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THE COURIER. MUSICAL MEr John Bandoi.fi ''1 MUSICAL MENTION Concerts and recitals have been of frequent occurrence this week. On Sat urday evming, March 13, a piano re cital was given by the pupils of Di rector Willard Kimball of the University School of Music. Although it is not my custom to menton pupils' recitals, the fact that the majority of the par ticipants were advanced pupil3 and not that their performance was acceptable makes it seem advisable tc put the program upon record. Mr. Kimball's pupils were assisted by two of the stu dents in the vocal school. PROGKAM. Piano tluo Mentietto from 0. 7....GreIg Willard Kimball. Nellie Cave. Soprano solo "Once I Was Singing. Now I Am Sighing Jacobowskl Kleanor Raymond. Piano solo Impromptu Op. 2S, So. 3.. RelnhoM Allegro grazloso oil an"mato. Edith Shaw, May Colson. Piano solo Grand Valse In K major.. Moszkowskl Annie Stuart. Soprano aria "O Had I Julul's Lyre." Haentlel Irene Davidson McMichael. Piano solo Toccata Op. 33, Taquiner'e. '. Chamlnade, Borowskl May Colson. Piano solo-Study, Op. 23. No. 3. Valse, Op. A2 Chopin Edith Shaw. On Sunday evening. March 14. there was as usual speciall music at the Con gregational church under the direction of Mrs. P. V. M. Raymond. The note worthy features on this occasion were the appearance of the Doane college male quartet, and the pleasing voice of Mrs. Mark Woods in a sacred solo. There was to have been a concert given by the choir of the First Congrega tional .church on Monday evening. March 15, but this concert was post poned on account of the illness of a member of the congregation. On Tuesday evening, March 10, oc curred the second "Faculty Concert" of the Lincoln Nebraska Conservatory of Music, given at the Y. M. C. A. hall, a building soon to be occupied by this school. The following program was presented: Overture to "Zampa" Herold Symphony Orchestral Organ. Trio for piano, organ, and violin Miss Hoover, Mr. Hadley, and Mr. I-am- precht. Mr. Clemens Moving. Piano Concerto. Op. 1ST. Ran Miss Marie Hoover. (Orchestral part on second piano Ly Mr. Hadley.) Guitar Solo Selected Mr. Clyde Stultz Fantasia on "Faust" Gounod The Butterfly Lavallra Concert Polka Bartleti Symphony Orchestral Organ. Violin Sola Romanze. Op. a....Svendsen Mr. W'lllam Iamprecht. Seng "The Way of Peace" Lloyd Mr. CIeme.n3 Movlus. (With piano and organ accompaniment.) Trio for Piano. Organ, and Violin Miss Hoover. Mr. Hadley. and Mr. Itm- prech:. Overture to "Tanhausser" Warner The appearance cf the faculty of this school is always greeted by a large audience and with well-de3erved ap plause. Especially noteworthy was the clear and musical rendition of the fir3t moveinrnt of a Raff concerto by Miss Marie Hoover. Very good also was the beautiful tone cf Mr. Lamprecht in ar rangements for vlrllit. organ, and piano of Haendel's "Largo," and of a noc turne by the English ejmposer, Field, as well as in his violin solo, the well known "Romanze" of Svendsen. Mr. Clemens Mcvius sang as usual with taste and power. Mr. Hadley guided the "Symphony Orchestral Organ." which has been mentioned before, and played second piano and accompani ments acceptably. Mr. Clyde Stultz, newly added to the faculty of this in stitution, as instructor in guitar and mandolin, was heard in solos for guitar, in which he displayed facile execution. On Monday evening was given the twenty-second musicale at the Ply mouth Congregational church. I regret that I was unable to be present, but append the program which has been sent me: Overture to "Pique Dame" Suppe Symphony Orchestral Organ. "Annie Laurie" Buck Telyn Male Quartet. Two-part Invention. No. 8 Bach "Mountain Flower" Loesohhom "Hide and Seek" Schytte Master Harry Briggs. "There's a Merry Brown Thrush"... Buck "The Silver Ring" Chamlnade Mrs. Harriet Blair Wan!. Fantasia on "Faust" Gounod "The Butterfly" Iivallee Concert Polka Wallace Symphony Orchestral Organ. "Sunset" Buck It. O. William. Valse de Concert Durege .Master Harry Briggs. "For All Eeternlty" Maroheronl Miss Hattle Becker. "Tho Mill" Macy Telyn Male Quartet. Tarantelle In A minor Dennee Master Harry Briggs. "The Pretty Flower Girl" Mme A. Murlo-Ce'Ii Mrs. Harriet Blair Ward. Overture to "Zamna" Haroll Symphony Orchestral Organ. The Glee club of the University of Nebraska, under the direction of Wil lard Kimball, with Fred C. Cooley as assistant manager, starts this week upon its fourth annual tour of the state. Besides Lincoln and Omaha the club sings at Seward. York. Fairbury, Grand Island. Ravenna. Columbus, Fremont. West Point, and Norfolk. The personnel of the club is as fol lows First tenor F. S. Davi3. .1. R. Burks, H. S. Evans, Geo. Ireland. Second tenor H. D. Wludon. R. C. Lansing. G H. Whaley. I. W. Kenagy. First bass J T. Sumner. G. N. Por ter, O. T. Reedy. A. Z. PrescotL Second bass C. S. Nirton, R. B. Gillespie, H J. Lenhuff. H. S. Mueller. Xaver Scharwenka, the pianist and composer who is to give in Lincoln on April 7. at the Lansing theatre, a pia noforte recital of original and sslected works, i3 the son of a Polish count and born on January 6. 