The herald., 1897-05-30

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In view Of the fact Of Hopper's recent
visit here. and the probability that we
may hope for more of the same kind OF
advertisement during the summer months,
the following extracts from the New York
Times may prove interesting in q number
of ways. There Is more in the extracts
than Is at first apparent, and they may be
found worthy Of further thought and
wider application than casual reading
would indicate. Referring to the inade-
quate rendition of serious music by mex
perienced musicians. or through lack OF
proper rehearsal or for any other reason.
the article goes on to say:
This is the month when music festivals
everywhere abound, and they abound In
May simply because New York and Bos-
ton are then through with the solo per-
formers and the conductors. But in the
metropolis itself music becomes silent ex-
cept in It's lighter and gayer forms, which,
indeed, deserve q good deal more serious
consideration than they usually receive.
For there Is no more serious occupation,
after all, than that of keeping the people
amused. If you don't believe me, ask any
king In Europe.
For that reason / elect to pay good
deal of attention to the operetta perform"
ances and the operetta performers. A
well-meaning newspaper man once ac-
cused me of prejudice against operetta
simply because 1t was funny. You Wag-
nerites. he said, are incapable of appre-
ciating anything that isn't ponderous ana
solemn. Now, the most WagneresQue
Wagnerite in all this town is Henry I.
Finck, vet in the April LOCKER On he sang
a pean of praise in honor of Johann
Strauss, the waltz king. The truth is that
q fr1,o a II mnSic that fs
good in its kind. He does not love any
music that is poor whether 1t be SYM
phony or military march. The theory
that q Wagnerite thinks march by
Sousa is bad because it is not built on
Gotterdammerung' lines is all nonsense.
Washington Post march is good mill
tary march. and the music critic who does
not praise it does not know his trade.
"'Die Fledermaus,' The Mikado' and
'Fatinitza' are works of art just as surely
as Chopin's waltz in A fiat or Beethoven's
thirty-two variations on waltz by Dta-
belli. Such productions as The Serenade.'
The Wedding Day and The Wizard of she
Nile are in their class. and must be judged
by the standards of which they are types.
OF course no sane man compares 'Pinafore'
with 'Parsifal.' He might as well set out
to arrive at the artistic value of dwelling
house by comparing 1t with the cathedral
of Milan"
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The First Congregational orchestra. now
numbering twenty-eight members, will
give it's fourth popular concert in the
church auditorium next Friday evening.
under the direction Of Mr.. William H.
Mead. An attractive program has been
prepared. The orchestra will be assisted
by Miss Daisy Polk. violinist, late of San
Francisco. Mr.. w. E. Strobridge. organist
and a male quartet under the direction of
Mr.. N E. Skinner. Miss Adeline N. Meek.
first cornet Of the orchestra, will also con-
tribute a solo.
Miss Caro- higgins will give piano re-
cital tomorrow (Monday) evening in the
Y. M. c. A. auditorium. Miss higgins is
a pupil of Mrs. T. Masac. The program
follows:
Beethoven. senate op. 81, No. 8: Bach.
Fantasie Chromatique. D minor; Chopin.
(a) mazourka, (b) valse, E minor: Weber,
Rondo Brilliant. e fiat; Silas Gavotte:
Liszt, (a) Gondolier. (b) Loves Dream, No.
8; Rubinstein, Tarantelle.
Miss Beresford Joy announces a song re-
cital for Friday evening of this week at
the Blanchard Fitzgerald hall. Miss Joy
will be assisted by Mrs. Justin Kay Toles,
pianist, and the program will be as fol-
lows:
Piano, Bach, prelude and fugue; Hans
Selling concert etude; Mendelssohn,
Spring Song"
vocal-Gounod, aria from La Reina de
Saba
Piano-Schubert-He caprice. "Die
Forelle.
vocal-Brahms (a) "Sapphische Ode",
(b)"Meine Liebe list Grun"; Tschaikowsky,
mo One My Grief Can Feel';; Lassen.
Romance; Nevin. (a) 1.-The Merry, Mer-
ry Lark" (b) Thine Enough"
Piano-Schubert, "Elegy'; Wagner
Liszt, "Spinnlied from the Flying Dutch
man."
Vocal-Massenet, aria from lie Cid"
Piano-Chopin (a) "Nocturne" (b) BAL
lade.
Vocal-Garing-Thom IA Love Lula
by; Burning, 1.-THE Time of Roses;
Bemberg, "Hindoo Love Song; Horock,
Garden Voices
Prof. Skeele, the we'll known and popu-
lar organist of the First Congregational
church, will give an organ recital cn the
new organ of ST. Johns Episcopal church
at the corner of Adams and Figueroa
streets this afternoon from to s. The
program will include: ""Triumphal March"
Buck; Melodies Wolstenholme: "Jeru-
salem the Golden" varied. Spark; "The
Village Harvest Home" Spinney: 1.-THE
Hymn of the Nymphs'' Pfefferkorn
"Postlude in g. Spinney. The public is
invited and no admission will be charged.
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