The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-22

icSS VIII preach IN cne evening" Suo1ect.
the Triumph of Defeat" All well
come.
WALTER DAMROSCH.
The career of Walter Darnrosch has
not been comet-wise. Rather must IL
| be compared 70 the steady star which
unfa5lingly mounts above the horizon
and slowly moves zenithwards-
The young conductor with the LitZ-
like profile-the profile Of a. conQueror-
did not build his musical Rome in a
day If fate played him sadly by rob-
| bing him of a famous father and sud-
denly envelop:ng him in mantle a
mile too wide for his slender youthful
| shoulders. have not these shoulders
broadened: has not the young conduc-
tors artistic stature grown so that We
no longer speak Of him as the son Of
Leopold Damrosch?
1t viii be reiounded 10 his credit that
he honors the memory OF that father
and as something that time cannot
blur. To him he owes his artistic tai
ent and education. That he has profit
ed nightly through his opportunities
is also 10 be noted for no musical con-
ductor before the public today is as
many sided as Walter Damrosch, as
ripe in culture, so rich in purely mental
endOwments absolutely independent
of his musical gifts.
His lectures on Wagner, his keen APP
probation OF the literary side Of the
subject. his scholarly analysis is back
ed UP by superb musicianship and mas
tery of the piano. If Walter Dam
rosch had so elected he might have been
a great pianist, but his ambitions Ger
flowed the bounds of one instrument.
He became a widely known conductor,
and then by the simplest mobilization
a composer.
Those who had at first opposed his eff
forts as a conductor, lauded him as a
pianist. When, however he appeared
before keenly critical public as a fully
equipped composer, the last echo of dis
gg-untlement disappeared.
This year We Will have an opportuni-
~ Of listening to his Scarlet Letter
an American theme by an American
author librettist and composer-for dis
pite his foreign birth, Walter Dam
rosch is an American of Americans, by
instinct, education and well known
family ties.
a citizen, a man Of the world, versa
tile, young, ambitious ana talented.
with great personal charms, is it any
wonder that in a few years he has TAX
en- his place among the musical elect i'll
America?
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will be at the Kansas City auditorium
on January and 4. The following
operas will be given: Friday evening.
January 3, die Meistersinger;;" Satur-
day matinee. January 4, ''Lohengrin;' :"
Saturday evening, January 4, die
Walkner." Half rates on all railroads.
WILL BE A GRAND TREAT.
Next Friday night, December q. the
Plymouth Congregational church prom
iseS a rich treat TO the public in the
concert to be given at Sedgwick hall.
They have engaged Willard S. Bracken,
formerly with the ''BoStonlans'' and
present director of voice in the Detroit
Institute of Music, as principal SoloiSt,
to be assisted by Mrs. Houston White
side of Hutchinson, prize soprano So
loist of the state, and the possessor of a
most beautiful clear soprano voice;
Mrs. Willard S. Bracken, contralto,
we'll to the Wichita public for her sue
cessfui concert work last year; r. A.
Smyth, tenor, and Mrs. r. A. Smyth,
pianistare one of the best solo per-
formers in the state. The program will
include exclusively popular and pleas
ing numbers, it being the intention of
the committee to make ii a concert to
be heartily enjoyed and long remember
ed.
1t will be Mr.. Bracken's only appear
ance in the city and every effort is be-
ing put forth to give him the royal well
come The so richly deserves from his for
mer friends.
Since leaving Wichita in 1889 ene has
Sang successfully in most of the large
cities of the United States. and during
his stay in France was soloist at the
annual concert of the British Philar-
monte society, winning at that time a
genuine ovation from the Parisians,
and the most fiattering predictions for
his talent He also sang at many con-
certs and musicales while in Paris and
was every where greeted with the same
enthusiasm. The admission has been
reduced to % cents to enable everyone
to attend and welcome this successful
artist who as a boy was so we'll known
among US for his beautiful voice.
CHURCH MUSIC.
The music at the First Presbyterian
church promises TO be attractive this
year. In addition to a large orchestra
a double Quartette will sing two an
thems; the Schubert quartette viii play
a selection; Mrs. Beaumont. one of the
most accomplished singers in the state,
will sing a solo in the moring. The toa-
lowing music viii be rendered:
Prelude Morrison Mozart. Orchestra
Christmas Anthem. .Cramer
Double Quartette.
Hear Us, o, Father Willard
Mrs. Beaumont.
Instrumental Trio ............. Russiger
Violin Cello and Piano.
Posllude Gloria Hayden
Enering
March, Alfalfa ............. MendelSohn |
Orchestra.
AC0eTn. --.....-.s
Double Quartette.
Countigm de Noel recommendation |
Mrs. Shaver.
Andante Arriby ............A. Mussner |
Schubert Quartette.
Posttuke Gloria Mozart |