Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-05

cuss the popular song OF the day, the
popular style of the music hall song OF
the day, in discussion of music, II Is
outside. 1t is a froth, II rs a passing
ephemeral thing OF the hour, and is not to
be taken in sober earnest, although II
has its place.
But there are hosts of things which
have their place which do not pass into
history. There are lots of things a man
does every day which we would not
carve on his tombstone nor incorporate
into a sketch Of his life.
.
And perhaps there is the trouble with
US. We take in" all, and expect to
discriminate afterwards. We insist that
all kinds Of music shall be taken into
consideration, grave and sedate, and Sc
lection made after careful analysis by
learned professors. Whereas all the other
nations dispense with ali that conglam-
meration of stuff, and by a simple law
Of separation keep those things out of
consideration which do not belong.
Perhaps we will some day devour less
and digest more. 6ousa marches are bully
good marches but musicians, while Civ
Ing them due praise, consider them merely
what they say they are, marches Now
these are practically standard for their
species, and the learned American pro-
fessor would doubtless mot neglect them
in any consideration of American music
as a whole" but we do not hear much
of the bandmasters of Germany or Italy
or France as writing music, which can
not be neglected In a consideration of
the music" of those peoples as a whole.
Their band music marches and their
medleys and potpourrls and so forth.
arc a phase Of their music. but are not
characteristic Of the national music.
.
The Tuesday Morning Musicale club has
issued a most attractive booklet called a
Year Book" and containing the names
Of officers, committees, active members,
associate members, announcements for
the season l9ll-19l2 and programs for
the musicales held during the past sea
son, 19iO-19l1. Then follow the Constitu-
ton and bylaws and herewith the book
closes.
The Fifth Musicale OF last season 3
series was a unique one indeed, and it Is
interesting enough to mention Il here: II
was "A study Of Richard Wagner as
exempllfied by himself in his Music
Drama Of Tristan and Isolde" at the
residence of Mrs. George A, Joslyn, with
the organ for illustration.
No mention is made of who gave the
study, so IL Is to be presumed that II
was Richard Wagner himself: would that
we had known, we should certainly have
! been there!
.
! The program for this season will be
found elsewhere In this column. but the
thought which is specially emphasized
here Is the fact that on the afternoon OF
November 9TH, which means Tuesday, the
day after tomorrow, there will be a pro-
gram which every one ought 20 hear, as
| IL Is not only educational but intensely
/ Interesting,
| What DO you know Of the music OF the
American Indian2 DO you not think II
we'll worth while knowing something
about It, especially when a fund OF In
terestlng information has been prepared
and brought 20 your very door without
any effort on your part except to go and
listen TO f.?
| II you look carefully over the program
given below you will see that tile Tuesday
Morning Musicale Club has prepared a
most unusual attraction. Mrs. Wilhelm
has asked the writer TO make no mention