St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-18
MUSIC IN ST. PAUL.


The audience which assembled at the Peo-
+ pies church last evening to hear the Beetho-
ven string quartette concert was absurdly
small when one considers tine excellence of
the programme. 1t is a matter for regret that,
IN a city OF the proportions OF ST. Paul, there
should be SO few people who are capable of
enjoying an evening of good music we'll rem
dered. Last nights programme was COMPOSED
of music which, although classical was not
too difficult to be comprehended by the or
binary amateur. A Mendelssohn adagio in
L flat major was the quartette's first num-
Der. The players are of the true Ger
man school, and play with unusual
depth and SOUL Mrs. Fuller-Snyder
sang Tosus s'Beauty's Eyes" with
violin obligato by Emil Straka Mrs. SNYDER
sang the ballad with intensity ana sympathy
As an encore she sang .'Logn" By Sehira.
dramatic Italian song of great range. The
soprano has never been heard to better ad-
vantage. she gave the song b:eadth that
was most pleasing. The string quartette next
rendered an aadante with variations by
Beethoven, OPP. No. ). Their phrasing to-
gether is exquisite and their expires sion and
style admirable
Herr Straka followed with NJ Hausers
first Hungarian Rhapsodie Il violin solo. His
tones are broad and unusually sympathetic,
with excellent ciearnesS and resonance. So
hearty was the recall that the violinist re-
turned 10 play a tenderlittl wiegenled of his
own composing. 1t was simple little song
but delicate and sweet as cradle songs should
be. The Bohemian Yolkslied arranged by
Meyer was the next number by the string
qualtette,a and was delightfully."- given Masz-
kowshs "Serenade" was played with life and
IRE and i'll excellent style au1 rythm. ION
Board-de la Mer,' by Dunkler was noticea-
bic for the concerted rendering of the cres-
cendo'and descreseendo passages A quar-
tette, Oh. Al, by Schumann, was the last
number on the programme. played by Mrs
Louis Milch and the quartette The cello
was well managed in the solo parts, and the
quintette creditably rendered
The members OF the Beethoven String quar-
tette are: Emil Straka, first violin; Gustav
Won Goetzen, second violin; Louis MARI,
viola; Louis Mich. cello. Mrs Louis Mich
is accompanist, and is to be congratulated OH
her accompaniment.
The ladies of the Christian Homo will give
Concert OH Thursday evening, Oct %, at
the hall i'll Moore'S block, Seven corners
Tickets for sale will be distributed to the
lady managers at Messrs- Field & Mailer s
reception room on Monday. Oct. 10, from 9
TO p. m Mrs. A. B. Stiekney. Mrs E. j.
Hodgson and other prominent ladies are in
terested in the home. The following is the
programme to be rendered: Vocal quartette
Mrs. Nettie Fuller Snyder. James Swift,
Mrs. G. b. Yale. A. D. s. Johnston.
Beethoven string qaartette Emil Straka,
Louis Mari, Gustav Won Goetzen. Louis
Mich. Song, A. D. S. johnson; violin solo,
Emil Straka; song, Mrs. C. b. Yale; cello
solo, Louis Mich; song, Mrs Nettie Fuller
string quartette, vocal quartette
+ !
Mr.. Baldwin will give his usual free organ
recital at the Peoples churh this evening,
beginning at Gas O'Clock The programme
will lie as follows: Prelude aud fugue in B
fiat. Bach; invocation, Salome; sonata in
Fminor, Rheinberger; largo from sonata No
2, Beethoven; prayer. Guilmant; chorale
COP. 100 No. ~ Merkel.
+ +
The first distinctively great evening in
music for the present season will be the con-
cert to be given by the New York Philhar-
monte club at the Peoples church next
Thursday night. This club has completed
thirteen seasons of continuous work, during
most of which time the same players have
been engaged. The personnel of the club is
as follows: Eugene Weiner, flute; Ernst
Adni, NlOiOHctlIO, SSDdSllaH lJdeHQHer, NlO-
lin; John Marquardt, violin Freehold Hem
mann, VIOLA August Kalkhof double bass
This produces quality of music like the
tones of an old violin, or the flavor of old
wine. There is nothing that can take the
place of the years of constant practice to-
gether. In addition to this fact, each mem
Der of the sextette is a born musician. of the
most thorough training and wide experience
The most of them have been engaged as lead
ing soloists in the famous Thomas orchestra,
of New York. Ernst Mahr is probobly the
leading violoneellist in America He was
trained under Hoffman. of Berlin, was a
member of the Berlin orchestra, afterwards
of the famous Wagner theater under
Neumann, then connected with the famous
Berlin concert house, and during recent
years has been member of the New York
Philharmonic club. Marquardt WAS former
iy member of the celebrated Bilse orehes-
ira at Berlin, and since his coming to the
United States he has been recognized as the
Leading master OF the violin i'll this country
Miss Marion S. Weed the vocalist has won
the highest enconiums upon her beauty, her
manner, her magnificent voice and her ex-
quisite art. The entire concert will fit to-
gether in a perfect harmony like one OF
Raphael's old pictures, end no one suSeepu-
bic to the power of sweet sounds can afford
to miss the entertainment.