Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-05

"A
tue but it is a convenient and pleasant
possession. l remember wnen good
symphony concert pleased me nightly
for the first hour and put me gently To
sleep in the second.
l remember when | was college
freshman with no thought of becom
ing a professional mus .ciaa and l had
to cut off several meals to scrape to-
gether So for a season ticket TO the
second balcony at the symphony.
remember my student days in Berlin
when | was deeply grateful to the ma
tion that permitted me to hear the
best orchestral music and the best
soloists for less money than we can
see Il theater at home without taking
a seat in darkest Atri,a. These con-
certs in Berlin, Vienna and Petersburg
may be looked upon as lessons.
They undoubtedly are. in a broad
sense, but certain it is that the man
who raised the price to a two and five
dollar seat would do we'll to protect
himself with steel house.
l believe that the gentleman of the
Review is like many another l have
met. Get him alone, over mug and
a pipe and he viii rant about Gods
country-"over there'-where good
things can be enjoyed by the man OF
humblest means. When you propose
that he roll up his sleeves and work
for annexation he will oppose you with
all the sopListres of q walking del
egate.
Perhaps the gentleman of the Review
never had less money than he could
spend or felt an appetite that he could
not crafty. Whatever the trouble
with him he is not properly in toach
with humanity at large to be OF great
use in an editorial capacity.
If the WyIie Quintet club plays as
we'll as ii can and chooses the business
policy of short, varied program at the
general admission rate of 10 cents, |
can not see why it shoJld be called
visionary or notoriety-seek l can
not believe that the public of Los An
geles will indorse such accusations.
They have never mathematical the
man who first gave them complete
Sunday paper for a niCkle, or burned
in effigy the man who enabled them
to ride several miles on a clean, safe
trolley for a scent fare.
The gentleman of the Review de-
clares that daily performances can not
be anything but rehearsals.' The
stock company plan is as old as the
hills How man posing as a critic
can fail to perceive so simple an
analogy is beyond comprehension.
Possibly he simply does not know the
meaning of daily work, hard work and
regular work. The gentleman should
not have attacked my organization be-
fore it had made its first public ap-
pearance. Had he but waited few
days he might have found the concerts
only worth 10 cents. In that event he
surely would not counsel us to act
dishonesty?
RALPH WYLIE.
1t may have been due to the plethora
Of music events with which last week
was crowded or possibly to a lack of
general interest i'm an American school
of music, but the audience gathered
Thursday evening in Simpson audito-
rum to listen to the first concert Of
the year given by the Los Angeles
center of the American Music society
was notable for quality rather than
quantity, being small in numbers, while |
including many of the city's represen- |
tatiVe musicians.
Planned and executed by profession |
al musicians for presentation before |
their musical compeers, the program |
appealed to critics, but was sadly lack !
ing in interest for the music lover Of
average intelligence and training. The
selections were American" in the
sense that they We're written by COM
if it were possible to secure a COM |
pos.te photograph of Thursday nights |
program l am sure there could not be |
found even a remote family likeness |
to the yirile, compelling music with ,
minor martial strain, echoes of mighty |
rivers, suggestions of solitary forest |
and prairie and mountain top, the .
of wind in the trees-these /
themes which, written around the |
motif of the eager, pulsing American |
spirit viii some day result in typ |
ical American symphony
InstrumentallY the program was an /
exceedingly serious affair, relieved /
only by the lighter vocal numbers. The |
last two selections by the Lyric club /
Mrs. Naughn's group Of three soprano |
solos and the (a) and (b) numbers of |
the quartet We're delightful, revealing !
here and there a touch of humor, while |
Mr.. Houses songs were so we'll pre-
sented that one fOrgave their gravity. |
But why Burwald wrote The Voice |
of Fate" must ever remain a dark |
mystery to the uninitiated, and even |
the skilled efforts of Director Poulin |
and Lyric club members could not save |
it from proving lugubrious. Mellow
els stormy "keltic Sonata" lost much |
of the beauty Of Miss Coleman's fine |
by being forcibly pro- |
jeCted toward the audience by the |
raised piano top, which for some rea- |
son held all the potency Of a dozen |
sounding boards.
Arthur Foote's trio, eXquisitely pre-
sented by Mrs. Lott, Mr. Krauss and |
Mr.. Opd, was by far the most inter-
esting number of the evening. Ernest |
Douglas opening group of organ COM !
positions exploited three well known |
American composers in the less fire. |
quented realm Of this king of instru- |
ments.
The program, with the addition of |
several encores. was the following:
Organ.
(a) Concert piece No. (B MajoD ........
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Horatio Parker
% suite No, zone moyemenD .....,.....
tc) Triumphal March ....,.,..,..D Dudley Buck
Ernest Douglas
Chorus by the Lyric Club, The Voice Of
Fate ..,....,,,.,,..,...W BerWdli
Miss Nora Mcpherson S0loist
J. b. POuliu, Director
(a) Sayonara Japanese equivalent for
It'll We Meet Again'D ...Homer Bartlett
OBJ Beat Upon Mine ........ Ethelbert Neyin |
tcJ song Of the Sword (Tofana).............
...........................H. Clough- ghton
Edwin House
la) ThistledOwn ......Mr. Geo. W. Chadwick
OBJ The Rose and The Moth ...,..........
........................M Mrs. Abbie \. Jamison
Dominant Club Ladies' Quartette
Mrs Bertha Vaughn, Mrs Grace NJ
Stiyers. ISIS Beresford Joy, Mrs. katherine
Kettle Sonata, Mcdowell
Miss Alice Coleman