The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-03
x SHARPS AND FLATS.

Director Stephens has returned
from Chicago. where he has been en-
joying all kinds of musical feasts not
the least among them different OPP
eras presented by the Chicago Grand
Opera company. Mr.. Stephens IN
nounces that the rehearsals for forth
coming productions by Fargo-Moor-
head Philharmonic club will be re-
sumed Monday evening next, Jan. 5,
in the Y. M. c. A. auditorium at 1880
o'clock and he hopes that every mem
Der will be present. The exact date
for the concert cannot be announced
just yet, but it will probably be on
one of the early evenings OF the last
week of the present month. 1t is
somewhat subject to engagements of
some members of the orchestra who
are important in the ensemble of the
Observation-Disclosures. " .
A prominent musical critic who was
grumbled at because Of the. brevity
Of his report of the production of The
Messiah made, the ~retort, "a delivery
of The Messiah should be, so far as
newspaper comment is concerned hors
%concours. AS well go to a cathedral
and critically discuss a high mass.
A Russian newspaper man named
Brushkovsky, who is an amateur de-
t~ective, and who worked UP the case
against Mendel Bells, vas sentenced
a few days ago at st. Petersburg to
Imprisonment for n ear in a for
tress for keeping his seat when the
national anthem was being played re-
Gently. The charge against him was
lese majestic.
Great Britain has once more taken
up a song as its own in a manner
that nobody can help noticing. Ten
years g the public had it's last big
popular song-The Honeysuckle and
the Bee-but now You Made Me Love
You has caught attention in a degree
even more extraordinary. Every pam
tomime has it, Just as every music
hall in England, Ireland, Scotland, and
| Wales has it.
Mr.. Bagby's last musical morning
for December was enjoyed last Sat
urday by an audience that filled the
ballroom Of the Waldorf Astoria, New
York. The artists were Miss Alma
Gluck, soprano: Nine. Teresa Carreno,
pianist, and Giovanni. Martinelli, ten
or OF the Metropolita opera. Nine.
Carreno played compositions from
Beethoven, List, Schubert and Mac
Dowell. Miss Gluck sang the famous
air Bel Raggio, from rSemiramide;
some English, French and German
songs. and with Mr.. Martinelli the
duo from the second act Of Rigoletto,
Mr.. Martinelli sang an aria from Pag-
liacci and some italian songs. Ar
thur Rosenstein was at the piano.
A celebrated music teacher says
every man has eight. notes in his
voice. It is to be hoped they don't all
fall due at the same time.
The conservatory of music Of Wah-
peton is to be incorporated and the
initial steps were taken al a public
meeting, of those Interested, which
was held the day before Christmas.
Pres. Z. 3. Smith, of the state science
school, with Messrs. Meyers, James
Fliegleman, and Mrs. Meckstroth
were made a committee to canvass
for the sale of stock. The conserva-
tory has enrolled about 1870 students
this year, and is now, including the
funds received from the Orotoriog soci-
ETY., more than self supporting. Ii
was the n OF the meeting that +Ile
conservatory is an invaluable asset
to Wahpeton and filing a long felt
want and every one expressed Al
eagerness to assist in its maintenance
by subscribing for stock.
The coming meeting Of the Candc
Musical club next week. will take the
form of musical calendar-members
of the club will sing or play on the
piano a selection suitable for thu
month the year. The programme