Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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Horns cmd Trumpets h nc been llnked xuth vwnr and rel1g1on from t1me 1mmemor1al but the w1nd band plrmned to furnlsh concerted mus1c IS the wxork of the last century The or1g1n of the band takes us back to the epoch of the gu1lds Bag QIPQS and shepherd s plpes were the co1npan1ons of the wandermg m1nstrels who chose 1n the Thlrteenth Century to congregite 1n tovx ns ind c1t1es form1ng gu1lds Many of the mmstrels est1bl1shed themselxes at houses of prmces others yomed the '1rmy of f1fers and drummers It IS sa1d that 1f the mstrument of bronze the upper part and mouth PIQCB of sol1d gold had not been dug up at Pompen the trombone mlght haxe been lost to us forewer but 1n Queen Ehzabeth s day a band of ten trumpets and 5111 trombones bes1des 1 few other 1nstruments ha1led her xx1th much pomp and clrcumstance The town bands were of f1fes shepherds plpes a k1nd of tenor oboe lbombard horns l1ke cows horns wx1th sm holes and a mouthplece llmkenl bagp1pes and v1ols all of vt h1ch played the melody together bass of oboes and reg1mental drums lVleanwh1le the royal trumpet vxh1ch played only harmon1ca f1lled out the m1ss1ng parts The trumpet ult1m1tely acqu1red xalwes but the 1nxent1on and 1m prox ement of the clar1net began the era of the modern band In the rap1dly developmg orchestra the employment of the w1nd 1nstruments showed the way to the1r comb1nat1on 1nto the art1st1c Wlnd band The ohnstoxxn Hlgh School band has long been 1 fawor1te both vnth the old and the young VVh1le It lb known for 1ts march1ng and dr1ll1ng It lb equwlly known for 1ts art1st1c work haung been placed xery h1gh 1n all contests whlch It ex er entered The band IS an organ1zat1on of bilanced sectlons and studles the xx orks of the modern as vt ell as the past masters for example The P1e lude to Act II of Lohengrm by R1chard Wagner Ensemble work by the Johnstown l'l1gh Band 15 employed and has attalned ex ery des111ble comb1nat1on of mstruments MUb1C for each his been secured and worked out The band under the capable management of Charles l A1key IS heard 1n publ1c concerts wxh1ch d1splay clearly the work of the band throuqhout the semester e Band 1 . . 1 1 , I .L sl ' 7 . ' ' . c V ' T. 1 ' v 1' C ' ' ,' ' . ' . V . Louise XlV's bands consisted of a quartet, soprano. alto, tenor, 7 . cl ' , V A l. '. . C . V , 1' . V . . n 7- C . I . .1 V . A V I C . . Y . .1 C . X 7 3 Y. 7 ' 7 'Z C Z ' .- ' ' l' c, V f A v wr vc ' ' ' 1 -l 1' C xx

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Latin and ltallan Llterature lcxfbllflllllttll Spanish Literatu re In the teachmq of Itahan there IS bv no means a lack of oppor llllllty to teach loxe and appreclatlon of the arts The opportunltles are so many and xarled as almost to stagger one xxho would QIVQ at least a gllmmer of ltalys brxghtness to those vxho grope 1n the gloom of lgnorance To sum up both Latm and ltahan furnlsh wonderful opportunltles for teachers 1n the realm of the fme arts lf ln no other way than ln fur n1sh1nq stlndards of taste Hovx can anyone pronounce a thlnq good bad or lndlfferent unless he has some standard or form by whxch to test 1t7 BV teachlng great lxterature one can at least teach what lb not hterature by teachlng the best 1n the arts one can at least teach vxhat IS not and never can be art ex en though xnternatlonal cr1t1cs of art pro nounce It so Tm e xxlll tell here as 1n all thlngs To make students famlllar xxrth a few great palntlngs to make them see xx hy they are great IS to teach them the dlfference between 1 chromo and 1 work of art and to set thelr feet on the f1rst rung of the lidder th lf le mds to sound taste Spamsh speakmg countues are almost synonymous xv1th our con ceptlon of the fme arts What hax ent those countrxes contrlbuted to our enjoyment and appreclatlon of danc1ng muslc archltecture palnt mg and l1terature7 Vlcente Escudero and La Argentma haxe held spell bound well f1lled theaters by the beauty of theu graceful dances ose lturbx br1ll1ant young conductor and p1an1st Pablo Casals and h1s American audlences by thelr perfectlon The Altambra stands as a World wonder 1n archltecture and tour 1sts to South Amer1ca are surprlsed at the beauty and strength of the buxlclmgs 1n those d1stant c1t1es In MQXICO the Floatmg Garden are monuments to the loxe of beauty handed down by the Aztecs Dlego Rlbera was called from h1s Memcan home to decorate pubhc bulldlngs and clubs wlth h1s un1que art1st1c creatlons Looklng back such names