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ttm -I tatoX to nfiJhJfri riMA 11' I 9 A PAHT rAUfci THE DURHAM IIERALD-SUN SUNDAY JUNE 23 1940 NAZI INVASION BARS ANTON BREES FROM HOMELAND Jurham Jayeees To Pioneer Bellmaster In Ninth Season At Duke Son Of Famed Carillonneur Begins Ninth Year At Duke Get National Honor Li Organlntien WUI Get Certifiratc Fer Syphilis Control Program A certificate will be presented Crew Of 10 Laborer And Mm Who Introduced America To Bell Made Of Low Countries Delight Manjr With Unique Breet Has Pioneered Profession In This Country Ths pioneer exponent In America I feet from end to end end the beli master Is kept busy sliding up and down the bench to strike the right peg and fa right pedals at the right tune the Durham Junior Chamber of Commerce at llie national association's convention in Washington over the week-end in recognition of the work of the local chamber A crew of 10 taiiorer-i and a forein syphilis control program coil- man working under the supervision ducted tills Spring the County Health Department While the Wichita Kan Cham-j will begin tomorrow the annual bar won first place for its syphilis task of clearing weeds from the coutrol work Durham's Chamber-ntv's vacant lots won honorable mention in a contcstl The workmen will make a sys-where only five chambers in the trmatic sir ret by street tour of the city and only In aggravated cases wilt it jump from one section to another without completing the work country received that honor At taut three local Joyce es plan to attend the Washington meeting They are Egbert Haywood out- in the first section Superintendent Epperson fiid going president Farthing new president and going treasurer The eily hns appropriated 81200 for the woik mid the department hopes to give the entire urban section a complete going over devoting special utlcnluui tu lots adjacent to homes Contrary to common belief weed although unsightly sre not a direct health menace Epperson pointed 'out Many people think Ihey breed (mosquitoes he said but they are mistaken It should be retnein- jbevcd he said that before there Miss Margaret Elba And Alfred ar0 mosquitoes there must be wig- gle tails and wiggle tails require stagnant standing water Green Report On Trip To Washington BARBER SHOP EMPLOYE AND DEPOSIT MISSING Durham County Couhcil of 4-H Club held a surprise parly yesterday afternoon for Alfred Green and Margaret Ellis who were the 4-H Club delegates to the Washington Defective Inst niaht were still isr arching fir barbershop employe Comention ot 4-H Uhrtw of the who dnm pi'e-ircd yeetenh ijr morning United States The party was staged whllJ to local bank with at Duke Park where a large number of the 4-H members gathered to celebrate the occasion of the high honor which had been bestowed on their two felljw members The Merrymakers 4-H Club of the Maybmok community was in charge of the program giving tho playi 4-H Club Folk I'l in Their 1 a deposit of 80-The employe Alexander Williams 19 worked for the Whitaker end Murrell Barker Shop 127 West Parrish Street tie was sent to the bank with a deposit and when after bn hour and a halt he failed to show up at the or return detectives were notified Following the program Miss Verniii The proprietors said the boy hod Stanton Introduced Miss Ellis end be deposits for them for told of her project work over a vome time period of eight years at a 4-H Club! 1 11 member County Farm Agi'iit I)1 pai it PLAYS Pare introduced Mr Given and UL KUOinoun( LS told something of his work during ON DUKE ORGAN TODAY Anton Brees first professional carillonneur to give recitals in America this month began his ninth consecutive Summer season as master of the bells in Duke Univresity's Chapel belfry shown at upper left during an evening program Thousands throng the Durham campus on Sunday afternoons and Thursday evenings to hear the distinguished distinctive interpretation of classic and familiar music Mr Drees is shown in inset among some of the 50 bells of the Duke carillon the largest bell weighs five and one-half tons At lower left i shown the clavier console or keyboard housed directly beneath the bells At lower center the carillonneur demonstrates the function of the feet in carillon-playing while at lower right his deft and sturdy fists are shown in playing position ef unique form of democratic music is for the ninth consecutive year delighting thousands of Summer visitors to the campus of Duke University He is Anton Brees I'lemUh-American bellmaster who introduced the