St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-20
MUSIC HATH CHARMS.
GRAND CONCERT FOR THE BEN
EFT OF THE UNEMPLOYED
To be Given By st. Paul Musicians
Society and Local Vo-
calists.

The grand concert for the benefit OF
the unemployed will be given by st.
Paul Musicians society next Thursday
afternoon at the Grand opera house, be-
ginning at o'clock. The society has
been interchangeable in its efforts to make
this concert great musical and finan-
cial success, and certainly deserves
credit for its generosity and thoughtful.
ness.
AS the general public would naturally
expect, the programme will commence
with march by the military band.
There is no piece of music that receives
by military band. The one chosen is
by request. the liking Bee March,"
which, although just out. is already
quite popular i'll st. Paul, especially as
it was written by St. Paul man, V. f.
Safranek, the director of the first part
of the programme. 1t is written in a
very melodious vein, although sprlnkled
through it are also very beautiful har-
moniouS effects. The second number,
by universal request, will be that grand
| and immortal overture to the opera of
William Tell" by Rossini. No. is
the andante and polonaise from the
opera of "Mignun," and the "Slavonic
Dance No. 81 constitutes the fourth
number.
In the second part of the programme
| the orchestra is introduced under the
direction of Emil Straka. The first Or
chestral number will be "Tannhauser
Overture" by Richard Wagner. The
second number, "Pecheur Napolitain ct
Napoitaine." is by Antony Rubenstein,
lately deceased, and belongs to his cele-
DRAFTED bal costume suite and is full of
a violin solo by Prof. Daniel Muehlen-
/ bruch, the concert master of Seiberrs
| orchestra, the number being "Fantase
Caprice" by VieuXtemps. The last
number is number very seldom seen
on a concert programme. This is a
czardas, but such cZardas as is not to
| be met with ordinarily. 1t is taken
from an opera ky Louis Grossman, en-
titled 1.-The Ghost of the Wojewodas. ="
| The cZardaS is in the real Hungarian
+ style, one minute pathetic to te ars, the
next minute lively enough to make a
person feel ten years younger.
The programme, all in all, is quite
varied, classic III a degree, but still not
of such deep character to which only
musical students could apply them.
selves. 1t has been the idea of the di-
rectors to make it as classic as possible
but, at the same time, not to forget that
people come to such a concert Tor en-
tertainment, and not to digest music,
which, in many cases, is only under
stood by the best musicians. Such a
programme should draw a large aud
fence, an audience worthy of the grand
cause for which the musical society of
the Commercial club is working.
The tickets are so and rs cents each,
and are eXchangeable at the box office
for numbered seats. The 50-c cent ticket
admits the bearer to all parts of the
house except the parquet.
Manager Kingsbury and the Lillian
Lewis company have cOurteously TEN
dered the use of the Grand opera house
for the concert. The society will he as
sisted by the talented vocalists, Mrs.
Harris and Mrs. Yale, who will sing the
duet 'Estudlantina," by Lacome. Mrs.
Yale will sing another selection emit
tied My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice."
taken from Samson ct Delilah;" and
Mrs. Harris will sing selection with
orchestral accompaniment.
Tickets will be on sale after Monday
morning at the Ryan, Merchants,
Windsor and Metropolitan hotels; at
Field -Mahler's Manufacturers and Schu-
neman Il Evans, the Boston, Browning,
King u Co., Coverings, Bullard's, Geist's
IL TopliffS; also at w. j. Dyer & Bros,
Nathan Ford, w. S. Dennis, Wilbur
TibblS, the Ryan fruit store and other
places to be named hereafter.
Every one should contribute to this
worthy cause,