Music Association
Hears Warfield in
Program of Songs
By RICHARD D. WERNER
Monday night at the Medford
High school auditorium, Wil
liam Warfield, bass-baritone,
assisted by Willard Straight
at the piano, presented mem
bers of the Jackson County
Civic Music association a pro
gram of song and pfano play
ing that was worth the price
of the whole series.
Beginning with a motet by
a 17th Century German com
poser, Hammerschmidt, fol
lowed by two arias by a 17th
Century English composer,
Purcell, Warfield demonstrat
ed a most high degree of
knowledge and understand
ing of the diverse styles of
each. The German work was
performed with all the reli
gious fervor of a liturgical
style required and the English
works were performed with
a free, buoyant and florid
style, creating a whole new
atmosphere.
Here is an artist! A truly
great artist and the audience
felt it. Audiences may not, on
the whole, be very erudite
musically but when they hear
greatness they recognize it
and respond to it. So it was
last night.
In Complete Command
Warfield not only has a
great voice, he is also in com
plete command of it. His
dynamics, coloring and musi
cianship are of the first rank
and in the Schumann lieder
he demonstrated all of them.
In three songs of Ravel,
French in style but with a
Spanish flavor, wa-. demon
strated another facet of the
artist's great skill.
And to top it off, he did an
aria from "The Barber of Se
ville" by Rossini with most
appropriate histrionic ges
tures. Thus far Warfield had
sung in Latin, English, Ger
man, French and Italian. A
formidable performance,
indeed.
After intermission, Willard
Straight, who had been doing
some mighty fine accompany
ing, proceeded to show that
he had another ability. To
accompany is an art in itself,
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and good ones are rare, but
when one is also a fine
pianist, you have an unbeat
able combination. After play
ing a "Fantasia" by Teleman,
who is having a sort of revi
val of his works, in the crisp
harpsichordish style required.
Straight played a very bril
liant. "Toccata" by Prokofiev.
Noticeable in this number
was the excellent pedalling.
He played the short "D ma
jor Prelude" by Chopin as an
encore. A most suitable
choice, we thought.
Not Prolific Composer
Gretchaninoff, whose song
"Over the Steppe" was next,
was not a prolific composer,
and he did not write anything
that was not good. This fine
song must be heard many
times to be really appreci
ated. Being a white Russian,
he barely made it to New
York after the -.revolution,
and lived in a cellar apart
ment, for. many years before
his death in 19S6. .
I ' am reminded of a time
when a radio chain put on a
program of his works and two
of his songs needed to be
orchestrated. Gretchaninoff, a
careful, meticulous worker,
was asked to do it and asked
when he could deliver. He
mused a second or two and
answered, "In about two
months." The hurry-up boys
told him they wanted them in
two days and he refused. A
staff orchestrater did the job,
a friend of mine who told me
the story.
The songs of Dougherty
and Raphling were samples
of what the American compo
ser is doing. Mostly the music
was in the accompaniment.
Four Spirituals
To close his program, War
field chose four spirituals, all
different, and all wonderful
as only spirituals can be.
Their very simplicity and
lack of pretense move all
people who hear them. And it
was their simplicity, their
lack of pretense and this
great art which belies art that
Warfield gave in the last few
golden moments of this con
cert. A sort of benediction.
But the people wanted
more and this generous, great
artist sang their favorites,
"I Got Plenty O' Nothin' "
and "Ol' Man River." In be
tween he did a cute number
where the lady's "no" means
"yes," accompanying himself,
no less. - 1
A grand evening by a grand
artisUOou- have our best
thanks and when you come
back sometime we may have
a new auditorium for you.
-MAC
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SECTION B
MEDFORDtSTRIBUNE
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1963
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BABY ABANDONED-A small
on the steps of Saint Rose of
wrapped in blankets and contained in a small wooden utility
basket. There was no note or other information with the
two-to-three-wecks-old boy. (UPI)
Measures Passed
Salem (UPD The 'following
measures were passed in the !
legislature Tuesday:
By the Senate:
SJM1 - Memorializing the
President and Congress to
urge the Department of Agri
culture and Interior to expe
dite the salvage and sale of
timber downed in the Oct.
12 storm.
By the House:
HB2005'- Relating to the
financial administration of the
State Board of Architect Ex
aminers. HB2070 - Relating to the
financial administration of the
Patton Home for the Friend
less.
HB2077 - Relating to the
payment of expenses in con
nection with the publication
and distribution of Oregon
Supreme Court reports and
advance sheets thereof and
other miscellaneous public
printing.
HB2092 - Relating to the
financial administration of the
traffic court rules committee.
HB2094 - Relating to the
financial administration of
the commission on uniform
state laws.
HB2099 - Relating to ' the
financial administration of the
State Board of Landscape
Architect Examiners.
HB1052 - Relating to the
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baby was found abandoned
Lima church in Baltimore, Md
By Legislature
transfer of house trailers sub
ject to lien.
HB1057-Relatlng to regis
tration of house trailers held
by dealers.
HB1107- Relating to the
membership of the Oregon
State Board of Forestry.
Tax Credits for
Investors Possible
Washington-IUPD - The head
of the Alliance for Progress
said Tuesday the Kennedy ad
ministration may Issue spe
cial tax credits to American
firms investing in Latin
America.
Alliance Coordinator Teo-
doro Moscoso made the state
ment in reply to a critical re
port on Latin American eco
nomic development made rec
ently by J. Peter Grace, presi
dent of W. R. Grace and Co.,
and chairman of the Com
merce Committee for the Al
liance for Progress.
