Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-17
Music and Musical Notes

seliere, the new French tenor, lacks dis
tinction and polish Old operas have beer
revived. "snlome" tried and discarded
and now only Caruso can swell the au
dience. For the, time he has made the
Metropolitan his theater. Pity the sorrows
of a poor impresario
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The women Of st. Mary's guild OF the
Church Of, the Good Shepherd gave q
musicale at the home Of Mrs. Brown on
Eighteenth and Writ streets. A very at
tractive program was given, which con-
sisted of a group of Tuscan Folk Songs,
Luigi CarociolL sung by Miss Inez Latey
and Mrs. Robert Bell; excerpts from
Grieg's Peer Ghynt Suite" by Miss Lupin;
a song. "Ecstacy," Mrs. H. II. A. Beach,
sung by Miss Laura Goets. with violin
obligato played by Mr.. Wallace Lyman;
concerto, by De Beriot, for violin AND
piano, Mr.. Lyman and Miss McCuns; Miss
Goetz, a song, "Nymphs and Fauns. and
Miss Lupin, the Liszt arrangement for the
left hand of the sextet from Lucia oil
Lammermoor."
e. NJ Jones gave recital with his
pupils Saturday evening at his studio In
Boyd's theater. Those who took part were
Margaret Loomis, Beatrice Bowling, Helen
Taylor, Miss Sadilek and Miss Harris.
Pupils of Miss Fawcett and Mr.. Dickerman
assisted on the program.
The advanced pupils of Mr.. August NJ.
Borglum have been requested to give a
program for the Womans club of Council
Bluffs Tuesday evening Miss Katherine
Davis of Osceola and Mrs. A. A Covait
viii assist with the vocal selections. The
program, which is under direction of Miss
Maude Bell, will be given in the recital
hall of the Schneider & Mueller Piano Co.
OF Council BLUFFS. E
The following extract from the Washing
ton Times of January % will be Of much
immediate interest: .T -Fs &
over in New York the other night there
was held a benefit for a broken-down little
prize fighter, who for years has not done
a days work except that involved In train
ing for encounters with other bruisers. The
nan ao had ear1e s r a GH
else into insensibility, all OF which he had
squandered through the dissipation Of
drink and other sorts OF excuses.
Plainly the young fighter should now be
had he exercised even the common sense
of squirrel. Instead he is battered and
poverty stricken derelict, and his friends
with a loyalty for which others cannot
help honoring them-arranged a performs
ance to help him, ana in one way and
another actually got together. It Is said,
$4,000 for his maintenance.
In little country town OF New England
there lives in poverty and the pttiful gloom
Of a darkened intellect one of the greatest
composers this western land has ever pro-
duced. He is Edward MacDowell, whose
splendid orchestral works have delighted
music lovers both here and In Europe. He
labored for years in the interest OF art at
salaries that never adequately paid for his
was in him, and that best was glorious.
Then came a mind diseased, and now there
Is hope only Of long and peaceful twi-
light. fund is being raised for him, too,
but with all the work of a year or more
II has not reached the proportions OF the
prize fighters reward
higher things" of life less willing to trans
late that love into dollars and cents than
those who regard a mill, as the height
money In the aggregate than those who
rallied to the support of Terry McCiovern,
but they have colder hearts. II is sorrow
full commentary upon the alleged desire
for culture and the fine arts In this coun.
try that men and women all over the land
should not pour IN upon the promoters Of
the stricken maker of beautiful music can
ever need Certainly the dead game
ample for liberality and appreciation.
Post mortemS' over "salome' and still
in evidence, as witness few extracts from
w. ]. Henderson,; viz:
The anal disposition Of Mr. Strauss
operatic offal has removed stencil from the
has also greatly disappointed that curious
breed OF humans that always hover like
vultures over ,decaying matter; That the
Metropolitan Opera house would on Thurs
day morning last have contained hundreds
OF persons who had never before darkened
its doors. persons TO whom the music Of
torture, goes without question. The disap-
pointment of these people is sad, but posi-
bly, that vas one thing fSr which the
Doubtless Mr.. Strauss saturates himself
bows before the statue OF Wagner when he
sits down to compose. But his contracts
are models OF financial skill A master
technician OF orchestral combinations, he
knows also how TO orchestrate bank ao-
count Creator Of carnal visions in three
fourth time. he is also dreamer OF dollars.
he sees them. Everywhere he gets them.
II Is not part Of the duty Of The Suns
eommentator on musical performances 20
stockholders OF the Metropolitan in causing
the removal Of this tester from the body
SPeTatti but y T. MS AS privileges to sTSprsss
made by him to the readers OF this paper
played by strauss in the CREATION OF the the
orchestral tone picture OF this drama. OF
Strauss mastery Of the materials OF his
art there is no question. Il may be that
this man could II he would write a noble
and normally human tragedy. The question
to be answered is, will he ever desire so to
dor Is he an artistic perYert, who would
rather hnd Inspiration below than abovef
This cannot not now be be decided. for he
has said that he intends to make an OPP
cratic version Of the Electra" OF Sophocles
or Euripides. or perhaps a fusion OF both.
In the treatment OF this subject Mr.. Strauss
will find the opportunity TO rehabilitate
himself In the esteem Of those who look for
purity in art. Meanwhile he has the salts
faction Of knowing that while purtanism
has so prevailed In wicked New York as TO
force his work on the stage "Salome'' Is
enjoying career OF great prosperity In
Europe.
Mr.. Strauss consultations VIII be more
substantial than those OF Mr.. ConTted,
whose illness and enforced absence from
the opera house may possibly have eogne
bearing on the mistakes made there
When all IL said and done. a powerful
and effective protest has been made against
the exploitation on the stage OF foul end
unnatural human passions. against this
degradation OF music. II Is not likely
that the Significance Of the protest viii es-
cane the understanding Of theatrical man
ayers IN general The air will In all likeli-
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