Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-14

began his talks on The Nibe,
iungen Ring; Mr.. Eames
UE&lJ continued his series Of lee.
ture-recitals explaining The
Classic in Art and Music; Friday and
Saturday Joseph Sheehan of Savage grand
opera fame sang at the Boyd with his
eNn company. / have one particular red.
letter night stuck away in my head
with Sheehan as Rudolph in "Boheme. u
lie was at his very best and the per
Torrance is one of my green memories
Tonight comes The Bohemian Girl
with Vera Allen. She is Nebraska girl
and has sung here in many local con.
certs. More than usual interest will at.
taeh TO the engagement on her account
Next week, Tuesday evening. at the
Young wOman's Christian association
Mrs. Mabelie -Welpton, assisted
by Madame Borglum will give a sons
recital for the Tuesday Morning Musical
club. Her program promises many de-
lightful things.
On the eighteenth at the Brandeis
Kuhelik comes to us again; the frs,
time In four years, He is said TO have
grown immensely in his art, and his
audiences are huge wherever he plays
Ludwig schwab will be his accompanies
upon this tour.
Owing to the intensely cold weather
ard the uncertainty of the trains Ma
dame Gervllle-Reache was obliged 10
cancel her concert engagement here. Two
opera appearances in Chicago. one just
before and one directly after her pro-
gram, necessitated very close railroad
connections. She thought IL better to
postpone her recitals until the conditions
for her were more favorable.
..
Tuesday afternoon MIR. Eames went on
with his series of iectpre-reeitals at the
Young women's Christian association
auditorium, his subject this time beins
The Classic In Art and Music" II
proved TO be the most interesting talk
he has yet given, and his playing was a
delight. Several people had asked
him to play special things they liked, and
that he does especially nice. These num-
bers he added at the end of the afternoon
OF course they bore upon his lecture and
came in quite naturally.
The particular phase that strikes one
In listening to Mr.. Eames is his well
balanced knowledge Of all the arts. To
the people who have confined themselves
10 the pursuit OF one art his speech must
often appear difficult. His subject on
Tuesday was a large one; he began by
defining the word classic, and the mean
ing of convention; how through social
usage and repetition the latter state came
TO exist. The old Greeks and Romans are
responsible for our ideas Of pure forms.
and absolute beauty-we think OF them
in connection with architecture and
sculpture. Phidias and Praxiteies bring
to our minds pure lines and curves. Gothic
architecture Is also representative. In
all these things there Is little Of tho
personal They need a good, sane.
rather cold and contained mind for their
appreciation, and yet when We sound
their beauties and attraetiveness, We are
repaid in full measure because these
striven-for appropriations last a lifetime:
we can always so back to them and they
are always fresh. They make a solid
foundation upon which TO base our mod
ern knowledge. The composers who cor
respond to this Greek period are Bach
Haendei, Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven.
Their music is formal. bound by con-
ventional lines and impersonal but full
Of the kind Of beauty which wears, and
10 which We turn again and again all
our lives. We may run after new idols.
but we come back to these OH friends for
courage and refreshmsnt and inspiration.
In contrast TO the classical music, Mr.,
LANES explained and illustrated both the
characteristic and romantic schools. \
large ray Of light burst upon me person.
ally in his definition Of characteristic
music. All my life I've known and re-
cognized this kind Of composition, but
never got 1t pigeon holed in my mind.
Now know that 1t is rather good music.
which falls short in form. In the hands
Of the interpreter it may be made attrac-
tive. / pass temporarily for that reason
The illustration which Mr.. Eames played
sounded like Hensedt. but | have sus-
pleiOn that ii may have been Eames.
1t was very sentimental and pretty and
the applause was bounteous.
As examples of the romantic school
schumann. Schubert and Brahms will
answer: the painters who correspond are
Raphael Fra Angelica, Andrea del sarto
and Corregio. They are all warm and
more personal.