The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-30
| A Tete-a-Tete
with
the Musicians
Some Points
About Music
in Hous ton
and Elsewhere
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mem. having prepared program NV N.Y.
! H. nluslc ana biographical sketches OF
! mstrs,i ,poseF WIN many pictured scenes a.
/ WTss,".'e OF leading events In his U4p
/ mozart and his surroundings hnv, c,sr
| neVn popular subjects with p,lutnrs Mr.
;M ~ collection OF cxccllcnt c,pIci
lfolIoOin" o'S.nnl pictures embraced tho
| i ran, ing: Mozart Directing Ills
I HNeon,em from the painting OF Mihnlv
MuhtacsN: Paul Barfus' engraving from, ~
| P pot, u o. Mozart by +. Schworer. Mo.
~, bfttrthplacct' "Mozarts Dwelling Place" y
! ,,licslNe portrait. IN etching 'Mozart i'm
| 'ichna' and many others
stor, ~ "a. .rhp told the ever interesting
| s'",N OF hc Requiem"
Wis Mcdowell read most ably writtrn
she,'n 81 Nozar's life, beginning with IN E
! Inotaatlon from recent letter written Inv
Il amillc Saint Saens 10 friend III l.
/ great pleasure for mo to SEQ ,ho, enc,
coming back 10 Mozart. all my lfo have
t"nghi Tor him At hrst. at thc consrrya
ny. .W,sr, when was a punt to prefer Inc
Seville was then p crime Later wbcn ,hc
World heGnn 10 Wncnerize itself thcy sot
| W ~ encct an entire deatu N the claims
W Mohart always refused 10 give myself
NSr 10 tbls manner of lockiar NJ THINGS
| benold now AZ Munich even. tbev b1ve
| renewed their admiration os Mozart and
nave produced his works with the rre,fest
| possible care" NV''eN'
MRS Mcdowell saws that she 81 hrst had
| somc taar that her guests tho n5n,bers
| ~ inc Literature club might NOT ali bo
s ~ n matters purely musicn'. but
I,.Nas QUICKLY convinced hy their cag>r
interest. that they found the subject most
c0nGenia Each and every ono hed pre
| nSred something 70 contribute 10 tho ettra-
.Ne ana lively treatment ~ tho morning
'Yeral selections from Mozarts musir
wore mrst rleasnglr played and sung
I among them the Mnuet from tho T. All
Gr{,npnon{. and the scrcuade from bon
''.vanni
MOD rho pneti. ' D,,,iI elsewhere Dc
Of being present NJ ibo Noy,r, r,r oaSW,,
IN Wednesday. she Graves the privilege Of
conn, ~ ' ~, n'Ie ~ e'no On her own 7c.
held ny best musical gutborit5ne al br,
Two, "f Mozart's operas wore written 70
90 ,bn i-n,rI,oS' ann II rs not mn IDLE boast
Giovanni is the hest Of an It,i,,r a,',l N
No italian composer. either ~ No oId ~
noljtan school or among tbo,o 80 ,h ,tt,,o
teerth century RossinI Dooiz,tp ponI,t
was greater master than 49,, ~ ,,
hel canto nr hesutifrI -one ottbor r ,h
broad nynreesi,o contoLt,N .u'' !" VIZ
ture vocal nbroideries,
The general consensus 81 tho rvorld g.,
DAY seems To he that Wacrcr,- ,r,,,,.,
works arc Tristan ana reoIdc. .h.Hta
TRAGEDY and Me Meistorsiu-.r - -
berg tho homnly comedv 'Thc~o t, 40
probably tho only works To-, ~ H., .i ~, .
which for nootry and intelioctuoiit, ,,
! ccpton Perfection of execution yiyi1ncss
NJ rbarartor 5ro rrir,, - ~ guy ~,
~ genius at Ire bIrhcet -on ,..t
ranked With Mozart's non ,.io,.nrl Us ="
Ihe question NJ music for tho peoria
will some dav become a graat ro,e,.,,,s,t
o,,..-.t s.,,
''''''" "'''a''u popular bhEnNh l"'
turer, some Years ago. Tho question NJ
music become a grcat government ouoshon,
WI, a-,9 a. - NJ,
''''' va '"' ~ WY "'' '"' -"N
ernmeniN Of the world spend millions year
lv for kings and beltod kniebts far discard
T., 1t. -.
y" N"'' WY "lE"' 'n'H ""' '"S' '''
chHnCc spend lew millions 10 mHbe com
mon folks happy: for harmony. for pcacc,
60 -. NJ, , - "a
'' P''H''''' ''''' NV "'' 80"
their day. tho twentieth century is upon
MS "Now occasions" should teach us
.,pcy duties Tho great mass nf common
people should hear one grand. sweet song,
listen to some tender strain Of music he
fore quitting this earth for tho Great MvS-
FERROUS Rcyond Yes some dan the QueS
tion of music will become i government
question: some day the public money Will
So n.cJ roi. fbtnrS tbnt hes,
II is incxpIir-b strange that 50 little Is
said about music as an educational power.
10 the average mind music is but pretty
accomplisbmcnt: an agreeable something
used 10 while away weary hours and keep
ourselves out of the devils way: but MS an
educational factor. as moral force, lllut
on nothing Is Sa'u c'em =" Una V'i ibo,
music, as Luther declared. lis so great that
no one. he he ever SO eloquent, can say
enough oil H. Music IS a mlgn'S ru,e' @t
H.bicb men arc eUbiurntcd MS nv n master
And our great philosopher, Herbert Spen-
cor. assures us that in Us hearings upon
human happiness. we believe thls emot9hal
language which musical culture deNeio2s
and rehnes Is only second IN importance 70
the language Of the intellect, perhaps not
even second 10 II,
II Is mistake 10 speak of music rs
luxury for the cultured few; u should Dh
mnot and drink Life is more than three
square meals and Que bedtime. OF course
by music we do not have In mind ,T ,, Snch
ptoueru ulSSS'V aS sI NO ,,,,o,, m6rn'orv
n"pA pan. 10y ~. IT. ~ hl,,c aud
nlelouA' 9ounus Ia. Ia 20 tho b,,,,,ln so,,t,
t t4 anu H,. Taonost trre.t ,J bot+
says musical critic, TO raise the socinble
and happy passions and to supdue the CON
'' GHor oeeI T,lo, once remarked 70 friend
that music seemed to lnfuse strength into
her limbs and ideas into her brain Life
seems TO 60 on S,o M'i ITitb g nugic St ofbcr
times one is conscious Of carrying load -"
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