El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-03-01
SUNDAY FILLED WITH MELODIES;
BuTzFEATLJRES IN ORCHESTRA

waste OF time. the ceIIist says. Ard
the day comes when one gets too olo-
There is Paderewski," he said,
whose finger muscles have weak
ened, uniting him for execution.
he must turn to composing He was
declining 10 years ago The same is
true OF viOlinistS- This IS partly due
60 the great work artists do when
they are young kubelik practiced
eight hours a day, except the day his
baby was born Then he only prac-
ticed four
Although America ha the wrong
system Of instruction she has the
greatest musical organizations in the
world There int an opera house in
the world like the Metropolitan in
New York and there IS no orchestra
greater than the Boston symphony
German Composers Great.
Ar. Blitz was asked what ne
thought about German music he
said IL Would live and ought 70 live
You cant do without Bach and
Beethoven in music any more than
YOU can do without Shakspere and
Tennyson in literature" he said But
you can get rid OF a lot Of German
conductors We VIII be better OF
without them. Germans seem TO have
had a monopoly on oonductcrshipS-
But German composition, all that 5
different German musicians Of
great genius are rare Holman is
their best pianist You can't name
four great German yiolinists or four
great German pianists- But you can
name any number OF great COM
posers.
The san Antonio conductor says an
orchestra here has a difficult task
The main criticism he has for the
FL Paso orchestra IS that II tries 10
play too many numbers, making the
program too long Both the Mendel-
ssohn symphony number 4 and the
Marche Slave played Sunday were
enormous numbers he said Then
there should be a seven minute in
PERMISSION, he thinks, 50 people can
talk
Mr.. Blitz is a Belgian His father
Dr. Eduard Blitz was a classmate in
Client, Belgium with Maurice MaeJer-
linck-
Praise sunday Concerts.
The four OF the seasons symphony
orchestra concerts given Sunday az
ternoon in Liberty hall was charac-
terized by critics as the best Of the
series 20 date II was particularly
in is efforts. there were
four star numbers, including Mr.
Blitz' cello concerto. which however
cid not include his encore
The three other numbers were
1Iendelssohn's symphony number in
A major, the Marche Slave by
Tschaizowsky and the Atonement Of
Pan by Hadley- The only objection
to these numbers was that they were
so enormous and the program was so
well filled that sufficient time was
not given to work them out with the
proper elaboration
Alr. Blitz in his cello work was
easily the star feature Of the engage
ment- due largely 70 the fact that he
is one of the best celIists in the
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comes from another city. Distance
lends some euchantmenL Mr. Blirz.
however. is not without honor in his
Own city.
P J. Gustat, director was at his
best Sunday afternoon The earnest
ness Of all Of his Interpretations and
me asslduousness with which he
all details. and the lack Of
anything that limited a desire TO
-randstand won for him constant ap-
1lause- His mastery Of conductor (
ship was especially noticeable in the 1
tone poem by Hadley-
The audience was more sizeahle 7
han formerly at symphony concerts E
lere.
The League OF Women Voters is
soldinE a recital this afternoon n f
he Khaki club. with Mrs o. A
-ritchett in charge as their share Of /.
.oQay music week program To- j
light the Rowing Marines viii per
.crm again in Liberty hail Prepare 4
IONS are virtually complete for the 4
concert Wednesday afternoon in .
Liberty hall The consolidated MILF I
-ary band VIII play preliminary 70 +.
The concert
soldiers Entertained.
The shutins are BY no means being
D neglected in the entertainments OF
music week. for numerous programs +
are being given for them One OF
these entertainments was given on
saturday afternoon at the Red Cross
House at Fort Bliss for the con- i
yalescenr soldiers Of the base hospi- ]
tai The program was given BY a /
group OF young people from the First
Methodist church and they were &C 4
compsnled to the post by Rev. Henry /.
van Nalkenburgh, pastor Of the
church.
one hundred and seventy-five con
Valesceut soldiers were present for I
The program Of songs given by Mrs. /
r. D. Con kline. Misses Nettie Bryan. B
Hazel Spence. Rebecca MunOz. Jean &
cite Van Valkenburgh, Glenore Fisk. !
Josephine Fisk. Nay James, and
Myrtle Knowles The songs they
sung included. Everybody Calls
D shea" Liberty Bells" Throw out /
the Life Line" Little by Little Tou
Are Breaking Ny Heart Rosary" I
Indy. Comm Thro the Rye" and j
Goodnight Ladies'"
Program For ConvaleSeentN.
Mrs T. D. Sampson, OF the Phyllis /
n heatley club, directed the program .
On Sunday afternoon at the Red Cross
Convaiescent House at Fort Bliss