THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND. APRIL 5. IfHicT.
SPRING MUSIC FESTIVAL OPENS THIS WEEK
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, With Chorus of Portland Singers, Will Be Heard at the Armory
SriSw V. J f . .. fcZ 1,--" IlljWii w4 7 - ; V -
IN th true mufiral scnsp of the
trm Port!nd has npver hd real
musical festival backed by a big;.
Imported ay m phony orchestra. But the
)onar-looked-f or event cornea thin week
and Portland props on the music-map
along- with Worcester, Mass.. Cincin
nati. O., TMttshurp, Fa., St. Paul, Minn.,
Boston, Mass.. and other cities.
Portland's annual Spring; music festi
val begins Friday nigrht this week, at
the. Armory, Tenth and Couch streets,
and concludes Sunday night. The
Portland chorus of 300 voices will have
the distinguished assistance of the C'hl
caa:o Symphony Orchestra, Adolph
Itosenbecker, conductor. The vocal
nlolst are: Genevieve Clark Wilson,
mprano; Hose Lutlgrer Gannon, con
trltii; John Miller, tenor, and Arthur
Middleton, bass. Jan Van Oordt is con
certmeistcr and aolo violinist, and
Vranz Wnjrner nolo 'cellist and as
sistant conductor.
Kridny niR-ht there will be a grand
orchestra concert, followed by a re
cital by the vocal chorus of Max
Itruch s "Fair Kl!en," the incident of
which Is tHken from the siege of Luck-
now, India, and belonars to the period
of the Indian mutiny of 1667, when
sieffe-atrtcken Lucknow was saved by
a highland brigade of the British army
under the command of Sir Colin
Campbell. Through the cantata is
heard the strains of the Scotch tune,
'The Campbells are ComlnV So, Fri
day night will be known as "Scotch
night."
Saturday afternoon a popular orches
tral concert will be given to accom-
modate the school children of ths city,
and Saturday night there -will bo a
grand orchestral concert and rendition
of Gortnff Thomas' "Swan and Sky
lark." Sunday afternoon. April II, a mag
nificent rendering of Handel's "Mes
siah" by the vocal chorus, soloists and
symphony orchestra may be expected,
with added orchestral numbers.
Sunday night, April 12, will close the
music festival, when thens will bo a
final grand orchestra! concert with
vocal' and instrumental solos by the
many soloists with the Chicago Sym
phony Orchestra.
For the approaching music festival,
the largest and best vocal chorus Port
land has yet heard, haa been rehearsing
during these past three months under
the direction of W. VH. Boyer, and
among its members are many of Port
land's professional singers. Including
Mrs. Walter Reed, Dom J. Zam, W. A.
GENERAL DANIEL F. BRUSH,
VETERAN OF THE CIVIL WAR
New Commander of the Department of the Columbia a Survivor From
Pays When Soldiering Was Soldiering.
BY ARTHUR A. G REE NR.
NOT many of the "silver grays" re
main on the active list of our
Army. Motit of the men who
f might the battles of this Republic
during the 40 years which followed
the Civil TVar have been picked off by
death or retirement. Time is the only
foe before whom they have retreated.
It Is therefore of especial Interest that
General Paniel F. Brush, the new com
mandant at Vancouver, is a survivor
from the days when soldiering was
soldiering and there was a good chance
to get killed.
General Brush served something like
two years as a boy volunteer in the
Fnion Army and afterward went to
TVcst Point and became a "lieutenant
of regulars in 1S71. Ho was immedi
ately assigned to service on the plains.
He servt d under Stanley and Custer
and distinguished himself against the
Sioux, especially in the action on the
Fnwder River in '73, when he com
manded th- scouts and located the
hostile. Purirg the hard service of
the Sioux "ar he was especially active
and wa associated with aJI the fnmous
flKhters of the frontier. Buffalo Bill,
Miles. Custer and the rest.
I-ater in the piping time of peace
during the 80 and early 90"a he waa
detailed as instructor of military
tactics at the University of Illinois.
When the Spanish War came he was
a major in the Seventeenth Infajitry
and participated with his battallion in
the Santiago campaign. Promotion fol
lowed fast after that and he went up
to the grade of colonel. He saw much
service in the Phlllipines in the Inspec
tion department, becoming inspector
general. His recent promotion to
brigadier general came on hte return
from the Islands.
General Brush is especially pleased
with his, command of the department
of the Columbia, as he has never
served In the Pacific Northwest. The
department will probably find the new
commandant an administrator of much
force and energy. Personally General
Brush la a tine type of Army man:
slender, wfry, bronzed, with an alert
ness of movement and speech which
characterizes a man of action. He will
be 60 in May, which gives him four
years more of active pervlce. . He will
be among the very last of the Civil
War veterans to leave active service.
Portland is glad to know General
Brush and hopes the next fmir years
will be the pleasantest and most use
ful of his long military career.
"Rosmersholm;" An Interpretation
By Blanche Stoddard
FY BLANCHE! STODDARD.
