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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1896)
--; - "ear" "-MT3P?. -..cm ffrmff-f- -s' r!,s,iB:S'krJ -jr,i '-' , THE COUKIBK. SFy e-r- i?r?- -V-V treatment, abounding in capricious changes of r thm, mystical and melan choly. There is something exotic about these Russian compositions; they do not sound sane with the healthy sanity of Beethoveu or Mendelssohn . The-e is always an undercurrent of the mysterious, which sometimes merg es into the gruesome. It seems to me that this note is ob servable io Russian literature as well a sadness too empty of the joy of living to be healthful. It will not be forgotten that Tschai kcwsky died suddenly in 1893, and that one of his symphonies is called the "Suicide Symphony." How widely dif ferent from Beethoven's last symphony, the immortal ninth, which is one great paean of joy! And yet Beethoven more than Tschaikowsky had reason for gloom and despair. Poverty, disease, worst of all for the musician, deafness. The modern man has forgotten how to be heroic; like Marion Crawford's "DonOrsino,"he haslost the sterling vir tues of patience andpersistence possess ed by the old "Saracinesca." Deadly ennui comes upon him, and degenerate and hopeless he takes his own life. The Blow movement from De Beriot's second concerto for violin was played by Mr. Charles Hagenow with beautiful tone and the simplicity sharacteristic of this young artist. The vocalist of the day was Mrs. D. A. Campbell, who sang "The Better Land' This song is a not particular inspired effort of F. H. Cowen, who rivals Sir Arthur Sulli van in the output of clever and singa ble English ballads. It w as sung with the taste and unstrained sentiment necessary to make it interesting. Mrs. Campbell has made marked im provement in the production since last year. A certain dry tightness of quality, perceptible in her singing at that time, has much improved. A little more patient work will move the last traces of her former tone production, and the voice will be correctly posed. Mrs. Campbell is, I believe, a pupil of Miss Terry of Omaha. On Monday evening Miss Clara M. Richardson gave a song recital in the parlors of the state university School of Music. She was assisted by Miss Kmily Perkins and Mr. Willard Kimball, and in a vocal duet by a local baritone. The following Drogram was given. Jewel song "Faust" Gounod Capriccio brilliant, two piano.... Mendelssohn One Spring Morning. . .Ethclbert Nevin "Pourquoi" Baroness de Rothschild Duet Venetian boat song.. Blumenthal Expansion , Moskowski Spring is come Neidlinger Solveig's song Grieg Bcause 1 love you, dear Hawley Miss Richardson was not in good voice, in fact was en hoarse that she could scarcely speak aloud. It is to her credit that under these circumstan ces she sang so well that few of her hearers were aware other indisposition. The "Jewel Song" from "Faust" showed evidence of careful preparation, being sung from memory, as indeed was the whole program. Personally I en joyed the ballad of the "King of Thule." which opens the number, and the suc ceeding recitative more than the final air which seemedalittle lacking in dash; but this was, no doubt, the result of Mis8 Richardson's physical indisposition. The remainder of the program was a well chosen selection of modern songs, well suited to the singer's voice and style. Mies Emily PerkinB played with her usual brilliancy and clearness of tech nique. The accompaniments were played by Mr. Willard Kimball. On Friday evening, April 17, a concert under the auspices of the Ladies Aid society was given at the First Presby terian church by the "Lorelei Quartet assisted by certain gentlemen of Omaha. The make-up of the Lorelei Quartet is as follows: First soprano, Miss Terry; second so prano, Mies Oakley; first alto. Mis. A. G. Edwards; second alto, Mrs. D. A. Campbell. It will be seen that the en semble consists of two ladies of Lincoln and two of Omaha. In consequence the concert took on the nature of a social function and was distinctly "swagger" for a church entertainment. Would it not be a good idea to have some one church devoted wholly to these innocuous diversions, with some such title as "The Church of the Holy Amuse ments?" It need busy itself neither with politics nor religion, but be a tem ple devoted to "entertainments," in which the art could be of the gentlest description. I yearn to linger over this proposal, to enlarge upon it, to press its advantages; but I refrain. As Rudyard Kipling says; that is at other. story. The Lorelei Quartet sang two ballads "Stay With Me," by Otto Lob, and "Daddy," by a gentleman of the euphonious name to a southern man, at least) of Wieske. I am not acquainted with either composer, but both ballads are pleasing in character. Despite a tendency in the- sopranos to sing ex plosively the work of the quartet was gooa, especially in pianissimo passages. The individual voices are strong and show the effect of much practice to gether. With the assistance of the men's voices Willard's Mass in U for mixed chorus was also given . The numerous short solos were taken by different mem bers of the quartet, and the mas9 as a whole is not nearly 60 formidable in length as it appeared upon the program. The work was sung with precision and authority, but the tendency of the so pranos to sing explosively was much more painfully apparent than in the la dies' quartets. Decidedly the best work in this composition was done by Mrs. D. A. Campbell, whose sonorous alto was beard to good advantage. The male singers do not require especial mention, although one of them, Mr. J. H. Con rad, po39es3es a powerful baas of good quality. The accompaniments and an introductory organ solo were played by Mr. H. H. Allen, of Omaha, who was sadly handicapped by the condition of the organ. In Lincoln we have grown so accus tomed to hearing the works of the greater masters acceptably performed by the Hagenow String Quartet, hytno Matinee Musicale, by the chorus or Mrs. P. V. M. Raymond, and by certain choirs in the city that the Mass of Willard sounded very trivial by comparison. Some of our would-be critics, and even intelligent public will never realize how genuinely musical in some respects this small city is. Comparison with the mu sical poverty of many larger places will prove my assertion. I know no town large or small where so good a string quartet gives habitually concerts of so high a grade free to the public. I know few places where there is so sustained an interest in musical matters, so eager a desire to hear and learn the best. I am sorry some dignified work such as Dudley Buck's "46th Psalm" or J. C. D. 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