The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10
MUSIC

The musical taste Of Minneapolis has
been questioned. We have been ac-
cused by st. Paul critic of lack of
musical appreciation, Of indulging in
pointless applause and Of exhibiting a
prompt but not fattering greed for en-
sores y Wf b were ty h 4 al Ms Of these
crime Richards Gordon Of St. Paul gave
last week under the auspices of the
Thursday Musical, and of still another
thing are we accused. The St. Paul
| people think we do not know how to
dress at a recital, for evening clothes
were not generally worn, and the sight
Of street gowns and business coats had
the sanity city, who are used to eve
| ming clothes at every affair given after
6 o'clock. There is no more musical
artist in the northwest than Miss Cor
don, but she is generally known to be
impatient artistically,, even her ST. Paul
is more than usually sensitive to the
response of her listeners.
What Miss Gordon herself thought
Of her audience may be CLEANED from
| the little story with which the ST.. Paul
critic closes a report Of the concert.
asked what she thought of the Thursday
Musical in it's auditory comparison
with the Schubert club of st. Paul, she
answered that she could only express
1t by quoting the comment of two mem
bers of the Minneapolis organization
upon her performance of the cry of the
nalkyrie, with which she responded to
the encore following her rendering Of
the, plquant little scene between Hansel
and Gretel. One of the ladies said.
tQh, let's make her sing it again, and
the other respondent: Yes; let s do;
ain, t it a terribly cute song. -
The story is good enough, but its
authority seems to be of about the
same sort as: that Of western stories oc-
caslonally seen in the Boston papers.
| Now that we have heard the first con-
cert OF the Minneapolis Symphony Or
the second program which will be given
Saturday evening in the First Baptist
church. The soloist will be Miss Marie
J Nichols, a young musician who is re-
garded as one of the few really great
women violinists. She is a Boston
I girl who returned from study in Europe
with many of the famous old world or
chestras and repeated her triumphs in
this country with the Boston Symphony
orchestra.
The program in full is as follows:
Overture, ''Semiramide'' Rossin
Two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bas
sons, two horns.
~ Miss Marie Sich t' and ORCHESTRAL saA '''D ~
symphony. From the New World .Dvoral
Violin solo, "Rondo capriccioso'' ). Saint saen'
\ Nocturne from the music to Shakspere's
!; midsummer Nights Dream'f. .Mendelssoh,
French horn solo by Robert Minsel.
Wedding march from Midsummcr Nights
Dream northumberland. HENDERSON,
The program which will be given be
fore the Thursday Musical in the Uni
tartan church Thursday morning viii
have it's usual interesting features ant
numbers will be as follows: y. z
Organ 7s.- -
(a) Andante cantabile .wido
(From Fourth Symphony
Miss Grace Page.
Piano-Etude in D Flat Major .............L Liz
Miss Lillian Lawhead.
Two Pianos Symphony No. 7, in A Major
Miss Eulalie Chenevert, Miss Irene Wood, Mis-
Elvina Chenevert Miss Katherine Gray
Songs .
! ,(a) "On Mighty Pens ("Creation'') }. .Hayd
(b) "Cera una volta un principe. :. Come
| Miss Adele Maloney.
pF Ss,ts o opd Romanze RE
4 - y .zs~-5 =, Miss Flora Boyd
Charles f: Werner and Gilbert i: Joyce.
'''s M Miss IS Alberta Fisher. 'en'e''D'
| Harp, violin and organ accompaniment.
Minneapolis musicians seem to be es
peCialIy popular in "The Messiah
this holiday season and Hamlin H
4 Hunt and Mrs. WV. Porteous will go t,
Faribault and Northfeld next week tt
take part in the or/.orio, which will
be given by the o1loined choruses o:
ton college is the director and he viii
have $50 voices in the chorus. The
oratorio will be sung in Mortified
Monday evening and in Faribault OF
Tuesday. The other soloists are W. F
Colville of St. Paul, Mrs. Grey o,
: Northfeld, and Edward Strong Of New
York.
! Alfred Wiley will present new
choir Of Gethsemane church,, eth,
First Christmas by Combs. The mu
sic is rich in modern harmonization an(
will be given with the full chorus ant
q quartet of soloists.
The recitals of next week will in
clude the >graduation program of +:
music department Of the Northwestern
Conservatory, which will be given il
Conservatory hall, Dayton building
Wednesday evening. The class in
cludes Mrs. F. A. Piper of Anoka, Mis-
Maud Carpenter of Owatonna, Mis-
Lettie Rice of Hamline, Miss Edyth:
Helgeson of Herman and Miss Pans,
PIERCE Of r landreau, S. D.. A program
of5children's songs and part songs vii
) be given by the class, which will hav.
the assistance of Miss Grace Adair
pianist, and Miss Bessie Wells, reader
Mrs. w. e. A]bee will give a plan;
recital to students of the CONSERVATION,
Of Music Saturday at~10:30 o'clock ii
Conservatory hall. ~
Over at the johnson School of Musi
the junior pupils will give recita
Monday evening in johnson hall
Misses Sarah Schanfeld, Hulda BERG
stadi, Jeanette Case, Agnes Robinson
Esther Hansen, Edith Guild, Gertrud
Vinton, Louise Smith, Grace Sutton
Edith Ogden, Hazel Eddy and Ma,
}. Rich will contribute the program.
TO INCREASE FUNDS
Firemen Preparing to Meet Heavy De
| mands of Pension Rolls.