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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 2, 1902.
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GEO. L. BAKER, Manager
THE BAKER THEATER
GEO. L. BAKER, Manager
Nordica's Career Abroad
Phone Columbia 506
Phone Oregon North 1076
HER UNPARALLELED TRIUMPHS IN WAGNERIAN
ROLES
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Apropos of XordlcR's first appearance
In Portland, Thursday, February 13. a J
brief resume of her career abroad may j
be found interesting to those who know
of it only in a general way. With her j
triumphs in America every one Is of j
course more or less familiar. Her for- j
eign debut was made in Brescia, Italy,
In the role of Violetta, in "La Traviata."
Her success led to important encasements
In Italian cities, and at St. Petersburg.
where she sang during two Winters at
the Imperial Italian Opvra with the first
stars of the operatic firmament. Her tri
umph in the well-known roles created by
Verui may be best judged by the fact
tha her interpretation of the greatest of
them all. his mystical Aida. is said to be
unsurpassed In the realm of Itillan music
Paris was stormed and conquered next,
her Marguerita ("Faust") and Ophelia
('Hamlet") having ben studied under
the composors themselves. Charles Gou-
the carrying power of her voice as some
thing quite phenomenal. On one occasion
he sang at the Crystal Palace, London,
an auditorium that seats C5.000 people, and
her voice" filled the vast space without the
least strain. Her feat of singing on Mont
Blanc afc-o attracted much attention.
Apart from these purely physical qualities
of voice, she has given interpretations o
well-known roles that have won her great
praise. When she appeared at Covent
Garden as Brangaene, in "Tristan und
Isolde." the Pall Mall Gazette. said: "Both
in singing and acting she was almost
ideal, and It Ik not saying too much when
we express our doubt that even Bayreutli
could furnish a better Brangaene."
When she appeared in "Faust" the Ath
enaeum commented upon her work as fol
lows: "Miss ErUicr Palllser has followed
up her success as Brangaene by an em
bodiment of the most important part of
Marguerite, Ftill more noteworthy for
girlish grace and vocal excellence. It
was throughout an example of the an
which conceals art, and though, perhaps.
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XOUDICA. GUEATEST OF AMERICAN" SINGERS.
That JCordlca has no ioer among American fingere. and no superior in the
orltl today, is generally conceded because or her delightful and many-sided art,
bcr beautiful. Ulghl) cultured voice, and her irresistible charm of manner and per
son. Hor invincible pluck and determination to overcome all obstacles and succeed;
her Indefatigable and conscientous work, together with the natural gifts with
vhlch she is endowed, have earned for her the exalted place she holds on the
two continents. Not the leat admirable of her many tine qualities is the fact that
her chief pride I the appreciation and praise accorded her in her native land by
the American people.
Xordlca will sing in Portland for the first time at the Maruuam Thursday,
February II!.
nod and Ambrose Thomas. Her Paris
triumph was followed by another at Cov
ent Garden, London, which firmy estab
lished her reputation as a great singer
throughout England and led to import
ant oratorio engagements.
But there still remained one last well
nigh impregnable" rock to conquer Ger
man opera. These difficult roles were
undertaken and mastered, one by one,
until In 1S94 Nordica was chosen from
among all the prima donnas on the op
eratic stage eligible for the part to create
the role of Elsa at the first performance
of "Lohengrin" at Bayreuth. Such was
her triumph that opera-houses through
out Germany endeavored to secure her
for special performances. She was en
couraged to add to her repertoire Isolde
In "Tristan und Isolde," and Brunhllde
In "Walkure," "Siegfried" and "Gottcr
dammerung." In her presentation of
these roles, which she studied under
Madame Wagner's personal supervision,
many hold her to be without a rival on
either continent.
The latest European honor to be con
ferred upon her was the distinction of
opening the new Wagner Theater at Mu
nich last September, in "Tristan und
Isolde." Her conquest of the critical and
conservative audience was complete and
unequivocal, the people bursting into
storms of applause. Their delight was so
unbounded that, even before the close of
the first performance, she was re-engaged
for the Wagner roles in the same theater
next season.
An attempt is being made to have Xor
dlca give-two of her famous Wagnerian
songs In her Portland programme.
JOSEF IIOFMAXX.
His Idea on I'inno Practice Attract
the Attention of Critic.
Josef Hofmann's appearance at the
Marquam tomorrow night. February 3,
will afford Portland music-lovers an op
portunity for comparing the young celeb
rity with the great artists Paderewskl.
Rosenthal. Sauer, Godowsky, Fanny
Bloomfield Zelsler. Marc Hambourg and
others who have preceded him.
Young Hofmann's ideas concerning
piano practice are just now attracting
much attention from American critics. As
the pupil of Rubensteln. and later of
D' Albert, who has so long held first place
as a pianist among the Europeans, Hof
mann's views naturally obtain respect.
He discountenances the prevalent maxims
as to the desirability of regular hours for
practice, and holds that the professional
musician should avoid getting into set
habits. In a recent talk with William
Armstrong, the Chicago crititc, Mr. Hof
ninn said, as reported in the Etude:
-x'crsonxlly, I find It a bad plan to
practice on the day I play It in public.
0fe or two days before a concert it is all
well and good to practice it. but never
Z&rer. Then, when you come before your
jrcHence yourmind Is fresh, and the In
terpretation will consequently be better.
When I am playing I never feel 111. Even
when I was Injured by falling from my
bicycle I could play in concerts when the
physician pronounced me unable. Once
atTlflis I played with a high fever on
me, but that did not affect my work."
ESTHER 1'AL.L.ISEIU
Former Portland SiiiKor's Trlnntphi
In England.
Esther Palllser has Just returned to
America from her long residence abroad.
