New-York tribune., 1905-01-09
4 xEkORIAL TO THEODORE THOMAS.
The Increment in Chicago to Honor the
Great Musician.

o., sac Editor 90 the Tribune
sr. Following closely upon the announcement
- he seath OF its great orchestra leader. Chicago.
,.vs rsrorpt 70 act has started a movement TO
80 he man whose fame she has a rigat TO
,,,r5 and cherish. AS a memorial 70 Theodore
-So-,ss il is now proposed 10 change the name OF
-. rsrniaoent new permanent home Tor the Chi
= orchestra 70 Thomas Han This would simply
- diving erect 20 popular wish. Il is said that
- would have been the original name OF the new
.,-~,,e OF music had II not been for TIE modesty
= -. leader who preferred that the orchestra Of
.-,snh he was the life sad guiding and commanding
-s-t should be known the chicaEo. and not the
-[orss Orchestra though 10 Chicsxoans them
.lves The latter was always the popular name for
=, examination IN which Chicago justly took such
5ss The new home OF music in the Western
,,e-opohS owes its existence 10 the man whose
-, il viii henceforth commemorate. There has
h.en nothing finer in modern times as an flustra-
-, of The power OF music than the fact that over
,rht thousand Chiesgoans contributed 20 the build
,-g f9- NJ Thomas and his orchestra ot the splen-
80 neT home which he lived 10 dedicate but not 70
sn5os.
10 reality Chicago owes. and gladly acknowledges
,s eeba much more 70 Theodore Thomas than the
vssiesi culture and delight 1t received from him
I, vas ts fortune that Thomas came TO IL az a
t,ar when great achievements and ambitions were
hsrlrzIzg 10 forrn and In their realization he
siEHgs q foremost figure II was il the years
,-ahs Theodore Thomas stood al the head OF its
-nugcal culture that tbs COlum ban Exposition gave
rhs Western city international fame and left its
uernanent memorials the great Field Columbian
exposition and The new Art Institute upon the
Lake Front, To this same period Of public spirit
and progress beicng the Mathew Latin Museum
N Lincoln PARK and the new John CreraT Library.
ne WORLDS Fair builders and founders Of great
museums ans LIBRARIES were al friends and sup
,.5-fers o. AIr Thomas and mis- orchestra and
rrubably gained much Of their inspiration for
uubic utllty ard progress from his Inspiring ex-
ample
While tbe new Thomas Esu viii ftly oomnemo-
ra,e she fame q the great musician and dean OF
America conductors. In reality 20 Chicagoans
themselves the Auditorium. which was the scene
q ~ Tho-nas's greatest triunphs and the home
O! his lauors. Wa always be most closely Ssso-
cEEc wiki Ills memory. With is great stage, its
many balconies ana galleries lis great arches OF
ilcgL6tsceIt lights lis aCOrnment which told by
the arusts brush he progress q the arts 10 the
cFl.ZzToL O. to-day. ana win It's organ al the
the y erection the greatest II The world, the
AuolloTErl was 1lil-g scene and theatre Tor
musical rTILupLs which VIII now always be
associated with IL. Menoelssohn affirmed that
every room IL which Sebastian Bach is sung is
transformed into 4 church Much more, therefore.
e thai building IN which al the great masters OF
iErmUny. Each, Gendelssohn, Handel. Gluck No
M Wagner. I-lsZt ana BerAoz-tc name only a
.sW-hEVe been gTEn0ly interpreted entitled 10 be
called & TEN PIE Of Music. And FOR similar reasons
q "a dtCiug thRT the CiLies-BosrOu, NeW-Y York Gin
Inspiration OF such Interpretation so largely TO
Theodore Thomas should unite IN paying honor 10
Is memory. n 7. S.
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