Omaha daily bee., 1914-05-31


u--[ phony of the season which Is
lM1Nf1l Just closing. IL would. per-
S haps be more polite to make
mention OF tho visiting artists before the
local ones. but inasmuch as the local
theme is presented first, we will follow Il
through before taking up the other. The
season practically began with Edith L.
Wagoner's piano recital at the Young
Women's Christian association auditorium.
October D. There have been numerous
local rectals this year. among those
heard being. Edith L. Wagner. Martin
Bush, Mrs. Mabelle Crawford welpton
Lena Ellsworth Dale, Vernon c. Bennett,
J. Z. Carmel, Cecil w. Bergman, Mr..
Max Landow Miss Mary Munchhoff, Mrs.
Louise zabriskie, Mr.. Louis Schnauber,
Miss Adah lSlopp. Miss Alice Davis,
Mr. and Mrs. T. ]. Kelly and Miss
Rees. Mr.. Henry Cox and Jean r.
Duffield also appeared as assisting
artists with out-of-town recitalists.
There have been number OF pupils re-
cltals of unusual merit, and these are con-
tinuiRg even into the warm days Of the
coming month, There have been in
innumerable concerts upon the programs
of which many we'll known local perform
ers have appeared, such as those given by
the Tuesday Musical club the Music De-
partment of the Omaha Woman's club,
the Musical club benefit concerts, etc.
The one great concert even of the sea-
son was the Mendelssohn Choir concerts
under Mr.. Kelly, in conjunction with
the Chicago symphony orchestra and
visiting soloists. Mr. Stanley and his
Festival choir have given sacred con-
Certs on Sunday afternoons during the
winter. Mr.. Henry Cox and the Omaha
Symphony study orchestra gave their an
nual concert Mr.. Carnal and a chorus
of thirty presented Haydn's Creation"
The Creighton Glee club appeared with
visiting soloists. Mr.. Tn. Rud Reese and
the German Choral societies have given
concerts, principally one with Marcus
d1ellerman, as guest. Mr. Helgren and
the Swedish Singing society, assisted by
the German societies, gave a concert re-
Gently, assisted by Emily Cleve and A,
Wehl. MIR. Potter and the Gibson Man
dolin orchestra. presented a program,
and a large number of concerts have been
given by church choirs, such as the I'm.
manuel Lutheran, for the benefit of their
respective churches. Such sacred festi-
walls as Thanksgiving, Christmas and
Easter have been celebrated by musical
Nservices at the churches, many of which
have been of high standard from a
musical point of view.
The organization Of the Clef club is
another important feature of the year.
The music department of the Woman's
club gave a program devoted to the works
of Omaha composers, in which the COM
Al
sented, and the Tuesday Musical enjoyed
the best local artists for their recltala.
Thus we see how the local theme re-
CURED often, scored in many different
ways. sometimes rising to climaxes of
excellence and awakening even the in
different or ignorant listener to a keener
sense OF admiration. Sometimes it has
not been so good, but these portions al
ways sound better piannissimo. and
counterbalance with the climaxes so as TO
strike very fair general average.
.
The visiting artist theme usually entered
after a. few preliminary notes by some
local impresario, especially Miss Hopper.
Among the visiting soloists may be men
toned Enrico Palmetto, Nine. Gadski.
Katherine Goodson, Franz Egenieff.
Melba, Kubelik, Edmund Burke, Lucille
Stevenson, Nine. Won Unschuld, Nine.
Ottilie Metzger, Dorothea North, Alma
Guck, Reinald Werrenrath. Mischa FL
man. Barbara Waite, Marcus Kellerman
<nd Miss Myrtle Moses. The Flonzaley
Quartet returned for another of their
chamber music concerts, and the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra, Fred Stock, con-
ductor, gave three concerts with the
Mendelssohn Choir, and brought as solo
lists Miss lnez Barbour, Miss Margaret
Keyes. Mr.. Lambert Murphy, Mr.. Henri
Scott, Mr.. Harry Weisbach and Mr.
Bruno Steindl The Minneapolis Sym
phony Orchestra, Emil Oberhoffer, con-
ductor. at its single concert gave us the
opportunity of hearing Leonora Allen,
\ \Richare Czerwonky and Theodore Har-
lrison, as soloists. Omaha's two opera
experiences were unfortunate this year,
the lack OF harmony in connection with
the Canadian opera theme making it iui-
possible to come to a cadence and the
Chicago company coming to a peculiar
resolution in a major key-minus the
tonic-hr. affording us the chance to
hear Signor Campanini and to listen 10
the art of Hector Dufranne, Alice Zepilli
and other celebrated singers in the east.
Leonard Liebling, the editor of the
Musical Courier, passed through the
years symphony just as a short, uneX-
pected solo sometimes happens in an
unusual instrument, principally notable
for the cadenza upon certain local
themes. ...
Upon the whole the music Of the year
has been Of high quality, the visiting ar
lists well worth the hearing, many OF
them ranking in the forefront of their
special line of expression.
The attendance at concerts as a gem
= eral rule has been larger than in former
years, and whether large or small. there
has been much more enthusiasm mani
tested, and usually with better judgment
than ever before. One OF the most sig
nifieiant facts Of the year has been the
general rise in musical appreciation.
After tho recapitulation always comes