Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-04

l II 10 OHef muCn IN the future to
| AVA atone for the 'inocuous desue-
ExTy1U tude" of the last week, which was
Ns3$6g only relieved by the recital by Miss
o'iv'@ Jahl, given before the Tuesday
Morning Musical club. Miss Dahl came to
Omaha to fulfill an engagement with the
Danish Choral society, accompanied by
Miss Lima Smith. At the close of her pro-
gram Miss Dahl gave a group of Norwegian
Iolk songs with exquisite art, appearing
In native costume.
The Auditorium management Is in COM
munication with Nine Nordica's manager
ana has practically come to terms, but no
date Is liked as yet, any more definitely
than that the queen of song will be here
some time in April. Anent the promised
VISIT or Nordica the following squib was
taken from an eastern paper:
some young women in Macon, Ga, re-
Gently made successful appeal 10 Mime.
Norolca. Iney were members of a society
tnat was interested in arranging for a con-
sert by Mime. Nordica. After they had
mace up the subscriptions ana guaranteed
tne amount demanded they wrote TO the
singer, saying local hospital was in need
ana tnat they hoped sne would be able
TO spare some of the money for the benefit
OF It. Nine. Nordica was touched and or
dered her manager 10 set aside SIUDO of
women.
The ever welcome and delightful Bispham
has been secured for a recital on the Mon
DAY following Easter. He will give a very
comprehensive program, such as was heard
at the recital given year ago for the
Music Lovers society at the (then) new
Baptist church. Mr.. Bispham has been en-
pertaining some idea of entering the dra-
matte art. How anyone who sings so won
derfully can give 1t up passes comprehen-
sion' so to people Of Omaha let it be said
Gather we roses while ye may"
Music lovers, would you have Barme-
eide feast? Read then any mayhap twill
I'LL your hungry souls.
New York has just finished its fifteenth
week OF grand opera, which was devoted
to German and Italian opera. Just revel
tor OF In the thought of hearing Sem
brlch, Caruso, Plancon in Marta" then
in .Des Rheinsold;" listen to Olive F'rem-
stadts lricka, with Burgstaller, Van
hoyy' Dippel, Blass and Gourmet taking
some or the male parts. In "Tannhauser"
lanes and Fremstadt both sang. Satur-
DAY afternoon that greatest opera of child
hie Hansel and Gretel," combined with
,pashaeci, made tho bill, while last night
"The Barber of Seville was presented,
with Sembrich, Bauermeister, DIPPED and
Camoanari leading the cast.
Ana In omaha we have had one concert
this week. Ye gods. what contrast!
And now the guiding hand of our presi-
dent is to be felt in the arts He suggests
that American musical development would
be greatly assisted by the use of the ma
tive Indian and negro music by our com.
posers. Perhaps this Is true. The only
noteworthy compositions that have as YET
attained any prominence which give EVIL
dence of these influences are the Indian
Suite" OF MacDowells, first given In lS9,
by the Boston orchestra, directed by Emf
, Paur, and the New World Symphony" OF
Dvorak, which, 1t will be remembered, wa.
: given last spring by the Pittsburg orches
ira. Mr., Paur conducting. The frst-namet
: uses authentic melodies of the Nortl
American Indians in the fve movements
1 the first movement. Legend" being 1
: harvest song Of the Iroquols; the second
: Love Song" love song of the Iowas
{ the third, ''In War Time" theme attribu
3 ted to supernatural origin and character
: and the last two movements. "Dirge" an
9 Village Festival" a war song and
: women's dance of the Iroquois.
o The Dvorak symphony was written o.
l. American soil with the suggestion of popu
lar music that he heard here, chiefly negr
g music.
yet, in listening to these works tn
= mind is more engrossed in observing tn
= skill with which the composers have al
) tackled a dificult problem and the meth
> DDS they have employed TO overcome har
II dicaps than In the music itself"
/ The production of the Dvorak symptom
by the Philharmonic Of New York ha
u precipitated veritable storm OF discussio
= about this new subject. True, there
=. much in the Indian music of a weird an
- haunting power, but there is much MOI
that is almost formless chanting. The
as to the negro music, where can that
- heard? Surely not in this country, whel
their mental development has been of n
!, eesslty influenced 10 a large extent by Il
white race. Hence In all their folk SOM
we hear the echo Of the music OF the DIT
dominant race.
~ The use OF a clearly defined folk sol
Of by the masters has proved their valu
as but first find the real. melodc folk son
,v In the meantime American composers a
~ advised by the New York Tribune to
al ware They will win renown in other cou
he tries, not because they write music OF
A. distinctly American flavor, but becau
nv they write music that will appeal by
10 beauty and strength and emotional quail
no TO the men and women OF any country W