The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-09
A Tete-a-Tete
with
the Musicians


tions of The Meistersugcrs which Wng- |
nef has made SO familiar and immortal, but |
IeslNhlsi Nhat. also, were those tourna. |
ments nf competitive songs, those mental |
| battles ot pOesy, which form the basis Of |
| "Fannhauscr," but festivals! The meet |
lngS among tho Welsh, where the prophet |
hards commended were festivals; and still |
| further back, all tho glorious dramas of |
Athens we're composed for festival occa- |
sions and very frequently. as the cyclus |
or 'f'rometheus9 and the cycus of
| "Qedepns,' arranged In sets, exactly as |
Wagner has constructed his grand mythus |
Of the North the tciraogy Of the "Nbc
do not, then. be too severe upon the
promoters Of festivals even II, in some In |
Stanees-as that Of the peace Jubilee 81 |
Boston, under Gilmore. In 1871, und IN
| nearly all the huge English festivals of |
HAndelian music, not excepting the first |
ono, the great centennial Of 1854 size
rather than finish was the desdcratum
and some Of The conditions imposed, VIZ |
| tho vast orchestras and vaStCr choruses |
made lpdicrens and inaruslc effects I'M |
nvoidnilc. Even Snch crude Affairs whore |
| ligneSs was the Sine qua non: even such |
| pachydermatous wonders I'm The world of
music, such elephants of sound, he'd their |
| arc In drawing the eyes f net the ears. |
| the attention If not the heart. of the multi |
| tude % music, aud thus convincing them
| and mprcssing them that music was NJ
| important interest of n human being
~
| Undcr tho direction OF Miss Bessie Hughes
| stn,lyim,, GopnoG's n9tH"'S! GhurG,n
! sing If at fheir rclorrati"n nf is,s,n, p'
!
The attendance on the soag service by
! the choir qf Tho First PRESBYTERIAN church
! last Sunday evening was 50 great MS to
| crowd the immense edidcc u It's worry
| u,o,s' nC uhe Nnaflelt" composing the
| any community however high its standard
Of musical culture might be.
~
i'nee ii'n'' OF russia having expressed
desire 10 near some dlSt'he'iVeiF Amer.
can music The Armstrong association Of
| Now Yorls cnIeS,,ored ia crafty him
| -, a.
| Ihe loHoW'"s VhpPlng Is 'ahch from tue
| New York Tribune OF last sunday;
A, onnort,,nItv win no rivcn ia Prince
rrnnry 10 boar rcnntnc nogro noiodies
Itorin, bnord mat Tho nriurn had eXnrcsscd
! "a desire 10 hear folks songs Of this ma
turc. Tho Armstrong association of New
YorI, has invited him TO attend the lamp
49,. 90 Ina tnJior folliorn ronc,rt Ia
be- held on next FRIDAY at S.i5 p. m. ut
Carnegie hall. Two center boxes have been
reserved for inc royal visitor ana ms snile'
Nv& of Low "i iSo VINES ~ IN" c%fatain-
mcnt. he said: '"This is a somewhat rare
opportunity, for hearing the real plan .f
lI0n S9hg e., si9 r. 996 ocort wien he
cohe'rt rom S,lV 70 1,oo II oroVN NJ MI
fI
h'' N'"''
hGur' ......,..,..a,,. ..o,,4
ne 5oIeN snncs Iiiin ~ Ycr Wanf 10
See Jesus Go in de Wilderness" and 90
Mary. and Toll de Bell win be sung In
meeting paace III I Tne Mo"u rn bicttn,, and
slave scenes and plantation picturas The
cradle song. go 10 Sleepy. Mammv's
LADY VII ne , sung, o TN, .To,. Ipv vorninS
s ll' " Rooher r WasDineton viii speak
aud Harris Barrett will read a paper on
Negro Folksougs"
49,
vi. o,t, en-, wo,,or,s
In New 1orA ldsI H""lh Tue """''"
string Orchestra society gave henton con
cort In Nendclssohn hall Besides present
p'' ~ ,,I,I.,,i , ,t'-nis,,1 IN st,Ic
ing music Supuu'u an" uis'''u't ~ 'i'
two numbers were played MS memorials
ono TO the memory of Camilla Urso, hon
- .i.l.ut 90 tr, socict- who dicd
oraTE pIVs'uNH' y. '"I
in January, and the other TO the mcmery
of Josef Rhclnberger
nh ers+ o,pivcrsorv NJ the death of
INC Hiol am - -. ,,,,,
Giuseppe verdi, the Immortal muster c"H''
poser Of Italy, who was known and hon,