Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-29

be perfected Every man can read his part
and play every note Of &C. but a finished
orchestral performance demands much more
than succession OF notes Il Is as true
of players as OF singers that they must
work together. No more willing men ever
sat at a desk than the players OF the Musical
society orchestra or the symphony orchestra.
and any contrary opinions that may have
been held were entirely mistaken
Hans Albert demonstrated Tuesday even
ing at his concert that careful rcheaJsals
viii do a great deal to ensure a good en-
somblc. even when the conductor has tu
deal with a large amayeur element. II an
orchestra could be organized solely OF eN-
pcrienced professional musicians and II 1t
could include all such musicians in this
city, most satisfactory results could be eN-
pectcd. But with interested outside parties
constantly striving to fonIent strife among
the musicians, and between them and those
who have their best interests earnestly at
heart, such unity is well nigh impossible.
The management Of the Musical society has
authorized the engagement for its next con-
cert OF a corps Of twenty-five musicians
performers upon tho following instruments.
Four first yiolins, two second violns two
Ntolas two CELL, two contra bassi, two flutes,
two clarinets two horns two Cornets one
trombone, one harp, drums, and also one
oboe and one bassoon. Omaha has no oboe
player and no bassOon player and it will
be necessary to send away for them. 1t
would be worthy undertaking for the
Commercial club to take steps to ensure
some sort of a business engagement for
performers upon these instruments that they
might find it worth while to reside In Omaha
quite a number OF our best musicians are
engaged in other businesses besides their
music, and If we could have these two in
strumentalists in addition to those we have
the prospects for a fine ensemble would be
hA t,,tss fyf, ,,sa haV. 1,l
and faithful and careful and persistent re
hearsal will do for them what it does for
every other orchestral organization in the
world, and ensure a satisfactory perform
ance. The giving of a great concert in this
city without them should never be thought
Of and once the custom is established their
hearty cooperation can be relied upon.
The second concert by the Omaha Musical
society will be given in Creighton theator
Thursday evening, December H. and Nine
Nordica will positively sing at that concert
The contracts have been signed for more
than a month and some parts of her pro
gram have been decided upon. Nine Nor
dica is without doubt the greatest vocal
artist that America ever produced and one
OF the greatest in the world. she has
achieved uuquestioned success in Italian
French and German opera. She is the only
American ever invited to sing at the great
Bayreuth Wagner festivals. and her por-
trayal OF Elsa in "Lohengrin" was greeted
by all Germany as one of the finest ever wit
messed upon any stage. She Is engaged for
The spring season of opera In London, and
N the meantime will make a tour of her
own country to the Pacific coast She is
at present at Lynchburg, Va.
One Of the loveliest features of Mr. AL
bert's concert was to see his sweet-faced
wife at one of the violin desks playing away
with all the earnestness and fidelity that
could come from loving ggheart
.Tt
The subscription for tickets t. hear Leo
pold Godowsky, who VIII given a piano con
cert at Creighton theaterf December s. IS
progressing finely and indicates decided in
terest to hear this great artist 1t would
be treat to hear him play concerto with
orchestra and it is to be hoped that Messrs.
Calm and Albert will see their way clear
to provide one for the concert It would
serve double purpose: First il would give
the audience a chance to hear a concerto as
it was written and intended to be heard;
second, il would give our local musicians
some more concert playing to do, would put
nome money In their pockets, encourage them
in their work ana help TO establish IL as a
custom in this city that ffst-clas1 concerto
should be done with orchestra. Omaha will
never have a full complement of players
until she gives them business 1t is an I'M
fortunate condition of affairs that musician
must eat and nave u phctt I'M whfth to sleep
and fire to keep him warm that he loves
his wife and his child and desires to see
them well cared for and happy and that
for all these things he must have money He
naturally possesses a good amount of faith,
but he can't live on 1t and his grocer won't
accept 1t in payment for eggs and flour
Put the orchestra on our programs, teach
the public to value IL as one OF our greatest
musical resources and the musicians will do
their part to make this city a center of art
and power for musical good in the great
west
But to return to Godowsky Compositions
which are considered extremely difficult for
the greatest living pianists are arranged by
Godowsly for the left hand and performed in
public with al abandon that borders on the
fabulous.
w. S. b. Mathews of Chicago who is by
no means a gusher, said of him:
Il have known quite number of artists
of distinguished talent and have heard them
play both in public and in private but have
never sat by the keyboard and heard such
technique as from GOdowsky. II is entirely
within bounds when | say that the entire
range of the recital repertory of the best
pianists of the world today is so far within
the resources of this young master that he
can and does play the most difficult programs
without noticeable imperfecton and with
ample resources to spare"
The Ottumwa Male quartet will give a
concert at st. Mary's Avenue Congrega-
tional church Monday evening, December Z
\ pleasing entertainment is expected The
SttumWas are attracting much attention
just now in the Lyceum entertainment
world. The name is the Indian term for
ripping water and the limpid music of the
Ottulnwas demonstrates the appropriateness
OF the term. The quartet originated at OF
tuna, Ia, but the demands for their
services were such as to cause them to es-
tablish their headquarters at Chicago. where
they hold high position in popular estima-
tion. The quartet is assisted by Miss Ora
i.ayon Haynes, a beautiful young woman.
who is as charming in her role OF reader
and imPcrsonRtor as she is in her personal
endowments Of facial beauty and graceful
figure The mems club of st. Marys Con-
gregational church has been fortunate in
securing this organization for concert and
the large auditorium will doubtless be filled
to hear 1t.
The "T. K" quartet Of Omaha has been
engaged to give a concert at Bellevue col
lege, December 10. for the benefit of the
Young Mems Christian association. Judg-
ing from the work done al rehearsals 1t will
more than sustain its former reputation as
a singers organization and do credit TO their
home city g,rz
At the ST. Marys AYenue Congregational
church this evening thu BlIGsical service. un-
der the direction OF the Mems club. will |