The Kennedy administra
tion has declined to make
public the Grace report,
which attacked the present Al
liance for Progress program
as "grossly inadequate."
Grace himself released brief
excerpts last week end.
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Heated Towel Racks
New Hotels
Each Other
Br DICK WEST
Washington - WPli - N e w
hotels have been springing up
in the capital recently in gay
rmmm profusion, like
1 but tercups. I
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V . I don't know
why so many
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hotel here, but
I am glad they
did for it has
made the win
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Weit
ter seem more bearable.
Even under normal condi
tions, competition in the hotel
business is rather intense.
When you have five or six
new ones opening virtually
in concert, it gets to be a bit
like a Roman holiday.
In vying with each other
for public attention, they have
done about everything except
feed bellhops to the lions.
Each new hotel must make
some sort of bid for distinc
tion and this has led to a ple
thora of so-called "novel fea
tures." . In an earlier dispatch en
this subject, I expressed
concern lest tome hotel
builder become to intent on
providing "nor, feaiuret"
he would forget to provide
any bedrooms.
Thus far, that hasn't hap
pened, but the struggle for
uniqueness among the hostile
hostels has been awesome to
behold.
At the moment I am being
awed, and maybe even over
awed, by the debut of a new
caravansary called the Madi
son. Its claim of distinction is
based on something the man
agement describes as "re
strained elegance,"
This, of course, ' sets it
apart from the other new
hotels, where the elegance Is
more or less unrestrained.
Among the Madison's novel
features are heated towel
racks. I assume they are what
the management means in
Boost in Grazing
Fees Proposed
On Public Lands
Washington - MPD - An as
sistant secretary of Interior
told a congressional commit
tee Tuesday that western
farmers would not be "pushed
off the brink" if fees for
grazing on public lands were
increased by 50 per cent.
John A. Carver Jr. testified
that "We must not go into the
1963 grazing season with 1962
rates." He appeared before
the House Interior committee,
which is considering public
land problems facing the new
Congress.
Udall'i Approval Seen
Another official, Director
Karl Landstrom of the Bureau
of Land Management, said a
new schedule of grazing fees
probably would be approved
by Secretary Stewart L. Udall
in a few days.
Currently, grazers pay 19
cents a month per cow, 19
cents a month for five sheep,
and 38 cents a month per
horse for the privilege of
grazing their animals on pub
lic lands.
The big complaint about
raising fees, Oliver said, is its
effect on smaller owners.
Increase Moderate
"But an operator with a
hundred cows and five
months' use now pays less
than $100 for the privilege;
one with a thousand pays less
than $1 a head for a five
month season now.
"Neither one of them is go-
ing to be pushed off the brink
by an increase as moderate as
50 per cent.
"And we can't ask Congress
for J10 million or more for
soil and moisture and other
range imprnvpment programs
while the users arc paying in
only $3 million . . .," Carver
1 raid.
! In Poor Condition
j Landstrom testified that 30
per cent of the 142 million
i acres of public lands In or
ganized grazing districts was
' in poor or depleted condition.
He said the bureau had nr
; Kanizcd four multiple use im
! provement projects to show
i what could be done.
He said special emphasis
; was placed on range rchabili
I latlon in these projects:
j The 4,875,000 -acre Vale
i project In Eastern Oregon, the
j 4.4 million acre Owyhee proj.
I eet In Idaho; the 3 million
! acre Beowawe project in Ne
1 vada and the 1 mlllinn ar.
I Rio Puerco project in New
Mexico.
PASSES BCDTIME BILL
Trenton, N.J.-t!P!-The New
Jersey Assembly has passed
a bill to allow children to
stay up past their bedtime.
The bill would permit chil
dren under 8 years of age to
work professionally in theatri
in Washington Outdoing
With Novel Features
saying that the hotel is "opu
lent" without being "obtru
sive."
If it had been striving for
obtrutive opulence, it un
doubtedly would have pro
vided both hot end cold
towel rackt. It could even
have gone a step further
end put in tome lukewarm
towel racks.
I wouldn't attempt to judge
the comparative opulence of
the new hotels, but I will
credit the Madison with put
ting cut the most opulent
press kit I have ever seen.
An indexed brochure whose
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For generations now, Old Hermitage has grown in favor
along with the growth of the Woat.
Westerners like things straight. Old Hermitage is straight
Kentucky bourbon ayed to perfection. Westerners go for
quality. Old Hermitage is superb whiskey.
Westerners like honesty. Old Hermitage is honestly made,
honest in value. And underneath, Westerners arc gentle and
mellow themselves. So's Old Hermitage.
Tonight try Old Hermitage, respected by the West since
1869. What'll you have with it?
THE OCR HIRMITASt OIJTIllIRy COMPANY, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY 6 PROOF
compartments are held to
gether by a goH cord, it is
about the size of the Mona
Liza and ranks in sheer ton
nage with the federal budget.
Among its contents is a
booklet that advises guests of
the hotel what they should
wear when invited to the
White House and how they
should address the President
and his wife.
An invitation to the White
House isn't included with
your room, however. So that
leaves at least one novel fea
ture available for the next
new hotel.
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Fz you grow
STAND8 HER GROUND .
Worlingham, England-fllPD-Mrs.
Elizabeth Riseborough,
criticized by the town courcil
because she put unmention
ables on a line in front of
her house, said "My nly con
cern is to get the undies iry."
SOCK!;
grow up
in the
West...
Hermitage
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London - (UPD - The British
cabinet is considering allow,
ing importing Soviet oil as
a means of securing Russian
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