El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-10

when he died, and yet he hardly enjoy
ed the advantages of a common school
education. Schubert is known mostly
in his songs: yet he was really great
symphonist, and his 9th symphony in
G major has been resurrected and is
are asking, Why was not this great
work given to US before? Schubert
wrote also twenty four piano sonatas,
| the more noted of which are the ones
in A minor, opus ~: B flat major, and
G major, opus IS. Then he wrote i've
operas. fantasies, impromptus, quar-
tets, quintets, mass, chorals. and
those ever green songs which, as one
| writer hath it, seem to bubble from
| immortal springs, at whose waters
weary, soul sick, world sick, poor
bruised hearts may drink and be COM
forted, if not healed. And just think,
in 1916 Schubert's application for 20
guineas-a-year position as music
teacher in government school was re-
jected, the applicant being declared
Numerically qualified" Schubert was
always in bad luck financially, and his
health being undermined before he was
thirty, he died of delirium in 1928, one
year after Beethoven, and was buried
at Ortsfriedhoff.
twill interest musical readers to
learn that the greatest organ in the
world is in the city hall of Sydney, N.
S. w. The city council ordered and
paid $50, 900 for it. Imagine the Ell
Paso city council ordering even a
The firemen and city clerk would no
doubt seize the opportunity to become
proficient organists, and each and
every one might in a year or so be
able to apply for positions in metropol-
itan churches at 81. 800 a year. The
Sydney instrument contains :, SOO pipes,
has five manuals and 12S speaking
stops. Two of the pipes are 64 feet
high, but as their air Vibrations are
only about Is per second, they can only
be heard when other pipes in consonant
harmony are being used with them.
Public concerts are given every day In
the shall which seats 5000 people.
People wonder why so many manuals;
to which it maybe replied that they
facilitate execution. lake three
manual organ for instance where the
lower manual operates both the choir
and echo organs: if independent effects
are desired. time is required to change
the stop combinations, whereas II each
organ has it's separate key board the
change is made instantly without
bothering with registration changes
The big cathedral at Riga and the
church of St. Sulspice at Paris have
also I'VE hduudl vi SduSJ ahu cSA'O'S
there is one in London.
The McGipties are getting into fair
shape for next summers musical cam
paign The brass wind instruments
are now provided for by transferring
Charlie Reed to one of the E fiat bass
horns, giving Mr.. Kingrey B bass,
locating Mr.. Sickels in tenor chair,
giving Mr.. Rhomberg or Mr.. Schles-
uizer slides and putting Messrs. Barnes
and Bevan on trumpets. AS to the
wood winds: Harry Walz is expected
back to resume the first oboe chair,
Mr.. Goodson will play piccolo, one or
two more clarinet players are to be
secured. and Sr. Gutierrez who has
been in Nogales will be back this
week to resume the soprano sax
aphone chair. 1t is to be hoped the
town will give this fine organization
the support it deserves this season.
Tucson is trying to out do Ell Paso,
and by a union of interests there,
Conductor Ronstadt has now concert
band for thirty-three men. He pro-
poses to furnish Tucson with fine con-
certs this season. Ell Paso should not
let Tucson give her any points.