Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-10
MUSIC.

II the present scheme for a choral orches-
trail organization goes through 1t is an as
sured fact that Omaha will be alive musically
this season. Mr.. George Holbrook, the
former successful secretary Of the Apollo
club, and the undersigned together have
formulated a plan whereby a successful per-
manent organization can be put UP. The
membership will be limited to forty instru-
mentalists, professional and advanced ANA
teur df arrangements can be made with
the Musical union), and 100 voices, profess
sional, semi-professional and advanced anna
teurs. The concerts will be given regularly
and will be Of various natures. The first
work to be taken up will be, in all proba-
bility, "st. Johns Eve" a beautiful and
somewhat difficult work by Frederic Cowen.
An admission fee will be charged and will
be redeemable in tickets, so that a member
can either give away his tickets to his
friends or dispose OF them on the market,
thereby refunding to himself his cash sur
render. Concerts will be, OF course, by sub
scription. Any one interested In this move
ment and anxious to be identified with It will
help matters by sending name and address
inside the next week to Hospe's music store,
addressed Secretary Apollo Choral Orchestral
Society. Those who are interested in music.
''' "NS 49, ASN q VI pldytIo, Will De
received as honorary members and will be
very welcome, as such people will be wanted
for the press committee, program and print
Ing committee. seat sale committee and 9TH
ers to be formed. Now Is the time to get
one long, strong pull in the direction OF
good music. Who will be the first to co.
operate. In this work of trying to rise above
the Cake-walk- Blowing up-of-the-M aine-
Little Willie standard?
or course. We must look for opposition from
those who should be first to help. That is,
from the professional musician. There will
be those who Will stand aside and try to
draw others aside. Some will try to pre-
vent their pupils from Joining a society for
the promotion Of the best in art. Well, there
were some who rldiculed Noah, when he
was building the ark. but later they were
very anxious to get in out OF the wet. This
movement Is non partisan absolutely. II
must be so. for the reason that there have
as yet been no committees appointed. II ia
intended tor a big, broad, generous scheme,
which will embrace Omaha, Council Bluffs,
South Omaha, Papillion. and members from
Chicago or San Francisco will not be ex-
cluded.
There lie no reason why professional
musicians in Omaha. and some In Council
Bluffs and South Omaha. should not be ON
some committee.
A letter was received from some ardent
music lover last week anent the music of
the exposition which has been referred by
the editor OF The Bee to the musical critic.
This letter is an appeal for good music at
the exposition, but 1t cannot be reproduced
In this column because the writer thereof
allowed Lis personal prejudices to run away
with his good taste, This column is not in
tended nor Is any other, as a space for
having diversified monologues on the various
good and bad points OF several prominent
musiclai is from a personal standpoint and
as some rather delicate comparisons are
made with regard to Sousa, Innes. Bellstedt,
Phinney and the Marine band, In such a
way as to indicate that the author Of the
'bordereau" knows nothing about bands or
band affairs, Ii Will be reproduced only in
part
NJ suggestion is this" says the writer.
when the three weeks are up for Bellstedt,
II we cannot get a better one. urge the man
agement to not get a cheaper or poorer one.
Several organizations are applying for the
closing month Of the show. none of which.
90 far as I can learn. are anywhere near the