art of carillon-pitying in this country in 1824 having learned it in his native Antwerp from which he i now barred by Karl arms Ibis unique art which has flourished in the Low Countries of Europe for about MO years is achieving an ever-widening popularity in the New World another evidence that music most democratic of the arts has moved its world center to America With the Low Countries traditional home of tfaia farm of democratic in the hands of power with little regard fa either art or democracy many observers believe that America may soon become the home of the leading carillons and earfllauteun Most Americans are tinfamillar with the carillon fa it is only during the last 19 yean that professional carillonneur have practiced their art in this country Yet already the United States (which 25 yean ago according to William Gorham Rice the leading writer on bell music had only two carillons worthy of the name) has one-fifth of the 200-odd good bell-instruments in the world Belgium and Holland who together lost more than SO Carillons to military invaders between 1795 and 1014 have probably lost additional dozens in recent weeks The usual practice of conquering armies bat been to convert bells into cannon Since Abel ton of Adam fashioned the first crude sheep-bell (according to apocryphal legend) to make shepherding leas arduous bells have sounded many a significant note in mankind's history At the ringing of the Sicilian vespers on the third day of Easter 1282 1000 French were murdered In cold blood under the direction of John of Procida On August 24 St Bartholomew's Day) 1571 bells gave the signal for the massacre of tome 100000 Huguenots throughout France Centuries before Bell-founder Paul Revere broke the midnight slumbers of Middlesex minute-men in 1778 bells had called men to arms throughout Europe especially in Flanders and The Netherlands toll for danger a peal for victory wera the medieval predecessors of present-day air-raid and all-clear signals In fact military defense explains the origin of the Low Countries' towers" Demscrstie Music Loftiest of musical instruments the carillon Is played hi the Low Countries by burghers who are oft en facetious referred to as holder of the highest municipal offices for the carillonneur is Just at much a city official as the mayor or chief of police: The carillon is also known as the largest and weightiest of musical instruments many seta of bells totaling more than 35 tons: Carillonneurs and others devoted to carillon music however are not impressed by such description Tt them the celestial spiritual quality of bell music It Its great attraction Most music they point out Is intended fa the listener indoors in the home or concert hall The music of the carillon Is for the out-of doors and it best heard and enjoyed in a natural setting The late Royal Academician Starmcr has called this high' rst form of democratic because it represents "the people's expression In musie The tinging tower gives its music freely openly and fa all conditions of Concerning the carillon and the function of the bellmaster Anton Brees America's pioneer cartllon-neur has written: "May for all times the carillonneur approach hit office at Hcraut (Herald) i in spirit of dignified humility Imbued with the feeling that not ho produces the Song but that he is only the passing earthly instrument jvho can help make (the) Singing Tower force rf in- The bells are hung or stationary and tiie clappers are brought to the bells (usually on tbs instde but sometimes outside) by means of levers and wires connecting with the keyboard The clapper when or is only an inch or two from the bell fa in carillon-playing only a small part of the potential volume of sound is desired Carillon ere Judged not by the number of bells they contain hut by the number of octaves in the chromatic scale which are covered Two octaves are considered requisite Few carillons In America have more than four chromatic octaves although those at New York's Riverside Church and the University of Chicago chapel each cover six octaves each has 72 bells The Bole carillon at Lake Wales Fla while having 7t bells covers only four and one-half octaves The lowest semi -tone bell it omitted and the highest 18 notes are duplicated to avoid the airy sound of small bell This use of several bells fa one note in the upper register is common in canllon construction (A modern American-mode carillon for White Sulphur Springs Fla to be heard at the New York world's Is constructed of metal tubes three of which are