Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-04
By HENRIETTA N. REES.

ucNcIOpIllcHt \eACcpl composing, tne |
greatest of them ally, let him try it
without any. Or if the debater thinks
mental activity does not count, let
him also try it. The virtuoso must
keep in the athletic training OF his
line as vigorously as the best foot
ball player or pugilist.
But if | had been the very finest
musician in the whole university,
could not have won an IN" One
must make team, and universities
do not pick out and recognize team
Of the best in art. Why not? A
team OF the best musicians in school |
would certainly be worth while. |
Certain students, according to tenn
perament and preliminary training, !
dould have m opportunity to try for
it, the same as certain others do for |
the athletic teams And what
recognition is so distinctly typical
of university as the right and |
honor to wear some form of the |
college letter?
& The Tuesday Musicial club will
present Erika Morini, violinist, in re-
cital at the Brandeis theater on
Thursday evening, December s, at
Sis o'clock. Erika Morini has made
"a sensation lii both her New York
and Chicago appearances, and her
recital here Thursday evening prom
ises much in the way of musical
treat. Press and public have given
her unstinted laudation, and conser-
yative critics have waxed enthusias-
tic wholeheartedly. Mrs. Stephens,
who handles the publicity of the
Tuesday Musical club, assures us
that the program is almost identi-
cal with the one given in New York
City. The program for Thursday
evening follows:
i. Concerto. minor. ..... Saint -saens
Allegro non Troppo. o...................
Andantino Quasi AIlegretto.. ........
Motto Moderate 9 Maestoso.. o............
?. Ga, Andante Religiso.. Francis Thome
@, nalss in A major. Brahms .,.
tcf Rondo ..,.....N............ Mozart
), ta) Hindoo Chant. t..,................
...... .Rimsky Korsakow-Kreisler
20, 90 vanzone..a Wa11o w;srso GoGaId msH
l. Two Spanish Dances (Nos. and 81
.................... Sarasate
Emanuel Ballban At the piano.
In one Of the books Of the univer-
sity course of music study, Rudolf
CAM makes some pertinent and
ironic remarks about the composer
and his part in the great general
scheme:
The evidence OF the neglect of the
composer lies in the fact that great
part Of the. so-called musical profess
sion, the public and the, pcople-at-
large have no clear idea Of differen-
tiation between creative and re-
creative musicians. Thei composer
is that obscure being the name Of
whom you find on the programs, but
of whom you are not supposed to
know anything. and in whose fate
you are totally uninterested He is
usually supposed to be dead. He
mostly is; but what would the armies
OF artists and would-be artists, the
millions of music-lovers, do without
hin1s Music as made by the COM
poser is a sister to literature, sculp-
ture and the sbeaux-arts in their diff
ferent branches.
"The composer is a brother to the
painter, the poet, the sculptor, the
etcher. The 'reproducers, pianists,
singers, violinists, organists, con-
ductors, banjo-players. and the like
are not in his class. They may be
wonderful, great, successful, rich,
clever-but they are not in his class
Just so. the actors will not sit with
the dramatic authors on the last day
of judgment. And yet teachers and
students are not interested in the
neglected composer, both old, and
young-he has to die to be appre-
ciated."
The news OF the death of Chris
tine Nilsson brings to the mind of
many of the Older generation, the
days when this soprano was among
the greatest OF her time.
The daughter Of small farmer
in the district OF Wederslof, Swe-
den, she showed great aptitude for
music at an early age. and was for
tunate in having friends who inter-
ested themselves in her career.
She was noted in the roles OF
'Violetta," in La Traviata. Mar
garet" in Faust" "Ophelia' in
Ambrose Thomas Hamlet and
numerous other roles which are fo.-
gotten today. She sang at the Swe-
dish court carly in her career. and
aiterward made her debut at the