The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-28
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sort of thing that hows with rhythm and
melody. that one can play on the front
porch or in the boat or on the lake when
the moon shines.
Musicals indoors are not in any danger
of diminishing just yet, though people like
Messrs. Porteous, McKinnie and others
have plans to produce operas with am ateur
companies.
The Porteous venture will take place early
in May at the Odeon and on May IL the
Mendelssohn Musical Society will give a
very ambitious concert at the Union Club.
Numerous clubs and classes are concerting
and reciting these days to such an extent
that one can hardly keep up with them.
At the concert the orchestra is going to
play some things from Carmen" Won
Suppe's Poet and Peasant" overture.
Coronation March, from Meyerbaer's
Prophet" which was on the stage at the
MusIu Hall the inst week Of the season: and
the last thing they will play. II the audience
does not insist upon encores. will be Mem
delssohn's Spring Song" There is Ger
man brilliance and Spanish effervescence
and German heaviness and gentleness IN
the compositions that ought to exhibit the
capability of the orchestra. Miss Lulu Kun
KEEL will play Saint-Saens and Ries on The
violin. Miss Eleanor Stark will play Mos
kowski on the piano. and Miss Marie Chrig
will sing a Massenet aria.
Mrs. Dunice wickwire. who has lately
done startling things with her soprano voice.
sang SO well at a recital given by Mrs. Sci
bert and Miss Hodges on Grand and WASH
il,gton avenues that she was compelled to
sing eight times. Though Mrs. Wickwire is
Only an amateur and has not figured in local
musicals very much In the course OF the
winter, those who ought to know say that
when she gets ready to follow her inclina-
tons she will do fine oratorio work.
TIL most interesting thing OF the imme-
date future is the Mendelssohn concert, be-
cause people are curious to know what Dr.
rector Boette has done with his aggrega-
ton since he returned from Mexico. The
fifty member of the orchestra are all such
simon-pure amateurs that they did not work
at all while he was gone. and. when he re-
turned, he was compelled to regain a lot
Of lost ground. Usually the society gives
two concerts each year. with several pri-
vate musicales; but all Of these have been
omitted this season. The only thing done
has been attendance at the opera and sub
seQuent rehearsal Of the orchestral music.
Harry BockStruck, a young North st.
Louis amateur. is doing what very few
young people who have no professional in
tentions do: he is studying the organ and
the music and literature Of the organ exclu-
AAoS W. 90 "a
min years. and knows the technique Of mu-
steal construction thoroughly. He has COM
posed his sugues n canons. One thing of
almost in~calculable assistance to him is his
fathers collection of old books, many of
which naturally have much literature on the
subject OF early organ, performance,
On Sunday afternoon strains Of music will
float from the Post ONCE basement, for the
Letter Carriers Band is going to xiye u
concert down there. 1t will be assisted by
Mrs. Lloyd Wells. an amateur soprano. and
Mr.. Jess g. Fathman, an amateur tenor.
Herbert Owen will accompany and play
I:ano solos.
Amateur musicians will sympathize with
Mr.. Henry Braun In the death of his
mother, Mrs. Philopena Braun. She was
husband. VINO VAS an eminent instrument
maker, their home was q gathering place
for musicians.
On Tuesday evening the Young Mems
Christian Association Orchestra will give
the concert for which It has been doing
such hard preparatory work. A male
chorus Of fifty voices will sing in unison
with the thirty instruments. Mr.. Paul Mort
will lead. The principal orchestral music Is
the ballet stuff from Faust and the pre-
Jude n Siciliana from "Cavalleria Rustt-
cana" For the strings alone there will be
Giliet's Lion du Bal" The chorus will
sing the grand chorus from Morris operetta
"Entanglement," and the martial soldiers
chorus from Faust" The s~oloists arc
]. Rohan. Huber Bauersachs and Master