struck simultaneously fa each note Thus according to the manufacturer there is assured greater volume greater carrying power greater richness of tone The tubular are made of drawn metal Instead of cast metal There it no dear indication that this new departure will revolution! carillon construction' Introduced In 8 Newspaper maps with which American readers have become increasingly familiar in recent weeks bear the names of placet quite well known to certUonneurs and devotees of carillon music for the Low Countries (and Belgium particularly) constitute the traditionally national home of the instrument It follows naturally that ths leading be 11m asters should havs developed in Belgium end Holland and that some of them should follow some of the best bells to America This they have been doing since 1924 when Anto Brees Laureate of tho Royal Flemish eonservatorium and sou of the carillonneur who served the City of Antwerp for more than 50 year came to this country fa his first recitals Now in the United States are perhaps JO bellmasters born or trained in the Low Countries chiefly at the Bel-glnn carillon school at Mechlin (Maxines) other may be expected soon if the number of carillon here continues to increase as it has during the last decade History of Carillon Tbs origin and early history of tho carillon la uncertain The very name sounds strange in tho Low Countries In Holland the name is whils in Belgium it 1 The word is adopted from the French and according to some authorities comes from the medieval Latin Thus the name is traced to the four diatonic bells which made up the tintannabulum (mainly church bells) of the twelfth century (Many persons use the French pronunciation with accent on the last syllable but In most English-speaking countries the accepted pronunciation is with accent on as in The bell in its present shape is thought to date from shout the fourth previous bells were triangular rectangular long and straight like row-bell or otherwise shaped differently from those we know The art (bell-making is considered more than a craft) attained its peak in the Low Countries about 1500 end it is then that the carillon Is thought to have had Jts origin Bell-makers consider the carillon the highest achievement In their art Each bell must not only be his nine year ns a mcmlx-r of the 4-H Club organization Mis Ellis and Mr Given reported on their The following program It an trip to the National Convention in nmincod by Paul Robinson for hie Washington jrei-iiil on the Puke University Frozen punrh snd cookie were Chapel organ at 4:30 o'clock this served at the Duke Park pavilion eainiAi nurcf cab Tnmv bi tha- following: Margaret Kills ANNOUNCED FOR TODAYElvll je jrell Mary Elizabeth Rebecca Klikhml Edith BELL MUSIC PROGRAM Shepherd Wilma Fem-ll Wilma) In Hie Church by Novak Cook Flora Bette- Jarrell Nannie I On Hennna the First Cuckod In Lee Cook Mildred Thomas Louisc-Vlng -hy Frederick Di-Hu F-dmundsnn Schu- Green Charlotte Olive Doris Cope land Lucille Blalock Virginia Ferrell Ilia FetTell Virginia Russell Juanita Shaw Annie Delta Nichols Kathleen Capps Verna Stanton mnn Mrs George Kirkland Mrs II A SteiStia ctt spent in Itanrdii-lu by Garth The Enchanted Foresl by Stoughton Evening Song hy Robert Anton Brees Duke University carillonneur lias announced tiie following program of bell music fa his 330 recital tills afternoon: I' America 3 (a) The Rising of the Lark (Welsh) (b) Darling Nellie Gray by lianby (c) Flow Gently Sweet Aftirn by Spilman 3 Romance from Symphony In flat by Haydn 4 (a) Face to Face by Fuller lb) Stand up Stand up for Jesus bv Webb Savior Itke a Shepherd Lead Us by Bradbury 8 Request number 6 Cradle Song by Schumann Dear Old Duke GAINING RE-ELECTION Tower (53 notes) Lake Wales Fit Feb 1 1928 (Dedicated by President Calvin Coolidge The Scottish Rite Carillon (50 notes) Scottish Rite Cathedral Indianapolis Ind May 5 1929 The Stanton Carillon 36 notes) Iowa State College Ames lows Oct 8 1929 Ths Singing Tower (48 notes) First Plymouth Church Lincoln Neb May 39 1931 The Singing Tower (SO notes) Duke University June 8 1932 The Virginia War Memorial Carillon (S3 notes) Richmond Va Oct 15 1932 The Ltiray Singing Tower (47 notes) Luray Va Nov 13 1937 In addition to playing dedicatory recitals on these carillons and the War Memorial Carillon of 37 notes at Capetown 'South Africa Mr Brees has performed on the following carillon in America: The First Presbyterian Church Carillon Birmingham Ala The Phillips Academy Ctrillon Andover Mass The Church of the