The Archive · 1924

Natural Affinity for Bach's Measures

GIRLS AND WESTERN MUSIC

BY Eusavers Perys, East has not only met West, to study each other's art and ite things, Mr. Henry Bichheim ce) but Eust and West have begun ature, and general way of doing mes from the Boston Syiaphony tea to study Chinese rhythms. study Western art or are instructed Chinese artists go abroad to Shanghai in the Occidental perspectives and futuristic fane fo" good that he comes to China strength of Vine. Miss Prieda students resilient to the impact of Mr." Rounteoo thinks. their work to'find out what produced their rammel finds "her Chinese piano Bach, Chopin and Debussy, Miss Frommel, who is known to miny music lovers of Shanghai as skillful interpreter of Chopin, has a studio "for music and Innguages" at 480% Avenue Joffre. Here she has collected a large following of music pupils and also has a number of classes and private pupils in French conversation, be-by studying Rugsian and Chinese. A number of Chinese with a musician I can develop their fingers easily. The essenti thing is to teach them how to expres what the music means to them. Tt is not that they do not understand what the composer has at heart to say. I find my girls very intuitive in that respect. But tw express its that is very different, Emotions were created, the Chinese girl feels, to be concealed. To Pour out' your soul through the superior-calibered parents and relatiyes and friends, like ourselves, /want fo bestow high-grade juveniles at Chritmas time, the only way to be sure of securing them is to order them from our booksellers now.

One of the highly successful Christmas books for 1923, a book we could hardly bear to part with, was Mr. C. B. Falls A.B.C. Book, paint for his little daughter. Bed *|Jane is a year older now and wants /more of a story, 30 this year's book "Mother Goose," illustrated wi an imaginative grace as well as in strong design and clean colouring. [All the characters so closely woven into the texture of our every-day life riot gaily through these pages and their happy atmosphere the child immediately come in contact}

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