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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1911)
n THE (WAIIA RUXIUY HKK: (KTOHEIt 22. 11 &MVSICS& Sings at the Boyd Tonight Mftw-? - r-M NE hundred yearn syj today " 1 there was bo:n. cs die stylti J I Is, "with a Pilvir Fiwon In niK mourn- an In out who ' to anm'.sh tiio wo.IJ of music In m.iny u its liuav'.-.v.: if..?. at whose Mrlli a brilliant comet burst forth In t.'ie sky; and ttheve anniversary Is being celt bratrrt th vciy day ull over the muslin! realm. The bjy'a name ss Krani l.lfzt. And let It not be furs Uen Hint I'runs I-lnit was the son uJ one of those Uo votod, faithful, pa. situate lovers of music, who can (like IUj fcii.ile-poM) Point the way .which t'ney cii:.ot them selves travel. Musle.il history U f ill of the deeds of Us great nun utid women, but little Ih ever s.i:d about V.te nr.kno.vu hei-oee, those friiiuis of fuiilif ::!h,h Uu were bunny, to tlnrw in th.. on... ., anotner. Adam Ut started the boy rlht. And the little town of Kaidinir loved nad ic speetud the futher and motlur of I-'ran;, a they In turn, lovfd and row-rod their religion, lievout Catholics as they were, little Frani e-ame-curly under the Influ ence of religion, mid was hlKhly suscep tible to the religious s-UKKfstion, whether In the ringing of the Anselun by the village bell, whoso iron voice sound. a like silver on the summer air of tho evening' sfty;- tr whether in the never-to-be-forgotten walk to church with tho family, through the darkness of a Christmas nigh, the gloom being dis pelled only by tho lantern which Adam I.lszt, th,e father, carried In front of hla little family procession, as It wended Its way to Christmas mass. As this wondcr-chlld grew older, an other Influence stirred him . deeply, . al most as deeply as the religious emo tion, and that, of course, was tho Gipsy, the real, live, genuine, original gipsy. When Liszt was at the half-century milestone of his earthly life, he v.ioie: Recollections of the gypsies are asso ciated with memories of my childhood and some of Its most vivid Impressions" . . . "Afterwards I became n wander ing virtuoso, as they are In our father land. They have pitched their tents in all the countries of Europe, and 1 have traversed the tangled mane, of roads and paths over which they have wandered. In the course of time, my experiences aome years, In a certain sense, being very similar to their historical destiny. Uke them, I was a stranger to the people of every country. ' Liko them, I pursued my Ideal In the continual reve lations of art, if not of nature." Still earlier he writes of a summer, part of which was anent viKitinr- k Kypsle. Usit say: "1 visited them in their outdoor kingdom, slept with them under the open heavens, played with tho children, made presents to the maidens, gossiped with their rulers and chiefs, listened at concerts given to gratuitous audiences, by a hearth-fire whose place chance determined." Now, It Is precisely this wonderful con trast of two natures, or if you prefer It, the strange duality of one nature, which makes the Work, and life of Franz Liszt, of most unusual interest. Jr Is this blending , of the gipsy and the saint, the orthodox and the heterodox, the irrever ent and the religious, the conventional and the anarchistic, tho gl'ps-y fire and the altar candle, the Hailelujuh and the Huzza, the wild dance and the solemn processional, the priest and the prodigal, the adored and petted darling of the world, and the solitary monastic It is this blending, we may say, that astonishes us and offers us one of the most absorbing of psychological enigma. It Is this duality, of tills anomaly, which makes Liszt and Ills muulo entirely unlq.ua. Thera Is nothing like it anywhere, and lrt all probability there never will be again.