Lady of Good Voyage Goueestcr Mass St Episcopal Church Morristown Norwood Mass Murtainoul Ohio and Albany Day James Mangum Alfred Green John Brooks Jack Wutt nhnson Jr ltuy Walker Jr fkmald O'Briant Haucum Jr Representative Victor Bryant Edmond Stallings Leon Pm rtah spent 116 In Ilfs surcesuful race fur Jimmie Dodson A- Sutton Lower House o( the General Aa- i irt lit it 1 hi la is Ai till fia ell 3 la Dw to Ik an to: a cr am of ly CO mi th Hi to ei tli nd ri eri k) bri fit 9 to tie Hy a 4 ai dr NE oli fhi me ati an Cl nr TC i- his th iht Li in 6 W9 iw fo fa fr- tic i i td dr It rut dll ill Pri mr itu of srl X) I have pleyed for nearly 150 years the Nauwelaertt of Ltor for more than a century Adolf and Josef Denyn of Mechlin have for decades presided over the clavier of the perfect carillon in the The Brees tradition In bell musie began in 1882 when Gustos father of Anton became carillonneur at Antwerp position he held until hi death In 1936 Gustaaf great artist that ba was was anxious that hit bells ba played by no one less expert than himself He was therefore reluctant to yield the clavier of the Antwerp bells to Anton and the younger musician had to go to nearby Ghent for hia first public performance This was in the Summer of 1919 Any doubt the elder carillonneur bay have had at to his talent was soon dispelled He lived to see the day when 400000 persons gathered in the great public square at Antwerp to hear Anton play The young carillonneur was soon bring heard frequently not only in Antwerp but in Bruges end Ghent and oilier nearby cities famous for thair bells His fame quickly exceeded the bounds of the low countries and In 1923 ht was called to England to give recitals' on the war memorial carillon at Loughborough home of the John Taylor bell-foundry He was asked to enma hack for the entire Summer of 1934 In the Spring of that year he made his first visit to America In 1923 ha went to South Africa to dedicate the Capetown carillon end the same year gave the first recital on the Rockefeller Memorial Card Hetnony Is usually given first rank though ths brothers Frans and Pieter did not begin ths manufacture of bells until 1S45 several decades after the first of ths van den Gheyn Ths Hemonys were natives of Lorraine and practiced their art at Zutfen and Amsterdam during the latter half pf the seventeenth esntury Willem van den Gheyn was a Hollander born several decades before the elder Hemony His d- acendunta have carried on' ths work of bell-making successively at Mechlin St Trond Tirtamont and Louvain down to ths present The name of the firm today is van Ac rich odt and the plant at Louvain has probably been destroyed nr confiscated In the last few weeks Another name famous In Flemish bell-founding la that of Dumery The head of thia family Joris was bom In Antwerp Throughout the history of the art bell-makers have also been maker of cannon A majority of the carillons of Holland and many of those in Belgium were made by the Hemonys between 1545 and 1660 consequently many of the van den Gheyn and Dumery bells in the low countries are additions to carillons first mads by tiie Hemonys The van Arrscbodta descendants of the van den Gheyns teem to have been the chief manufacturers of Flemish bells for export Their carillons ere to be found in Den-merit France Germany Great Britain and Italy France has thirty-odd carillons Germany (pre-war) perhaps fifteen There are (or were) few In Austria Luxem ocmbly u-cnrding to his report filed yesterday with Clerk of Superior Court II Young Bryant listed as rxpensa a $8 fit-ing fee and 810 for advertising Paee Green and Penny Misa Verna Stanton Durham County Home Demonstration Agent present Miss Ellis with a compact and Mr Green with a tie THIS IS THE SEASON TO SELL REFRIGERATORS-uf0r VICTROLAS PORCH AND LAWN FURNITURE Offices At Which Information May Sacurad Liatad By Army Officer BICYCLES BOOKS bourg Portugal Russia Spain and lion In New York City now in tha lower of Riverside Church Mr Brees bat been callsd Paderewski of the Frederick Rocke one of no more than three dozen carillonneurs In America states that technique of Anton Brees on the carillon clavier la the technique of a Courboin on the organ or a Cortot oo the pianoforte" Kamtal Lefevere carillonneur at Riverside Church and president of the North American Guild of Caril- Clarifying the question of In-fonrmtion on military matters Major William Hone of tha United Stale Infantry announced tha following list of offices at which information may be secured Regular array