The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-17
MUSIC

AS has been the custom for the past
rev years we will have a performance
Of "The Messiah as an Important
feature Of the Christmas celebration,
and the 200 singers who form the Phil
harmonic club have been busy for some
time With rehearsals under the direc-
ton Of Emil Oberhoffer. The Swedish
! Tabernacle has relaxed it's rules against
recognition Of the religious character
| Of 1.-The Messiah and it will be sung
! there Wednesday evening, Dec. 20. The
! CHORUS will be aided by the Minneapo-
1is Symphony ORCH stra and the soloists,
Pauline Woltmann, contralto; Theo-
| dore Van YORK, tenor, and Herbert
Witherspoon basso. It is interesting to
know that Mrs. DeMoss is the highest
priced church singer in the country, and
the salary she receives from the Fifth
Avenue Presbyterian church in New
York is just $4,000 a year.
| Do you know why everybody stands
during the singing Of the s'Hal1elu,
jah' chorus in 7EThe Messiahqi' When
the oratorio was first given in London,
away back in 1743, the audience felt
| the mighty pulse Of the great chorus,
and carried away by it's power, King
/ George rose in his box. The audience
followed the royal example, and from
that day to this the custom Of stand
lujah' chorus has been followed.
The trustees of the Swedish Taber-
nacle exercise strict supervision. in re-
gard to the entertainments given in the
church, and at least one famous singer
| remembers the evening she had to ar
range a lace tucker in her low-necked
| h1f ~ 1I l.
pear on that platform, and one promin-
emit Minneapolitan shivers yet when he
recalls the interview at which he con-
veyed the ultimatum from the trus-
| tees. "But haven anything else but
my street suit,' stormed the singer
whose trunk held but one evening frock
Her anger was turned into amusement
as the Minneapolis man tried to stammer
a way in which the low-cut gown might
be made to fit the, Swedish Tabernacle
proprieties. His method and tact were
evidently satisfactory, for when the
singer appeared her gown ran clear up
to her ears. =. :~''",' ".%'
Minneapolis will shortly lose another
Of her young musicians, for the mar.
riage Of Miss Florence Verge the last Of
this month will take her from the city.
In the midst of wedding preparations
Miss Verge has found time to take
part in last program and. she will
make her farewell appearance in q
concert given by the Lyndale chorus
choir of the Lyndale Congregational
church Wednesday evening in the
church, Lake street and Aldrich. ave-
nue. S. -
Christmas music is occupying the at
tention Of organists and choirs and more
a q % fho, ~.
planned as the festival falls this year
on Sunday. Alfred Wiley has planned
to give Coombs' "First Christmas,
the New York success of the present
season, in the evening, in Geth-
semane church, and he has been
b. busy syt .re;hearsing a., choir Of
be the soprano; Miss Edith Havin, con
tralto; W. o. Newgord, tenor and Mr..
ing. the choir will give .Gounod:'s
"Messe Solennelle'' complete. Both
services will be free.
W. M. Crosse has concluded the first
section. of the forty interpretative re-
citals which he planned to give at Stan
ley Hall this winter. The series be-
gan in. October, and the first section in
Guided nine programs Of Beethoven, one
from haydn, and TWO from Mozart.
Many solos which are seldom heard
were given as well as the great soma
tas, and the series has proved to be rs
interesting as it was instructive. Mr.
Crosse will leave shortly for a western
trip, and on his return he will play six
teen programs from the great composers
Of the romantic school.
A students recital will be given In
the hall Of the Northwestern Conserva-
tory of Music in the Dayton building,
Monday evening, when the program will
be by Misses Adair, Aasen, Chandler,
Grew. Irsfeld, Ketcham, Mayo, Rogers
and Skalerud in pionaforte numbers;
Misses Jones and Wulf in vocal; Misses
Bryson and Dawson in readings.
The Wennerberg Choral club has
planned to watch the old year out and
a New Years entertainment will be
given next Saturday evening in Grace
church, Seven Corners. A program will
be an interesting feature Of the affair.
Miss Clara Williams will be one Of
the Minneapolis singers who will take
part in The Messiah this Christmas
season, and she will leave this evening
for Chicago, where she will sing in the
oratorio for the Ravenswood club, Tues
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