Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-28

90 ing article Of last year.
In that column November %, the Sun
day after Thanksgiving day. theEs-was an
allusion to the forthcoming song recital
by Mr.. Carl sobeski. Referring to him.
these words were used: such musicians
are needed here"
Z A few weeks ago readers of the Musical
Courier saw Mr.. SobesSis photograph re-
produced in that paper ana were shocked
to read the sad announcement of his
death.
Mr.. Sobeski remained in Omaha but a
short time-all too Shorthand some Of
us enjoyed the privilege of his delightful
companionship, his genial manner. his
broad views, his exquisite taste, his sim
cere musicianship, his intensely interest
ing personality, and his sympathetic atti-
tude toward everything in the way of
artistic development ami progress.
Through a mutual friend in Chicago 1t
was very gratifying to learn that Mr.. So
beski had carried away with him very
pleasant memories Of his Omaha sojourn.
To the writer of this Column the mem
DRY of evenings spent with Mr.. Carl So
beski comes today as a memory of great
fragrance. On one IF these occasions of
social delight, when music was discussed
and discoursed upon, Mr.. SObeski gave
him a song of which he was very fond,
and today the song, with Mr.. Sobeskfs
name written thereon, is one of his treas
ured possessions. 1t was that ballad of
Carl Loewe. How Deep the Slumber of
the Floods" Was there something proph-
etic in his singing of That song in his
recital?
Here are the words:
How deep the slumber of the floods,
And hOW dead the stiffness of the WOODS.
My heart alone finds no rest;
Torn, with loves remorselcss pain,
Life is joyless and in vain.
How calm the earth in slumber lies.
o, h l could close my weary eyes,
In deaths eternal sleep;
Thus would end at last my woes,
Thus my soul would find repose.
o
In this column there have been frequent
references to Mr.. Max Landow and his
wonderful piano-playine, and the musical
editor Of The Bee has tried to express his
admiration for the rare art of the man,
but not in adequate language. The Berlin
''Lokal Anzeiger' said of him at a recent
concert, more in a single line, than the
Omaha papers have said in paragraphs,
and that was this sentences: There sat a
poet at the p%iano!"
That expresses it. There sat a poet at
thes piano.
We have nowadays so many pianists, and
v%irtuosi. and technicians, and worlds
greatest" this-and-that, that a real poet
of music is rare.
Listen to what the "Berliner Tageblatt''
says about our Mr.. Landow Of Omaha;
TT does one good to hear a pianist, who
is effective without pounding, and TO
whom technic means something entirely
self-evident and only the means for a
higher purpose"
This, if you please, is said Of Max "a
dow of Omaha! OF Omahal
Has the Commercial club anything to
offer on a par with that. for appreciation
of an Omaha citizen in a foreign country?
DO the knights of Ak-Sar-Ben, who are
boosting for Omaha and therefore
should be boosting for everything frs;
class to be found in Omaha, do the
knights of Ak-Sar-Ben know thereis such
a man in Omaha?
Musicians can not get along without
business men. That is a surely established
fact.
But, don't forget. business men can not
get along without musicians! We need
each. And we know that we need each
other.
Now this Poet will once more sit at
the piano." and he will do this on Thurs
day evening next, December 2, at the First
Baptist church in the city Of Omaha. He
will repeat his Berlin" program.
win you be there?
II people ignore the work OF a man like
this, they are doing the most effective
knocking las it is called that they can
possibly do against Omaha.
Omaha needs musicians Of the Max Ian