recruiting: Enlistment and re-enlistment fur the regular army Sergeant Hubert Stephana 7Ui floor Depositors National Bank Building Durham Regular army reserve Ehlict-menu fa format' regular army tol- cniration and a Standard-Bearer of tun with Itself" (absolutely in ae The 38-bell carillon at Alfred University (Alfred Y) contain 13 bell made by Pieter Hemony 19 by Jorit Dumery end three by Andreas van den Gheyn Thia is the only instrument in America contiattng entirely of old Flemish bells The position of carillonneur was at firs I and in many place still is a part-time office One of the earl teat reference to a municipal earillonneur ia for Amsterdam in 1588 Most modem bellmasters in tho low countries are paid by tha Truth and Bequty Only idealism and a love fa the carillon can Inspire the bells to deliver their message and create deep eomimm-J between the spirits of those who listen and the spirit of the Symbolic Singer crowning the cord with fixed pitch) but mud also be in perfect tune with all the' other bells Chime bells are tuned also The pitch or note of a bell determined by diameter: timbre or quality -of aound fa affected by general shape at well a by the SUMMER APARTMENTS lonneura as well at professor of jdiera only in the HAR Major Wil technique at the Belgian Carillon 1 liam Hones Inf A Box 79 School (at Mschlin) say in be-Durham or Sergeant Hubert municipalities none are known toihalf of the Guild: "We all feel very Stephana 8 A Recruiting Sta- grateful for Mr Brees for histtnn Depositors Bank Budding Thia view of the bellmaster a one alloy used in casting Volume or function not unrelated ilmidnen of sound is dependent to that of the imam calling the chiefly on tire and weight Pitch faithful to prayer from atop a Moa- can be lowered by lengthening the lem minaret ia one that it traditional bottom diameter and raised by among carillonneurs their purpoee -shortening it Change in diame-is more to inapire than to entertain iter are made by filing or turning Carillon music It essentially dem- off the inside at the swell or by Durham National guard 'affaire: General information pertaining to the National Guard of North Carolina Major William Hone Inf 8 A splendid work In carillon art and bringing it to tha people in a true Flemish fashion and tradition" The Taylors of Loughborough receiv very handsome stipends Most of America's carillonneur! live comfortably end have about as much leisure at college professor Roughly speaking tha price of bell metal la about forty cents a pound Thus the bells of a eartilon GOLF CLUBS PETS RENT SUMMER COTTAGES COOL TELEPHONE F-115 AND THOUSANDS WILL SEE YOUR AD IN THE HERALD AND SUN Instructor NCNG Box 79 DtirhHm who have produced many of tha weighing 38 several of Amer- carillon In America and who an Co 120th Infantry NCNG Durham: Matter pertaining to tiie Durham Machine Gun Company CaptaJn Luther Barbour County gaged Mr Bresi fa bit first recitals off the Continent sreole at the time of hit first trip to America: "Beils erratic often religious Simple mel odiea and folk tunes art moat often heard There ia little musie composed especially fa the belli though bells have inspired composers and poeta since ancient time Bella of St Mary'S" it a favorite with audience and cartllonneun in Amer-lca) cutting off a alight portion of the rim or mouth The largest bell of a carillon (known ai the though no' 900 To thia mutt be added the satisfactory explanation of this cost of the clavier and other meeb-term hat been found) ia tuned first antam and the Installation the total since It is the most difficult to of which will approximate the cost change other are tuned to Itlof the bells Carillons vary con-Traditian decreet that the stderably at to weight The bell A true definition of carillon la not be cast at midnight This the Bok tower at Lake Wakes usually found in dictionaries and usually weigh several tone The Fla aggregate 183000 pounds the people of America had heard Court House Durham before hia visit but never till fan reserve corps: Mutters tiie music of them It was as If for pertaining to eommiaaion in reenm-years one had known fa human imisaNM in active duty cc Major voice in talking Obly end then O- Milter Inf A Organ-denly and for fa flrat time heard jized Reserves 7th floor Commer-the beautiful tones of a glorious rial Bank Building Raleigh Reserve officers' Ua-ning corps: Anton Brees has made to ting thejMattera pertaining to twining bells of America's feeding carillomlet col tags etc Officer in Cliorcc Hit distinguished