The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-27

Kreisler's recital was heard by 1850
people. Arthur Dunham'S orchestra
played before 1920. Three concerts
in Fullerton hall during the afternoon
and evening were attended by 4'soo.
The Boeppler Symphony orchestra IN
North Side Turner hall, and Ball
mann's orchestra In Lincoln turner
hall, attracted 1900 listeners etween
them. The kneisel quartette opened
it's series Of chamber music concerts
in the S~tudebaker theatre before an
audience Of 1,400. Allen Spencers
piano recital was heard by 900, and
as many attended Alexander ZukoW-
sky's orchestral concert in the Hebrew
institute" Mr.. Gums contention is
that the public usually obeys the be-
hests of the advertising columns n
pays its money and takes its choice.
The editor of The Musical. Courier
has been visiting the northwest for
the purpose of seeing and hearing for
himself of what was being done
unsteady. He has been to st. Paul
and Minneapolis and his paper is full
of the best of readable stuff in the
way of observations. Here is n
note he made, "They tell us that some
Of the music schools here charge 20
cents per lesson, and a few have
courses where the charge for the
total term averages at 10 cents per
lesson. Query: How much does the
teacher get for a lesson which brings
the school 10 cents?" and here is
another one. From a reliable musical
source comes the information that
one of the best daily newspaper
critics in st. Louis Is a baseball re-
porter-and a good o~ne--during the
off season Of the tonal muse"
Music is Gods best gift to man, the
only art of heaven given TO earth, the
only art of earth that we take to
heaven. But music, like all our gifts,
Is given us in the germ. 1t is Tor us
to unfold and develop 1t by instruction
and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES w. Landon:
The Study Of Music in Public Schools.
Agnes Lewis, who is teaching voice
at the st. Johns academy, jamestown.
N. D., is spending the Christmas va
cation with friends in Minneapolis.
A pupil of Marie Mccormick was
prominent, as the assisting vocalist. in
a recital given by piano pupils at Min
~neapolis a week or two ago, and her
singing met the approval Of the local
critics. .a..,. .r II
Caryl B. Storrs, in The Minneapolis
Tribune: An important and distinct
lively modern factor in the industrial
world, which has resulted from the
recent refinement of business systems,
Is the utilization Of by-products ana
the consequent elimination of waste.
In considering this matter X is inter-
esting to note that there are by-pro-
ducts in the manufacture OF music. as
well as in the production of beef and
bacon. The existence OF a symphony
orchestra. in a city elicits many such
by products. Recitals r given for
those interested in which the sym
~pllonies to be played by the orchestra
are worked out and analysed in adj
vance Of their orchestral performance.
ORGANIZATIONS for the performance of
chamber music spring up in such cit
les and, best OF all, amateur orches-
tras are formed among the young peo-
pie for the fun OF playing orchestral
music and the possibility OF develop
ing professional musicians for the
ranks of the big orchestra
Professor Petsohnikoff, a famous
German vio1inist, who was playing at
Cassel. dropped his violin. and the in
strument, which was worth $4,000,
was smashed beyond repair