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THE CHINA MAIL,

MUSIC DRAMA FILMS

STOCKHAUSEN

TEACHER, SINGER & CRITIC

SOME MEMORIES

{By Leonard Sickert]

I have been reading a life of Stockhausen, written by his daugh- tar, Frau Wirth. Although, per haps, too long, there are very many ||interesting letters in and also many interesting opinions about singing, and music in general by Stockhausen himself. It is not, perhaps, generally known that he was probably the first artist-to sing the songs of Schubert, and Schu- mann in England, and, indeed, throughout his life, he remained the acknowledged authority as an interpreter of the classical Ger- man songs.

But saying that a man is the greatest song singer of his time, bearing in mind the kind of songs in question, is tantamount to saying that he must have been one of the greatest singers of his age; for as Max Muller remarks in his preface to the Peters edition of the Schu bert songs: "What Schubert calla a song cycle becomes (in his hands)

a complete tragic opera, and as an etching often reaches greater heights than an oil painting, so anyone who has shared with me the privilege of hearing Jenny Lind sing the Schone Mullerin, or Stock-

Poet's Ideal

celebration of his 100th birthday wrote condoling with him that his (Stockhausen's) age and Infirmi- ties prevented him from taking party in the centenary celebra- tons!

He had one great and rare ́ad- vantage in being bilingual. He was born in Paris, and pent the whole of his youth Franco. Speaking about the difference be- tween the French and German point of view in art, he says: "You; (the French) have more patience,

There are also some, very inter- more perseverance in teaching the arts. You carry it to greater esting letters from Hermann Levi this in Germany. We have beauti-Brahms's naivete about declama perfection. We don't always do complaining about what he calls

Billie Dove

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The flm star, who recently visited Paris.

ful voices in our country, we have strong Individualities in our 'thea- tres, but it is rare to find a singer who can even sing a mordent well, or an actor who speaks his own language purely. The German ... makes a parade of his dialect, often very faulty, even in singing. In Franco this would not be tolerat- ed." Again, writing to his brother Franz, he says: "Germany is the country of chorus singers, and not that of Boloists. In this country of Germany they haven't any idea of what is meant - by "travaillez uze volx': the piano or the violin, yes, but not the voice."

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Preference for German One would think that, being a singer, he would have preferred to remain In France and make his career there, sincs he had such a poor opinion of singing in Germany. Yet he had his ressons for preferr- log Germany. "Do you think," ha writes in another letter, "that one can learn to sing German music and poetry well without a touch of romantle madness? No! Italian Įmusic, taken as music, away from the theatro, does not lead to con- templation and ecstasy; French music rarely; the language is not Dolores Del Rio, the motion picturepostical, is lacking in soul, the actress, whom Karl Vollmoeiler, author form alone is agreobale. The Ger- of the allegorical pageant "The man language, on the contrary, less Miracle," pronounces "the most beauti-beautiful in form and hard to the ful woman living." **

must

ear, has words for the most intim- ate thoughts; join to this its beauti- | fui rhythms, its richness, and its

music, hausen the Winterreise,

as poetical as the poets have felt himself more deeply to kneel to. These are the reasons themselves, and there is something moved than by the most blinding why I have had less success in and enchanting stage productions France than in. Germany, why I of the present day."

when it is a question of giving con- have a preference for this, country certa or of living there as a mull-

cian"

Here is another contemporary up preciation of Stockhausen's singing, written by Julius Wolft in the Na tional Zeltung: "There breathes It is amusing to hear that at throughout his singing a sensuous the age of 3 Stockhausen sang ly ideal poetry, a golden romance, that cannot be learned, nor describ- "Di tanti palpiti" to no less a ed, but can poly be felt."

person than me, Cataland that Stockhausen himself was rather he was in Paris during the 48 puzzled by this sort of praise. He revolution and heard Lablache sing used to say that he did not under- the "Marseillains” át. the Opera stand what all the fuss was about House. He notes with admira- that he only sang the songs with tion the astounding D which the the right fauaical feeling and the great base gave out in the refrain Just expression of the words. Yes, "Aux armes citoyens, formez vos that was all, no doubt, but it was batallone." Whimsical, too, is the also everything!"

letter from Garcia, who on the

fine

I had the privilege. of studying two years with him, and my recol lection of his singing is one of ex- treme simplicity, what one might

AN AMERICAN MOTHER'S HAPPY EXPERIENCE WITH perhaps call "squareness." He naver araggerated a point in or BABY'S OWN TABLETS. der to get an affect, but man- aged to produce a wonderful feed- Found Them Helpful Ing, a unity between the words and

In Teething. the music. This quality it very rare and very difficult to analyses it: In Baby's Own Tablets are rare especially among modern medicine for children," says, Mrs. singers. Henschel, it is true, did Alice Lombende, of No. 18, Ply to some extent have this gift, but mouth place, Holyoke, Mass. “My after all, if you got him away from experience has been that the use bis exquisite accompanying, he of the Tablets quiets the fever HONG KONG HEIGHTS bore no comparison to Stockhausen carded by teething and gives the SANKİNG # CAN metings as a singer.He was always, the baby rastful sleep, Baby's Own For the information of visitors no musician playing over the

Jaxative the following list of some of the songs, and giving you an idea, and highest points on the Island and often a very fine idea, of how they Mainland is published:-

ought to rebut Stockhausen treat

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appear in to-morrow's issue along with a new cross-word

puzzle.)

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tion. He gives as an example, among others, the famous song. "Wie bist du meine Konigin," where the accent is false through- out. He complains that in Brahms's songs the words and the music. nevar melt together into complete unity; but that it is as If the melodies, had been complet- ed first, and then the words written afterwards with diffenity. He goes on to say that he had often told Brahms, about this failing. and that for the most part he did not seem to understand what it was; all about. A

Levi puts this falling down to the ́fact, that':Brahms" had much more instinct for melody and.coun- terpoint than he had for rhythma, and asks. Stockhausen to confess that there is a great rhythmical work. monotony in Brahms's Evidently he had tried to defend Brahtis, but Levi would not have

it.

In conclusion I will say that this book would prove of great interest to singers and musicians generally in England.

Buster Keaton

The famous film comedian,

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