Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-08
.AlSON TO BRING
MUCH WONDERFUL
MUSIC TG CITY
Varied Programs Arranged
For Winter to Please
Every Good Taste
BY JOHN w. PHILLIPS.


There is one other good thing thac
cur friend Hoover can do in addition
10 his many splendid achievements
and that is to urge the men of the
nation to hear more music. 1t is
D.. .lamentablc fact that men take
small part in our musical life. There
are two reasons given for this: one
IL, lack of time: and the other.
vague and curious notion that all art
is feminine. We have come TO sup
nose that all heroic men can only be
found among soldiers or statesmen.
and occasionally captain OF in
dustry.
Michael Angelo produced the Sis
tine frescoes when lie was more than
sixty years old-thc physical labors
alone of this work would Kill an or
dinary man. Beethoven wrote his
greatest and most virle music when
lie was deaf. poverty stricken, lonely
and i'll. J. :. Bach, his genius un-
recognized. with a large family and
very, very little income, wrote music
true. wholesome and lasting because
of it's spiritual loftiness and pro-
foundness of thought. Franz Scilu-
Lort, the worlds greatest song writ
or, struggled against poverty and i'll
moss and died practically pauper
at the age of thirty-one because the
world did not recognize his genius.
These men will! match up with the
heroic of statecraft. business or war;
and are as worthy of recognition and
homage. Putting aside a little time
to hear good music will bring rich
reward to the tired businessman, and
his presence will be big stimulus to
others to support god music. Harris
burg has n splendid musical season
ahead OF it-recital. concert, oratorio
and opera are all listed for this city
Wrong Attitude
Here are two things to observe.
The occasional concertgoer, not al
ways familiar with the rising of new
stars in the musical armament, VIII
pass up a concert because the artist
is not known to him or has not
achieved world fame. This is a
wrong attitude. 1t has been impos-
sible to attain world fame in the
last three years because of the fracas
William the Last of Germany started.
Many great artists have arrived in
the last two or three years, and
should by all means be heard. The
other point is: some people have been
small enough to object to anything
German. This is also a wrong atti-
tude. The music of Germany is just
as beautiful to-day as it ever was.
and cannot be severed from the
worlds best art 1t may comfort
these objectors TO know that none or
the great German composers were
born in Prussia; and it is we'll
known fact that the Germany of to-
day is not the land .of Beethoven,
Schumann and Schubert.
1t will be found that this seasons
of American creations. These should
be encouraged. The American COM
poser has had a hard time of it,
competing against the best genius
of Europe. both present and past
The Keystone Course
Fred c. Hand, our genial local inn
presario. has prepared with great
care and good taste a splendid and
varied list of musical events for our
city. In the first place, he has ful-
filled his promise regarding Nine.
Schumann- Heink, whose recital was
cancelled last season because of
serious accident.
The regular course for 19l7-1S
will open on Saturday afternoon. No
vember "a, in Chestnut Street Audi
torium, with the New York SYM
phony Orchestra. Walter Damrosch
conductor. and Ethel Leginska solo
1SI, Ine lHItt hhllONiS
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torium: Reinald Werrenrath, BARI
tone. and Wynne Pyle, pianist, March
IL. Orpheum Theatcr; Nina Gluck'
April ., Auditorium. An extra con-
cert is promised also. namely, Efrain
Ximbalist, violinist. and Mary Warfet'
lGrpst, January :. Orpheum Theater.
For two seasons Harrisburg mas
failed to give proper support ana
recognition to the san Carlo Opera
Company. Many people are OF the
opinion that there exists only one
real opera company and that it lives
in New York. Get posted, gentle
reader. get posted. The San Carlo
Opera Company recently finished a
three weeks stay in New York city.
They only intended to fill Two
weeks engagement. The opening
opera was Aida. We read that the
police had to he called to disperse
some three thousand people VINO
could not get near the box office.
and better still. the New York critics
are unanimous and enthusiastic IN
their praise of this fine organization.
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