Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-17
tTL HAVE TO WAKE UP.

a. nopular concert last night,
I5ore Thomas called at the Daily
IL "a ask us what we thought of
finance. lie had no desire to
8,h" criticism WHICH he knew we
I'M. but he wished to get a few
ne pollcy which he would best
(, ring bis season in Chicago.
a nv a ware, said he, "that you
4 nr1minent place among music
~ Inc West. Your opinions
q and your criticisms are read |
rtelliuent public everywhere.
!. ma telling what a TREMENDOUS
q. =" von WELD in inclining public |
in molding public opinion.
Inc ambition Of my life to cater
M ~ the music-loving people
ana with this noble object in
I'VE the boon OF your advice
IIcb / know to be trustworthy,
based upon rare intelligence
ling discrimination"
IA candid declaration we an
& candidly: The mistake you
4ear Mr.. Thomas, is in underes-
Il the Intelligence Of our public.
8ot seem to be aware that Chica-
Ia become the center OF
music world. We have
Conservatives here, and
festival company, and a home
|tranization, and numerous other
! calculated to metamorphose
bce famous commercial me-
into a second Athens
Be properly speaking, into
|bde for the muses. Un-
she ever-vigilaut direction
Il Inspired minstrels as Fred w.
William Penn Nixon, N. X. Fair
ma other dilletantl of the Wash
PMk Driving club, the city Of
& has witLin TWO years blossomed
Ne Incompatible and unapproach-
4tral sun of the music universe.
His condition, you make fatal
n In pandering TO those appetites
IN exist only in community that
y speak, in the infancy OF its music
) not understand what you mean,"
j Thomas.
n, then, to come down to particu-
Bald he, "you treat Chicago
Ia as If they were mere beginners
Rudy of music; you give them
az, yapid nothings, when they
IRnethlng solid and substantial
Is example, your programme OF
4 lit was absolutely frivolous,
essemblage which had gathered
!. line your return hoped that you
81 regale them with pro.
that would call into play
bowers of discrimination that
atford them food for thought and
; Dor scholarly discussion. On the
you celebrated your return witt
flrothy namby pambyisms-merC
ines that ill-sulficed to satisfy the
" OF our coldly critical people
taste has been educated above
he Of Liszt's breezy symphonic
Fest and Raengs,' and it look
flth contemptuous pity upoI
en's effervescent 'Andante Can
fpp. 07.) What satisfaction d.
zine can be derived by our criti
packers and discriminating com
NJ merchants from such musica
and kickshaws as Bach
III in A minor, Handel
in + (op. 6S), and Hayden
bdo in alt (op. 3D? You seer
+. that yours is not the only musl
ZION that comes to Chicago
2he last year we have had the Mo
era company for fifteen weeks
& is very time Ed. e. Rice's oper
'Hlgeline 10 drawing enthusiast
'r't 3 nightly. You must con
Fith these other attraction
mi will not succeed, and
compete with them you mus
pfqw aside Bach, Hayden, Hand,
ft blher frivolous humorists On "
.f5 erm them and devote yourse
RI tproduction of earnest compos
'sik what am to dor" said M
'isf struggling his shoulders an
'he saGly puzzled. 81 want to
Ai3 out how am | TO 60 to work
lllthe demands OF your hypercriticl
acknowledgment people2"
H& occurred to us,n said we, 9th
'Fnt be well for you to devote yo'
'AA| season In Chicago to the produ
N nc works of Chicago composer
y ne aware, we have n number
sP ished composers in the midst
W. school Of oratorio is ably re
NV by Prof Silas Pratt, of opera
lfaglnaid De Koven, and of fOlksol
tt Root There are many others
tN enumerate them, since thS
y re as familiar to you as they a
proposition Is not a bad one
Nf Thomas, in q dim, faraw
puld confer a lasting boon up
lc," said we, "and 1t would
argely to your profit. 1t Is
ugh 20 do as the Romans do VIII
W. Rome, or even in Naples
II Is equally practicable 10 d
Nourse music when you're
I'm or Copenhagen, and TeutoT
hen you're in Berlin, Milwaub
Rouis. But In Chicago there II
for a high class Of music, q
are satisfied, can be found oil
orks Of Chicago composers"