Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-23

been that every house is sold out
long before the concert. and last
season the adults were requested to
stay away; this brought about re-
quests for series OF Young Peoples
Concerts for Grownups.
Mr.. Kelly, has also lectured every
fortnight for the very important
Woman's City club. one Of Cincin-
natis greatest organizations on the
subject OF symphonic Music Pro-
grams," and this year the club has
asked Mr.. Kelly to give q course
and choose his own subjects. These
lectures have been regularly at
tended by the most prominent
women In Cincinnati. Mrs. Fenton
Lawson Is the president Of the club.
Mr.. Kelly has also written the
program notes" for the symphony
concerts.
Anyone who has heard Mr.. and
Mrs. Kelly's artistic recitals can have
no doubt Of the formers power Of
interpretation, as that Is one Of his
very strongest points. His interpre-
tations have always been noted by
critics, and as he Is a constant stu
dent Of languages he has contributed
many valuable translations Of for
eign texts to composers, Fellow
artists and magazines.
It is safe to say that never have
a couple of musicians come to Gin
cinnati to take up their abode who
have made SO large a circle of ad-
miring friends or who have received
such tributes from the press and
public. Their song recitals and lee
ture recitals have been much in de-
mand.
Bertha Baur. the directress of the
famous Cincinnati Conservatory OF
Music, spoke to the writer recently
of the work of Mr.. and Mrs. Kelly
as teachers Of singing in her great
institution in the highest terms OF
praise and satisfaction.
A later issue OF the same magazine
speaks of the work Mr.. and Mrs.
Kelly did during July while summer
ing at the Harbor Beach club on
Lake Huron. Every day they spent
working on material for lecture re-
citals, in which manv prominent
musical educators in the east are
interested. During the summer Mr..
and Mrs, Kelly were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Ford on their love-
ly ocean-going yacht "Sialia," and in
difference to Mr.. Ford's ancestry,
gave an informal program of gen.
time Irish folk-song on board.
1t was scholarly and we'll
planned lecture which Professor
Jacob Singer of the chair of musi-
cal history at the University of Ne
braska presented before the Fort
night Musical club and its friends
at the Burgess-Nash auditorium
Tuesday afternoon. Professor
Singer spoke on the Development
Of American Music" He opened
the lecture with a resume of the
history Of music itself, touching
briefly upon the work Of the early
Dutch masters, and the shifting OF
the. center of musical activity from
there to Italy, and then onward and
its general spread to the present day.
Professor Singer says that the
future Of music in America is excep-,
tionally bright, for many of the big
gest personalities in the field OF
music Of the present day are coming
to our shores, not only to fill their
purses, but to gain the musical up
lift that is to be found in life in
this country. Professor Singer dis.
cussed music by centuries. Speaking
upon American music he spoke OF
many of the earlier composers like
Lowell Mason and others who won
recognition from their contempor-
aries.
Speaking of MacDowelf, Professor
Singer said that his was command
ing position in the historoy OF
American music. He followed many
European standards, but he had a
note of individuality which cx-
pressed the influence Of America
through it. He also reflected his
Scotch ancestry in his work. One
Of the first to use Indian melodies
was Arthur Farwell, and these have