1850, at Samter in the Prussian province of Posen. His career has been most brilliant. He is a pupil of thr Kullak school, and had for fellow classmates Nicode and Meritz Moszkowski. Scarwenka won a high place in the musical world in hi3 early youth, making frequent con cert tours in Germany, Russia, Austria. Hungary. Norway. Belgium and Eng land. His first really important work, the Concerto in b flat miner opus 32. was received with such favor that it at tracted the attention of English musi cians and was shortly afterward played at the Lcndon Crystal Palace by Mr. Dannieuther. Scharwenka himself took it to Leipsic and played it at one of the famous Gewandhause concerts, where it passed the severe test of the criticism of that artistic center. To be received by Leipsic is tc the German mind imcrtals. Scharwenka's reputation was henceforward secure. Later h estab lished the famou3 conservatory in Ber lin which bears his name. He now hclds the appointment .f ccurt pianist to the emperor cf Au3tria and the title of Royal Prussian Pro fessor. He married a Russian countess and his residence i3 now in New York. Of Scharwenka's compositions the ones he considered the greatest works are a symphony, opus 60 in c miner, which was given under Mr. Thomas by the New York Philharmonic in the sea son "f 1885, a piano quartet, two trios, two piano eoncorto3. a violin sonata and a grand opera. "Mataswintha." The latter was brought cut in Df cembr last in Weimar and was received with great enthusiasm by the critics and musiclanswhowent from Berlin to hear it. It is now in preparation to be given in New York: the parts have already teen assigned. Of hip piano wcrk he considers the Theme and variations in d minor the best. Of his well-known Polish Dance, one million and a half c)pie3 have been sold and Scharwenka himself has realized from it the munificent sum of Ies3 than five A-llz.z. "The Mandarin." a comic opera, or to speak more correctly, an "opera bouffe," was presented at the Lan3ing theatre on St. Patrick's day by the De Kcven-Smith opera company. The music is rather tetter than the usual De Kcven output, beinj Ie33 reminis ccntial and more thoroughly composed (to use a German idiom) and the plot is at least as comprehensible as the usual burlesque. "The best of this kind are but shadows, and the worst are no worse if occasion mend them." A large crowd was in attendance and manifested its enjoyment in unmistak able fashion. A rather singular feature of the music was the Midway Plal sanco type of prelude which was re peated between the acts with littto va riationand which seemed to suggest "Little Egypt" and the danse tin ven tre. Nothing of this kind was attempt ed, however, and my apprehensions were without foundation. George C. Boniface as "Fan Tan" and Bertha Waltzinger as "Jesso," his wife, car ried off the honors o the evening: not for the same reason, however. The rest of the cast do not deserve espcial mention, but Miss Waltzinger was tuneful and Mr. Boniface was funny what more will you have? Surely the great American public must have Its horse play, and if we do not like it, so much the worse for us. . The stage settings were adequate, the dances graceful, the feminine contingent at tractive. The choruses suffered from a preponderance of soprano voices, but this is not a bad fault, and upon the whole the performance was fairly good. Opera of any kind is an exotic to be welcomed in Lincoln. Come again, gentle De Koven and Smith. We are glad to hear your original melodies, even if we have known them all our lives. J. R. The Matinee Musicale will give a recital at the club rooms on Monday evening at eight o'clock. Each mem ber will be entitled to bring an escort, and outsiders will be admitted on the payment of a small entrance feo. The program will consist of Russian and Polish music from the works of the following composers: Moszkcwski. Ru bensteln, Tschaikowski. Chopin. Pade icwski, Scharwenka. The musicians t? take part are Mrs. Plank. Miss Har riett Reynolds. Miss Griffith. Mrs. Bell, Mrs. Jensen, Mrs. Barbour. Miss Rice, Miss Hoover. Mr3. Mark Woods. Miss Grace Reynolds, Mrs. H. E. Ward and .Miss Eiche. Also Miss Cobb and Mr. Sedgwick of Ycrk. The Courier's musical critic is occa sionally blamed for net reporting up.'n some cnort for which he ha.c received no tickets and no notice, especially the former. In such cases the society which gives the concert is responsible for its own oblivion. The critic is in all cases ready to do his duty when the conventional pieliminaries are attend ed to. Ed. RANDOM NOTES. Jchn Jingle Ingalls has been criti cized for consenting to act as reporter of the Corbett-Fitzsimmons prize fight fcr a sensational New York paper. It has b'en said that the scintillating Kansan has demeaned himsMf. There has been talk about the "dignity of the United States senate." tc As a matter cf fact, the apparance ef Ingalls as a newspaper reporter o:i a yellow journal's staff is natural enough and does not call for any fault finding. Ingalls has found the place he is fitted for, and heaven knows there are not so many people who get into the right places that tho3e who do should be abused. Because an accident put him into the senate of the United States it does not follow that