- ' . The comet which shone over the house of the father, and mother of Liszt was typical, even If not prophetic, as the su perstitious peasantry believed. It was this singular opposlteness of characteristic which led the brilllurit ilu. neker to observe that when Liszt was not kneeling before a crucifix, he was, before a woman! r n b No one but Huneker could write thus: "He dearly loves to blend piety and pas- ton In the most mystically-amorous fash- Ion and in this sonata (referring to the B minor) with the cantando espresslvo in D, begins some lovely music, secular in spirit, mayhuu Intended by its creator for pyx and rercUos. but the rustle of silken attire is in every bar: sensuous Imagery, faint perfume of . femininity lurks In each trill and cadence. Ah, naughty Abbe, have a caret After all thy chorales and tonsures, thy credos and sackcloth, wilt thou admit the Evil One In the guise of a melody, find In whose chromatic Intervals lie dimpled check and sunny tress: wilt thou, allow her to make uway with thy resolutions? Vade retro, fcsuthanas". ((Jet thee behind me, Satan.) (Mr.' Huneker facetiously remarks that lie wishes that Llsst had not manufac tured the rhapsodies and the Liszt pu pil!) $ From the very first appearances he was mothered with caiesnes und surfeited with appluu.se. lie was spoiled and spoiled and spoiled, ovtr end ov r again, and yet refused to be spoiled! From the manner In which he was courted and udored and loved, by all with whom he came in con tact, women n.akir.g looU of themselves with alarming' rejruiarlty. and waiting meekly one after the cilicr. until tin epoch of her precioe.'ssor was accom plished, it is more than a marvel how the man ever retained hla poise or main tained his senses In good running order. But he did. Instead of developing Into the most t-t-1- fish, self-centered man, bombastic and vanity-fed cgotUt, which you would cci talnly expect, he made his whole life cne of altruistic endeavour: he was a helper of men, a friend of the needy In musical circles, a father to those who needed paternalism: a guide to many who other wise would have been unled: a mo.-t un selfish, generous, loyal and devoted Friend, who looked for and used all op portunities of helping others. His letters, if which there are several volumes, art full of remarks about the compositions of other peiple but there Is very little about his own. In fact a search by tr.s present wrltr through these very letters for Information about Liszt's own work was almost fruitlesp, as regards the ob ject of search, but fruitful Indeed as re- Kuids.otlicr men and k- point if other mutters. As a child he wastilvtn the kiss of con secration by PceUioveii that high prlsst :-.t tl.e Art Alter. And h lived his life in taithful Oevotiun to his art and to his coiuccratlon. lie made possible, many say. the great V.'ugnerlan movement w hich ecelvcd Its forma! pi tseptalion to tho entire world through the temple at Layreuth. Jio almost at.iinert the ripe old line of 1o, a sins peacefully away on August 1. ISg. It is intereKtliiK and Instructive to note some of the remarks ir.nde by Liszt In Ms letters. Think of the n an who accotn pl.shoil ns much ua die did writing such a thought os this: "Will my i.e be for tv.r tu.utcd with tnis ialo uscle-rsnota whitii weighs upon Me? Villi the hour of deiotion and of manly action never cvmo? Am I cnn l"nir.e 1 Willi tespite to t'.iis trade of a Merry Au.lie.v and to amuse In drawing rooms?" Are you convinced"! hat you have only a few real frlendi) in this life and that Hiot. people are not sincere, then roau what Llst said In a letter to a friend of his: "I know that a great many of the people Mho approach mo with a smile on their lips, and protestations of friendship on their Ungues, have nothing better to do Uiun to pull me to pieces ax bust the. can, as toon as they are outside my door. It Is, moreover tho fate of all the world. I resisn myself to It willingly, as I do to all the absurd and odious necessities of this lower world. There Is, besides. Just this much good In these sad expe riences of various relations with men which Is. that one trains to reli.-di and appreciate better the devotion of the fow friends whom chance has thrown In your path." Now If you were a pupil of Liszt and he gavo .you some good adv ice when you were discouraged, you would like to tell It and so help someone else, would you not? . Very well. Here Is what he wrote to u woman who felt the discouragement which comes to ail serious students: "I am not going to set about pitying you much for the difficulties and contradic tions that your artistic seal encounters. The world is so formed that the practice of tho Good and the search for tho bet ter H not made agreeable to anyone; not In tho things of Art, which appear the most Inoffensive, any more than in other things. In order to deserve well, one muiit learn to