as Velazquez Mur1llo R1bera and Goxa come to our mlnds These artlsts were successful 1n all types of work drsplaylng a V1V1d 1mag1na t1on bold use of color and xvorklnq wlth a xarlety of subjects ln the fxeld of llterature Spam ranks second to none among the moderns Don Quryote xxr1tten 1n 1605 lb most 1nterest1ng and 15 filled xxlth a sage and sound understandlnq of human nature and llfe Cerx antes the author vxlshed to shoxx that a man or woman must haxe :deals and amb1t1ons but at the same tlme he must have a practlcal mlnd and the ab1l1ty to mterpret llfe correctly The Golden Age of Llterature xx'1s the Sex enteenth Csenturv when such vxrlters as Lope cle Veqa Calderon and T1fbO de Mollna appeared acmto Benlx ente IS 1 most x ersatxle xx 11ter to xvhom the Nobel prlze has been awarded The list of all IS Martxnez Sl2I'l'l vxhose plays the best knovxn of vxhrch IS The C radle Song hax e been presented on the An1er1can stage Zoe I-luqhes . Y . I s . ' D Y ' v K 7 . 0 - v V . Q V I ' A K . AE c . V V , . - ' U ' ' C y , , ' - . . . I ' . . ' .1 f' ' ' 1 ' .. ,A 7 A c ' , ' I 4 K c E V C 1 - ,' - - . E 1 2 3 3 ' . . ' - F . ' .' . C - L. - ' - . . . . . . . . violin cello, Lucrecia Bori and her silvery voice'-all have captured 1 A ' ' , - .x . . C A v l v I v C 1' Y . - , 1 ,' 1 - , f Y l 'c t ' 1 l l V I A ., . , ' ' ' C ' . I ' 2 ' 4 S ' 'K ' ' 'U ' 1 ' - 2 K, . 'S C ' ' .L , 1 L. -I 7 V '

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e Orchestra It seems probable that music IS the oldest of the fine arts for wasn t it discovered among ancient nations exen those entirely ignorant of every other art? A number of instruments are mentioned in the Scripture and so we are led to belleve that music played a practical part in the Biblical days as it vxas so constantly used in connection with song and dance lrrom crude instruments shaped like snakes and other animals rat tles made of gourds filled with pebbles or seeds or flutes of hollovx bones to bands of five or six drums which were skins stretched ox er hollowed trunks of treees and twelve flutes a crude orchestra was com pleted in its way for always man must satisfy h1s sense of rhythm his love of noise and excitement We glance at ancient civilized nations who were doubtlessly more artistic than pr1m1t1ve men for we fmd that the Greeks accompanied their vocal music with instruments but were independent of all harmonic parts which is the special function of the modern orchestra It vvas from the vocal music that the first step began in the connection with the modern orchestra lt appeared in the Sew en teenth Century in the form of an opera produced in Italy The opera was accompanied by an orchestra and included one bowed instrument A conductor s score was not used but a bass and harmony vtere gix en although details were left to the players The first man to have the beginning of the modern Wagnerian or chestra was Claudio Mondtevedi known for his preponderant use of Then came Hayden who gave us the symphonic orchestra its typical form in four separate movements The last development of the orchestra is in the opera where it origi nally made its first marked step Richard Wagner had the complete form He specified his mstruments and added more and more new har monies for the instruments to glxe the richness of color and as his imag mation called for it new forms of combinations So with such an or chestra as the Wagnerian one with a number of performers on different instruments playing different parts ingeniously interwoven and harmon ized especially to suit the emotional characteristic of each instrument the souls of man can be swayed as by the forces of nature Our ohnstown High School Orchestra is a little Wagnerlan one wh1ch plays the music of the masters It is ably conducted by Mr C Porter Huntington and has a membership of about sixty players vxho vt ork for the pure enjoyment of good music The orchestra s activities are many Elex en members attended the All Western Orchestra at Bellex ue Pennsylvania early in December The members vxere Richard Rishell Kenneth W1SH1Skl oseph Kovs chak Margaret Carmany Natalie Hollern Martha Louther Carmel Coco Homer Denmson Iohn Slater Gene Head and Catherine Cole man February the 25 26 27 at Mt Lebanon the following were se lected for All State Orchestra Richard Rishell Kenneth Wisniski Car mel Coco Margaret Louther Natalle Hollern and Ioseph Kowchak 7 . . , 7 . V strings. His orchestra consisted of twenty-two out of thirty-six strings. . ' . 7 ' A A - Y ' - . V. . V D . ' , ' - - - 'V I ,-