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Issue: 1901 Vol. 32 N. 5 - Page 3
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A8™«, LENOX MO
JHMIC:T^ADEB^^ wi \ l
VOL.
I w\
XXXII. N o . 5 . Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 3 East Fourteentn street, New YOPK, Feb. 2,1901.
nUSIC FOR THE PEOPLE.
value of music as a means of ele-
vating the tastes of the people—the
"common people" as Lincoln puts it—has
never been appreciated to the extent that
it should. It is true that music cannot
revolutionize the world or better the finan-
cial condition of the people, but it can
make life much more enjoyable and bring
pleasure to the homes of those heavily
laden. As Zelie de Lussan so aptly says:
Music penetrates to the innermost recesses
of our natures, and, if we will but listen
to its promptings, arouses into instant ac-
tivity the divinity that is there concealed.
I need hardly add that I do not mean by
this that I would replace our teachers and
tutors with musicians, I use the term "ed-
ucation" in the broader sense—the knowl-
edge to which our schools and colleges are
but introductory. In a word, it is to know
ourselves and our possibilities. Music
may be made the vehicle of these revela-
tions. It is, perhaps, true that the effects
of listening to a sonata by Beethoven, or a
nocturne by Chopin, are more or less tran-
sitory. Nevertheless, one cannot have
his higher self stirred into activity without
being the better for the process. Give
the masses good music—no, the very best
—and their lives, as a whole, will be
sweeter and cleaner for your work. Im-
purity of thought and action is impossible
in the presence of this "handmaiden of
God."
Some of these days I think that those
who are responsible for the well-being of
our citizens will realize what an ally they
have in music as a stimulus to decency and
harmonious life among the "common peo-
ple."
It is in this sense that I place our
musicians among the true educators. The
almost pathetic appreciation of working
men and women of that which takes them
out and above their daily life is in striking
evidence in our parks on "band nights."
To me these assemblages always seem like
a big school of tired children, to whom the
brasses and the reeds are teaching the les-
son that there is something more in exist-
ence than aching heads and scanty wages.
If you make a man begin to think, you are
educating him. Music, be it in park or
opera house, is nothing if not a breeder of
thought. This gives it its educational
value. Give the masses music, then free
music, music of the best, and the results
socially and otherwise, will amply repay
the cost of the experiment.
Speaking of music for the people we are
reminded that the third Peoples' Sym-
phony Concert, F. X. Arens conductor,
will take place at Cooper Union Hall on
Friday evening Feb. 8. Following in the
chronological order of these concerts, the
program will represent the classical period.
Miss Louise B. Voigt, soprano, will
sing an aria from Mozart's II Seraglio;
\l\]
*>.«> PER YKAR.
SINGLE COPIES 10 CEN1S
A NEW HACDOWELL SONATA.
C D W A R D MACDOWELL has sent to
*-^ his publishers the manuscript of a
sonata for pianoforte, in E minor. This
is his fourth composition in that form, the
first two being the sonata "Tragica" and
the sonata "Eroica." Neither the third,
nor, of course, the fourth, is yet familiar
in New York concert rooms, and it is pos-
sible that Mr. Mac Do well will give a reci-
tal before the winter is over, including
them in his program. It is worth noting
that MacDowell is the only American com-
poser whose works have received general
recognition in Germany. England, too,
is now paying attention to his composi-
tions. He has been invited to play a con-
certo and conduct an orchestral work of
his own at a Philharmonic concert in Lon-
don. He has also been asked if he would
be willing to write a choral work for one
of the English festivals, to fill up half a
program.
WHERE "DIE ME1STERS1NOER" WAS BORN.
T H E municipal authorities of Nurem-
* berg received an offer from the
Roman Catholics in the city to purchase
the old church of St. Katherine, which is
the scene of the first act of that most
humorous of all operas, Wagner's "Die
Meistersinger." It was very properly
declined, for although it is no longer used
for "Gottes Dienst" (Divine service), the
church is an interesting relic of the times
when the worthy burghers did their best,
though in a blundering fashion, to pre-
serve the arts of poetry and music. St.
Katherine's is to be restored and converted
into a museum, with a statue of the his-
torical cobbler-poet in the centre.
MISS CLARA CLEMENS.
R. Byron Overstreet, basso, will sing
Rocco's "Gold" aria from Beethoven's
Fidelio, and Heinrich Gebhard, a pianist
well-known in Boston, will play Mozart's
D minor concerto on a Steinertone grand.
CLEnENS' SUCCESS.
A CLEVER daughter of a clever father
**• is Miss Clara Clemens, mezzo soprano,
who made her debut recently in Washing-
ton, under distinguished patronage. Her
voice, like her presence, is most pleasing.
In quality it is rich, in range, satisfactory.
Her repertoire is extensive, and she pos-
sesses all the qualifications essential to a
successful career. The friends of her
popular father, "Mark Twain," and they
are legion, will watch her progress in her
chosen domain of effort with interest.
BOSTON NOTES.
LL the great pianists have received a
generous welcome this season. Bauer
seems to lead in popularity and with justice
it must be admitted. He is sui generis.
Mrs. Etta Edwards, gave a song recital
in Steinert Hall, Friday evening, Jan. 25,
which was worthy of especial praise. This
talented artist is steadily augmenting her
popularity.
Mme. Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler will
give her first pianoforte recital in Boston
on Feb, 9, in Steinert Hall, under the
management of Macauley Smith.
Mme. Juliette Corden sang with much
success at the Symphony concert in San-
ders Theatre last Thursday evening.
Felix Fox, the pianist, will give a con-
cert in Brookline this coming week.
