St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-13
CLANNISH AND JEALOUS.
Unhappy State of Affairs Among
City Musicians.

The advent of Lent is near at hand,
and with it comes largely a cessation of
the pleasures and society events that go
to make the winters endurable. The
time of fasting and praying comes COM
paratively early this year, so society
ladies are giving their last entertain
mentS this week, and consequently it
promises to be quite gay one. The past
reason was remarkable for the number
of muSicaleS given more than ANYTHING
else, but unfortunately the patronage
accorded them was but rarely in ac-
cOrdance with their merit. Saturday
night Minneapolis was served with two
concerts in widely different parts of the
city that were both of the very finest
nature. the performers being artists of
such repute that the mereSt announce
mentin the East of their appearing in any
city would fill to Overcrowding and
theater or hall. Those who had the
pleasure of hearing Nine. Carreno
warmly discussed her merits yesterday,
and while some did not like her method
(they did not know what method meant.
and some were uncertain as to her
technique (the gods be praiSedD every
body universally admitted he wonder
full endurance and the wide range of her
facila power. DR.. Louis Mas was criti-
ciSed by local player as being nothing
but a musical machine, ard being asked
to better explain this piece of satire,
said: ''Oh his technique is perfect,
magnificent, you know, but lie has no
genius, no powers of magnetism" and
so on. This same Haas, however, has a
national reputation that is almost per-
fe3t now. and while he is nobly improv-
ing year by year, and SO he can rest Sc
in, tl,o ,Nlo hn hoe
to. 1t is curious that artists of eStab-
lished fame should
BE COLDLY RECEIVED
in such city as this. To those behind
the scenes, however, the reason for the
apparent apathy of the people in regard
to music solely comes from the menda-
ciouS, petty, despicable jealousy of the
local musicians themselves. These
WORTHLESS spend a large part of their
leisure time i'll satiriZing one another
if they stopped at that it would be harm
less, but unfortunately they influence
their scholars, not defiantly, not openly.
but in subtle manner that is invidious
and inSidious-and which works
both ways. The musical warriors are
divided into two camps-the Teutonic
and the Yankees, and no love, but Scorn
and bitter hate exist between the two
Beneath many summer sky storm
may brew. This cliqueism, this war
fare carried on in the SLY, is destructive
to any creation of genuine artistic
feeling, and they who should
be mainly instrumental in build
ing musical spirit are largely
instrumental in tearing it down. Let
clique No. give an entertainment and
their followers gather In clans, but no
one else, and SO on with clique No. 2,
clique No. adj Iibitum. That there is d
good deal of truth in what is herein
written the attendance at the Sunday
concerts of Frank DAM will bear out.
In this case jealousy can't come
into the case, and consequently
he can always draw crowd
at Harmonic hall; but a funny
thing to Mr.Danz is he never could sue
coed with concert in the Grand"
Personally, the musicians of the city