Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-10-14

W. 1Wd5 april .N0V1n
Mrs. Turner.
Duet-Io Vivo Q Tamo .Campana
Mrs. Turner and Mr.. Ellis.
The FIRST public recital Of the Robert
Cuscaden school for strings, will take place
In the Schneider & Mueller recital hail,
Thursday October rs, by the school
orchestra and selected pupils from the
school as soloists Miss Moses, contralto,
and Miss Peterson, soprano, pupils of Mr..
Ellis, will also assist. Admission viii be
frea
Mr.. Robert Cuscaden will play at Ames
college in Ames. Ia, on October &c, under
the direction Of Mr.. Wendell leighton of
Des Moines.
Mr.. Kelly had his second pupils recital
last Monday evening. About sixty people
were present. 1t looks as II this series of
evenings was going to prove very popular
indeed. The atmosphere OF the house and
the reoitsls Il thoroughly informal and en-
1oya.ble.
The following comment from the New
York Post contains much that IL Of IA.
terest. Eugen Gura's name has long boon
one to conturs with. His death is q deep
loss to all that is gsnuna. sincere and
SCHOLASTIC In music.
Jean do Reszke once said that music did
n not exist foE him except 90 far as 1t is
enouonel What made him great was
TSe AM S ta ira his intense smotionalsm
among German tenors, Albert Niemann
The late Eusen Gura relates in his Erin
BY Breitkopf q Hartei about Year ago.
an interesting anecdote illustrating this
"s At 4 ssr. SShsaT n ISIS Sf t ESHspNs .
The INST y. Two acts. Esnsinsd a ? sDsOtStO or
The opera when %otan impst ans StSSS s@ 0l
braces hts daughtsy Brunnhflds. while the
aS Sxs os TasS%sl played with
Ess s. deeply moved that he began to sob sol;
the rehearsal was ever that he ressined
his composur&
Ggra himself wAs no less Of an enthu-
chemist or an architect, but when he
became familiar with the fairy realm OF
seemed to him like a divine reyelation'"
he bade goodbye to the paternal plans and
became convinced that music was his field,
X%OHs his s' i'q roles H @sfs Hans Ir Hens
Don Juan, Almaviva, Rlgoletto and above
ALL the H WIH1sSnsrtan Hans Sachs, King
Wagner's works beyond all others that par
ticularly and snduringly endeared my pro-
AOSoAOh W NV nc WIlloS wagner nlUlhelI
was not slow to discover that this baritone
was Just the man he needed at Bayreuth.
Several letters from him are printed in the
nsr in "RheinEoid" p. 7s}: Many inter
rehearsals. One afternoon. when there
artists 70 sing for him selections from his
Berlin- She chose "Eiisabsth's Prayer.
Sd .aG sant e cali y0ar s S Mns sG
the fact that ! shall sing II with the usual
Ss which a. hs heard you
retorted Wagner angrily. That l ever
sanctioned such cuts. and above AL in
citeuent he acclaimed the three lines be-
with such elOqSOncs and depths Of sx-
deeply moved. Then he continued to the
contrite Soprano And you dare to assert
You given the import Of these lines a mo-
70 what ! Intended Elizabeth to express.
the intense agony felt by the Landgrave's
virgin daughter?"
There Is more instruction for Sperati;
good and useful things in Gura's book HC
Mrs4s Franz nor s swi e oas s FS:S
at which Gura sang one OF his songs. II
was such an unusual thing AZ that time
-lS0-that FRANK, few days later, re.
marked to q friend: MY dear Sander,
have had an unprecedented experiences. The
other day a fellow came to town-an opera
singer from Leipsic-and sang at a concert
--listenl-and sang-I am telling you the
truth-and sanS-can Il really have been
actually sang one OF my songs. Do you
know this man3 l believe his name Il
Gura- i must make his acquaintance"
Two years later Gura sang the frst SOM
OF Franz ever heard az a Gewa ndhaus con.
cert. II was frantically applauded But Il
was as Lowe missionary that Gura eSps
ctally distinguished himself After a br1si
vogue. Lowe had fallen into undeservec
neglect, and II remained for Gura TO brtnl
him back TO the attention of music lovers
HIS pages contain many details concerning
the enthusiasm he aroused with the Lowe
ballads. Ho found that Wagner had a. EN-
knew them well and greatly admired them
lie had the good fortune also OF getting I
, Lowe lesson from Wagner concerning IN,
varied expression that must be given 70 IN.
, Oft repeated "Oh" In the ballad Edward
The details may be found on page Il. One
feels tempted 10 commend Gura's bool
highly 70 students OF music but what's IN,
usef Such students seldom read books
which Is one OF the main reasons why Their,
/, u always rosm at the top.
|. NARY LEARNED