THE APPRECIATION OF MUSIC
The proceedings at the worker*' educational class, held weekly, for the study of' "The Appreciation of Music," were agreeably varied at the last meeting by the introduction of a soloist in the genial person of Mr. F. S. Pope., At: a former lecture Mr. Kerry (the1 lecturer) had discoursed at some length, and with evident enthusiasm, an the work of Schubert, assigning to him a preeminent place among composers of song. On Tuesday last (in the course of am ambitious programme for a single lecture, dealing with Mendelssohn, Chopin, and Schumann), he compared! and contrasted the songs of Schubert and Schumann, and requisitioned the services of Mr. Pope to illustrate his remarks-.. .'ln a manner that met with the cordial appreciation of bis heareTß, Mr. Pope rendered two well-known songs by Schubert ("The Erl King" and "The Wanderer"), and aleo Schumann's /"Two Grenadiers." By his well-oantrolled, dramatic intensity in this last ■ song, ha admirably expressed the spirit of personal devotion which Napoleon inspiredi in tho men who served- him.
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 24, 28 July 1922, Page 5
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173THE APPRECIATION OF MUSIC Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 24, 28 July 1922, Page 5
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