The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-02-06
MUSICAL MENTION
JOHN RANDOLPH


from the first have all the privileges OF
the club, but shall not vote, and do not
assist al the concerts OF the clut. A
new feature has been added this year in
the student membership OF the society,
which allows talented students to be
present at the meetings in order that
they may receive benefit from the study
and performance OF the works OF the
greater composers. In a club of this
nature it would be manifc silly unwise to
confine the active participants to pro-
fessionsl musicians. but it is safe to say
that a rigid carefulness exists in regard
to the fitness Of possible candidates to
active membership. Moreover the pro-
grams given have been so uniformly OF
high order with systematic study o:
composers of no slight merit that much
more amateurish performances should
be accepted with respect.
During the first two years OF the
clubs history the greater compos-
ers were studied chronologically,
beginning wisely with the great
name of Johann Sebastian Pach, contin
uing at intervals of two weeks with Han
del, Haydn, Gluck, Mozart, Poccherini,
Clement, Cherubini, Hummel, Beethoven,
Ries, Spohr, Auber, Roie.dieu, Weber,
Rossini, Meyerbeer and Moscheles.
The year 1856 found the club -four
ishing and at work upon Shubert,
Flotow, Field, Donizetti, Mendelssohn,
Chopin, Schumann, Julius Benedict,
Henselt, Rellini, Berlioz. I halberg. List,
Wagre-, Gade, Gounod, Abt, Brahms,
Thomas, Raft and Rub nstein. Truly
an imposing array this. 1t is only fair
to Mrs. j. HI. Winger to say that the
labor of choos ng and preparing these
programs as well as those of the open
meetings of the club during this time
fell largely upon her, and that to her is
due large measure of their success. In
the programs of the club, one day was
devoted to each great master, while less
er ones were taken up more rapidly.
The season of 1867 found the club
with largely increased membership both
active and associate, with student and
chorus members.
Iappend as a matter of record a full
list of the present membership of the
Matinee Musicale.
Mrs. E. Lewis Baker, Mrs. George b
Bell. Mrs. Mary E. Butler, Mrs. E. fl.
Barbour, Mr.. Elias Baker, Mrs. E. A.
Becker, Mrs. Ola c. Campbell, Miss
Carol c. Churchill, Mrs. Alice Z. Doane,
Miss Silence Dales. Miss Ina Ensign,
Miss Lille Eiche, Mrs. E. H. Eddy, Miss
Sallie Furnas, Miss Grac, Griffith, Mrs.
Nora S. Holm, Miss Marie Hoover, Mrs.
L. J. Herzog. Mrs. r. A. Holyoke, Mrs.
Will Owen Jones, Mrs. A. w. Jansen.
Mrs. G. S. Lippincott, Miss Louise Miller,
Miss Anna L. Miller, Mrs. A. r. Mitchell,
Mrs. H. r. Nissley, Mrs. G. W. Noble.
Miss Maude Oakley, Miss Katherine
Odell, Mrs. p. w. Plank, Miss Minnie
Parker, Mrs Carrie B. Raymond, Mrs.
A. S. Raymond, Miss Harriet Reynolds,
Miss Grace Reynolds, Miss Stella Rice,
Miss Maud Riser, Mrs. Jennie NJ.
Sanderson, Miss Kate Stoddard, Miss
Susie Scofield, Miss Bessie Turner, Mrs.
J. W. Winger. Mrs. II. b. Ward, Mrs. j.
b. Wright, Mrs. J. Wurzburg, Mrs.
Albert Watkins.
Associate Members Mrs. II. A. Bah
cock. Mrs. ]. A. Buckstaff, Mrs. &. NJ.
Crawford, Mrs. Wellington England,
Mrs. c. H. Gere, Mrs. Samuel Hall, Mrs.
Stephen Hoover, Mrs. J. b. Horton, Mrs.