Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-23

ana ner voice is raised In tnhnhSBlVln8
Next Sunday she will sing Of resurrection;
today there Is a note OF destiny in her song.
There is a fatalistic underneath which will
develop during the week and which will be
the dominant theme of the music on Friday
rext, when the wild. weird spirit voices
will wall "Crucinxus."
Beneath the "Hosanna' is the same
hckleness which is in the world today.
The people Of Jerusalem we're not the
only people who cried "Hosanna" one day
and Cruelty him" the next. DO not we
do the same thing today to some of our
leaders in affairs of life? Palm Sunday lie 4
good time to think 1t over" Palm Jun
day is a reproof to d~isloyalty.
The series Of lenten musicales is over.
Some money was made for the Creche, l am
told. 1t was not a burdensome amount.
The ~recitals or musicales, or concerts, call
them whatsoever one may wish, were given
in private homes, they were exclusive privi-
leges and were for the exclusive ones. Not
one of them was given in a theater or
church or hall, where students OF music
could go and be given a stimulus to further
study, where they could go and pay an en-
trance fee and hear artists sing or play the
very numbers which they themselves had
perchance been studying. The COMMITTEES
Of management. some of them, were dis
pleased, because, forsooth, items Of an
nouncement were not placed in this column,
word for word, as written by said members
Of said committee.
They were given ample notice in this
column, but the musical critic of The Bee
never received one line Of program an
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1t is usually sufficient to mention a COM
ing concert briefly in this column, because
the stuff is read by most musicians, to see
what is said about oneself. ones enemies
or ones friends. (This is not said as a
self-laudatory remark, but to encourage ad-
vertisers.l
The women who pushed this venture to
successful termination are to be congratu-
lated, because they did certainly present
a highly interesting series Of concerts and
they set a high standard for their, musical
guidance.
But one cannot help the thought that ~
these same people would take the same in
terest in the winter season and encourage
by their support a choral society, an or
chestra and other sorts Of local musical
endeavors, we could have q choral con-
gress and a May festival, which would put
us in the same class as other cities Of our
size, and-I blush to write it-many cities
that are very much smaller,
All that Omaha needs is the encourage
ment ,of Just such musical women with So
cial prestige as those who evolved the idea
and carried out the plans for these Lentel
musicales.
Another thought is foreibly pressed upon
one and that is, 1t is a hard reflection upon
the society Of Omaha that the only time it
| will give distinct backing to musical
events is in lent, when heaven will kindly
notice the decd and give credit for. so much
self-castigationl
"what penances did you do during
Lent?' "oh, 1 attended a series of musi-
Gales" Miserere Dominel
OF course, the above remarks do not APP
ply to society's patronage Of the great
| stars In operate or concert work who
shine on nights which are not dark" at
the Boyd theater. Society attends those
functions, for while they are concerts" to
the vulgar musician. they are functions"
to society.
The matter we are discussing now is
this in a nutshell:
All IuaI Omd0d ueeuS IOT ING uSNelOp-
ment Of local musical events of splendid
merit is cooperation OF those persons who
can make a success OF anything they I'M
dertake, the society leaders of Omaha.
This screed is not an attack upon So
ciety as a whole-far from it-nor upon
the splendid coterie Of talented women
who handle the Lenten musicales-no, It Is
nothing like that. 1t is simply a Lenten
thought for consideration. II we were not
still in Lent I would not. could not think
of mentioning 1t. But. you know, next
Sunday will be Easter Sunday and 1t will
then be too late to say anything about At
subjects for Lenten meditation.
The music student in all cities, In order
, to hear the great ones in Art, must de-
pend upon the financial support Of those
who have money enough to pay for the
high-priced seats in the synagogue. This
is the privilege Of the rich. 1t is perchance
a duty. Who knows?
It is to be hoped that the next time any
musical undertaking is assumed by those
women Of whom Omaha is indeed proud
that they will go a little further In their
good works and place their artists in
public buildings, and at night. 1t will do
much good.
i do not belittle what they nave done.
1 merely pray that they may do more and
do It on a broader scale. They will secure
the love and gratitude Of scores OF people
whom they will never know personally.
Next Saturday night Omaha will have
the opportunity of hearing the pianiste,
Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler, who, to quote
q New York critic, "is a noble piano player
even II she does come from Chicago" We
have recently had a splendid example of
how Bohemians show their appreciation OF
one OF their own countrymen. II is now
possible for Americans in Omaha to show
how they can support one OF their own
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS a woman, at that
Fannie Bloomfield ?zeisler is a bright
particular star in the pianistie armament.
She stands on a high pedestal of reputa-
ton. and she has been placed there, safe
and secure, by the very best critics OF this
country. In comparison with European
pianLsts. men and women, she has not lost
~lustre, nor has she shown to disadvantage.
She is a musician, an artist, a poet, a liv-
ing soul.
But why dilate? The main thing is that
she will play at the Boyd theater next
Saturday night.
One reads continually OF the influence Of
the vaudeville stage and its possible evolu-
ton. What / am about 70 say has really
fta Dlaca In the dramatic Column Of this