The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-29
Music.

The date of the next Mendelssohn concert is set for
Dec. H. at Pfaffiins Hall.
The Liederkranz concert will take place the
ing of December Is.
Miss Jessie Randall, one of the leading musicians
of Greenfield Ind, visited friends in this city last
week.
Miss Addie Byram. of Liberty, one of the best
pianists in the State will visit friends in the
city when, it is hoped she may be heard in
MIR. Moore formerly of this city, is devoting his
time to music class in New Castle. He is an indus
trious student and has good prospects for fattering
Miss Pearl Kaufman of Kokomo, who has b, IN the
guest of Mrs Fannie Barth for the past week ill go
to Cincinnati the LIST of January to resume her mu-
steal studies at the College of Music
Miss Lulu Burt has accepted place in the choir of
Roberts Park Church for the coming winter. She
will take prominent part in the Lyra concerts and
will sing solo at their concert the 9Th of next
month
At the courthouse to-day, the most carefully pre-
pared band music will be rendered the solemn train
takes its way through the heavily draped corridors
The Mannerchor and some other of the musical socie
ties will give some vocal selections.
The Memorial Presbyterian Church has arranged
of our local singers. on Wednesday evening, Dec g.
at the church. on Christian avenue The purpose of
the entertainment is to raise funds for Christmas
The programme is under the management of Mr.
Charles j. Parker and he has secured the assistance
of Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Morrison, Miss Nettie Johnson
Miss Hattie Ludlow, Mr.. Andy Smith Mr. John Kidd,
The Lyra Society will give its next concert on the
evening of December g. The chorus consists of about
eighty voices and embraces some of the sweetest
voices in the city and some of the most prominent
soloists. The programme will be as follows:
Orchestra.
2 Shadow Song from -;.3...--.--- .Meyerbeer
Miss Lulu M. Burt
3. Sweet Maiden Mine. -...................Eck ert
Hermann Miller.
NJ 81 isnI, haI1on
Weegman, Mr.. Smith. Mr. B. Vonnegut, Mr.. G.
Kothe, Mr.. Fred LOOMS.
5. Clarenchenauf Ebersten, ballad, for solo,
chorus, and Orchestra. Rheinberger.
Mrs. B. Vonnegut, Miss Jesse Meek Mr.. Andrew
Smith, chorus and orchestra.
The Mendelssohn Society will give at their concert
Johann Brahrns, 1.-THE Song of Destiny" (Schick.
saslied) This composition, of exceeding beauty and
refinement of thought, is new to this city, having
never been sung here. The work begins with quite
long introduction by the orchestra, tempo adagio
after which the theme is first taken up by the altos
to the words:
Far in yon region of light,
Where pleasures fail not
Wander the spirits blest,"
Followed by the full chorus, with the same theme and
words, and continuing:
"Breathed on by airs of glory.
Bright and divine"
Then, with pleasing initiative orchestration:
like harp, when master hand
Wakes it from silence
Free from care, like babe that is sleeping,
Are they in heav'n that dwell;
Pure and lowy as half open'd blossoms
In those fields of light they ever bloom;
And in bliss are their eyes still gazing
On clearness calm and eternal"
The stately and revereutal harmonies of this move.
ment are such appeal to the highest appreciation
But here the theme changes, and returning to
earth the trials of mortality symbolzed by curl
yet beautiful harmonic progressions in a quick
and restless tempo:
But man may not linger,
And nowhere finds he repose;
We stay not but wander
We grief-laden mortals,
Bndly, bindly
From sad hour to another
Like water from cliff unto cliff ever drop
ping,
Blndly at last do we pass away"
After dwelling upon the various emotions indicated
by these words. the music drifts into modified repe-
tition of the opening tempo by the orchestra alone
seeming to say, in strains from above, that if
does at last pass away blindy yet the awakening on
the other shore is bright and divine"
The society have mastered this difficult composition
in a manner greatly to please the conductor Prof.
Pearson. and if properly encouraged by the patron
age of the public, the rendition of this work will be
one of the musical events of the season.