The Minneapolis journal., 1901-11-02

Inc reservation of seats for the Apollo Club
concerts Will take place soon, and the list
OF subscribers is being rapidly filled up. 1t is
the plan OF the club to accept only sufficient
number OF subscribers TO comfortably fill the
Lyceum theater. The entire first floor and
balcony will be reserved at prices for the
season OF from 81 to $3.50 a membership
according to location Each subscriber is
entitled to two seats for each of the three
concerts. limited number Of seats will be
disposed OF in the gallery to subscribers at
IS, which will also entitle the holder to
two reserved seats for each concert Admis-
sion to the concerts can be had only by sub
scribers and no tickets will be sold for any
one concert. The remaining memberships
can be had on application to the secretary,
707 Phoenix building.
Much interest will be expressed in the an
nouncement that the Royal Italian band will
give series Of concerts Dec. 29, 80, 81 and
Jan. 1, with matinees Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, in the Lyceum theater. The band
is formed of flfty-one musicians and is under
the leadership Of a magnetic director whose
fiery touch sways alike his men and his
audience. Guiseppi Creatore feels the music
he interprets intensely and when he leads
his band through the difficulties of some great
piece of music he gives himself entirely to
his task and his men follow him with mar
velous sympathy Like all true directors
Creatore makes a great deal Of motion in
leading and his mannerisms have provoked
considerable comment. Each member of the
band is an artist and there is a group of
splendid soloists. Creatore himself is the
greatest Of trombone players. The band
created sensation at Willow Grove in the
summer and the leader was presented with a
handsome medal. Since then the Royal Italian
| band has been making tour of the west and
| has reused enthusiasm wherever 1t has ap-
peared.
Young Jan Kubelik, the yiolinist, who will
be heard in Minneapolis this winter. is like
some other famous musicians, the son of a
peasant His father, market gardener near
Prague, died two years before the boy made
his first public appearance. He had made
many sacrifices to enable Jan and his older
brothers to study music and the violinist
spent the first fee he ever received for play
ing in public in a wreath to place on his
fathers grave One of his brothers is a pro-
fessor in the Prague Conservatory of Music
and the other is promising student of the in
stitutton.
After Jan went under the management Of
Norbett Dunk he saw little Of his own peo-
pie and lived with the family Of his manager
His mother was greatly opposed to the Ameri-
can tour, for she thought the journey was
TOO long TOT 80 young IaQ. Inc VlonnlSC
was rather of his mothers opinion and re-
fused to make the trip without her consent,
and it required much diplomacy on the part
| Of the manager to obtain the desired permis-
sion.
| Other members of the family were inter
ested in his journey and one day his grand
| father, 80 years old, walked from his farm,
miles outside Of Prague, to the hotel, carry
/ ing fruit and package Of sweet butter for
/ his famous grandson to take with him.
Lovers Of music will not fail to take ad-
vantage Of the first concert Of the Danz Sym
phony orchestra Sunday, Nov. 10, to hear
some Of the best of classical music, inter
spersed with some modern germs Of compost
ton, played by an organization Of real
merit.
Each member Of the newly organized SYM
| phony orchestra, led by Frank Danz, Jr is
an artist in his particular line, and the last
rehearsal proved that there will be an almost
perfect public performance when the leader
presents his orchestra for the first time.
The soloist for the occasion is Miss Mabel