a musician, and a critic of music and (hose who are appearing on the concert stage. He began the serious study of music at the age of 8 and has con tinued to study, perform, direct and compose for more than 50 years. As a violinist he has studied and performed the music of the old and ancient masters through the moderns, in symphony, opera, musical shows, operettas, ballets, cham ber music, and oratorio. Before coining to Oregon he played in New York and other eastern cities with Altschuler, Dam rosch, Sokoloff, Ormandy and Sodero. For seven years he played with a chamber music group of four strings and piano, performing music literature from Corelli to Copland. He has known personally and heard most of (he great singing artists from Caruso to Veletti and Gobi. He has listened to all of the great string players '. from Kubelik to Stern. For these who think that Mr. Werner is unduly critical of some contemporary music, let us point out that he studied under teachers of harmony, ' counterpoint, canon, fugue, composition and orchestration; these teachers had studied under Massenet, Bartok, Kodaly and Ponchielli. It call also be pointed out that his under standing and reaction to the periods of composition come from first-hand observation and participation in the music world for more than 50 years, and not merely from years spent in schools, colleges and universities. In answer to Gary Lovre's letter of January 25, Mr. Werner would like to ((note the eminent critic and musician, Henry Pleasants: " New music which cannot excite the en thusiastic participation of the lazy listeners has no claim to his sympathy and indulgence. Contrary to popular belief, all music which survives in the standard repertoire has met this condition in its own time." This goes for Bach and Mozart. We believe that Ml. Werner has made a material con tribution to the music life of southern Ore gun. This in cludes, in addition to his own teaching schedule, consider able composing, conducting of concerts and operas, playing in orchestras and with a chamber music group as well as writing his knowlcdccable reviews as h punlic service. His only remuneration for these review-, is two memberships which the association provides. Following each concert, usually evening events. Mr. Werner must remain up for an hour or so writing these, by hand, i-it' r'ivt ' Tribune office by 9:30 a ni. the next day in order to meet the paper's deadline. Ai tunes tin:. i ,.,,,u m ii'.is,i.t...w.c personal effort, and the Tribune is grateful. Since we have referred to the letters of Mr. Johnston and Mr. l.ovre. perhaps we should also mention that of Ramil G. Maddux. Ashland This writer was interesua in learn that apparently Mr. Maddux, a teacher of music in the Ashland public schools, i.- not a member of Jackson County Civic Music association, for he wrote: "Alter at tending the Civic .Music concert as a guest last Sunday evening 1 was surprised to bear (did he not read it (or him self") of the poor reviews in your paper. If 1 could be sure all (tic programs would be of thi.s caliber, I wouldn't hesitate to purchase a membership when asked next scar." It is net necessary to tie "asked'' to join the association. 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