The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-11

This (Saturdavl aftarnnOn O'clock
Womanis Musical Club rehearsal-A. o.
U. W. Temple.
Monday evening, o'clock--Wheeling Or,
alorio Society rehearsal--Ouu pe"o"s
Han
There will be blot on the escutcneon
of Musical Wheeling which can never be
oaso.. 10 49,, phut,.r,,onic onartette
e""eeu pe in''''''' ''i0N
be permitted to dlsband' us WoTA anu
Its aims give Musical Wheeling the
chance N ba snol,an M unblasedly, as
.. vnho,d tbis
ABOVE WeulocT'ly' anu " up''V'N N"'S
reputation, as well as that OF c"l'uPe
and artistic appreciation Chamber
,,,,,to ,,,st ba enumerated among the
'"us'' mus ,,..,,an,,, "a
things TO be heara mere res"a''S' anu
this can only be done by the continual
ton of the Philharmonic concerts, The
first and third Tuesday evenings OF each
month are Philharmonic concert nights,
and there is no reason (that fact being
well known, why all music lovers
should not arrange to take In the very
best educational opportunity for higher
musical culture offered. The origina-
tors of the club had no motive In It's In
auguration except to do good thing for
art In the city. It Is admitted that
among the higher cultivated arts music
enllsts the highest number OF disciples
everywhere, The number In Wheeling
is large, and could be power II forces
were enthusiastically massed, But here
is the point: they are not massed, The
interdependence of all factors in the
plshed. The individual interest cen-
tiers only, 1t seems, in the one In which
membership is held. Whether there
be any respect or what can be the pow
err of body Of individuals, working in
the same groove yet showing no en-
enlargement TO each other? The Phil
harmonic Quartette, Prof. Hermann
Scnockey, first violin; Mr.. A, A. Far
Der, second violin; Prof. Edward Blu
menberg, viola, and Mr.. Fred Meyer,
sent the creations of master minds, and
ii is done SO masterfully and ntelligibly
that the vast majority who do not in
clude themselves in the musical colony
could enjoy to the fullest, the greatest
treats to Musical Wheeling For tho
sake and announcement OF these n
EXPRESSED by German author and will,
II Crashed, help bring enjoyment to
many now holding back from attending
really first class musical attractions be-
cause of lack OF technical knowledge:
"When n child [ always believed
music ia he something that could not be
learned like reading and writing-some-
thing which like the teachings Of Christ
should come direct from heaven, and
wish 10 retain this childish fancy, That
thing which can move me to tears and
rouse NV utmost enthusiasm Is capable
of being reduced To stiff pedantic rules
and nlaced on n paper In n series OF ugly
thick notes which must be carefully
counted. is thought which robs me Of
all pleasure. II affects me as Disagree
ably as the remembrance OF the fact
that every beautiful face Is formed upon
a skull. / want no view of machinery"
By the way, the machinery, IN other
words. each executive committee. 1.-THE
Orntorio Society and Woman's Musical
Club Ia again on. Tho DAYS sched-
uled for active rehearsals are MONDAYS
and SATURDAYS, respectively, and oil
musical and other attractions should
keen on the track. TUESDAYS will still be
reserved for the Philharmonic, giving
Wednesdays to the churches, The 9TH
or societies and Mr., Reister, of the on
era House, can run in on Thursday FRI
day and Saturday evenings only, Satur-
day afternoon being required by the
Womap's Club The motive power of
the musical train, not only here, but re-
allied to be such throughout the coun-
try. ia testified by the following, from
paper, Women in Music" read by Mrs.
Charles Virgil at the Music Teachers
national convention recently held in
New York City;
"An old musical magazine contains a
brilliant ESSAY in defense of an arraign-
ment against the English as an unmusl-
chi nation which opens thus: The
charge against the English of being nm
,InmusIcaI nation Ia one of very old
standing. TO which the reply almost
equally oidl has ALWAYS heen that IL we
have newer hnnn preat PRODUCERS Of
music, we have nj nil events shown n
great onnrecIatIon of thoae who were
"Wnhout entering into discussion of
WHY woman comnosera nre few we
might clash hands with the English
people of that dav and saw: IL women.
and notice / saw if-if women have
never been great producers of music.
thew have nj all events shown n great
appreciation of those who we're And
where ia this so much in evidence as
In the Womep's Musical club, where
composers are lionlzed, studied and
even worshInped with an jntensItv and
interest known TO no other art. II NAV
be Interesting TO analy2e the musical or.
ganIzation movement which has swept
over the country with such force as 10
make n civ without one or more If
these clubs almost unknown. The aues-
lion may well be asked Is II n healthy
growth, indicating n renl desire for a
better understanding of this art which
holds so envIable n place in the refine
nents of iifeP Does il indicate n deeb-
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