he meas ures tip tc the traditional statur of a senator. Calling a man senator and giving him $5,000 a year, with a job lot of garden seeds, dees not make of him a Calh un or. a Webster or a Clay. There is no dignity in the office of stnator except that which the man who holds the office gives it. Ingalls is a man cf ability. He can talk like a triple phonograph, and he can scatter ing with remarkable effect. He never was a great man. He did not belong in the senatorial class. He is a good newspaper man for the new journal ism. There is no impropriety in his accepting a position as a reportT. When Ingalls first began to string wcids together and fling the pic turesque product tc the public, some persons made the mistake of thinking that the man frcm Kansas was a great ?n. That was a gros3 mistake. He was never anything but a skillful me- Odd lots of Note Paper at 5 cents for 24 sheets, not 1-3 former price, also an odd lob of fine stationery at 10 cents per quire, re duced from 20 cents Leming Store, 1106 O. chanlc. He could and can fit word to gether with a faculty that is equalled by few. He was not a statesman. He was Just a word tinker. Tho new Jour nalism is 'after word tinkers, and it made no mistake when it pressed John Jingle into service. This foollsii talk of Ingalls "de scent" to the condition cf a reporter is based on an altogether false pres sure. Men who are successful report ers do not descend to that occupation. They work up to it. It 13 a common thing to say of a newajiaper writer: "Oh. he's only a reporter." That shows how inadequate an idea some people have of what they are talking about. There arc plenty of reporters who justify the sneer Implied in the words above quoted. Tihere are preachers who ought to be fined for appearing in the pulpit. There are "artists" who ought to be caught and cast in bronze or into the sea. There are doctors who ought to become sand wich men. The genuine newspaper re porter the American newspaper re porter has the proudest position in Journalism. He can do what it is nec essary to be done, what the editor cannot do, what his "superiors" gener ally cannot do.He Is an artist. Always an impressionist. It is the reporter who looks upon events and things and persons, and by a few strokes of the pen puts the reader in sympathetic touch with what is going on in the world. He is the medium of communi cation between the actors and th au dience. If he is a gcod reporter his work may stand with any work In any department of human activity. The reporter, and 1 am speaking of the reporter who realizes and measures up to the possibilities of a better re porter than Ingalls can ever be. of his position has not descended. He has worked his way up. A certain well known writer said recently that when he commenced newspaper work he thought he would be an editor in a year or two. He got a position on the New Ycrk Tribune, and he convinced himself that he would be the edit .r cf the paper in a few years. Mean while he tried to get to be a go;d re porter. He succeeded. His name is known everywhere in this country to day. He is n authority on a gra; subject to which as a reporter he gave ipecial attention. He is a reporter still and he can Ic k down upon scares of editors. I suppose there are some win wiuld contend that John Lawrence Sullivan has suffered a loss of dignity in be ccming, in a thort time, a reporter. Sullivan is also a recent addition to tin prize exhibits of the new journal ism. He has had a career. And now he is "only a reporter." Speakii g cf newspapers. Journalism has reached a crlsij in this ciuntry. For the last fifteen yars sensational ism in newspapers has been on the in crease. Some money wa3 made out of these daily illustrated dictionaries of crime ?nd guide bocks cf vice. Lately they have bee me more brazen. In the meantime th' decent newspapers have, if anything, becme clearer and more respectable. The contrast between the goal and th' bad in the city papers Is iti iking. The people, at last, have come to the point where they are be ginning to chose between the good and the bad. The issue between decency and indecency has been joined and the trial Is en. Within a very short time an important question Is going to be decided in this country. It will be de termined wheth'r clean journalism Is to prosper and be made the stand?rd or Indecent vandalism Is to engulf th? pres3. The battle is being fought in New York city. Respectability ha3 taken a firm stand against the two cheap exponents of the new journalism. Libraries, schools and churches have threwn thsn sheets into the reet. It is in some places a rproach tc be seen reading a copy cf these paper. The proscribed sheet3 are backed by millions of dollars, and they are making a bitter fight. If they an successful Journal ism will be degraded. If they are de feated it will be elevated. The people have cmplained about the newspapers. They now have the matter entirely in their own hands. They rn decide whether the newspapers of the future shall be clean cr unclean. W. MORTON SMH. For dry cfod? and shes. Lirtrtnln Drv Goods Go-. 1009 O stiver. Mre. Richer! R LW yd f Cnwcsr-. I". has opened a m 1'inery ntc-k s.t 121 90 12lh street.