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THE COURIER.
CONGRESS OF MUSICIANS.
One of the most intending features
connected with the exposition is the
congress of musicians to be held in
Omaha from June HOih until July 1th.
The Bureau or Education lias cordially
invited all the musicians or the United
States to assemble in Omaha between
those dates.
The meetings will open in the First
Congregational church, Thursday morn
irjg. Juno .i0. The time has been about
equally divided between essays and
musical performances. The purely
educational features will be absolutely
free to tho public, no charge for admis
sion being made. ThiB will include all
the addresses and discussions. The list
of essays and essayists is as follows:
The Beautiful in Music and in Nature,
JohanneB Wolfram, Cleveland, 0.;Tho
Piano and Emotion, Constantino von
Sternberg, Philadelphia; The Relativity
of Tones. A.J. Goodrich, Chicago; Our
National Music, Louis C. Elson. Boston?
Music as a Factor in American Educa
tion, George C. Gow, Vassar college.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; Music in the Pub
lic Schools, N. Coe Stewart, Cleveland;
O.; The Harmonic Basis of Indian
Music, John C. Fillmore, Pomona col
lege, Clnremont, Cal.; The Psychic Na
ture of Indian Music, M'isb Alice C.
Fletcher, Washington, D.C.;"The In
HuencoUpon Music of Greek and Ger
man Mythology, John S. Van Cieve,
Chicago; Music and the Development of
Child Individual ty, William L, Tom
lins, Chicago; Tho Soul o! Wagner's
Music, Albert Ross Parsons, New York;
The Place and Intluence of the Organ
in the Development of Musical Art, Dr.
Gerrit Smith, New York: The Omaha
Indian Songs of War and Peace, Francis
Le Flesche, Washington. D. C; The
Voice aB a Painter of Emotion," Mrs.
Catharine Fisk, New York; The Artistic
Temperament. William Armstrong, Chi
cago, Music a Recreation or an Educa
tion, Emil Lerbltng, Chicago.
These speakers are all of national
reputation, and many stand in the first
rank of American musicians.
Mr. Wolfram is a member of tho
faculty of the Cleveland School of
Music, and is a widely known writer. Mr,
Sternberg is at the head of the
Sternberg School of Music, Philadel
phia, and a pianist, composer and lec
turer of national fame. Mr. Gow is at
the head of the musical department of
Vassar college.
Mr. Tomlins has been for twenty-five
years conductor of the famous Apollo
club of Chicago. The other speakers
are fully as well known as those men
tioned. During the progress of the congress
eight recitals and four concerts will be
given, in which the following artists will
appear:
Vocalists Miss Jennie Dutton, New
York; Mrs. Gerrit Smith. New York;
Miss Jennie Osborne, Chicago; Miss
Annie Metcalf, St. Louis; Miss Amanda
Vierheller, Pittsburg; Mrs. Martin Cahn,
Omaha; Miss Helen Buckley, Chicago;
Miss Adele Mabel Bryant, New York:
Miss Ritta Lorton, Nebraska City; Mr.
Harry G. Fellows, New York; Mr. Jules
G. Lumbard, Omaha.
Pianists Mr. William H. Sherwood
Chicago; Mr. Albert Ross Parsons, New
York: Mr. Ernest G. Krosger. St. Louis;
Mr. Joseph Gahm. Omaha: Miss Geor
gia Kober. Chicago; Mr. Emil Liebling,
Chicago.
Violinists Mr. Bernhard Listemann.
Chicago; Mr. Hans Albert, Omaha; Mr.
Franz Adelmann, Omaha.
Oiganists Dr. Gerrit Smith, New
York; Mr. Albert G. Roybn.St. Louis.
Conductors Mr. Arthur Mees, Chi
cago; Mr. George W. Chadwick, Boston.
Arrangements have been made for sev
eral special days. Friday. July 1, will be
largely devoted to the theory and music
of Richard Wagner.
Saturday, July 2, will be called "In
dian Music Day," and will be do voted to
an exposition of the results of original
research in the music of the American
Aborigines. Mr. Fillmore, Miss Fletcher
and Mr. La Flesche will each treat this
important subject from a different point
of view, and will e'vo to the world for
the first time at this congress a number
or important facts but recently discov
ered. McDowell's "Indian Suite," and
a symphonic overture entitled ''Hi
awatha." composed by Mr. Kroeger. will
be heard at tho concert Saturday eve
rg. Monday, July 4, will be called "Amer
ican Music Day," and will be devoted to
a discussion of American music, past,
present and future.
The day devoted to Indian mudic will
bo one of the most important o' the
convention, as it opens up to American
composers a new and unexplored source
of inspiration.
The evening concerts will be held in
the auditorium at the exposition
grounds, but the Congregationalist
church is provided for all day meetings
and recitals.