endure well. Tho best specific for the prejudice, malice. Imbrog lios, and Injustices of others Is not to trouble oneself about them. .... Besides, how could we dare to lament over diffi culties that run counter to our good pleas ure? Have not tho worthiest and most Illustrious servants of Art had to suffer iar inoio than we"T Another crumb of philosophy picked up from the table of lranz Liszt Is to be found in the following sentence. "With out wishing to preach to you unseasona bly, let me assure you of my sincere sympathy In the disappointments you have so undeservedly to bear, and remind you also how things generally go badly In this world with the, 'better' and 'best' sort of men. One must not let oneself be 'embittered' by bitter experiences, and one must bear all sorts of mortification 'without , mortification." ".. (The word printed in quotations are italicised In the original.) And today we are celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of this most un usual master. A study of his life will be found very fascinating and absorbing. THOMAS J. KELLY. Musical Notes, The visit of the celebrated Mormon choir of Salt Lake City la creating much attention. - The famous big choir will sing in the Auditorium on Wednesday nigut of this week, it Is a long time since that orgamzaton was heard here. ami as It Is a large body It can move but slowly and seldom. Every one inter ested in choral music will be sure to lnar these singers. The following pro gram will be given: Chorus Worthy is the Lamb (Mes siah) Handel (ii) 'twilight ', Frotherua (b Dixie (arranged tor male voices by the conductor) Harp Boio Autumn John Thomas Mihs White. (a) Hosanna Stephens (Specially composed for and sung at thu dedication of tho great Salt Lake temnle.) (b) O my Father.. Favorite Mormon Hymn Aria Yes tl la guibba (fagllaccl) Leoncallo Mr. Hand. Finale from "Leath of Minnehaha" Coierldge-Taylor Soldiers' Chorus from "Faust". ..Gounod interval. Sextet from "Lucia".- Donizetti (Fifty solo voices and choir.) Ladies' Chorus Christmas Song Stephens Comerto lor violin Anuante and Finale Mendelssohn Mr. Weihe. Cod is Our Refuge Buck Ciiusy Sweetheart jnrom tne 'for tune-Teller" , Herbert Mr. Knsitcn and Choir. Irrlaated Herlon McClelland Sung by Miss Fvan, Mr. Graham and Choir. This concert will be given by the chosen touring choir of 200 voices under the conductor, Kvan utepnena, witn or ganist McClellan acting as accompanist. The following about the conductor will be found Interesting: Ho is naturally upon terms of friendship witn many no tables. A standing Invitation to Melba'a home in London, a scat always at the Metropolitan opera house, etc., when Nordlca sings, also a command to send her any songs he may write, are at the COMING FOR THE TUESDAY MUSI CAL CLUB. CUAULL3 WAKLFlliLD CALMAN. K f n . or FRANCES disposal of this retiring little Welshman who Is typically a pioneer westerner. As a boy he walked from the Missouri river to Salt Lake, a distance of over 1,000 miles, lit mastered music, includ ing harmony, counterpoint and composi tion, without the Aid of a teacher other than the study of standard works on the subjects. He has risen in lees than forty years from the position of chore boy m a farm to that of director and musician to whom the leading conductors of America cheerfully extend the hand of fellowship. Much of his composition has been upon subjects so local or Mormonistlc In char acter that ha had, as he puts It, but little troubled the publishers east, but they strike a chord of ' deep sympathy In the hearts of the people for whom they were written and are generally ac knowledged aa of superior quality by musicians, Hla tastes are of the simplest and In public ha Is self effacing. He has had under training over 30,000 voices. Mr. Max Landow will honor the Liszt memory by a remarkable program, of the most charaoterlstta things of the famous composer, which will be given at the First Baptist church on Thurs day evening, October 2tith. Following Is the program: Annees da Pslerinage Sursum cord a (Lift up Yoir Hearts) Harmonies poetloues et religleuses.. Pensee des Morts (De Profundis clamavl at tt Domlnc) Deuxlema Ballade Sonata (one movement) , Introduction: Lento asial - Thema: Allegro energlco (B-mlnor) Counter Thema: (D-maJor) Second Counter-Thema: Cantando espresslvo (D-maJor) Development: Allegro energlco a Recllativo. Andante sostenuto (F sharp major) Return of the Development; Al legro energlco (Fuga) Return of the Thema: (B-mnJor) Return 'of both Countcr-Thcmas: (B-major) Epilogue: Andante sostenuto Allegro mpderato Lento assal Etudes d'executlon transcendante Rlcordansa (Remembrance) Legends ... St. Francois D'Asalse: "La pre dication aux olseaux" Rhapsodies Hongrolas Rhapsodle No. 11 Miss Allca Fawcett desires to correct the strange Impression which has been created In soma quarters as to her being enaaced In teachlnK at Lincoln. Miss Fawcett Is teaching at the Boyd theater as heretofore, and so far iroin having moved, she Is busier than ever and re ports a most auspicious opening. The Omaha School of Music had lt opening last Thursday night. Mr. Free mantel and Mr. Eames are the directors. Mr. Eames will deliver a series Of lec tures during the season. Much favorable comment has been heard as to the serres of six concerts, which Miss Blanche Sorenson Is to man aae thla winter. Beginning with Evan Williams, the great Welsh tenor, who opens the series November 9, every artist Is so renowned that music lovers feel they cannot afford to miss on concert. hence they heve been very prompt In sending In their season subscriptions. Judging from the responses she lias re ceived. It Is safe to say that before November 2. tha day the subscribers re serve seats, every music lover who has ever been a subscriber to any concert Series will be enrolled or) her list and also many new names. Miss Sornson has received msny In quiries from out cf town musicians In regard to tha concerts and parties will e-oins from Lincoln. Fremont. Ulelr and Dunlap, la., to hear Evan Williams, the Knelsel Quartet and Maud Powell, whose reolta' ..; occur In November and December. January Is the date se lected for the appearance of Oervllle Reache, the great contralto, and Febru ary la De Pachuisnn will give a recital, while In March Charles Clark, baritone, will closa the series. Norden-Swedlsh Singing society an- nnunru a concert bv the Swedish-Ameri can Veical Trio & Company, Thursday', October its, at the X. VV. C. A. The com pany la made up of Miss May Corlne, whose remarkably high and flexible voice orttated a profound Impression In musical circles In the east. The other members of the trio proper are ails Judith Lind blom, a particularly attractive young art ist, said to h owner of a full, rich mezzo soprano voice, and Miss Helma Linda, a real contralto, who for a num ber of years lias been a member of the well known choir of the Dr. Parkhurst church and also of tha noted choir of Dr. William Carl of the First Presbyte rian church, New York City. They ore all three born In the city of New York, and of Swedish parentage, hence th name. The conipnny of the organization are Miss Laura K. Hoagland, art Ameri can pianist of much talent, and Miss Viola I'ddgen, from the city of 8toic holrn, Sweden, who adds zest to the pro gram with her Inimitable singing of chil dren's sonirs; most of these songs of childhood funcy and simplicity are new to tl.e public and have creatrd a renl furore, both among her own people and th Americans who have heard hr, Charles Wakefield Cadinsn, composer plsnlst, who Is to be arsisted by Paul Kennedy Harper, tenor. In gixing a lecture-recital Tuesday afternoon. November T. at the Y. W. C. A., under the auplcea"4 of th Tuesday Morning Mus.cai club. Evan Williams, th Welsh tenor, who Is to five the first recital st the First Methodist Episcopal ehurcli November I, I a favorite In Milwaukee. Th Mil waukee Sentinel savs of his last recital: "Mr. Williams' singing was, as ever, a de light. Thre Handel numbers. 'Where'er You Walk.' 'Total Kcilpiw and "Sound an Alarm,' were sung with a beautiful sustained legato. From a whispering piaulatlmo to thunderous forte, Mr. ' : f 111 HKYVITT. Williams' voire of great rsnge never loses Us beautiful lyrlo quality. Temper anient he possetses In abundance. He virtually lives his tortus anu mat what makes him the artist he Is." The next meeting of the musical de partment of the Women's club will take Place on October 'M nt 2:lj p. m. at toe 'Irst Congregation church In commemo ration of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Unit, Ociobvr 32, 1.111. when the following program will be ren dered: Biographical sketch of Liszt