Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-01-28


nent to try and answer all questions sent 10 re
ating 10 music. Questions should be sent in not |
alter than the Goth OF each month, accompanied by
he full names OF the writers.
"Ohi had but the power
To set the proper words
10 all your glorious me lodies,
Ny .weet-soiccd birds
when words and dainty music
Would each to each belong.
Toge,hst We nigh, give to the world
Heaven is the birthplace of music.
DIR. Arthur Sullivan of I" Pinaforc" fame
has gone to Egypt for the benefit of his
health.
To-day the piano is an indispensable &C.
cupant Of well.regulatsd household. How
could society go on without itY
List, the great pianist, still remains in
a critical condition.
1t is singular that two of the most
prominent American singers Misses Clara
Louise Kellogg and Annie Louise Cary
are to marry and retire during the Same
year. Both marriages will shortly take
place
The Honolulu Glee Club has given up
rehearsals for the present. BY the way,
how is it that the Amateur Musical Society
does not meet regularly?
Few composers have had such tenn
pestuous and eventful career as Richard
Wagner. His life has been one continual
warfare against old fogyism in music, and
there is every reason to expect that he will
die with the harness on.
Mile. Adelina Patti 10 the one great at
traction in America at the present time.
No such vocalsm has been heard since the
days of Jenny Lind. Crowded houses
greet her everywhere. At Cincinnati
SIS, 900 was the amount taken At one of
her concerts.
The Mendelssohn Club has been warmly
received in the Colonies. Ono of the
leading papers notices the concerts at
length, and speaks highly of the PERFORM
ance. Miss Cora Miller, the clubs vocalist,
has created quite .furore.
The organ has been appropriately called
" The glory of music" from the sublimity
of it's subject, tho extent and magnificent
union of vocal with instrumental power,
and a strange command over the human
feelings wholly unattainable by any other
instrument.
Miss Alice Oates did not arrive on the
City Of Sydney. 1t seems she had some
trouble with her managers in San Fran
cisco, which caused her to return East.
Any way there would not have been time
for n concert, a. the steamer did not stay
long enough.
In the Organist's Quarterly Reciee
edited by Eugene Thayer, ono of Americas
leading organists, tho following appears:
"What arc the church organists' rights
and privileges? First, he has the right of
access to the church and organ at any and
all times when they are not in use for ser.
vice. This has been acknowledged through.
out all Christendom, ever since the organ
was placed in the sanctuary. A few at
tempts have been made to abrogate this
right, but they have always ended by all
players of recognized ability stunning such
places, AS At once inimical to art and the
cause of true church music. Who shall
become competent to fill the overcoming
vacancies if the right is interdictedp Our
advice, as We mean it, is simply, that every
one who is in our noble profession shall
uphold its dignity to the extent of any
personal sacrifice; when they cannot, they
had better retire at once from the profes.
sion. We shall certainly do SO rather than
fail knowingly or willingly"
RULES FOR MUSICIANS, CONTINUED.
SO. Be not led astray by the applause
given to the e1ertions of so-called virtuosi
The commentator of real artists is worth
more than the applause Of the multitude
81. Frequent playing in society does
more harm than good. Suit your audi.
ence; but never play anything Of which
you nre inwardly ashamed.
IS. Neglect no opportunity of perform.
ing with others in Duets, trios, etc. This
makes you play flowing and free. Accom-.
pany vocalists often.
My dear child, tho chief qualifications-a
nice ear and quick comprehension come
as in other things, from above. But the
foundation is left to be built up and ele-
waited. You do not become so by practi.
cling mechanical studies all day long, shut
up like hermit; but by intercourse with
the living world and its varied ideas; by
familiarity With chorr. and orchestra.
81. Make yourself early familiar with
the scope of the human voice in it's four
registers; watch it in chorus, and seek to
observe in which parts its highest power
lies. on which others it is best expressive of
the tender and pathetic.
SO. Give attention to national songs;
they arc a mine Of tho most beautiful
melodies, and often give you glance at
the character of the different nations.
SO. Give attention, early, to the tons
and character of the different instruments.
Endeavor to Impress upon the ear their in-
dividual peculiarities.
Saturday evening, January l4th, the
proposed concert in aid of Oahu College
was given in Music Hall before very fins
audience. The programme consisted of 7
numbers; 8 instrumental, 2 vocal and
Rotations. The first number was .
gavotte for piano, composed BY G. l.. Capen,
Boston musician, and most excellently
played by Miss Carrie Castle. who has
recently returned fresh from her studies in
New England. Later in tho evening Miss
Castle played the solo part in Beethoven's
Concerto in c Minor, first movement, the
second piano being presided at by Mrs. A.
+. Judd who played the orchestral arrange
msnt. This was the niece de rensf1oce OF