Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-12
MRS. wHlrMers CONCERT.


EVENING.
Eds. Press and DakoAaian.--I presum,
your local reportorlal representative wa,
too busy In other directions to attend tht
concert given by Mrs. Whitney, and hel
' class of pupils, at the NJ. E. church last
Friday evening; and hence the public and
no notice thereof In your columns. feel
quite certain that many residents Of your
young city have q deep interest In the ad-
> vancement of this refining element In YOUR
. educational system, and would be glad.
therefore, to zee every effort to improve the
8 standard of excellence 10 music, encouraged
and commended by the local press. 1t
ought to be a source of satisfaction, rs we'll
as pride, TO the citizens of Yankton. 10
know that they have within their midst as
fine musical talent as obtains in many
cities of much greater pretensions, and 1t
only needs a moderate degree of fastening
encouragement on the part Of the public to
secure for your city a reputation as a center
for musical accomplishments which will
draw many pupils from abroad to your
musical schools. Music, like language, is
divided into sentences, and is effected. in
its rendition, by the different marks, signs
and slurs of the composer the same as Ian.
guage is effected by the different
punctuation marks used in it. The
mere mechanical musician. whose genius
lies simply in developing tue
resources Of an orchestra, or in building ND
boistrous masses Of h%armonies, upon the
false idea of the beautiful, can scarcely bear
OH the palm from him or her who, In the |
light OF divine inspiration, perceivcs that
the essence of all true music is melody.
Mrs. Whitney belongs to the latter class of
artists, and gives to her renditions tina; ex-
Qulstte expression which can only be ma.
tured by years Of study and constant prac-
tice.
The concert. the first Of the kind, l be-
lleve, that has ever been given in Yank:on,
was attended by a large and appreciative
audience, and the pupils, many of them
mere children, acquitted themselves with .
skill and proficiency that ELECTED
warm applause. I cannot undertake
to p%articularize because all did
so we'll that to mention one and not an
other, would be to do injustice. Mrs. Whit.
ney certainly deserves much credit for her
efforts to establish a school of music in
Iankton that shall be a credit to the city,
as it certainly is a source Of qualification to
his many patrons. Let the public strength
en- her hands by encouraging her efforts, and
your young city will soon have a school of
music that will be inferior to none in the
west. s. r..
1--WE desire to state, by way of explana-
ton, that no representative of the Press and
Dakotaian attended the concert referred to
in the foregoing correspondence, and that is
probably the reason the affair was forgotten
in the makeup Of Saturdays paper. The
advertising agent of the concert left word at
the business counter Saturday morning that
he would bring in some "points" out Of
which an article could be constructed, but
this he failed 10 do, and the editors atten-
ton not being called to the concert. reference
to it went by as one Of those unintentional
omissions which will occasionally occur. A
very good way to avoid these oversigh,s is
for the managers of public entertainments
to provide for the presence Of a reporter
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