Mrs. A. 0. Homers. Hungarian Rhapsodio tNo. 2) Liszt Mrs. WaRonur. (a) O, Komm im Traum Liszt (b) Dance Song Conic and Trip It Handel-caruilchael Miss Ganson. Polonaise Brllliante Wloniawskl Miss McHrlde. Sonata In Q minor Muller (a) Allegro (b) Andante -. (cj Fugue Mr. Stanley. (a) Consolation (No. 4) Llsst (b) La caupanella Pugaulni-Llszt Mrs. wagoner. The Wanderer Greeting Mr. Gray. March from Ricnze Mr. Stanley. Program arranged by Mrs. ham. Schubert Lasseli .......Wagner W. IS. Blng- A song recital by Frederic C. Freeman tel will be given at the First Congrega tional church on Tuesday evening. Octo ber 24, at a.lb o clock, Mrs, FreemauUI at the piano. The program: FART I. (s) My Lovely Celia George Munroe (b) The Plusue of Love Dr. Aula (c Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal HiiKer Oullter (d) The Water Nymph. ...Orlando. Morgan (e) Three Comrades (by rciiei-;0 ..Hans Herrmaii (a) Traume YVagnti lb) HaldenrriKleln Ucethovcn-Hubs (c) Die Miilnacht r Hrahms (d) Heimlich Aufforderung Strauss PART 11. (a) Bergere Legere Weekerlln (b) J'al pleure en I eve George Hue (c) (Vest 1'Kxtase Claude Debussy (d) Romance ..Claude Debussy (e) I.ollta uuzz.-t'eccia (a) Four Sea Songs Campbell-Tipton After sunset Darkness The Crying of Water Requles (b) A Summer Day Nevin (c) Four-Leaf Clover Brownoll (d) How's My Boy? Homer A piano recital at the First Baptist church on I hursday evening, IMovembei 2, will be given by Cecil W. Berryman, who has recently returned from a year study under Wuger-iswayna of Paris. At a concert given at the Vltll academy, the Musical Courier under the heading. ' Stic cesstul Wager-Swaynu Pianists. ' has tins report: "Cecil W. Herryinan won itreai success at a recent concert of Hie stu dents' Atelier reunions. On the program several novelties will be Introduced, as "Children s corner, bv Debussy, and two arrest concert etude one by Moszkowsky and another by Paul de rchliier. He will be assisted by Miss ImvIhi Ormsby, soprano, who has been very suc cessful abroad as wmi as in the largest cities at home, and by Madame Dorglum, accompanist. A recital by Iena Ellsworth Dale, so prano and Mr. Vernon Bennett, organist will bo given on Tuesday wvenlng. Octobe 81, at Temple Israel, park avenue and Jackson street. Mrs. Louise Fhadduck-Zabrlskl. organ 1st of the First Christian church, Twenty-Blxtn and Hurney streets, wll give a recital at that chinch on Tuesday November 7. MW." Zabrlskl will play hi. Ann s t usrue. by I.ucli. and two move mauls of the first organ Sonata In minor, by Hornwskl, and n group of smaller compositions. tMie will be i slsted by Miss Margaret Diinim, sopruno. who has recently re-turned from four veers' study, In Germany. Her contribu Moris to tho prouram will Include, "Ave Maria. Trom Max unu k ' ( ross c Fire." Mrs. Zabrlnkle will also be hear In a vlol'n number with r-8n ncvirrf M ment by W. Smn-. All mui-lc lovers will be cordially welcome. It you have anything to exchange ad vertise It In The Omaha Dully Lee. How Many Women Keep Young "A woman may to old at It and young- at SO, rays Mrs. Margaret Holmes Bat53, prominent C'hlcngo eluli womon. "Years don't mutter. IMdn't Ninon de I.'Iint los have a proposal at 80 r The youth of our v. omen Is more lasting than It wan a generation ago, be iaue we lire becoming acquainted with simple physiological luws. When the first aging murks appear wrinkles, bagsy chee-ks, neck and rhln wa real ize that the .ause U a loosening of the skin and softening- of th tissue under neath. We know th rauMo munt be re moved. Initeul of laying on paatea w end to th drug stor for an ounu of aaxoltle and a half pint of wltrli hazel, mix them and bathe th fare, neek an 1 hands In th solution. We know thi tightens the skin, solidifies th tissue, Induces a healthy circulation. W treat causes rather than effects. Wa us rea son and tay young.- Ad?, f iU W'Sa; Art and Heart in Clothes WHATEVER is made, is only a work of art in the degree that it's a work of heart--sincere. To be well-dressed is to be genuine natural void of parade or pretense. is that sort of clothes genuine all through all wool all through tailored all through with the cling and swing and drop and drape that make a man look distinguished. These clothes are "hall-marked" and all marked Sincerity ClotUs. 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