Minutes 16 February 1906
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Minutes 16 February 1906
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[Page 1] 1. Ten members of The Woman’s Book Club gathered in Miss Thompson’s dainty parlor Feb. 16th to discuss “Music in Art.” And we were happy to welcome as guests of the Club Mrs. Haliburton and Miss Morrison. The Roll Call was met by responses, prepared for us by our hostess, consisting of opinions in regard to Music of great Authors, statesmen, and others who were not musicians. Then arrived our Secretary
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[Page 2] 2. a little late a little breathless but, as ever eloquent and fascinating. Mrs. W.R. Grey had culled for us items, wise and witty. Miss Thompson then gave an outline of the life of Miss Luna May Ennis, who wrote the book of the evening, “Music in Art.” Her home is in Chicago. One sister married George Horace Lorimer Editor of “The Saturday Evening Post.” Miss Ennis’s Mother died in 1903 and in the same year her
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[Page 3] 3. book was published dedicated to her Mother. Miss Ennis is a conscientious student of both Music and Art: possessing a rarely sweet voice: and being a clever pupil of The Chicago Institute of Art. The pleasure of the evening was greatly enhanced, by a number of copies of famous pictures which Miss Ennis had kindly sent. Mrs. Harrison told of the origin of music;
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[Page 4] 4. dwelling upon the myths of Pan, Apollo and Orpheus: describing the paintings, “Parnassus” by Raphael; “Marsyas,” a flute player by Elihu Vedder; and “Orpheus Greeting of the Morn” by Corot. The Legend of the patron Saint of Music St. Cecilia was then given; with reference to two noted paintings of the gentle saint; those by Raphael and Carlo Dolci.
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[Page 5] 5. Miss Thompson then showed a number of pictures of the composures: scenes from childhood; of their drawing rooms; death-bed scenes; and of great events in their lives. Whose heart does not stir at the very mention of Martial Music? And we heard with great interest Mrs. Black relate under what conditions Rouget de l’Isle wrote “The Marseillaise”; also of Frederick the
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[Page 6] 6. Greats Passion for Music. Mrs. Price followed in with an interpretation of the difference between the pictured love songs of the Eastern and Western Worlds. Perhaps, as beautiful an example of the Modern Pastoral in Art as can be found is “Le Chart d’Amour,” by Sir Edward Burne- Jones, this Mrs. C.L. Grey described, also, his
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[Page 7] 7. “Golden Stairs.” Mrs. Dupuy referred to the fact of how inseparably Music has been connected with worship of all ages: and she made us see hidden beauty in “The Vintage Festival” by Alma Tadema; “Christmas Angels” by Blackfield; and “A Day Dream” by Gustav Dore. As our eyes had been delighted by the many beautiful pictures; and our ears charmed
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[Page 8] 8. by the suggestion of music in them; our palates were equally captivated by the delicious refreshments. We came away with a bright memory of a happy evening in our hearts; and a cluster of violets which gave more than one member, I am sure, the thought; how indicative of the"
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[Page 9] 9. character of our hostess like unto the Violet, modest and sweet. March 2nd, 1906
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Subject
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Women-North Carolina-Davidson-Societies and clubs.
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Books and reading.
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Women-Societies and clubs.
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North Carolina-Davidson.
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Creator
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BookLovers Club
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Publisher
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Davidson College
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Date
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16 February 1906
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For permission to reproduce image, contact archives@davidson.edu
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Language
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eng
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text
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Identifier
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bl-055
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Coverage
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1906
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4049696
