The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-15

OF Vieux Paris His orchestra numbers
leO performers and is an excellent band,
notwithstanding that it seems to have
been recruited to some extent from the
provinces. Three hundred concerts are
promised within the continuance of the
exposition, and the programmes are given
an educational value by making them
illustrative of the various national
schools of music In turn Concerts are
devoted to single composer, a group of
rench Or German composers or to rep
resentatives of various nationalities
simultaneously, as the case may be- In a
general way the plan is almost as broad
ana comprehensive as that which Mfr
Inomas laid out for the Worlds fair at
Chlcago In 1893, but which failed miser>
aoly for want of popular support NJ
Colonne's enterprise has not yet won the
measure of patronage which it deserves.
the audiences seldom exceeding 400 Der.
sons, but there is a vast difference he
tween his payrolls and those of Mr..
Ihomas. An orchestral musician in the
cLHleu states expects to earn from S25 to
SfV week when steadily employed; NJ
GoIohhes men and women q observed
li4ee women among the violins) are
e ocllioiled WIN III francs a day for two
coiceIls-that Is, 81 per concert 1t would
not be just to compare the nIavine- Of
the pand with that of the best concert
organizations in New York. Boston and
CHieago at their carefully prepared cnn.
certs, but considering the drudgerv which
t .iley nave oeen performing daily for more
ie - d iIionth past, the work of the men
i! - remarkable for its vigor and vitality
Solonne IS an energetic, conscientious
ana authoritative leader, and refreshineyI,
41ee from afectattons either of rnapnor
Or on originality in reading. To iIl11strata
point made at the outset Of +Iis lot
oa II may De added that two of the con-
e,S idsl week were devoted to Sain1-
0aeHs, ana Massenet, and that the rn,Isto
prayed was the overture 70 IL Prinoesso
Sduhe' Inc prelude to lie Deluoe. tn,
oallet music from "Ffenri VIII - 49,
my einehts from the third pianoforte con
SeIlo ana the "Danse Macabre' nv +ba
loFmer' and the over 4 re to "Phedrn''
Sn's hobIeSt work, 1 think), lie dernier
1 po-liileA de Ia Verge" the ballet num-
the latter. 1 OiaU0 ny
THE SAINT GERvAIs SINGERS
one OF the most picturesque of the mon
ulnents reproduced from the medtaeI,a1
1 SI IN the portion of the exposition ca1le6
80 80 I drls Is the church of Saint Julien
HHealecrlers, Which was the meetfne
pace OF the musical guilds of France a%
a time when professional mI1s icG a.
throughout Europe We're stiT lit+1a t,atta
IMAM Vagabonds in the eyes of tho Low
IN TINS picturesque little eAanaI tto
Cdlahteurs de Saint Gervais give concerts
Vi sacred music every afternoon Tba
CONCERTS are a singularly serious sort Of
entertainment to offer to the careless VIC
4lofs TO Old Paris, and the contrast he
tween the solemn service within and the
ihotley rout without is exceedingly stril,-
ing, yet a goodly number Of persons gen
erally gather to hear the music. especia1-
~ on sundays, and the programmes ara
lotty and dignified to degree.
Inc capella masters of the sixteenth
century dominate the lists, but Rach
mas much consideration. and modern
composers are not neglected The mis-
sion of the Chanteurs de Saint Ger
Vals is like that of the Musical Art So
clety IN New York, and the first motel
that heard sung by them was one which
is IN the repertory Of that society. name
ly, Vittoria's 30 Magnum Mysterium.
Alas, for the expectations which I had
cherished In entering the chapel! The
score OF men and women who sang were
sorry representatives, or else the reputa-
tlon OF the Gervasians is wholly fictitious
Not for moment did the choir even
suggest the precision, the lovely tone
quality or The eXpressiVeness of the Mu-
seal Art society. The singing was no
better than that of an ordinary New
York chorus choir, and I left the chanel
with an ideal, long cherished, rudelv de-
stroyed.
The first of the official concerts was
opened with the cantata composed bv
Saint-Saens. to which allusion has been
made. 1t had it's first and. 1 fancy. last
performance on this occasion. unless 1t