The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-06
WITH THE MUSICIANS

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During his early student days. Mod
est Altschuler, director of the Rus
sian symphony orchestra, never IAN
cied the military. but II happened that
he had to serve one year as free
volunteer with the foremost regiment
attached to Moscow. During that
year Mr.. Altschuler, who will con-
duct the orchestra TO be heard in the
Garrick theater. Sunday afternoon and
evening. March 10, had many expert
ences. As a graduate OF the Moscow
Conservatory OF Music in which a gen.
eral as we'll as a musical education
Is taught. young Altschuler had won
highest honors. He was not only a
master OF music. in theory. but one
of the first 'cellists OF his country.
Because OF his musical talent the
beardless Altschuler was popular with
his officers and was given many lib
critics not usually accorded to his col
leagues On one occasion when Alt
schuler had left the Moscow barracks
In citizens clothes. which constitutes
a military offense, he encountered one
of the officers OF the command near
the outskirts OF the city's limits. The
musician figured hurriedly i'm his
mind that the best thing TO do was
not to see his superior. and he. there.
fore, passed him without the Gus
tomary salute The officer, angered
at the double infraction of rules or.
dered Altschuler to report to another
superior officer In close arrest. When
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man smiled and said: Well, let's
have some music That was the ex-
tent OF young Altschulers confine-
ment.
Mary Garden who will sing In De-
troit In May and who is famous
throughout the world as the most ca
pable interpreter OF the sensational
"Salome." by Richard Strauss. has an
original and penetrating conception
of the heroine as represented by Os-
car Wilde. To the hypocritical hue
and cry OF virtue aroused by the
work she replies: "Salome Ii the
greatest opera OF modern times. IL
IL a splendid vital, red-blooded. throb-
hing poem. Ii Is sublime as drama !;
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art-for II Is pure, pure In sentiment.
motive, conception-pure in every
thing. Salome's love Is pure, but II
Is the deadly love of a uger-woman.
II is neither psyschopathic not horri-
BILE, nor immoral eyen-not at least
for me. IL is perfectly natural for
such an intense nature as Salome's
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The Friday afternoon concerts
given in Aeolian hall by Grinnell Bros.
continue to attract large and apprecia.
tive audiences. These concerts are
free to the public and are well worth
attending, presenting as they do many
OF Detroit best musicians The solo
lists for Friday afternoon, March 10,
will be: Miss Kathleen c. Lovett. VIC
lin: Miss Margaret Mannebach, piano;
Henry Riley Fuller. organ and accom-
paniments; Albert Raymond Saunders
pianola- piano; Nine. Louise Homer, by
mean Of auxetophone, contralto.
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The Tuesday Musicale's eighth
morning concert for members only
will be given, Tuesday morning, al
10:3O o'clock, IN the Century building
The program will be given by Mrs
Valentine Ives, Mrs. Louise c. Smith
Mrs. Harry A. Dibble, Mrs. Vernon c
Fry, Mrs. Albert Draper. Mrs. Marths
Holly Weist, Miss Louie Dawson
Miss Elizabeth Moore, Miss Setta Rob
inson and Mrs. Louis Stoneman. Miss
Jennie Stoddard will read paper OF
The ethical value of music"
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Many beautiful bouquets were pre-
sented to Miss winifred Ada White
ley on the occasion of her graduation
recital, in the Detroit Conservatory o
Music hall, Monday evening. Mis-
Whiteley is a pupil OF Director Francis
L. York. and played difficult program
very creditably. She was assisted b!
her sister, Miss Florence Whiteley
violinist. The hall was crowded witt
an appreciatiye audience.
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The Chaminade Quartet, consisting
of Mrs. Frederick w. Brown, Mrs
BENJAMIN r. milford, sopranos; Mrs
| Charles A. Parker and Miss Jenni'
M. Stoddard, !contraltos. and Archibald
Jackson and Charles Frederick Morse
furnished the program for delight
ul musicale given by Mrs. F.. ID
Stair, Monday afternoon.
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The Detroit Orchestral association
| will close the season Of 1901. witt
q concert by the Cincinnati Symptom,
orchestra, in the Light Guard armory
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