The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

certs nave vet been made, but among
the bands already engaged are Sousa's,
Fanc1ulh's, the Thirteenth Regiment
band, of Hamilton, Ont; the Elgin band,
OF Elg1n, Ill. the Carlyle Indian band,
the Cadet band, of Salem, Mass; the
Chicago Marine band, the Ithaca band
and the Boston Ladies' Military band.
Besides these bands from other parts
OF the United States the best bands of
Buffalo have been engaged for the expo
s1tion, including the well known Seventy
fourth Regiment band, and the Sixty
fifth Regiment band, which saw service
at Camp Alger during the Spanish-Amer-
lean war.
The intermediate music class of st.
Agatha's conservatory gave recital
Thursday evening at Raudenbush hall.
Mrs. V. L. Ebert, contralto, assisted,
and the following appeared in a pro.
gramme Of violin and piano numbers
that were exceedingly meritorious: The
Messes c. Deslauries, Bell, Keegan, Far
rel, ingalls,, Holmes, Rakness, Page,
karr, Hayden, Jackson. Lavansky. Rla-
sier, Godfrey, Marxen, Horrigan, Kali
cheur, Mcmahon, Snow, Schultz, Kas-
niirsky and O,Connell; Masters J. All
ern, A. seng, M. Firestone. E. Rice, j.
Kessler.
Mention was made in the newspapers
of last week of the death Of Benjamin
e. Woolf, in Boston. Mr. Woolf was
s1xty-tive years old and had filed an im>
portant place in the public eye as mu-
s1cian, dramatist and critic for more than
a generation when he died. He was born
In London on Feb. 16, 1896, but was
brought to New York by his father three
years later. His father, an admirable
ViOliniSt nJ4a nf Ia 0f
the New York Philharmonic society, and
young Woolf grew up in the atmosphere
Of the concert room and theater 1t was
but natural, therefore, that he should
drift into a theatrical orchestra as a
young MANN fact, as sboy. He went
to Boston, became player in Julius
Eichberg'S orchestra at the museum, pro,
vided the capital book Of 1.-THE Doctor
of Alcantara'" for that gentleman, and
in 1874 brought out an entirely original
work of his own entitled 'tPounce IL
Co." Besides this he composed at least
five comic operas-'"The Kings Frolic,''
"Once on a Time" 1.-THE Last of the
FAIRIES" 1.-The Village Orphan and
WESTWARD o"-Fchamber music over
lures for theatrical use) and several
symphonies. He@was connected with the
Saturday Evening Gazette for over twen-
ty years before joining the staff of the
JoOSiOh 11SA dtQ,. VI WAASA lO w as o. AlASIIA-
Der when he died. He was also the au-
thor Of many plays, the most successful
of which was sFIhe Mighty Dollar made
famous by the late Mr.. Florence.
.
The pupils of Mons. Emile Onet will
give recital Thursday evening at the
Park Congregational church. The follow
ing programme VIII be given:
Duetto--La Favorita. :....:...:. .Donizetti
Del Miei Solento Spiriti-Tra-
Mr.. A. Soucheray.
Regnaval Mel Silenzio-Lucia. .DoniZetti
Mrs. Hartigan.
Recitativo and Aria-Giardini del
AlcaZar, La Favorita. .Donizetti
Mr.. H. Soucneray
Romanza Voce di Donna Gior 49,,
Miss Donovan.
Duetto Parla Slam Soli-Riggelit-
Mrs. Hartigan and Mr.. H. ' souchera St0'
Mr.. F. Rosenthal.
Riviere. in his, Musical Life and Rec
objections" says that Julien, the orches-
States nearly fifty years ago, was a man
of monumental vanity and continually
in search of eXtravagant musical novel
ties. Toward the end of his career, after
Harmony" he told Riviere that he had
made up his mind to set the Lords
Prayer to music. AS delicately as he
could, Riviere limited the public would
poser of dance music. Julien replied
that composition bearing on its title
page two of the greatest names in history
could not fail to be a success. Not long
after Julien returned to Paris, where
he died In a mad house.
The ST. Paul Choral club will meet
Tuesday evening at the Buckingham for
rehearsal. The club will begin prepara-
tons at once for its next concert, which
will be given SOME time in April While
just what this concert will be has not
yet been decided upon, it is probable that
it will consist of a cantata and a couple
of part songs.
The municipal council of Nuremberg
has declined a proposal on the part of
ST. Catherine In this edifice Richard
Wagner laid the opening scene of ode
Meistersinger,"' and the city fathers,
bearing that fact well in mind, have 're-
building into "a museum. A monument to
the memory OF Hans Sachs will be placed
in 1T. OF late years the church has
stood empty Rand neglected, but In the
past it has served strange purposes. 1t
has been rented-.as a warehouse, used as
a store room for the scenery of the town
theater and as a concert hall.
Prof George Normington has been ap-
pointed director of the University Choral
association.
In commemoration of the death of
Verdi, the requiem mass composed by him
in honor of MaZoni will be performed by
Maurice Grau's people at the Metropoi-
tan Opera house in New York this even
ing.
Mrs. Jane Huntington Yale sang in con-
cert last week at Grand Forks, N. D.
Mr. and Mrs J. G. Holmes, GAO Burr
street, will give musicale Monday even
ing for Mrs. Nellie Johns Norman The
following programme will be given:
Piano-"Impromptu ............ Schubert
"Nocturne' NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Chopin
''Etude' Observation-Disclosures. Chopin
Mrs. Nellie Johns Norman.
Violin Solo-"Caratine" .............. Raft
Miss Celia Murphy
Piano-''Novellette' ............ schumanr
.EIaI11, '..'..:''.....-.'-...... Sehhumann
Mrs Normann
Violin Solo" Romance and Bo-
Roy Holmes.
Pbian1o-Ca.pricioso' ..-..... Mende IS N
"POIOna1Se" weber
Mrs. Norman:
Thanksgiving March II. G. Holmes
Ensemble.
Mrs Jessica De Wolf will sing at both
morning and evening service at the
House of Hope church today. The fol
lowing musical programme will be rem
dered this morning:
Anthem-They Shall Mt Hunger
and TGdrSts.- w oodnlan
SR.. huntingdon.
Solo-Consider the Lilies. .............T oplih
Solo and QuaItette- for the
Wings Of a Dove. .......... .Mendelssohr
AnthemSA Song IN the Might
Trio-on Thee Each Living Soul