Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-05

many nlghts-one OF them the great
Galli-Curci-and the horizon is
much brighter for the coming
months.
Madame Amelia CALI Curci will
appear in recital at the Auditorium
next Friday evening as the first
number of the all-star concert
course.
Singing in Italian, Spanish,
French and English, she is one of
the few exceptions in the ranks of
operate artists who are quite as
much at home on the concert as
the operate stage.
She sing. with simplicity which
gives it beauty others who have
attempted the same numbers have
never attained. Add to this vocal
gilt of hers that hard to define char
acteristic, an impressive personality
and Nine. Galli-Curci stands out as
one of the greatest singers ever
heard. This is great good news in
deed to the musical circles of
Omaha. Nine. Galli-Curci was the
sensation of the season when she
appeared here in her first season
under the auspices of the Tuesday
Musical club. Many Omahans have
been looking forward to her ap-
pearance for long time, and bar
ring any unforeseen complication
this anticipation will be gratihed
next Friday evening. Seats for the
number will be on sale Monday
morning at the Auditorium.
The third concert of the series
given by local musicians under the
auspices of the music department
of the Omaha Woman's club, will
take place Thursday evening, Jam
uary 9, at the Y. w. c. A. auditor
ium, when Martin w. Bush, pianist,
Mrs, A. I. Root and Miss Emily
Cleve, violinist, will take part. All
three are thorough Omahans, who
started their musical studies in this
city many years ago, and who have
kept them up and developed their
musical talent to such degree that
each in his particular branch has
established a firm and substantial
footing. What they have succeeded
in doing is possible to others. The
following program will be presented:
Harmonies du soir. ................L List.
Allegro de Concert. ............. CHOPIN
Mr.. Bush.
Ave Maria .......... Schubert ilhelmj
Spanish Serenade go. .Chaminade Kreisler
Berceuse ............. Macmillan Pilzer
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso..
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Salnt-Saens.
Miss Cleve.
Plaisir d'amour ....... Giovanni Martini.
Dune Prison. ........... .Reynaldo Hahn.
Tambourin du VIII steele ...............
Mrs. Alanson !. Root.
Paraphrase on themes from the
Opera Eugene onegulne"
................ Tschaikowsky- Pabst
Mr.. Bush
Romance Observation-Disclosures. d Ambrosio
lie Rondo des Lutins Dance OF the
Gnomes) ...........' .'..... .bazzini
Miss Cleve.
At Parting Neutrality-suspicious. H. Rogers.
Countess in thy Dancing. Castor Lemaire
Montone ................Pe Peter Cornelius
Invocation to Eros. Jean Paul Kursteiner
Mrs. Root.
Accompanies: Miss Eleanor Reitz. Miss
Marguerite Liljenstolpe.
On Thursday evening, January l6,
at 8:ls O'Clock, Marie Mikova, pian-
ist, and Warren Proctor. tenor, will
appear in joint recital at the Bran
deis theater under the auspices of
the Tuesday Musical club,
Last Saturday night, December
%. Miss Mikova had the honor OF
being one of the soloists at re-
cital of American composers given
by the Women's Philharmonic So
ciety at Carnegie hall, New York
city. The names of the composers
appearing on this interesting pro-
gram included Mcdowell, Kipton
and others.
Classes in Boston had been ar
ranged for Miss Mikora this winter.
but owing to the "flu" they were
temper AMY poStPoieu'
Miss Mikova makes her home in
New York, where she is engaged IN
teaching the piano and. in concert
work. Mr.. Proctor is member of
the Chicago Opera company and re-
Gently made his first appearance
with the company in an important
role in Rossini's william Tell" He
highly pleased the Chicago critics
and when he gave a recital a few
days later they went into raptures
over his singing Of ballads. They
pronounce his voice lyric tenor OF
beautiful quality. Martin w. Bush
of Omaha will be Mr.. Proctor's ac-
companist. Public sale of seats on
Monday, January IS.
The late Sir Hubert Parry has
left the evidence of brilliant in
tellect in many places. A recent
of his life and works
contains this from his hand on the
subject of folk music:
Folk-tunes are the first essays
made by man in distributing his
notes so as to express his feelings
in terms of design. Highly SEN
sitive races express themselves with
high degrees Of emotional force and
variety of form; placid races show
perfect content in simple design
with little meaning races of mod
crate intelligence, who have con-
siderable skill in manipulation and
love of effect. introduce much orna-
serious and strong races,