The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-15
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Ben, Zee Woodruff canvas for the EN-.
Dora Faulkner ny skilful orchcstration
Justin King 80 dreamy and poetic and
(AleSander knoctefuliy worthy Of the repu.
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.Syone AIcoin. That's" The prologue
WIZ ies all the personages Of the
! operNbe; of " tle Devil and the Deyil's
| wife;usy reT is delightful The song Of
tue ion fken shepherd Alain
Je vais retbir Grlseldis
will certainly be heard In many drawing
| room during the coming winter
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People of artistic temperament are so
highly sensitized that the law of their lie
Is keener pleasures and keener pains than
those of other types and tempcraments.
In this months number OF the Musical
| World the eminent music critic. Henry r.
! t1nck, enters an earnest and pitcous pro-
tFsi against loud taking and whistling,
! which impose such penalty on those OF
} me musical organism. Mr.. Flncks urti.
! Gle ends thus:
There are doubtless number OF nersons
! who can not understand why whlstlng
| should he considered offensive and vulgar
| 1t Is offensive and vulgar for the same
reason that the use Of musk and other VII.
| lAtnouS perfumes is considered offensive
| aud vulgar When was n boy. in the days
f! when Dickens painted American manners
/ IN such unpleasant colors, no objection
! was made TO the use Of these Vile and
! obuusiyc smells But We have progressed
! IN refinement, ant today it is considered
| very bhd manners to use loud perfumes
| la public. Tho time will comc when loud
whisting from which II is as Impossible
( L. ESCAPE from tho odor of musk viii
also be frownod on. 1t Is in The hopo OF
! Gccccratiug thn advent Of lhat time that
! am writing this ieremiad.
| What aggravates the offcuse Is that. In
the vast majority of cases the whistlers
| do not even give us tune, but Just maun.
! of tones | suppose this sort Of inanc
noise gives ono good Idea of what goes
on IN the brains Of persons who ncycr
! II is a torture that might have
been used during tho mpuistiou.
radcrewsk though passiouatcIy. fond OF
! windsor hotel in the midiic of "a game If
| any ono began TO whistle. He uucc re
marked that man ought TO be allowed to
public. He was not joking, either. At
| least, hope he wasn't.
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Miss }rnsmadcs socially prominent circle
OF family connections, as we'll as her host
! Of friends beside naturally rejoice In her
success us Il singer in New York
| The society editor Of The Post has al
| WAYS taken such an aflectionate interest In
| Hiss Eriusmadr'S musical progress that shC
| feels herself to he n sort Of sponsor Tor the
| Young singer. SO Miss Bl!nsmadts picture
! may be found on the society page OF this
| issue
one of Miss Brinsmadcs most fatterlug
| engagements for this season is with the
! Musical Salon Of New York, and the APP
| pended clipping from the New York rrihunt
OF Sunday shows how strictly mp to date in
| matters musical the salon is;
| At four meetings of the Musical Salon, TO
| be given IN the Myrtle'suite of the Waldorf
| Astoria this season, excerpts viii hc sung
| In concert form from -four operas, nancy,
| Reinhoid J., Hermans ''Niucta, S0ls
Sacns "Barbares,' Padcrewski's "AIauru'
| and Harry Rowe Shcllcy's "Nomeo aud
| Juliet" The meetings are to be held N
| the evenings Of January 16 February 4
| March I and March ~ Theodore FIabe
| mann and Reiuhod L. Herman are to direct
| the performances Officers Of the Nusi al
| Salon are Frank seymour hastings chair
| man liciurich Meyn, treasurer, and Rich.
| ard A. Garden, secretary,
! 1t Is seen that they arc studying ana
| presenting the very newest things In tho
| graud opera line.
Their nest subject viii probably he
| Mlseuets new opera. which bad iis init al
| OF which Is mentioned above THIS today
The grand pipe organ recently purchased
| by the members Of the synagogue here, is
now being set up in their temple on Craw-
| ford street
AS has been already mentioned in these
| columns, when the erection Of the organ
! shall be an accomplished fact the chcirs
! of the synagogue and Of the Episcopal
| church will combine and give a grand nuts
| ical program entertainment, the leading
feature of which win be some of the finest
chornses from Haydn's oratorio, THE Crcl.
| lion"
The present plan is to have this cell
| 81 pf
27th of this month
Musical people here remember the Axiom
| quartette. the personnel Of which was
Messrs Bell c. w Nelson, II. r. CAT s
| and William Taylor
The quartcttc is rcorganlzIng with Mr.
| oliver in Mr. Bells place ns arst tenor
First Presbyterian church In the Sund y
evening services after this week.
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Below is a list Of the rich feast Of music
being prepared 10y the choir of the Church
Of the Annunclation for Christmas;
| Guilmant's mass In Il, l.
Credo of Haydn's mass No, |,
Sauctus Bcncdictus and Aguus Del from
For odcrtory ''Adeste Fidells" by wie--
During the communion, yi.lm and organ
voluntary by Ernst
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| Mrs Horny Fisher paid her friend, Mrs
| DR. Herff from San Antonio. a pretty com
! plimeut by inviting a few Of her nelghbors
| and musical friends to meet her visitor aud
make music for her
! All the invitations were eagerly accepted
and the evening was filed with mAny
melodies the laughter of pure delight
amongst them and the most sympathetic
! harmouies both musical and social.
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dent. has appointed me editress, and |