The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-04-04
Well Known Musicians Win
Have Part in Concert of
Choral Society.
GREAT CHORUS TO TAKE PART
Concert Expected to Be One Of Most
Interesting Musical Events Ever civ
en- in Kenosha Rehsarsals Are E3w
Being Held With Members of Chorus.

The Kenosha Choral Society an
nounees that the following artists
have been engaged for the solo parts
of the annual concert to be given
Wednesday, April 18th: Mrs. Mabel
Sharp Herdien, soprano; Miss Jennie
n W. johnson, eontralto; N. Hou-
gard Nielsen, tenor; Albert Borroff,
bass. These artists have scored
triunphs as soloists with the choral or
ganizations both Of Milwaukee and
Chicago and they are the best quar-
.tette ever engaged to sing ii Keposha.
Owing to lack Of time the choral
society finds it impossible to solicit
associate membership this season.
Handel s Messiah has ingratiat-
ed itself into the hearts Of all lovers
OF music to such an extent that it
now forms a part of their celebration
of Christmas and Eastertide. All
Christendom join each year III paying
tribute to Handles genius and are
ever inspired by the beautiful pas
sages which bear the message Peace
on Earth, Good Will Towards Men. z
Part one of this great epic in music
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and His advent; Part two, His pas
sion, death and resurrection; Part
three, His triumph, ascension and
second coming. The Messiah, If
not the most perfect Of Handel S
works will ever be the one to which
people will cling On account Of its
subject. The music reveals to us, as
far as can be, the very Specification Of
that which it interprets, and III this
work Handel has invented voices for
the angels announcing the advent Of
'"rhe Prince Of Peace" Their his
notes portray tie heartrending desc
lation and grief Of the Man Of SIR
row, and again they are wonder
full echo Of the joy that transports a
Christian heart on glorious Easter
morning.
When at the first performance the
chorus struck up For the Lord Cod
Omnipotent in the Hallelujah the
audience were 50 transported that they
altogether with the king stood up and
remained standing till the chorus
ended 1t is from this circumstance
that the custom dates Of rising dur
ing the performance of this piece; an
homage which Is as honorable to the
public as it is worthy Of the immor-
tai composer.
The Amen" is a work not less
magnificent In all seeming, Handel,
freed from the trammels of physical
speech, essays flights before which the
greatest musicians the world has since
seen have stood bewildered in admira-
ton. Yet, the least thing Of which
one thinks ii listening to the music
is the labor which it must have cost
to invent it. That the Messiah Z
was ali inspiration il evident from the
dates which are inscribed with Han
del j. own hand upon the manuscript
now being preserved il the library at
Buckingham Palace, London; Com
meneed on the END day of August
'174l. Filled up Chat Is to say, Oh
Iehestralizedl Sept. 14th, l74l This
superhuman work was therefore accom-
plisbed il twenty days.
While writing with great speed, his
works are complete; they show no
signs of haste; they are pure gold.
In the choruses especially the power
Of the great genius is felt.
Possibly 1t was Of the Messiah ]
that George Eliot thought when she
said: Handel's music always brings
to me a revival '
When standing before the monu-
ment placed IN Westminster Abbey in
memory Of Handel, Beethoven Is said
to have remarked: Every musician
should make pilgrimage to London
I
and kneel bareheaded before Handel s
grave.
Very few can do this, but many can
pay their tribute to the great master
when the Messiah z will Be per
formed in Kenosha on April 7th. The
choral society st3 lsltearsing with d
zeal and diligence that will voueb for
a performance worthy of The great
master and his NEST popular work.