The herald., 1896-01-05

| hymn 'unes sacred and the excerpt from
| fannhaeuser secular. IF two coins APP
pearing 10 be sovereigns were to be
! tested, their value was not decided by the
| fact that both were stamped with
a life image. but whether they were made
of real gold. So, he maintained, the
sacredness of a musical composition was
not decided by its title, or whether 1t were
| The music OF mass or an opera, bu' SIM
ply by the test whether the composition
was really inspired music or only that
| worthless imitation of real n'u sic. just be-
cause it was SIC .lled "church music" or
Dad a name connected with sacred things
on its title page. Music was sacred wher-
, ever it was played, be it i'll church or the
atre.
The Dudley Buck Concert club, which
was formed in this city some weeks ago,
and which has been diligently rehearslng
ever snc., is co npo sed of twelve men of
musical reputation and also men of busi-
ness standing as well. This CLUB has been
formed for the purpose of being one,
among the many other organizations of
this city, TO help eleva @ the standard OF
| music and to maintain and give to the
musc-lovinR people of this city something
which will be an honor DO n to the club
and to he city. There is possibility that
the number of the club Will he eSsed
to twenty in short time. The club main
|
way. They meet promptly at 1880 and
close promptly at 8 O'Clock. Each part
has one or more substitutes, which will
enable the club always to appear with it's
full membersh p. Snpt. j. A. Foshey is
president, Mr.. c. L. Wilde secretary and
treasurer, and Mr.. c. S. Cornell director.
| The club is now rehearsirg for the
first grand concert, which will be given
early in the spring, and for Dudley
Buck Evening of Music, given by MIR. Cor
nell. assisted by the club and grand
chorus. Ii is the ambition of The Dudley
Buck club to make reputation that will
be sec md to none in the west, and one
that will do honor and be credit to the
greatest American musician, Dudley
Buck.
Sufficient credit is hardly given to the
enterprise of the Plaza church auth critics,
but anyone who has been to the old church
during the holiday season must have been
impressed with the high character of the
singing. The l o'clock mass-a most con-
veLient hour for the hard-wcrked por ion
OF the communicates greatly crowded. and
the English sermon, which is always
preached at that mass, excites keen inter-
est. The scholarly pastor of the church,
ather Llebana, and his learned assistant,
Father Barron, delight their audiences
alternately with the depth of erudition and
VIII DE souied zeal which permeaies their
dscourses. The choir is now of very SUI
perior order, and in Mrs Collete, the lead
ing soprano, the old church is favored with
an artist of excellence. The rendition of
Baydn's Third Mass on Chri.trnas morn
ing gave Mrs. Collette ample opportunity
to crafty her numerous admirers. The
facility with which she mastere the flowery
periods of The kyrie, and the wholesouled
enthusiasm with which she inspire
the chorus, thrilled the hearts of the con-
gre CATION. Mr.. Jacklln, the tenor, has a
voice of much sweetness and feeling. and
his spirited internretation of the caniicle,
isms mos. HqlhNy q4lhyoHSlggn. Might" by A. Adam, created
hearers. Miss Theresa Ha 1es ii aQ3bnJaa
vative and painstaking rker and does
good work As the leading alto siuger. Mrs.
Held, who su 1ports Mrs Collette, is a pow
eriul acquisition to the sopranos, and her
en- husiasm for her work is contagious.
The organ is presided over by Miss Theresa
Sullivan, youthful instru'nentalist OF I'M
doubted promise, no POSSESSES a very fine
execution. Her brilliant playing of the
difficult passages of Haydu's Third made
her the recipient of much congratulation.
The director of the rtoir is Mr.. j. j.
II yes. veteran music an with undimin-
isaed love and devotion ,'h TO his art.
His minu,e knowledge of the diff ult pas
sages OF the masters renters h,s director
ship most powerful in developing the
atent talents of the more inexperienced
members of the cnoir. Hia fine old voice
| is still, desp te the ravages of time, pos
sess' d of marvellous pathos and senti-
meit