The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-04
1866.


composer at the age OF seventeen, when
he published several songs and ballads,
a number of which were performed with
marked success at the great celebration
of the opening of the New York and
Brooklyn bridge, May "a, 1888. During
the following five years he embarked
upon the composition OF his first operate
work entitled Columbus" which was
great success. About this time he con-
ceived the Idea Of taking a professional
degree, and In February. 1893, was grad
uated with the highest honors, from the
musical department of the University of
the State Of New York, receiving the de-
gree nf Doctor of Music. He subse-
quently went to Europe, and while
abroad had the honor OF being associated
with such distinguished musicians and
critics as NJ. Massenet, Collone, Lam
aroux, Paris, Sir Augustus Harris, DR..
Max Bauer. DR.. Mayer, the great Herr
label, and other noted musicians and
composers. who were well pleased with
his compositions, many of which were
added to the repertolres Of the most
noted orchestras and bands In England.
Germany, France, Holland and Belgium.
DR.. Copterno has almost ready for pro-
ductiOn a new opera which will be given
In New York next winter. The score Is
full Of brilliant and catchy music and
will probably make decided hit, says
the Philadelphia Inquirer.
To-day the Womans Musical Club
comes together for It's third season, The
hour to meet Mrs Pollock, the president,
Mrs. Caldwell, the vice president, Mrs,
Garden, the treasurer, and Mrs. Flora
Williams, director OF chorus, has been set
for 3 p. M. and the place the clubs hall,
in the A. o. U. W. Temple.
Monday evening at o'clock In Odd
Fellows hall, the Oratorlo Society will
assemble for preliminary work, The
study for the first half Of the season will
be Haydn's Creation"
School time is here and during the COM
ing ten days the teacher and student for
1898 will meet Considering the mat
ter muslcally It is curious, but true, that
the visiting period, (bctween the crib and
the first actual lessons on the plano
forte. or viofin) is not utilized to let the
child learn some plain beginnings Of
music, and the following from 1.-THE
apropos: an no other art, except music,
Is neglect so prepetuated There is little
or no care observed In nine instances out
Of ten, to save time in n chIld's musical
education. II Is palnstaklngly taught,
for example, that red Is one color, blue
another color. yellow n third color 1t
Is shown that n mistake that must not
long be made Is 10 confuse them. Tho
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one, nor hail rose as blue.
To 30 step beyond, there is often
some casual instruction to the youngest
minds now and then, that picture
which Is painted Ia not an engraving A
little later. there may bn-Oftcn there Is
ga much pains taken az to give the child
to understand that picture or a statue,
or book Ia good or great or wise, bad,
Of no account or silly, But what mother
or father OF the average tyne thinks II
we'll promptly and arbitrarily to make
the child feel long before LESSONS, that
musical mir sounds as II does, because II
Is In the major, and that another air Is in
the minor How seldom IL the eager
mind that IL reaching out for facts and
guides to taste ns well as knowledge.
aided to understand that song In not "A
sonata, an opera not q symphony, an
overture not something that church
choir MARBLE on Sundays,
The inability Of child to touch
planotorlc key nEreeahly. or TO play
five finger exercise even stumbllnglv,
should not bar making clear the fact,
that an orchestra Il not n hand.organ,
n ballad. something to eat am spcnlt-
Ing only Of preparing the way Of tho
art. Of making It's path little straight
or for the young student that Is TO bc.
There are processes now practically ov-
erlooked. TIE Juvenile intelligence Il
not met halfway In music. IF you
toach by passing wise word the dts
tlnctons In one matter why not teach
them In another? In II the instruction
N only trl1c more complex, aud the
Lessons n fraction less salient
There m no urElnu To teach ilnc tech
meal details, Gar from II (thosc welcome
with the music maslor) Begin with tho
amplc beginnings while the mind IN rc-
coptlvc and Impressions lasting and
when the time TO begin muRlc comes the
child viii not MI Mt once, bc plunged
into labyrinth NJ concrete musical
grammar and technique
While ~ gbmO extent music In the
public schools mltlpatoR against utter
lacl, M muslrnl knowledge, when the
chlld IN rg1dv fUr the musc-mnHtor pro.
poG yet from the absence NJ early mul.
acni helm M home during tho waiting
pwlou TO bcrIn the question naturally
1plrral "lR the car dullor than TIN
uvo2 or, rather In tho oar no much
moro hpprooIniivr nnd nsHlmllatlvo, AMI
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