Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-14

OF the critics VINO, ever hopeful, faithfully
30 TO concerts given BY people unknown,
always on the lookout for what is good,
and for new artists who are able TO make
good upon the concert platform. He said
IN part:
what they all too often discover is
another misguided young woman or man
who has about the same degree Of talent
for music an some ninety OF a hundred
persons IN the audience have and who
very often cannot play q piano as well
~ pupils in the advanced classes of local
conservatories or sing as well as some
accomplished amateurs. In a single sea-
son music critic may hear something
like ninety concert singers and sixty
pianists. and setting aside the established
starr the remainder viii not furnish more
than two or three aspirnnts Of whom II
can confidently be said that they will be
heard In public three years hence. Most
Of them fade away into silence and bitter
disappointment. Hundreds toll through
the dull years as the profitiess business
OF teaching others what they could not
do themselves.
Whence come all these strange appari-
tions OF the local concert stage7. Why
do they conner Who tells them the cruel
falsehood that they have the gifts and
the accomplishments necessary TO sue
cess Ia a profession which has only
top and bottom and no middle7 In
music there Is no place for mediocrity.
You are success or a failure. That is
the end OF It. You need not perhaps be
Paderewski. Bauer. Hofmann. sembrich
or Kreisler but you must DO TT to walk
just behind their shoulders"
Part OF which goes TO show that II is
not enough just TO be good In a musical
way. In our haste In music study we are
too prone to say II is good enough and
leave the composition we are studying
when II Is not nearly the best that we
can do. II students would get the best
habit In their earliest studies they would
progress 30 much more rapidly lator. And
II. instead of asking themselves II their
work is the best they can do. they would
ask instead II II Ia the best that Il can
possibly be done. they may meet more
rocks in the early part of the game. more
discouragements and seemingly insur-
mountable obstacles. but II they overcome
them and always stand for the best there
is. they will have smoother sailing In the
later stages.
II this kind Of work IL done under the
guidance OF good teacher and built
upon genuine musical talent. which
Its utmost through years Of patient
diligence, then and then only will there
be 60 cause for complaint among the
sevcrest o. critics. But It requires be-
sides musical talent. and careful teach
ing TN indomitabie spirit
Those among music lovers who are ln-
terested IN the highest class of sacred
music will find their way this afternoon
at o'clock to the sacred service at All
Saints church when the choir OF All
Saints church. J. H. simms, director,
and the choir Of the ST. Mary's Avenue
Congregational church. Thomas J.,
Kelly, director. will unite 10 give such
a service as might be heard n one should
drop into Westminster Abbey or other
large English cathedral on a Sunday
afternoon. The program viii include
among the numbers The Adagio" from
the sixth Organ Symphony by wldor.
Psalm $50. Humphriesi Magnificat and
Nunc Dlmitt's In n fiat. Standard, and
the motet FOR soprano solo and chorus
Hear My Prayer by Mendelssohn, In
which Mrs Kelly will sing the solo
part Other numbers by Sullivan, Barnby,
Smart and Loret viii also be given. The
organ work win be shared by Mr.. simms
and Martin w. Bush.
Following IL the program OF Harold
Bauer. pianist. who win be heard In
recital Tuesday evening, November is.
At Boyd's theater under tho auspices Of
the Tuesday Morning Musical club. Mr..
Bauer is one OF the most celebrated
pianists OF the present day. and one who
has been received with favor In all oi
the big cities OF the world:
Shopin=sonata in flat minor. Grave
Allegro. Hcherso. Funeral March Finale.
schun1ann Fantaisiestucke. Des
Aoend. AufschwurE. Warum. CriIien.
rs,as e eer ro,s ga9hss s,s Feoel. rra1meswirrsR.
Mozart-Adante Favorf.
observation-disclosures In r minor.
Debussy-Ia soirce dams Grenada
schubert March In c minor.
Gluck- -Brahms--0av
Wagner-Ride OF the valkyrfes.
An interesting announcement of tn,
week is that the executive board Of th,
Tuesday Morning Musical club has &C.
cepted for the CLUB the offer OF an affili,
atsd membership in the Musicians club
Of New York. located at g West Forty
fifth street This entities members 20 In,
u41 OF the ciuo rooms ourtng q stay n
New York City. The cafe is very
sood and during the season there are nu
merous receptions and concerts. In ordsl
to receive the privileges OF the eiul
members must present their membeFshiI
cards In the Tuesday Morning Musica
club.
''Folk-sonE OF Nebraska and the Middl,
West" a syllabus. by Louise Pound. Pm
D.. associate professor OF the Englibi
language. University OF Nebraska. hal
recently been received. This - from 70
ports given before the annual meeting o.
the Academy OF Sciences. More than ter
years ago at the suggestion Of Prof II
n. Belden OF the University Folk-LoF,
society. Miss Pound began the collection
OF Nebraska folksonss as = contributor
70 the literary history Of Nebraska Thi
is a syllabus only. giving with brief com
ment the first stannas. or most familial
lines. Of the songs sung BY the people o
Nebraska. being classed a. folk sonl
through passing BY word % moutl
from singer 10 hearer and thus per
petuAtsd. The ultimate aim Il 60 publisl
a eompicte edition with words snd music
The collection is interesting as = side
unhf uuon eha F,auesaaI taataa of fha aarl,