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HARVARD PLAYS BIG PART IN BOSTON MUSIC WEEK

Regular Courses in Music Department Open to Public--Spalding to Speak in Public Hall Tonight at 8.15

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Boston Music Week will be particularly interesting to members of the University today, because of the part to be played in it by the University Music Department. The celebration began on Sunday and it will last through-out the week. A large number of people and organizations are cooperating to produce a revival of public musical interest in Boston where so many American musical innovations and achievements have orginated.

Music Courses Open to Public

All the courses in the Music Department will be open to visitors throughout the week. Mr. Edward Ballantine '07 will give a lecture on Counterpoint at 9 o'clock; Professor E. B. Hill '94 will speak on Orchestration at 10 o'clock; Professor A. T. Davison '06 will talk on Choral Music at 11 o'clock; and Professor Hill will give his regular course on the History of Music at 12 o'clock. A large number of music teachers who are in Boston for the week, are expected to attend these courses.

At 8.15 o'clock tonight, Professor W. R. Spalding '87, will give a lecture in the Paine Concert Hall on "Animal Life in Music". This meeting will be open to the public. Professor Spalding will have vocal and instrumental illustrations, by Mrs. Bernice Fisher Butler, the famous soprano, and Mr. Edward Ballantine.

The Glee Club will give a concert in the Music Building at 4.30 o'clock tomorrow which will be followed by a talk by Mr. Ballantine, instrumental selections by several students in the University, and an imformal reception. The climax of the week will come on Friday night when Professor Hill will give a Jazz Symposium in Jacob Sleeper Hall, Boston.

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