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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 26, 1896)
THE COURIER. I MUSICAL MEt MUSICAL MENTION 1 out in the rain I It has always seemed to me that the mere fact that one lives in a small city instead of an art centre like Vienna or Paris or New York should not deter one . from tho recognition of genuine ability even if it be hidden under a bushel and . not eet upon a hill. Of course one is liable to the possibility of loud ululation over discoveries in literature and art which may turn out mares' nests; but the lack of acceptance of real talent is often tho fault of a public which having r ears to hear, hears not. For be it from me to cry aloud in praise of Lincoln or Nebraska or the many clever people dwelling herefrom a desire to advertise cur excellence as an in herent matter indigeuous to the soil. I did not consider John Carrie's cast of Abraham Lincoln as equal to the Apollo of the bevelled ear' and even if I thought that famous statue would be improved by the addition of trousers and a frock coat 1 should not urge the change without thecorroboiative testi mony of a competent expert. In music al matters however, I am a specialist and I wish to urge with some firmness that in Mrs. P. V. M. Raymond the city of Lincoln has one of the most com petent musicians in tno west, and that a more general and hearty recognition of her abilities would do us no harm Let us not be afraid to praise that which is good. As an organist her playing is clear, scholarly, intellectual; as director of orchestra and choral society she has brought before the people of Lincoln works which should have been a liberal education in appreciation of the best things in the musical repertory. On Friday, December 13, a compar atively new work by Dudley Buck, an American composer of recognized abili ty, was given at the Frst Congregational church. "Tho Coming of tho King," is too short to bo classed as an Orartorio but is of the same character, being written, however for organ instead of orchestra, for solo voices, and for mixed chorus. The work itself is dignitied and scholarly rather than especially inspired but compelled respect not only in it) choral writing but in tho broad way in which tho organ part is treated. Much modern church music fails in any really devotional spirit substituting dramatic power for anything so out of date as piety. This Dudley Buck cantata is always devout in tone, sometimes almost quaintly so, as in the use of the old German chorals in tho introduction and in the use of the Latin hymn Adeste Fideles. It is needless to say that tho organ part was played with authority by Mrs. Raymond, there at least one had the consciousness of an artistic mind and will, guiding and directing. The chorus choir of the church sanj the choral music tuneful(y and with duo regard to hading and phrasing some of the con trapuntal music went very creditably indeed. The soprano soloe were sung by Mrs. Clara Anderson-Young, a sing er well known to Lincoln audiencos, whote voice is as good and whose method of tone production is as sad as ever Miss Becker the contralto of the choir was much more satisfactory in tho alto solos. Mr. B. S. Langworthy, a young man, hitherto unknown to our concert stage sang with fresh and pleas ing voice tho baritone part. Certain other short solos were allotted to mem bers of the choir. On the whole the performance was very creditable to all concerned, certainly not least to Mrs. Raymond, whoso patience and devotion to art enables ub to hear works of this kind. 1. r 7 Editor. 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