Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-05-04
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neapolis has" he said, SIS its fine
orchestra. Toronto, too, was ad.
vcrtised as widely by its wonderful
choir as it ever has been by any
other asset AS soon as possible
now that war is over this choir will
continue its musical work. Omaha
had fine choir and it might have
made it a distinctive feature for
Omaha known all over the country
if the business interests had backed
Mr.. Kelly at the time he conducted
the Mendelssohn choir. One city
does not necessarily have to have
just the same kind of individual mu-
steal excellence which another city
has. One may have one thing, an
other a different one, but each pros
porous western city should have
some distinct musical enterprise
known as its own, and then when
sure that it is good and worthy
one. back it to the limit.
If the Boston orchestra plays in
Omaha it does not advertise Oma-
ha. it advertises Boston. When the
Minneapolis orchestra plays in
Omaha it advertises Minneapolis.
1t does not advertise Omaha. And
not only Omaha. but other cities of
similar size and prosperity would
find some fine musical feature a val
liable civic feature"
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Minneapolis may we'll be proud of
its symphony orchestra, for in the
years in which the business inter-
ests of that city have stood behind
Mr.. Emil Oberhoffer, the director,
the orchestra has grown constantly
until it has achieved for itself an
honored place among the big SYM
phony orchestras of the country.
Mr.. Henry G. Cox displays a great
deal of public spirit in undertaking
the project of presenting this or
chestra in Omaha for two concerts,
Friday afternoon and evening, May
%. These will be the only two
orchestral concerts given in Omaha
this season, and lovers of orchestra
music may we'll look forward to
them with great pleasure. A group
of enthusiastic music lovers met at
the Fontenelle Friday with Mr.. Cox.
to discuss plans, among them Mrs.
A. D. Dunn. Mrs. R. B. Howell,
Miss Juliet McCune, Mrs. William
Baxter, Mrs. w. E. Shafer, Mrs. c.
w. Axtell, Mrs. Sam Caldwell. Miss
Dorothy Morton, Mrs. Lucien
Stephens and Mr.. Beverage.
Mr.. Cox is planning for co-opera-
ton with the schools through Mr..
Beverage. Miss Belle Ryan, and
Miss Juliet McCune. who is super
visor of music in the Omaha
schools. Much interest was shown
and the Friday afternoon concert is
planned as an especial popular edu-
cational concert for the teachers and
pupils of the Omaha public schools,
held at the Municipal Auditorium.
The plan is to admit in addition to
students and teachers. only parents
accompanying children of school
age, or those wishing to play parent
that afternoon. This is probably
the first orchestral concert given in
Omaha especially for children. GER
tainly the first for many years.
Isn't it strange how people will
bunco themselves when it comes to
music. If a merchant sells good
hardware at a reasonable price,
people will go and buy from him,
even though he may have d most
impossible personality. They may
not like him. but they do like his
goods and they feel that they are
getting value received. On the 9TH
er hand. the more suave hardware
merchant who comes to town and
opens up with a great flourish and
sells poor stuff for more money
does not last very long. in a bust
ness way, no matter how winning
his personality. People will smile
back and say: Personally, l IKE
YOU, but | have been there once"
But in the case of music, if the first
class musician may have some mega
tive personal manner, or may not
tickle the vanity as much as people
think he should, these same people
will turn to some third or fourth
class musician who is a good talk
err. and let him sell them musical
gold bricks not only once. but right
along. as long as they like him per-
sonally. Yet person should look
to getting value received in music,
as we'll as in merchandise. Music
should be more a commercial trans
action than when professionally EN-
ployed, than a social diversion Per-
sonality counts in all things. but
it should not be allowed to inter
fere in artistic lines when it comes
to a sense of values any more than
it does in lines of commerce.
A letter a short time ago from
Mrs. William Archibald Smith
from San Diego, speaks enthusiast
tically of an organ >recital which
she heard in Balboa Park. San
Diego, played by DR.. Humphrey J.
Stewart She says in part, How
l wish some puDlic-SplriteQ cltlzen,
or the city. would install a pipe or
gan in the Auditorium in Omaha,
where the people might go and hear
good music, free
Musical Notes.
Mrs. Louise Shadduck Zabriskie
will give another of her interesting
series Of organ recitals on Sunday
afternoon, May 4, at the First Pres
byterian church. at o'clock. Mrs.
Zabriskie will be assisted by Mrs.
Louise Jansen Wylie, soprano, and
the quartet of the church. Mrs.
Louise Jansen Wylie, soprano: Mrs.
Verne Miller, contralto; Mr.. George
Johnston. tenor. and Mr.. A. L.
Hobbs. bass. Mrs. Zabriskie will
play the Borowski Sonata in A
n, inor on Indian niiDoh or nv Thur