Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-26

would probably go TO hear him.
naA- When he was q years old he
NQknso wrote. IN French musical
49, magazine, very eloquent
sermon"
Here Is part Of It; Gods and kings
are no more! God alone remains forever,
and the nations Of the earth have shaken
the yoke. No doubt can therefore be en-
tertained respecting the prospect Of Art.
In accordance with the law recently voted
dSSO by the Chamber Of Deputies, music
viii at last shortly be taught in schools
throughout the length and breadth OF
France. We therefore congratulate the
representatives Of the nation on that step
which we gladly regard as a pledge that
greater efforts still will soon be made to
influence the masses-we mean the en-
nobling Of sacred music"
After reciting that when affairs existed
before which men could fall on their knees
churches were the proper abode Of sacred
music, he goes on to say:
But now that affairs are shaken to their
very foundations. now that religious rites
and practices rallied at by skeptics
art must leave the sanctuary of temples
and seek in the broad world a 1T stage
for its sublime manifestations
Music must. as of yore. recognize
God and the people as its living fountain
head; it must flow from the former to the
latter and vice versa so as to ennoble
comfort and purify man and bless and
praise God This can only be attained
through the creation Of a new music.
which, for want Of a better sppellation. W,
would term humanitarian; that new style
Of music must be inspired. strong and ct
fecti,e; it must partake, IN the largest
possible proportions, Of the characteristic.
OF both the theater and the church: in
fine, It must be at the same time dramatic
and holy, splendid and simple. solemn and
serious, fiery, stormy, and calm.
THE Marselllaise,' which, more than ali
the mythical accounts of the Hindus. the
Chinese and the Greeks has shown us
the power of muslc-the Marseillaise' and
all the other noble hymns of liberty are
the fruitful and sublime forerunners Of the
music / here alluded to.
Yes, depend on It, we shall soon, In
fields as in forests, in villages as in towns
and suburbs, in workshops as in halls OF
meeting, hear national, moral, political
and religious songs tunes and hymns com
posed for, to be taught 20 and sung by the
people, sung by the workmen OF cities as
by the tillers Of the soil. by the boys and
girls, the men and the women Of the
people!
This will indeed be the fiat lux Of art
Come then, hour Of dliverance
when poets and musicians. forgetting the
public will have but one motto: God and
the people,"
The above extract and many interesting
personal touches and a delightful remlnis-
cence by Nadine Helberg reproduced from
the New York sun, are contained In a
splendid little book entitled Franz List, -
by Raphael Ledos de Beaufort Q.ondon.
1856 recopyrighted by oliver Ditson com
pany, 1910 1t will be valuable addition to
anyone's musical library.
.
The musical critic wrote the following in
better to The Bee in the summer Of 1908
after hearing Signor Alexandra Bonci in
Faust: I'm the name-pdrt we had the
delightful Bonci. There is not the ripe,
red luscious highness OF the purple golden
ray OF mellowness in the voice Of Bonei. hut
II Is an ideal tenor voice OF that silvery
piercing-sweet quality (as Mrs. Browning
would call iD which is delightful when had
alone and which flows through an en-
semble like sllvery waterfall through
mountain scenery or like q crystal stream
through willow DOrueFeO meadows. Art
strikes the note when Bonc sings He is
singing, not for you, not for royalty, not for
the gallery, but he is singing to illuminate
TO unfold, to vitalize his part, ! was
simply delighted 1T his Interpretation Of the
characteristics OF this we'll known part
When he opened the first act. ! thought
should be disappointed, for the voice
sounded trifle auerulous almost ap-
preaching thinness, but thoroughly in keep.
Ing with the old man who found nothing
in life after all his study
When Bonci emerged as the young
Faust, leaving behind him the vesture and
garo Of the old doctor he left behind hin
also the voice effect and henceforth hi,
singing glowed and cleaned, and in tn,
celebrated Salve Dimora ferventlS
wished H. the musical world might just
once listen to that gem of art, and then me
thought that only the few would see 4
anyhow You see Bonci does not prepar,