The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-03-20

The Butterfiy .............,...... l-aNdlet
Concert Polka. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Wallace
symphony Orchestral Organ.
r. O. Williams.
Valse de Concert Durege
Master Harry Br.ggs.
For All Eeternity" Marcheroni
Mss Hattie Becker.
The Mill ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Macy
Telyn Male Quartet.
Tarantelle in A minor. .Dennee
Master Harry Briggs.
The Pretty Flower G.ri''
.......... Nine A Mur.o-Ce;li
Mrs. Harriet Blair Ward.
Overture to Tampa" ..............-.H arol
Symphony Orchestral Organ.
The Glee club of the University of
Nebraska. under the direction of Will
lard Kimball, with Fred C. Cooley as
assistant manager. starts this week
upon it's fourth annual tour of the
state. Besides Lincoln and Omaha the
club sings at Seward, York. Fairbury,
Grand Island. Ravenna. Columbus,
Fremont, West Point, and Norfolk.
The personnel of the club is as fol-
lows:
First tenor-F. S. Davis. J. r. Burks,
Fl. S. Evans, Geo. Ireland.
Second tenor-H. ID. Whsdon. X. c.
Lansing. G H. Whaley. |. w. kenagy.
First bass T. Sumner. G.. n. Por-
ter, o. T. Reedy. A. z. Prescott.
Second base. S. Norton, X. b.
Gillespie, II ]. LenhDff. H. s. Mueller.
Xaver Scharwenka. the pianist and
e. fxix in, Il N nm
April Z. at the Lansing theatre, a pia-
noforte recital of original and selected
works. il the son of a Polish count and
born on January 6. 1850. at Samter in
the Prussian province of Posen. His
career has been most brilliant. He Is
a Iupil of the Kullak school. and had
fer fellow classmates Nicode and
Mcritz Moszkowski. Scarwenka won
a high place in the musical world in
his early youth. making frequent con-
cert tours in Germany, Russia, Austria
Hungary, Norway. Belgium and Eng
land
His first really important work. the
Concerto in fat miner opus 80. was
received with such favor that 1t at
tracted the attention Of English must
clans and was shortly afteTward played
at the London Crystal Palace by Mr.
Dannreuther Scharwenka himself took
ii tn Leipsic and played it at one OF the
famous Gewandhause concerts, where II
passed the severe test of the criticism
Of that artistic center. To be received
by Leipsic is tc the German mind
imcrtals. Scharwenka's reputation wa;
hencefcrward secure. Later he estab-
lished the famous conservatory in Ber-
lin which bears his name.
He now holds the appointment II
court pianist to the emperor CT Austria
and the title of Royal Prussian Pro-
lessor. He married Russian countess
and his residence is now in New York
OF Scharwenka's compositions the
ones he considered the greatest works
are a symphony. opus so in miner
which was given under Mr.. Thomas by
the New York Philharmonic in the sea
sen If 1885, a piano quartet, two trios
two piano cOncertos. a violin sonata
and q grand opera. 'Mataswintha-
The latter was brought cut in December
last in Weimar and was received with
great enthusiasm by the critics and
musicians who went from Berlin TO hear
it. II is now in preparation to be given
in New York: the parts have already
been assigned.
OF his piano work he considers the
Theme and variations in d minor the
best.
OF his well-known Polish Dance, one
million and half copies have been scld
end Scharwenka himself has realized
from it the munificent sum Of less than
five G~llc-s.
The Mandarin" comic opera, OF
to speak more correctly, an opera
touffs," was presented at the Lansing
theatre on ST. Patrick's day by the Dc
Kcven-Smith opera company. The
music is rather better than the usual