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LULLING WRITES OF KELLY
Editor of Musical Courier Praises
Work of Omaha Musician.
EARNEST WORK APPRECIATED
Bays Krltr Is Mont IntrreednR And
"Widely (JUtert Mimlrnl rcrnon
ne lie linn Met In Alt
1 1 In WnntterttiRS.
cib JVGlntl6ftd JOHN A. SWANSON, Pres. .tim.liehrmklt AVM. L. HOLZMAN, Trons.
Mr. Leonard Ltebllng, editor of the
Musical Courier of New York, the lead
ins publication of Its class In America,
recently visited Omaha for a day and
In last week's Issue wrote very extensively
of the city and Its musicians. The major
portion of his article is devoted to his
appreciation of Mr. T. J. Kelly and the
work he has dono for music. Tho article
Is here reproduced In parti-
Omaha, populated by 110,000 souls, the
nominal capital of the richest agricultural
lands of tho United States, enjoying close
trade advantages with NebraskB, eastern
Colorado, western Missouri and western
Iowa, northern Kansas and South Da
kota, doing an annual manufacturing
business of about $200,000,000. a Jobbing
business of ms.OOO.OOO, reaching annual
bank clearings of $800,000,000, being' the
second largest packing center In the
United States (6,600,377 head of live stock
were handled In Omaha last year), fifth
or sixth In the national Importance of Its
grain market, the home of the Union
Taclflo' railroad, tho largest creamery
butter producing center of this continent,
the site of tho world's greatest refinery
and smelter for fine ores Omaha, the
cHy with all the wealth and progressive
ness Just described, does hardly anything
for music and seems content to rest Its
". civic fame purely upon Its commercial
achievements and to let the highest
forms of artlstlo culture flourish else
where. Kelly n lid Ills lnrlotlim.
If that wero not so, Omaha would have
a pymphony orchestra, Omaha would
have a representative muslo school.
Omaha would have a worthy studio build
in which to house Us private teachers of
music, and, lastly, but most Important of
all, Omaha would stand solidly and en
thusiastically behind such a man as
Thomas J. Kelly, by all odds the most
Interesting and widely gifted musical per
sonage I have met during my present
artlstlo wanderings. It takes less time
to tell about the things Thomas J. Kelly
does not do thau about the things he does
do. For one thing, he docs not scold
Omaha because of Its musical Indifference
and Its lack of practical Interest In .his
splendid work. But I did that for him,
and we waxed hot In ou'r argument on
, the subject, I defaming the city, he de
fending 1U. However, Mr. Kelly did not
succeed In drawing the wool over my
eyes. In his heated speech I noticed
chiefly the ring of local patriotism, but
by a word and a look here and there he
betrayed his disappointment at being un
able to give more favorable answers to
come of my direct questions concerning
the general musical achievements of
. Omaha and the Immediate, co-operation
directed toward his individual efforts.
; Primarily Mr. Kelly. Is a Vocal teacher
t and conductor of tho Mendelssohn choir
of 175 mixed, voices, but also' he It a;re
? fcltal singer, lecturer, writer, traveler,
historian, muslca critic (he served for
r many years In that .capacity, on..TheN
I Omaha Bee), choir director," organist,"
pianist, keen student pf the Bible of
' modern and ancient literature, of ecor
nomlcs, sociology and art, a wit, racon
teur, and prince of a host and all round;
1 good fellow.
Endorsed by Great Ones. '
For his pedagogical work In vocallsm
3Ir. Kelly has received the strongest sort
' of endorsement from famous European
and American teachers always outside
of Omaha, asyou see. Letters which he
showed me only after Mrs. Kelly had
disclosed their existence contained the
pralie of those of his colleagues with
whom he had -exchanged Ideas on the
technics and aesthetics of vocal teaching.
Mr. Kelly set forth some of his method
to me, but X shall not violate his confi
dence, except to say that I saw at once
why his confreres are Impressed with his
ability. He discussed vocallsm from
, every aspect of tone and text values, and
Illustrated his remarks with the actual
yocal sound of all the singing phases he
touched upon. I should like to make de
tailed report of our entire conversation,
hut I believe that those persons who. are
anxious to benefit from the Kelly know,
edge and experience which have helped
him to solve' the chief problems which
beset conscientious vocal Instructors
ought to pay him for the Information. Ho
has put In many years of thought, read
ing and foreign travel and study in
order to perfect his system and bring It
successfully from the stage of experiment
to the condition of successful application.
Demonstrations that Convince.
Demonstration nf tho ifoiiv
afforded first of all by Mrs. Kelly, who'
tang to me some Irish folk and old En
glish music with a volco sympathetic and
well controlled in every register, and a
sense of style and depth of musical feel
ing which stamp her as a concert artist
of quality. Lena Ellsworth Dale, in the
'Dich. theure Halle" aria, revealed vol.