FRAULEIN IDA.
Her thin, sandy hair was drawn tight
ly back into a small, corkscrew knot.
Her nose had fulfilled nature's laws
had grown toward tho sun. With un
ceasing perseverance 6ho struggled with
the French language and against her
Saxon accent. Daily she asked mad
ame's opinion in regard to it and
madame's reply became a proverb with
us:
"You know your grammar well, per
haps too well, but your accent e'est tine
horreurl"
The night was damp and chilly. I
poked the fire and a good strong blaze
sprung up. It looked eo bright and
cheerful that I went in search of Frau
lein Ida, who had had a homesick twist
to her mouth that afternoon. She came
in. I produced a lot of biscuits, and
for a few moments we munched in si
lence, that bed of coals being the only
monitor to our thoughts. Strangers in
a strange land, a firm bond of sympathy
had sprung up between us.
"Fraulein," I 6aid suddenly, "I like
German poetry much better than French.
It's not so gay; it hasn't so delicate a
touch nor can it be so pompous, but,
Fraulein. it has feeling, it has a soul,
I tell you."
She pressed my hand, far too vigorous
ly, it is true, for my comfort, and the
tears rolled down her cheeks.
"Mein Himmel, Fraulein, Ich binsehr
dankbar."
She forgot France or that the French
language ever existed
"Fraulein,'' 1 critd, lost in this Ger
man avalanche, ' what about our vow,"
and I glanced at the black motto over
the fireplcae.
"English or German not alloxctd in
this room.''
"Ach Himmel! What do I care?"
Verse after verse of German poetry
she repeated to me, until, seized by an
inspiration, 1 said, "Now, Fraulein, sing
me "Die Wochtam Ithein.'"
Gently 6he began until, fired by that
love of country that knows no time, no
place, no foe, her voice rang out trium
phant through the house. The song
finished, 6he stood before me radiant
and trembling with emotion. There
came a sharp rap at the door. I opened
it and them Etood Madame, a bright red
spot on each cheek.
'Joh Dich! Jesus JTaria! but you
have courage, Mademoiselle. In facti
beaucoup (Vaplomb. Think of it! The
German hymn in my house, my house!
The Prussians burned my father's
home; my father died in the war of '71
and my mother shorty after of grief.
JJ'tn VieuT and she looked at us queer-
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Being the thonghtless instigator of
the plot I felt abashed by the storm. It
seemed to me, however, as long as Ger
many was under an American protector
ate that the American eagle must not
be found wanting.
"Madame," 1 said, "I asked Mademoi
selle to sing the German hymn. I am
responsible for it, and I beg jour par
don. But she loves Germany as much
as you love France and "'
"Mademoiselle, Mademoiselle, don't
you koos- that I would havo forgiven
that voice under almost any circum
stances," and turning to Fraulein, she
exclaimed:
"Your voica is magnifique," (and the
flock of school girls who had crept from
their rooms, Madame's excitement
shielding their disobedience, murmured
"magnifique.") "Exquise,'' continued
Madame. "Exgnise," murmured the
Hock.
"Superlie!" cried Madame, clasping
her hands and looking adoringly at Frau
lein. "5j)crc.'" echoed the chorus.
The clock struck nine. 4JTe eit
fants, mes enfants, comment rot's eles
insupportables! Nine o'clock quelle
horreur! To bed! To bed!"
With a proud gleam in her eyes she
began to sing the chorus of the Mar
sellaise. "Allons, Allons, vies enfants, de la
patrie"
Immediately the girls joined in and
strong, sweet young voices swelled the
glory of France. Yes, there was de
fiance in those notes. "Die Wachtl am
Ithein,'' had not been sung for nothing.
ut what was that I heard at the other
end of the corridor? The Rounanian
hymn. Across tho way a sob, a waver,
ing voice that soon conquered itself. It
was our "Maid of Athens" piping up the
Greek anthem. In the next room a
vigorous burst, the rattling of a banjo,
and I knew our Italian gamins (as we
called them) were at work for Italy and
very, very near to me I heard what
sounded suspiciously like "America."
That night I dreamea I stood in a
va-st multitude. There were angels
with huge trumpets blowing into peo
ple's faces. They finished with one
triumphant blast and then we all spoke
the same tongue. I looted up and saw
an old man with long, white hair.
"What is this place?" I asked.
"The world, my child."
"What does all this mean? Such
peace, 6uch I know not what?'-
He took my hand and said: "The
brotherhood of the human race."
Nelk Dowrah.
A clever mot was made by a member
of parliament during another member's
prosy speech. Tho latter happening to
yawn during his remarks, the other
commended, "This man is not without
tasto. but be usurps our privilege."
