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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. Parker's "Redemption Hymn"
(neither very difficult) could not have
been chosen if it were desired to give a
work by an American composer. Har
rison Williard is best known as the
author of "Waiting" and -When the
Tide Come In" two ballads which at
tained a certain popularity, but this Mass
in G is neither devotional nor dramatic.
It is simply pretentious. We are not bo
strong in American composers yet that
we can afford to produce the works of
third rate men of talent.
Purple Paiisy, Her Majesty's Per
fume, is the gentlemen's favorit
amongst the latest odors. At Rigg
drug store. Twelfth and O sts.
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