The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-05-13
SOME MUSIC FOR MITCHELL
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Will Appear Here in Conjunc-
ton With Choral Club.

The following article by Mr.. Ar
mold Kruckman, music editor OF the
Burr Mcintosh Monthly, appeared in
the issue of that magazine for July,
1908.
When you talk to "a man about
Minneapolis he is very apt to tell
you some solid statistical history
about it's world c%onquering grain
products; but if you were to tell him
it supports an orchestra which not
only is the best in America, but one
of the five great organizations of the
world he would probably think you
did not know what you are talking
about. Yet you may rest assured
that you are speaking the exact
truth. SO long as DR.. Karl Muck
voiced his musical propaganda
through the Boston Symphony or
chestra the balance of credit was
with this organization; but since the
stimulus of his inspiration is gone
there is no question as to the supre-
macy of the Minneapolis Symphony
orchestra. The remarkable phase
of the situation is the fact that with
the exception of the strictly limited
professional class, comparatively few
lovers of music in America are aware
of Mr.. Emil Oberhoffer's great work
in the middle Northwest. 1t has take
| ON him only five coocnpc tn occn1,.
| plish what the great musicians in
Boston and Chicago strenuously lab
ored many years for. Aided by the
splendid Teutonic intelligence and
music culture prevailing in his sec
ton Mr.. Oberhoffer has welded a
sound business organization which
supports the orchestra, he has gather
ed notable artists from the best
sources in America and Europe, and
he has constructed a huge but deli
cate instrument by which he inter
prets his mastery conceptions. His
programs indicate a cosmopolitan
stature and his works denotes a
breadth and depth of genius. The
orchestra, which during the season
rehearses almost daily, is under
splendid discipline, the significant re
suit of the respect of the musicians
for their leader and their absolute
confidence in his ability. He is tenn
p~ernentally what the artist calls q
"classicist@@quie and restrained in
his methods. He was born in Mum
ica and educated IN that city as W u
as in Paris. lie mas the clements
real greatness in his composition am
mis- work With the minneapolis syn
phonE orchestra and its sister or
g~anization, the Philharmonic Club,
is worthy of the closest attention.
The great Minneapolis Symphony
orchestra will PLY for the MAY Mus
cal Festival on the Gatas Of Me- q
and 30. On the evening OF tho 19th
a concert viii, oe given at The Gale
theatre by the Dakota Wesleyan
Choral Club, assisted bv Richard
Czerwonky, solo v~io!inist ana Esther
May Plumb, contraito scloist. 10th
of the Symphony orchestra.
In the afternoon of the goth the
Orchestra, under the direction of Mr..
Oberhoffer, will give the first pro-
gram in the Gale theatre, and in the
evening the Choral Club will appear
in the oratorio of Olaf Trygvasson
and will also present the Hallelujah
Chorus from the Messiah, under tie
direction of Mr.. E. w. Hobson. The
soloists will be Louise Ormsby, Sc
prano. Esther May Plumb, contralto.
Garnett Hedge, tenor, and Arthur
Middleton, bass.