The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-11
DIENCEs COMPARED WITH
THAT OF wOLFSOHN.
COMPLIMENT OF THE LATTER
INTERESTING STORY RECENTLY
WRITTEN BY w. w. HUTCHINGS
ABOUT "BEETHOVEN."
AFFAIRS LOCALLY,
MUSICAL
a Reception at Mrs. r.. r..
DORIS Residence.

The Michigan University Alumnus.
festival, says: "Mme Calve was the
star this season, and aside from the
fact that she made sport of her audi
ence, captivated every one by her Won
derful voice" Side by side with Nine.
Calves implied contempt of her Amer
lean audiences, it is interesting to
place the statement made two years
ago to w. S. B. Mathews by Carl Wolf
sohn, the great musical artist, who is
thoroughly, genuinely German. He
said: "In five years from now, if not
now, the best music made in the world
will be made in America. The
demands here are for the best, and the
artists who satisfy this demand will
be supported by the public" To Wolf
sohn's statement one might add that
of Mosenthal, who was for thirty years
conductor of the New York Mendels-
sohn society "The symphony concerts
in Vienna he says, would not do in
New York, even those under the di-
rection of Hans Richter. The playing
is careless and insufficiently rehearsed.
But most Of all I am dissatis-
fed with the standard of performance
Both Of these opinions will be found
in the '95 November number of Music.
In the two intervening years no one
will presume to say that American
musical performances have degenerat-
ed, and it might be well for many art
lists, who inspite of their affected con-
tempt for American appreciation man
age to get over to this side Of the
water, to consider whether or not that
edge Of contempt may not sometime
be turned upon them.
Prof. A. A. Stanley, director of the
Ann Arbor Conservatory Of Music is
planning to produce the Flying
Dutchman." This masterpiece mas
never been given in Michigan and will
mean an enormous amount of work for
the chorus. Prof. Stanley, If he sue
ceeds in his undertaking at all, will
secure artists Of worldwide reputation
for the solo work. The first time that
Berlioz' Domination of Faust" was
given in Michigan it was produced in
Ann Arbor, the chorus work being done
by nearly 400 voices. Mrs. tombstone
Bishop, of Chicago, sang the Margue-
rite solos; Charles Knox, the Faust,
and Heinrich Meyer, of New York, did
the work in the Mephistopheles solos.
These, with the large orchestra, did
some magnificent work, and much is
looked for in the prospective produc-
ton of the Flying Dutchman."
George L. Chandler has an article in
the last number of Music, entitled ga
German Melody" but would more apt
ly be called a Musical Biography"
for it is a fascinating description of a
panoramic tone-picture of the life of a
thoroughly musical nature. 1t is full
Of interest and pathos without techni-
cal phraseology and has a charm for
even those who are not actual must
clans.
W. w. Hutchings tells this story of
Beethoven, in an article written for
Blackwoods magazine: Beethoven"
he says, though he delighted in HON.
er and Plato, in Shakespeare and
Goethe, and was profoundly affected
by the history that was making around
him, was not a man of large outlook,
still less of sound and balanced mind
though it would be unfair to judge his
logical faculties by a quaint instance
of their exercise, which deserves a
wider currency. He had dismissed
housekeeper because, not in her own
interest but in her masters, she had
told a fib, and when challenged to
Justify his severity he did so by argu-
ing that any one who tells lie has
not a pure heart and cannot therefore
make pure SOUP" The entire article
has a strong tendency to depreciate to
Intellectual caliber and mental praise
of the great musical genius.
The Schubert club season will be
opened by the reception given at the
residence of Mrs Russell R. Dorr next
Wednesday afternoon. A programme
will include solos by Mrs. Brewster,
Miss Peck and others. The musicales
of the club will not be begun until
December, the next two months being
fully occupied by larger events. Mon
day evening, Oct. %, will be the recital
by Miss Richards and Miss Gordon.
The Krehbiel lectures will be Monday
afternoon, Nov. 1, in the Unitarian
church, at Minneapolis, before the
Schubert and Ladies Thursday. clubs,
and the following Tuesday afternoon in
the Grand opera house, St. PAU. MT
KrehbieI will be assisted by his wife as
soprano, and Miss Lolita Mills, pianist,
daughter of one OF w ashlng toh !es''
ing vocal teachers. The rehearsals OF
the club orchestra under Mr.. Ober-
Hotter are very interesting and en-
thusiastic.
Mrs. Florence Andrews Clayton will
sing the offertory at the Peoples
church this morning, rendering Dudley
Bucks my Redeemer," accompanled
nv Mrs. Russell R. Dorr. There will
be a musical service in the evening,
when Miss Marion Franklin keliar
will sing a solo with violin obligato by
q leading violinist, and there will be
violin solos.
Miss Gertrude Sans Souci has resign
cd her position as organist at st.
Luke's church
Mr.. and Mrs. George Henschel, of
London, who are probably the most
distinguished solists announced by the
Schubert club for the season, and
unique in their line, open their tour at
iOctifJ1ta next W6dn6S-