The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-04
Some Points
About Music
in ON S ton
and Elsewhere


tern on certain straight or curved lines
These lines Indicated the nodes or places
where the vibratory movement did not ex-
list, The designs ere intricate and beautiful
and mathomnticaly exact, They gave the
world the FIRST ocular proof that to each dc
terminate note belongs a determnate figure
and that the higher the note the more COM
picated is the design which is its equivl-
Chladni, the founder Of the science of
acoustics. made the demonstrations men
toned above quite century ago But It
does not come amiss sometimes to be re-
minded Of things.
The music Of the Confederate memorial
services, held last, week, was all beautiful
and appropriate. The selections came in
the following order;
Spinning Wheel. ...,...,... Mendelssohn
Irma Lieb.
Let Me Like Soldier FAIL from
when the Mists Have cleared 1 Away S'0'D
.....,,.....,....Ml Bessie Warner
"Berceusc," from 'tJocelyn" ...... GODDARD
.n Mrs. Baths Allen.
Miss Austin
Tenor solo-"The Palms. .....Mr. Hill
Little Irma Lieb plays with the sure
touch, exact time and easy .sef-possesslon
Of an experienced artist Indeed. the really
remarkable performance Of this little tot,
whose toes scarcely touch the pedal. com
hined with her simple and unaffected man
ner, fill one who hears her with the feeling
expressed by Heine
Mir list ais oh len die Handle
Auf's Haupt dir legen sollt
Betend dass Colt dich erhalte
So rein und schon ind hold"
Miss Austin gave in rccitative Rudyard
Kplings beautiful "Reccssonal,'
'Iord God Of hosts be with us vet,
Lest we forget, lest we forget!'
De Koveus musical setting for It,
Mr.. Hill sang "The Palms" at the request
of Mrs, Waties as a memorial to her sister,
Mrs. Adam. who died last year in New Or
member Of the famous Washington artil-
lery and was herself very active In the or.
ganization of the Daughters of the Confed.
eracy in Louisiana.
Camille Saint Saens, the eminent French
composer, received orders from King Ed
ward of England to write his coronation
march. Sain- Saens Is at present in Egypt,
where he is completing his Persian opera,
"Parysatls." When he received the order
for King Edwards march the French com.
poser at once left all other work aside $50
lated himself from all friends and visitors
in his Cairo house, and, working hard in
the bright sunshine on his broad arabesque
balcony, overlooking his gardens, fountains
and palm trees, composed the coronation
marCG, into which he has put the full meas
IRE Of his characteristic solemn, imposing
grandeur and which can best be appre-
ciated when played on a cathedral organ.
French artists seem to be In favor with
the English king, 1t will be remembered
that Benjamin Constant has the royal com
mand to paint picture of the coronation
ceremonies.
The four distinctively German Lieder on
the list Of Miss Brdewell's selections for
the Saengcrfest are all good examples Of
the styles Of the composers represented.
OF Robert Franz I'm Herbst," as Of all
his songs, II may be truly said that II
there were no flowing vocal melody at all
which is very far from being the case
it would still be among the most melodious
of Lieder, because the piano part is all
melody. Franz songs are nearly always
polyphonlc that Is, they are melodions In
every part-in the bass and the middle
parts as well as in the treble. Such min
iature work can he found only in the scores
of Bach and Wagner. To this is due the
fact that we never cease discovering OK.
qulste details in these short compositions.
The Schumann songs will surely be great
ly enjoyed.
On one of the three French songs Miss
Brldewel has already made a reputation
here in Houston, though she has only sung
here before small audience of invited
guests in n private house. The one is
Councils song Of "sappho,' 90, Harp I'm.
mortal" just before she plunges suicidally
Those who have been reading the en-
thusinstic reports OF Miss Bridewells per,
Torrance of the part Of Siebel In Faust
look forward to hearing her sing the
romnnza Marguerite.
1t seems quite in vogue these days to-
have on every program of songs just one
Of the quaint old English ballads, The Sc:
lection '"The Lass With the Delicate Air,
composed by DR.. Arve, the most Genlal OF
the old English composers, Is n Soou mus
tratlon of his happy style of simple pas
toral melody,
Al last Mondays meeting OF the Choral
club all the old officers we're unanimously
reelected. The president Of the club an
nounccs that there will be n meeting Mon.
day tomorrow afternoon at ! CLOCK at
the Light Guard nrmory to take the vote
OF the club members as TO when the sum
mer vacation shall begin.
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The many friends of Mr. Gates Of the
choir OF the First Presbyterian church VIII
be pleased to learu that be has changed
his plans about going elsewhere TO live
and Is and will be still a citizen Of Hous'
ton.
A happy feature Of last Wednesday even.
ing's rehearsal OF the Quartette society
was the presentation to the sorioty's p'p.
ular president. Nj u. u. Bryan, of Il
collection OF photographs Of all the mem.
hers of tile Quartette tastcfullY arranged
in one large frame Mr. r. Il. pcStet
made an excellent, feeling little spcacl MS
he presented the picture on behalf Of the
society.
Miss Berenice Agnew. born In Ohio, ami
afterward OF Pttsburg, has sung with sue.
cess In London. Her ancestors have held
the post OF sherins ~ GALLOWAY hence
undoubtedly her power OF execution.
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Here is Pleasant story OF concert man
ners In a little German town The must,
critic OF the one local newspaper found
fault with the cellists of the city orches'
trn because they had butchered a passage
IN a symphony. As matter OF fact. tho
sinuera were the douhle-hass players. The
'cellists were naturally indignant. and
when the symphony was repeated nc the
next concert they all stood M when the