interpretation of R-OTG Stale Cuitago Re- also known at the bell the Riverside Church carillon weigh 36300 pounds and Is tha world largest tuned bell Each carillon hell hat five distinct tones the or the instrument It commonly con fused with chime Strictly a chime or act of chimes (like a or is a set of bell generally not morn than an octave (eight notes) attuned to Intervals of the teigh Flying cadets army air corps: Single men physically qualified 30-27 years of age with at taunt two yaan of college work Commanding General Fourth Corp Area Post Office Building Atlanta Ga and four overtones One octave below the it the "hum a minor third above it le the a fifth above diatonic (full tone only) scale with sometimes a few additional half tones Tha carillon it attuned to the YOU CAN SELL ALMOST ANYTHING chromatic (complete) scale and aojUie ta fa fa carillon worthy of fa name hasiand a seventh above it ia than about 25 notes The chimer tieitic 32 TAKE RECREATION SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS ond thia distinctive music has served to dedicate fa following carillon in fa United States: Rockefeller Carillon 88 notes) Park Avenue Baptist Church Dec 27 1925 (Thia carillon ha tines been moved to fa Riverside Church) The Merrereburg Carillon 48 notes) Menenburg Academy Pa Oct 13 1928 Memorial Carillon (48 notes) St Chrysostoms Church Chicago ILL May 29 1927 Memorial Carillon (48 notea) First Methodist Episcopal Church Germantown Philadelphia Pa May 8 1927 The Princeton University Carillon (35 notes) Princeton June 17 1927 white there are carillons weighing lea than three tons Bret Fleeter Mr Brees was fa first professional carillonneur to glva recitals in America and hia career here baa been that of a pioneer He has given dedicatory recitals on 14 or about one-third of the cenltont in fa United Jitatea He was Instructor fa (he first course In cari Don -play in (campanology) offered in thia country by the Curtis Institute of Music In Phils-delphta Last Summer with Mezzo-soprano Mary Frances Lehnerta hs presented tha first vocorillon recital in America on fa campus of Duke University at Durham For a decade fa distinguished artist has been beard regularly from fa Bok at Lake Walea Fie (from December 18 to April 19) and on the Duka campus (during Summer months) Ha Is frequently heard performing on other sets of bells throughout the eastern United Slates Since fa sixteenth century fa art has often been handed down Distantly related to fa art of fa carillonneur ia or fa execution of tonal mosaic with belli in seta of three to twelve which has been popu- stands snd pulls levers one at tyne while ths carillonneur uses both hands and both feet sometimes all at once In comparison with fa music of ths carillon chlm- YOU CAN RENT ANY DESIRABLE VACANCY THROUGH HERALD AND SUN WANT ADS ing ia like fa one-finger playing tar to England fa about far For this fa bell are bung of beginner betide fa music ofjturies Director ft Wood of fa City Recreation Department yesterday announced fat 22 people took the examination following the annual recreation Institute held here tost wvvkw Director Wood said that appoint menu would be made Wednesday i 10-finger pianist or organist to iw ng Since one person reo Tbe bells of a ctrillon sre ar- control no more fan threo bells ranged In rows and tien seconding at a time-one with each hand I end to atae and art connected by wires ons with a more with a keyboard having about tha -than three TOUJ team same arrangement as that of in-rchn-ringert Britain ha more gle-manual pips organ but resent- than 2000 peals of eight briis or bling more nearly the levers in alroors (some iO006 peels of all railway-yard twitch tower Beforeisizes) is nwt this peg-end-pedal console sits falclssstftad a music but but he detent Just ait playing it nrnnmnrur pm nc Bomi jui nw ir i after the meeting of tbe Recreation The Trinity Carillon (48 notes) iCommiMlon That will be made for Trinity Mrthodfot Episcopal Church) the swimming pool staff Springfield Mass Sept II 1928 There were 48 enrolled during The Crenbrook Carillon (48 fa school II of whom have tl note) Christ Church Bloomfield 'reedy had examination at previous You have everything to gain and nothing to lose when you order your ad on the LOW 7-DAY RATE i school and will not be required to from father to son In fa low court-Hill Mich Sept 29 1928 wa -r- The keyboard measures six or eeven I Among bell-makers fa name trie Tbe Tex tort of Schiedam The Mountain Lake Singing taka further testa on fa work if.