,-ume, dramatic Instinct and tasteful
phrasing. Blanche Bolln did some of
Uza Lehmann'a "Bird Bongs." She has
u flexible organ of unuauU purity and
sweetness, and delivers with sure knowl
edge of text considerations. Laura Ooetz,
iK88essor of an unusually effective legato,
Charm of personality and clarity of
timbre, gave much pleasure with her
Inging of a Mozart aria. All the Kelly
pupils were free from volee mnnirinnu.
produced tone naturally and In volume or
rooaerauon as required, and gave strik
ing evidence of the attention which their
teacher must have devoted tn dlrtinn nnfl
musicianship. The little recital made me
wonder why vocal pupils ever leave
Omaha when they have with them an All
thority like Mr. Kelly, able to biiMa ihm
from the fundamentals of the singing art
to its fullest development.
Mendelaaohn Choir Ilebeareal.
I attended a rehearsal of the Mendels
60 tin choir and heard tho body do Ban
tock'a "Leprehaun." Lottl's "Crucifixus,'
Moussorgskl's "Joshua," IL Balfour Oar
diner's "Cargoes," Pltfa 'Tonight,"
tmagva -The aosiings" and Havergal
Brian's "Daybreak." For two and one.
half hours I listened to choral singing
that was a constant delight and to chpral
conducting than Which r hava rnArl
enced none more Intelligent.
temperamental and productive of artistic
results. Faultless Intonation, Instantane
ous attack, dynamics and tonal shadings
of all degrees were some of the virtues
exhibited, but most of all I was struck
with the concentration of the conductor
and his singers upon beauty of tone aual
ity. That was the keynote of nearly
everything he said to his choir that even
ing, and he Impressed the point upon
them tnrougn exhortation, illustration
J 4f-
Open Every Evening Until Chrigtmns.
quip, anecdote and Incessant rehearsal In
sections and ensemble. "The members of
the Mendelssohn choir are as under a
spell when Mr. Kelly wields his baton,
and he sways them at will to do his
musical bidding," sold Mr. Burchmore
(president of the association) to ma dur
ing an Intermission. The ptanlsslmos In
the LottI, Pitt and Brian works, the grim
humor of tho Gardiner "Cargoes," tho
frollcsomeness of the Bantock and Bridge
numbers, and tho. tremendous dramatic
Impetus of. ."Joshua! -amazed me beyond
words. This .man Kelly, In his work with
tho Mendelssohn choir, Is proving his
rank as one of the best choral conductors
to be found anywhere, and any big sing
ing societies which are contemplating a
change of leaders and can afford to make
It worth whllo for Mr. Kelly to give up
his Omaha connections should keep tn
touch with him, In lecture ,reclai work
Mr. and Mrs. Kelly have established a
reputation for themselves outside of
Omaha. Mr. Kelly's talks have been on
Wagner's "King" cycle. "Folksongs,"
"History and Interpretation of Muslo" (a
courso of ten lectures) and many other
topics covering the history, purport and
esthetics of music.
I told Mr. Kelly frankly, and somewhat
to his .consternation,' that he Is too big a
man for .'Omaha, and) that I would call
national .attention to his work and do
everything- In my powerto get. him away
from his city. Ho begpd jme not to write
anythrngof tho sorbin the Musical
Corrr-biit-'nere It is.
Miss. O'Eeilly to
' Speak-to the Men
V Here on Suffrage
Men. of Omaha, will be the special guests
of the Equal Franchise society at a meet
ing Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the
council chamber of the city hall. Miss
Gertrude O'Reilly, recently of Dublin, Ire
land, will glvo an Interesting talk on suf
frage.
Miss O'Reilly has boen giving talks on
conditions abroad In the larger cities of
the states and speaks In a most interest
ing manner. Unlike the greater number
of suffragettes abroad, Miss O'Reilly Is
opposed to militancy, but Is enthusiastic
about the suffrage movemont both here
and In Europe. She has given a number
of talks while in Omaha, but this Is the
first opportunity for the men to hear her
on suffrage
Senator Cannon Will
Speak Here Saturday
Frank J. Cannon, "United States senator
from Utah, will appear at tho First
Methodist church. Twentieth and Davorir
port etreots, this evening and de
liver bis famous lecture on "The Modern
Mormon Kingdom." Senator Cannon Is
a foe of polygamy and Is an orator of
national repute.
This will be the second number of the
Trl-Clty Baraca union's entertainment
course. Dr. Woods Hutchinson of New
Tork, the noted physician, teacher and
writer, will speak for the union Jan
uary 11.
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