Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-12-17
THE MOZART SOCIETY'S
First COneert Did Not Meet @Mofher
G0ese's" ABtiefpaff0ns, Except
SO Far as the Elite
Audience is Coneerned-Sky-sera
Cavatinas Rendered in School.6fFi
style DOn't Take.
For the Sunday Appeal.

| The first concert given by the Mozsrti
since their organizatIoD, toward which So
much Of eager anticipation has been directed
| for some time past, came on according 10
| programme, and has evoked the Usual
amount of criiicism, OF more or less iniel-
| ligenf description. a sweet little friend Sc
cured me an invitation, which accepted
with greed ouly siioyed BY that zppai ihr@
decree OF s.fuff dfess Turning over desc
lately In my miBG's eye all the Niniae OF
wardrobe that obstinstely refused by any
stretch of fancy to countenance a hciion OF
.fDli dress, bitterly resented=that decree.
Wratbfully declaring that OF course every
body was going to dress the very best they
could on every occasion, and denying that
there were any acoustic properties In dry
goods, or that satin was any better conduc-
tor of sound than serge. / thereupon, In the
defiant spirit OF Yankee Doodle, who stuck
feather in his cap and called il nacaroni,
/ stuck flower at my threat and called II
full dress and went, carrying with me
pair of ears attuued to all sweet sounds. Ihe
fact that the concert was given 10 invited
guests only, and to a full.dress audience, re-
suited in a gathering of the most recherche
order and in a blessed exemption from that
uproarious element,
"THE GALLERIES"
that generally mars the pleasure of attend
ing anything given at Lsubrie's. In place
OF hirt-sleeves, coarse faces, loud voices and
rude whistling, vision of charming cos |
tunes, sweet faces, graceful forms and bright |
eyes greeted our upward glance to the seals |
y there those Mozarts not on active duty were |
Tne announcement given be-
forehsnd that the doors would be closed |
promptly at o'clock, in order to avoid any |
interruption to the music after once begun,
was another reformatory move that deserves
ho tad oiryi1 orufra m
suring, as it did, degree of punctuaiity ab-
solutely essential to the comfort of the ma
jority on such occasions. We have often
suffered in that pretty little theater on Jef-
feTson street from the prolonged cresking OF
shoes, slamming of chair seats and iuiercep-
ton Of view oil the stage by the opaque
presence OF group of late-comer, VINO
stand placidly in front of more deserving
folks while the usher looks up their reserved
seats. As for the music, which is after all
an essential to a concert, L suppose, the pro-
gramme prepared for the guests OF the NO
zarts was decidedly creditable 70 the mem
bers of that club, TO its instructors and to
the highest conceptions OF art. That it was
two severely classical 10 be enjoyed BY every
body is fact that no one will deny, the truth
OF which statement was borne witness TO by a
general Frightening up oil faces and relaxing OF
The critical muscles Everybody don'f know
what that means. Pm not sure myseH that il
means anything but tense expression OF the
Iscial muscles that one assumes when desir-
BUS of looking preternaturally sise1 when
an encore evoked come familiar, tsnder old
melody that appealed to our hearts as well
Is to our ears-notably "The Last Rose of
summer" as sung by Mrs. Gage. gathered
lp a couple OF doz.n Comments ihaf hoated
o me from near neighbors at the concert,
expressed during the performance
Il one of these encofes, euch ss: "Now we
Enow what we are listening To-" why can't
hey eing that way all the time z That's ju {
Is good 10 show off their voices ia as all
THAT eIBHERIsH
ve can't understanS.p Which, my dear
eighbprs, shows that You have NOT got at
he true inwardness of this pew p musical
departure nor Its value as a medium of edu-
,ation. That we could not all enjoy or ap- |
'reciate the treat 30 carefully prepared for
Is by the Mezarts was our misfcrtuue, but |
certainly not their fault. There be those
Who scof at the idea of boys wasting time
,ver Greek and Latin at scaeel, because it'll
ioes not enter Immediately aad perceptibly
nto the plan of mundane salvation as
n apped out by those who define the chief
md of man to be The making OF the largest |
um of money in the shortest space of time.
as agencies for the expansion,
elevation and broadening ef the mental
sculiies, Latin and Greek are and will, for
III time, continue 10 be unrivaled. In ike |
manner the classical music, which il ia the :
ashton of the day, in some localities, either /.
o damn with faint praise or boldly laugh to
corn, has its mission in training musical
10 an appreciation Of the high
st techiaaie OF the divine al mot otherwise
'itainable. Any properly copstifuted mind
would finch at the prospAct OF hearing
ireek and Latin interladins; the daily con- !.
Iersation of the family board, iust as the :
most unclsssical among us would yawn in
espaIr over Mozart progrmme If served !.
Up Tor the deleciation of tie family circle :
very even tide, neither Of which argumsnis :,
as the slightest bearing upon the Invaluable =
of the dead lssguages in our /"
olleges, or Mozart and Clerubiai in our :
nusical conservatories. 1t is, uudoubtedly, =
nuch harder to "raise mortal to III skies :;
han I
TO PULL AN ANGEL DowH,n ;,
n like manner. it is vastly more difieult 10 b
'opuiarlze such music as the Mozsrls are o
ne avowed exponenis OF, thai TO utter sharp Il
rlticlsms upon methods far above oar n
resent comprehension. say present COM a
renenslon In the hope that the stand taken E
y the Mozsrsi has been taken understand n
ngiy and couscienIiously in the interest OF L
RI. In which case they will be true to the b
tsndard erected for them by most scrupu- o
BUS Instructor, and, by refusing 10 be yeered el
y popular opinion, will compel that opin- n
on up TO their own lofty elevation, which,
hen reached, will be a universal gain.
here is no doubt about it, that we South
ruers the reader is requested to inject an r'
scar Wlldish accent OF scorn into that o
ord Southernerl, are toe apt to rest contenl Il
iith mediocre effort and slip-shod methods. Ia
q fact we rather cling to our free-and-easy y
ay OF doing things with tenacity that is n
orn OF lndolencs ofener than preference, u
ut when hose come among as who have D
le ability and the patience to train our b
'srners In better aud trusr ways, il is to be "
oped that we win NOT mar The ef5rts OF ~
'achers or pupils BY sluggish indifereuce u
a refusal TO acknowledge the aupsriority Il
their methods simply because they do not th
cord with all our musty-iusty inheritod Sc
otions.i ci
That the Moz arts have inauguratsd good u
ork no one will deny, and although she 81
nmbly Acknowledges herself among the d
any who felt decidedly more 81 home a.
Within M Mile Of Edinboro' Town" and n
"nen COMM Thro' the Rye,Ythere shall % %
none reader TO bid them hearty 500 o.; Q;
'eed on their upsard path than n
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