STRAXtlB it Is that so much thought
has been given to the political and
spria! history of Norway ami Sweden,
and I am convinced that had it not been
' for the intensely human lhsen, whose
keen perception seems to have penetrated
the very depths of social unrest and
w hose scope of-thourht has encompassed
tt entire real of the unreality of social
convention, the little kingdom would have
played a very minor part in the literary
1 affairs of the worlfl.
Only lhsen could have lifted lis men
' tally to the heights of his intellectual
rralm. So much of tlie materialistic" is
s'tltgested by the Storthing and the Kolk
t! inf. the legislative bodies of Norway,
that one would scarcely look to the lit
erature of these people for the profound
thought of Ihsen's works.
So IndiFsolubly linked with the move
ments of democracy has the great author
lecn that we are not a littie surprised
tliat YVHUam Archer, the eminent scholar
and student of Ibsen's sociology, should
. declare that the great Norwegian was an
aristocrat.
Rosmersholm'" undoubtedly marks the
; transformation from the Bohemian to
the punctilious man-of-the-world. Archer
' says, No democratic movement which
Implied a leveling down fou'.d ever com-
tnand Ibsen's sympathy. He was a lev
seller up or nothing."
' Knnoblrment of character seems to
hive been the keynote of his mature life..
; T"ie vlct.iry of the liberal party in lM,
v hen Kins Oscar finally yielded In the
-lieht wlilcl) had gone oa for 14 years
upon the Interpretation of the Norwegian
constitution ot Uli, left innumerable
a. - ' .
-.u s
human beings but by' t,000.CO0 cats and
dogs." This is the picture recorded in
the view of party division presented In
"Rosmersholm." Rector KroJI Is a faith
ful depiction of the vanquished; while
the coward who fears to disclose his
whole heart is characterized) y the free
thinker and opportunist Mortensg-ard.
The disappointment which Ibsen felt at
the real outcome of the long struggle
Is evidenced by his lamentation that
much remains to be done before we
can be said to have attained real lib
erty. A certain element of nobibty of
soul must be introduced- into our Na
tional life. Into our Parliament, anit into
our press.'
It was in these thoughts that "Ros
mersholm" had its origin. The play was
completed in 18S5 and Ibsen launched it
In the hope that it would "lead -to lively
discussion." Ibsen said of the play that
"It deals with the struggle with hJmsrlf
which every serious-minded man must
face In order to brine his Ufe into har
mony with his convictions. First and
foremost of course the play is a preative
work, dealing with human beings and
human destinies."
Ibsen drew on the actualities of
life for the real warp and woof of "Ros
mersholm." A certain episode In the life
of a Swedish nobleman known to Ibsen
suggested Rosmer. remarkable for the'
distinction of manner which makes of
him the central figure of the play. The
details of the Swedish episode needs
scarcely be related, for they coniform al
most exactly with the Incidents of the
play.
Students of Ihsen are faxniliar with the
most popular type of hla works, tha so
cial drama. "Rosmersholm" marks the
end of this series. At the beginning
of tho play Rosmer. who many accept
as simply a personification of the Ibsen
thought, the decided Conservative, is- es
teemed and admired. But public opinion
turns against him as soon as his Intel
lectual emancipation Is discovered. Ibsen
himself has been almost as much exposed
to attack as the Rosmer of our play.
My audiences will consider the play
almost exclusively as belonging to the
social class, but If well considered It
will be found to mark the transition to
the psychological. Rosmer and Rebecca
are first concerned about political duties
and social ideas, but all these considera
tions take on an evanescence as the play
proceeds, and In the final act we find
them alone with their souls tortured by
their selfish conduct. &Iy impersonation
of Rebecca will be marked by a gradual
transformation from the woman of either
assumed or real preeminent mentality
concerned with the social and political
problems of the Nation to the purely fem
inine individual, who having driven &
creature of like flesh and blood to self
destruction, is overwhelmed by the human
horror of It all and follows in the same
path of sought-for oblivion. I realise
that my temerity will be scarcely un
derstood In attempting to follow In the
wake of Eleanor Duse and Mrs. Fisk,
hut as a close student of Ibsen and
having been trained in my intimate asso
ciation with Nazimova I shall attempt
with the use of my own talent and some
of her perception to Interpret the thought
which Inspired "Rosmersholm'' rather
than to give purely a depiction of the
supremely human Rebecca.
Montgomery. H. A. Hogue. W. Gilford
Nash, Mrs. May Dearborne Schwab,
Miss Petronella Connelly. Miss Evelyn
Hurley. Mrs. Rose Coffee Powell
Mies Agnes Watt. John Claire Montelth,
and others. The singers number about
300 and have largely been recruited
frcm church choirs nnd musical so
cltics. The volume and strength of
this big chorus make an inspiring;
musical attraction and jr surprise in
frhis lips is promlsed ,
The music festival should be cor
dially welcomed and large attendances
assured at all the different concerts.
Many out of town people will be here,
the tickets are sailing well, and Port
land people should believe that this is
an Important public" educative event
that should be promptly taken advant
age of.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra
was well received here on Its last trip
in 1902. and since then has achieved
international success. It is now one ot
the most popular musical attractions
before the American public, and as a
symphony orchestra it leads. On the
present tour the orchestra and soloists
have been well received. Everywhere
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