St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-06

several members of the COMPANY. The
orchestra played march. which OpenedI
the evening, and then Antonin Jurkal
delivered the address of welcome. This
was followed by more music, and thenl
many of the citizens who were present
were introduced to the honored guest OIL
the occasion. Emil Straka gave a violini
solo, which was rendered in his usual
line style. There was some excellent
singing, after which came more musici
by the,orcheStra, under the direction of
Prof. Emil Straka. and for the rest ofi
the evening the guests just enjoYedI
! themselves in an informal way, andj
chatted pleasantly with one another of
the greatest musicians, and at the samei
time one OF the most genial men that it
is often ones good fortune to meet.
When Prof. Dvorak entered the half
the orchestra under the leadership of
Prof. Emil Straka struck up the over
ture Light Cavalry" from Suppe. i
Prof. Jurka, of st. Paul, made the
welcome speech, in which he paid al
glowing tribute to DR.. Antonin Dvorak.
after which the composer was pre-
sented with beautiful bouquet byl
Miss Antonia Klecatsky. !;
DR.. Antonin Dvorak made a response.
in which he thanked the Bohemians Of
st. Paul for their hospitality.
E. NJ. Povolney welcomed Mrs.l
Dyorak.
Prof. Jurka gave defamation, "Ja.
jseme Cech." Then came a duet bv!
the Misses Katie Kovarik and Emma
Henlch, ''Ja Ces Rajsen." This wasi
followed by Bohemian melodies by Jo-i
q, h Dfn-s 4
atory of Music of New York.
The committee in charge of last
nights reception was composed of vi
Safranek, M. Czech, Mr.. Scala, A. Jurka,
A. o. Nepil and E. NJ. Povalney. They
are entitled to much credit for the eX-
cellent arrangements made at such a
short notice.
Prof. Dvorak is accompanied by his
wife and Prof. Joseph Kovarik, who are
also guests of Father Rynda.
Antonin Dvorak was born in Kralup,I
near Prague, in Bohemia. in 1S41. He
is the most talented of an entirely new
and modern school of Bohemian cons
posers, and on account of his great
ability he has always been great favor1
lite with LisZt. On several occasions he
has been called to England to render
HIS OWH COlplSlIlOuSs SOiii6 VI IlOSt
notable of which are his "Stabat
Mater" and his wonderful symphonies.
On the occasion of one these visits the
faculty of the Oxford university con-
ferred upon him the degree of doctor
of music in recognition of his meritot
rious services to the musical world.
Dvorak has recently been appointed
he director of the National Conserva-l
tory of Music at New York city, at
salary of $4,000 year. He has been
spending his vacation with Mr.. Kovarik,,
on his farm near Spillvilie, To-. and
while in this city is the guest of Father
John Rynda, the Bohemian priest. He
promises to give America some new ma.
tional music, his idea being that the
songs of the negro in the South might
make very good foundations for soml
American national music.
On August Is. BohemIa's day at the
worlds fair, he took very prominent
part in the proceedings. A Chicago
paper speaks thus of his wonderful per-
formance on that day:
At 13 o'clock the chief exercises of the
day were held in Festival hall, which
was packed with 5000 people anxious I'd
see the famous AntOnin Dvorak and
listen to his compositions as played un2
der the influence of his own baton bV
the great Worlds Fair orchestra of III
pieces. With.the exception of an adj
dress by Lieut.. Gov. Charles Jonas, OF
Wisconsin, the programme was devoted