St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-03
Reasons Why the Ensuing May Festiva
Should Prove a Drowning
Triumph of Art.
An 0pulent Program Invites the Lavish
Support of All True Musical
Patrons.
The Past Week Devoted to COMEDY, as
Illustrated by Aimee, and
Melodrama.
Fanny Davenport as ''Fedora," ana
ssThe Bunch of Keys, the Attrac-
tfons for This Week.
THE GREAT MUSICAL EVENT.
The NAV Festival TO Open Wednes-
day.

There are obvious reasons why the May
Musical festival, the opening notes OF when
will be heard next Wednesday night, should
be looked upon with feelings of especial
bride and accorded the fullest measure OF
announcement by the progressive and splr-
ited-minded citizens of st. Paul. Foremost
among these is the fact that the existence OF
the Nav festival is entirely owing to the
most advanced spirit of enterprise in city
which has always extended the most LAVISH
aid in support of her artists and in the de-
yelopment of musical and artistic culture
and taste And as the present enterprise,
so stupendous in its conception and elab-
crate in its arrangement OF parts
and details, will have never been
eoualed by any event of like nature in the
history of the city, the patrons OF muslcal
art and the public at large should see that
the opportunity to make it the GROWING
success of the decade should not go by de-
fault There are score Of reasons why
the festival should be supreme triumph OF
success, not only musically, for this Is as
sured, but financially and numerically. IN
proportion to the success of the undertake
ING will be established the rank and pres
tige of st. Paul as musical center among
her sister cities of the republic. If sue
cessful. in the broad and lib
eral term, the May festival will
only be the prelude to similar
magnificent events on still further enlarged
plans in the years to come. IT, on the
other hand. it encounters spirit OF partial
Indifference or neglect the result will be
such as to chill the ardor of its inceptors
and make further efforts in this direction
impossible. 1t is to be hoped therefore
that not only the musical patrons OF the
city, but the public at large, for it must be
remembered that to hear the numbers OF
the magnificent programs for the several
performances viii constitute literal mu-
steal education in itself, will extend the opu-
lent support and encouragement which the
enterprise so richly merits.
1t should be borne in mind that this fes-
tival is st. Paul institution. The Orches-
ira is composed mainly of st. Paul artists;
most of the solo instrrmentalistS are st.
Paul musicians; in fact the choicest num-
bers on the programs Of the five concerts
will be performed almost entirely by St.
Paul talent. On the support which the fes-
tival receives from the st. Paul public the
coming week depends, in good measure, the
QuestiOn-one of no small moment-whether
this city shall take the place it deserves in
the front rank of centers of musical taste
and culture.
The festival opens on Wednesday night
with popular program for the first part
and concluding with Rosini's Stabat Mater.
On Thursday evening selections will be
given from the master works of Beethoven,
Mozart, Gounod, Weber, Ambrose Thomas,
Wagner, Handel and other great masters.
On Friday evening Haydn'S sublime
oratorio, 1.-THE Seasons" will be given.
For the Saturday matinee popular pro-
gram has been arranged, concluding with
the cave Maria" by Gounod and Bach, and
on Saturday evening Haydn's Creation
and select program will be given.
The artists include Madame Pappenheim,
Mathilde Phillips, Madame Prisce, Charles
Fritsch, Myron Whitney, Herr Jacobsohn,
Signor Jannotta, the director, Frank Wood,
Paul Stoeving, Charles Pottgeiser and other
soloists, together with a grand chorus and
orchestra.
FESTIVAL NOTES.
Herr Jacobsohn, the concert master, will
reach ST. Paul to-day. Madame Pappen-
helm and Herr Fritsch will come Tuesday,
and Whitney and Miss Phillips on Wednes-
day morning.
On Wednesday evening Fanny Daven-
port, who is billed at the opera house for
the first part of the week, will give no per-
Torrance, owing to the opening Of the fes-
tiyal on that date.
The sale of single reserved seats will be-
gin tomorrow morning at No. 81 East
Third street.