Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-11
Gossip
About Music
and Musicians
nr HENRIrTTA NJ. REEs.

Of qualities one could find in
- music. There are compost
lions OF merry OF mournful
49, qualities, OF ancient or mod
ern characteristics or qualities, some
which have national qualities in their
barmonies and melodies.
They may also have good and bad,
qualities. but one may rest assured that
II they have many bad qualities no one
win ever say that that music has quail
fly. for when music has bad qualities It
has no quality. Upon the other hand,
ono might say that certain music Is OF
the best quality, which expresses the de-
gree OF excellence.
ThcAEame way with the work OF must
cal people. Singers and instrumentaiists
may share in a variety Of meanings of
the word. They may have good and bad
qualities in their work. II is q pretty
good scheme occasionally to hunt out and
enumerate the qualities TO be found in
ones own work. and then work on the
bad ones until the quality is raised TO
such an extent that finally your work
has quality only Of the finest DO you
know what quality work holds7
. N.lyrt
Singers may have certain natural
quality. OF the voice. some have SOM
Der quality. others 4 bright quality.
some a natelIke quality. while others
have more Of string quality. There Is
certain characteristic quality about the
tone Of each instrument. In the case of
the piano, or violin. there is also a GER
tain quality ABOUT the tone of each
player. The characteristics tone quality
OF an instrument or voice 10 often called
the tinabre.
Assstudents advance IN their technic
the quality OF their tone advances, as
they advance IN their art their quality
OF Interpretation advances. and they find
that under certain conditions they can
impart certain qualities to their tone
which are known as tone colors
This Il especially true OF the human
voice. which in a gay song may have
quite different quality from that in a.
sad one. or which has even another
quality in a dramatic number A good
example OF thin variety Of tone color was
70 be found IN Madame cadski's recital
last Tuesday. In the sohubert-IAsst
Fri King" there were three distinct
qualities Of tone In the ono song. and
yet all three were OF different quality
from that which she used in the .'Hark
Hark. the Lark" or IN the lullaby by
oiiraonr
In concerted music there are great OBJ
portunities for different effects OF quail
ity. In the singing Of the Mandeissonn
choir for example, At times the conduc-
tor will obtain an effect which will re-
semble the tones OF a great organ, at
other times II VIII remind one more OF
tho quality OF the strong choir OF an or
ohestFa Vice versa. In the work OF an
orchestra an occasional instrument viii
sting out In such way that Il will sound
almost Ike a voice sihgins.
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Were 4 not for certain nnusicianiy quail
ties, persistence. and a quality OF being
abba 10 i1npart the idea upon tho part Of
the conductor IN either case. Tho quality
Of faithfulnesB and patience on part OF
tbs individual members OF any ensemhae
society which does worthy work. these
different qualities Of the music could not
be brought out. Just as the quality IN q
piiee Of goods is 70 DO found IN The
minute threads which so to make Sc up,
20 IN music the quality depends upon the
many seemingly ihslgnifieanf details
which afe really ils warp ana woof and
which through their quality give 1t fin
IN IN due proportion.
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Last Monday evening attended a re-
hearsai Of thu Mendolasohn choir ara had
the pleasure Of Hearing Bonae o. this
numbers which they viii sing ct the
forthcoming concerts They were rehears.
ing Emer's Lament" when entered
and q they do as well at the concerts II
VIII certsiniy be an cxqulsite piece OF ar
tistic choral singing.
a rehearsal Is very much different from
ooncegt. but none the less interesting,
any any one who idly imagines that
all they do Is just to sing over and ovel
the selections one after another 10 very
much mistaken. They DO keep going ovel
and over them, but not In quite that way
Mr.. Kelly conduota with the utmost cara
and the least effect which Is. not cleh,
or in proper balance one part with
another. OF any other defect IN manner Of
kind. Immediately causes halt. tn.
fault is explained, the part tried alone
cifficnlues are smoothed away and TN
trough places made piain." before thel
50 on sometiznes only a portion OF
composition u taken up AZ the rehearsa
and the time spent upon certain trouble