A
Music Trade Review -- © mbsi.org, arcade-museum.com
-- digitized with support from namm.org
58 Pages.
A8™«, LENOX MO
JHMIC:T^ADEB^^ wi \ l
VOL.
I w\
XXXII. N o . 5 . Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 3 East Fourteentn street, New YOPK, Feb. 2,1901.
nUSIC FOR THE PEOPLE.
value of music as a means of ele-
vating the tastes of the people—the
"common people" as Lincoln puts it—has
never been appreciated to the extent that
it should. It is true that music cannot
revolutionize the world or better the finan-
cial condition of the people, but it can
make life much more enjoyable and bring
pleasure to the homes of those heavily
laden. As Zelie de Lussan so aptly says:
Music penetrates to the innermost recesses
of our natures, and, if we will but listen
to its promptings, arouses into instant ac-
tivity the divinity that is there concealed.
I need hardly add that I do not mean by
this that I would replace our teachers and
tutors with musicians, I use the term "ed-
ucation" in the broader sense—the knowl-
edge to which our schools and colleges are
but introductory. In a word, it is to know
ourselves and our possibilities. Music
may be made the vehicle of these revela-
tions. It is, perhaps, true that the effects
of listening to a sonata by Beethoven, or a
nocturne by Chopin, are more or less tran-
sitory. Nevertheless, one cannot have
his higher self stirred into activity without
being the better for the process. Give
the masses good music—no, the very best
—and their lives, as a whole, will be
sweeter and cleaner for your work. Im-
purity of thought and action is impossible
in the presence of this "handmaiden of
God."
Some of these days I think that those
who are responsible for the well-being of
our citizens will realize what an ally they
have in music as a stimulus to decency and
harmonious life among the "common peo-
ple."
It is in this sense that I place our
musicians among the true educators. The
almost pathetic appreciation of working
men and women of that which takes them
out and above their daily life is in striking
evidence in our parks on "band nights."
To me these assemblages always seem like
a big school of tired children, to whom the
brasses and the reeds are teaching the les-
son that there is something more in exist-
ence than aching heads and scanty wages.
If you make a man begin to think, you are
educating him. Music, be it in park or
opera house, is nothing if not a breeder of
thought. This gives it its educational
value. Give the masses music, then free
music, music of the best, and the results
socially and otherwise, will amply repay
the cost of the experiment.
Speaking of music for the people we are
reminded that the third Peoples' Sym-
phony Concert, F. X. Arens conductor,
will take place at Cooper Union Hall on
Friday evening Feb. 8. Following in the
chronological order of these concerts, the
program will represent the classical period.
Miss Louise B. Voigt, soprano, will
sing an aria from Mozart's II Seraglio;
\l\]
*>.«> PER YKAR.
SINGLE COPIES 10 CEN1S
A NEW HACDOWELL SONATA.
C D W A R D MACDOWELL has sent to
*-^ his publishers the manuscript of a
sonata for pianoforte, in E minor. This
is his fourth composition in that form, the
first two being the sonata "Tragica" and
the sonata "Eroica." Neither the third,
nor, of course, the fourth, is yet familiar
in New York concert rooms, and it is pos-
sible that Mr. Mac Do well will give a reci-
tal before the winter is over, including
them in his program. It is worth noting
that MacDowell is the only American com-
poser whose works have received general
recognition in Germany. England, too,
is now paying attention to his composi-
tions. He has been invited to play a con-
certo and conduct an orchestral work of
his own at a Philharmonic concert in Lon-
don. He has also been asked if he would
be willing to write a choral work for one
of the English festivals, to fill up half a
program.
WHERE "DIE ME1STERS1NOER" WAS BORN.
T H E municipal authorities of Nurem-
* berg received an offer from the
Roman Catholics in the city to purchase
the old church of St. Katherine, which is
the scene of the first act of that most
humorous of all operas, Wagner's "Die
Meistersinger." It was very properly
declined, for although it is no longer used
for "Gottes Dienst" (Divine service), the
church is an interesting relic of the times
when the worthy burghers did their best,
though in a blundering fashion, to pre-
serve the arts of poetry and music. St.
Katherine's is to be restored and converted
into a museum, with a statue of the his-
torical cobbler-poet in the centre.
MISS CLARA CLEMENS.
R. Byron Overstreet, basso, will sing
Rocco's "Gold" aria from Beethoven's
Fidelio, and Heinrich Gebhard, a pianist
well-known in Boston, will play Mozart's
D minor concerto on a Steinertone grand.
CLEnENS' SUCCESS.
A CLEVER daughter of a clever father
**• is Miss Clara Clemens, mezzo soprano,
who made her debut recently in Washing-
ton, under distinguished patronage. Her
voice, like her presence, is most pleasing.
In quality it is rich, in range, satisfactory.
Her repertoire is extensive, and she pos-
sesses all the qualifications essential to a
successful career. The friends of her
popular father, "Mark Twain," and they
are legion, will watch her progress in her
chosen domain of effort with interest.
BOSTON NOTES.
LL the great pianists have received a
generous welcome this season. Bauer
seems to lead in popularity and with justice
it must be admitted. He is sui generis.
Mrs. Etta Edwards, gave a song recital
in Steinert Hall, Friday evening, Jan. 25,
which was worthy of especial praise. This
talented artist is steadily augmenting her
popularity.
Mme. Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler will
give her first pianoforte recital in Boston
on Feb, 9, in Steinert Hall, under the
management of Macauley Smith.
Mme. Juliette Corden sang with much
success at the Symphony concert in San-
ders Theatre last Thursday evening.
Felix Fox, the pianist, will give a con-
cert in Brookline this coming week.
A
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