Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-12


from Omaha and its immediate sister cities
and Just consider what these good people
did for the cause Of music. They subscribed
almost $4,000 per week
or course a good many passes were rep
resented. but that is Offset by the day at
tendance, which has not been included Then
consider the car fares of 1920 people at 10
cents each, and behold the result.
Is there not market for great band
in Omaha?
monster union of choirs and choral So
cieties assembling every year for a musical
carnival could be worked in connection
with the band, and this would not only
interest all the neghboring towns for
distance OF over 100 miles by enlisting the
young people in their local societies, and
by bringing them together for a generally
pleasant visit Of a week but 1t would also
serve to promote a healthy spirit of senti-
ment between Omaha and her younger and
smaller sister cities, and by the co-opera
tion of the Commercial club. securing rail-
road rates, it would bring a weeks good
business into the houses of the Omaha mer-
chants An exposition of any kind will be
fought to the bitter end by the outside
ClIleS, anu why 0Ot, IL, as tney say, tne peO-
pie who come in buy all their necessaries
and many luxuries in Omaha. But, with a
choral scheme, the young people will have
an incentive to come. for their own sakes,
and for the pleasure of singing to and with
each other.
AT the present time a system OF operation
is quietly progressing which will in all like
cip fpr n
musical festival next May. 1t will be in
the nature of a musical congress, and will
consist of morning, afternoon and evening
sessions. Nothing further can now be said
about It, but 1t will be heard from later.
AS an evidence Of the prosperity which
is reaching this western country it may be
noted that there are number Of new pipe
organs being erected and in contemplation
within easy distance OF this city. One was
opened recently at York, Neb. On Friday
evening last the organist OF the First Metho-
dist church of Omaha gave the opening re-
cita on a beautiful specimen of church
organs in the First Methodist Episcopal
church of Fremont The church has just
recently been entirely rebuilt, so to speak
and the citizens of Fremont may well be
proud Of their edlf1ce. The prominent men
of the church came together one man and
the result is one of the prettiest auditoriums
in this western country. Splendid seating
accommodations are furnished by the hand
some opera chairs. while the chancel fur
niture is of the most expensive and stately
kind. The organ is very much above the
average, beautiful in appearance and salts
factory in tone and construction. The or
ganist OF the church, which will by the way,
be formally opened today, is Mr. c. j. Schu-
bert of Fremont, and the choirmaster is Mr..
Preston of the State Normal Musical growth
will be given every encouragement by the
new pastor, Rev. DR.. Sanderson, formerly
of Omaha, who is an orator and scholar,
and by nature poet, an artist and gentle
man.
The Congregational choir of Fremont has
also engaged a choirmaster Mr.. Keck of
Omaha, who will rehearse with the choir
once a week, his st. Marys avenue work
demanding his time on Sundays.
Mr.. Francis Potter is thoroughly equipped
for his concert, to be held this month, when
the celebrated mandolinist Valentine Abt,
will be the star attraction. DR.. Potters
club will assist in he concert and present
some ensemble nun hers
The Knaben Kapelle, the relocated young
sters who played last week at the Creighton
Orpheum, made a very lasting impression.
on the people of Omaha, and Manager Rosen
thai should feel encouraged to introduce
still more music Of the right kind. There
is scarcely a week nowadays when the
Orpheum is not the Mecca OF musical peo
pie, AMI the vaudeville pursues it's merry
work Of amusing while it educates and in
teresting while 1t instructs.
THOMAS J. KELLY.
Miss Julia Officer, piano studio, Karbach
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