The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-15

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neither in her personality nor her vocal
work. She Is large-very-and her voice
is quite like herself. Trite remarks about
Wagner and his works and stories that
have been in our repertory for years
made upgthe lecture; familiar songs that
we had heard better sung hundreds Of
times, constituted the musical part Of
the programme. 1t was a pity for the
lecturers sake (and for our's) that he
could not have visited us later in the sea-
son when he could have heard Wagner
In all his glory under the king of i'm
presarfos, Mr.. Maurice Grau. He would
have heard his fayorite works sung bet
ter than at Bayreuth, and seen them
presented with fully as faithful adherence
to tradition as when given under Frau
Cosima's personal supervision He would
nave known better than to utter the
statements that he did and to offer as
illustrations our boarding school girls
warehouses; badly sung
Popular concerts have been packing the
Metropolitan Opera house for the past
two Sunday evenings Three or more
of the best soloists to be had play and
sing their most popular numbers, and an
orchestra led by none other than Emil
Paur contributes better music than is
usually heard, and thus we are aroused
and made to enjoy this form of musical
rare and kept in trim for the still more
popular concerts to be given by Mr..
Grau's forces during their reign.-Frederio
Dean.
Musical Notes.
Ernest S. Erdman has written tf1e NM
sic and Roy Bacon the words Of a very
pretty song, She Lived Way Down In
Dixie" Both young men i've in st. Paul.
and the music has been published by q
st. Paul firm. The song is dedicated to
Mrs T. e. Pclemann, Of Shreveport,
LOUISIANA The words are catchy and
dainty and the music is melodious The
entire composition is credit to the two
AMBITIOUS young men whose work 1t Ia.
At the Johnscn-Shawe recital Wednes-
other selections, two songs by Schubert,
Who Is Sylvia" and BLOW, Blow, Ye
Winter Winds Mr. johnson will read
portions from .Shakespeare's comedy. ''As
You Like It,
Ellerys Royal Italian band Will give
three evening concerts and one matinee
concert at the Peoples church commenc-
ing Thursday. Dec. 26. Following thu
will give two sacred cfrcerts at the Met
ropolitan theater Sunday afternoon and
evening. Dec. 20. Nine. BariE the so
prano singer. who travels with the band,
is said to have sweet and highly cul-
tivated voice Creatore, the conductor
of the band is noted for his peculiar
mannerisms. but that these mannerisms
do not prevent him frcm drawing the
very best music from his fifty musicians,
the complimentary press notices the band
has received prove. The conductor is
composer, as well as band leader, and
during the series Of concerts he will give
In St Paul he will play some of his own
compositions.
Miss Georgia Telley. who viii make her
Debut before the st. Paul public as a vio-
linist next Thursday evening at Rauden-
bl sh hall, has won high praise from diff
ferent violiniSts who have visited the
city and heard the little girl play She
has studied with Miss Nellie A Hope
for the past three years, and in that short
time has made con mendable progress.
Little Miss Eelley will be assisted in her
recital by Mr.. Ralph Boyer, tenor, and
by Miss Hopes Ladies orchestra.