She will be easily recalled by Portland
music'ans. as she was for several years
a resident of this city, her name off the
stage being Emma Walters. Her charm
ing personality and her remarkable voice,
which is of great range, allowing her to
sing contralto as well as soprano roles,
made her many friends In this city, who
lyill be glad to hear of her unusual suc
cess in England. One writer describes
not dramatically powerful, was certainly
one of the most charming impersonations
ever witnessed."
On one occasion she was engaged to
take the place of Melba. and won much
applause for her work, although the au
dience was "most discriminating and ex
acting. Her repeated successes were re
warded by a request to sing before Queen
Victoria at Windsor Castle, where nhe
gave the part of Mlchaela in "Carmen."
Her opera repertory includes some SO
roles, and she sings all of the oratorios
that are produced in this day. Indeed, in
oratorio, as In opera. Miss Palllser stands
at the top in England. She has sung with
brilliant success to overflowing audiences
at the great English music festivals, and
in Albert Hall sang for seven consecutive
seasons the soprano solos with the Royai
Choral Society. The English public are
cordial to Miss Palllser, says the Mu
sical Courier, "a singer with a noble voice
unimpaired, and an artist approaching tne
zenith of her dramatic and Intellectual
powers."
Of German. French and Welsh ancestry.
Miss Palllser may have her forefathers
to thank for the number of her talents.
She loves work above all things. Abroad
she is known for her love of antique fur
niture and jewels, and as a collector of
both she has been very fortunate.
During a large part of Miss Palllser's
residence in Portland she sang In the
choir of the First Baptist Church, where
her father, who was a well-known and
successful musician, was choir director.
He made quite a reputation as a teacher,
and deserves much credit for his daugh
ter's vocal training. Miss Palliser also
was a member of the Cathedral choir in
Portland, and her friends here speak ot
her as having very high Ideals and a
strong character. She was known to dis
like the idea of appearing In light opera,
and soon gave it up for more serious
work, in keeping with her high conception
of art and its relation to life. She Is said
to have been one of the very few singers
who have been accepted socially In Lon
don. Her sister. May Walters, is now singing
contralto roles with the Bostonlans.
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A Xcw Arrival.
Mrs. Maude Coy-Flavin, a newcomer in
Portlind musical circles, will sing for
the first time in this city at the First
Congregational Church this morning. Mrs.
Coy-Flavin has had considerable experi
ence as a soprano In the churches of Chi
cago and other cities.
EuRene ami Josef StcblnKcr.
The next pupils recital will take place
Saturday, the Sthinst.
THE EVIL OF ZIONISM.
The Aeolian Recital.
The strongest evidence of merit in any
entertainment is shown toy the number ot
people who will brave a storm to be In
attendance upon It.
Last Wednesday evening was one of the
stormiest nights experienced In Portland
for some years, yet over 100 people
donned overcoats and wraps and attended
the Aeolian Company's recital.
Those who braved the storm were well
repaid for the coming, while those who
remained away missed a rich musical
treatl
Mr. Blwell opened the programme, play
ing Suppe's grand overture, "Morning,
Noon and Night," on the pipe organ. Tne
selection was happily received and heart
ily applauded. This was followed by Cho
pin's "Polonaise Mllitaire," by Mr. Bruce
on the piano, and was played with a spirit
evincing a proper conception of the piece.
Following this a beautiful waltz-song,
with flute obligato, was a pleasing selec
tion, and then "Les Joyeaux Papillons,"
by Greig. was all that was expected by
lovers of the dainty, delicate ctyle.
Liszt's Second Rhapsodic was repeated
by request and proved the most pleasing
number on the programme, and Mr. Bruce
received an ovation at the close of his
masterly rendition of this most difficult
piano selection.
The "Tannhauser" overture closed the
programme, and the audience was fully
paid for the effort it took to leave a
warm, comfortable fire on such a stormy
night, for the sole purpose of attending a
muslcale.
ionium a Worne Enemy to Jcvrn
Than Antl-Semltlitm.
American Israelite (Cincinnati).
The following from the editorial columns
of the London Jewish Chronicle contains a
suggestion that may well be carefully con
sidered by those Americans who are in
clined to recard Zionism as at worst a bit
of harmless idealism. The editor of the
Chronicle says:
"Of course all of us are gratliled and
impressed by the spectacle of Jews gath
ered from the ends of the earth to taUe
counsel over the position of the race. We
should not be Jews at all if we did not
lejoice in the fraternization of our people,
and In the stirring of racial consciousness.
But any feeling of satisfaction on that
score would be hopelessly obliterated if it
issued In financial speculation, culminat
ing in disaster. We think, too, the Zionists
have another duty solemnly laid upon
them. They should beware at their con
ferences of exaggerating national preten
sions. Sometimes it would almost seem
as though they delighled In emphasizing
our supposed national separateness, and
the impossibility of ever carrying out the
experiment which England has for two
generations been essaying the experiment
of granting the Jews racial individuality
and English rights. As Mr. J. H. Levy
has well said In this connection: 'That
Great Britain would long tolerate the un
limited Inflow of a population proclaiming
their intention to remain aliens to the fur
thest generation, and sneering at angllcl
zatlon as a wretched shibboleth.' is not to
be thought of by sane politicians. How
significant is it that the president of the
'British Brothers' has proclaimed his sym
pathy with Zionism! The Zionists see
nothing in the admiration which their
propaganda inspires among many anti
Semites. But they must understand' that
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! their ostentatious proclamation of a Jew
ish nationality that cannot be content with
anything but a Jewish state is merely
I playing into the hands of the enemies of
their race. It Is a confirmation of the
contention that English citizenship has
been conferred on a number of people who
can never be Englishmen, and Jews may
wake up one day to find that while Zion
ism has failed to hew out a separate Jew
ish nationality, it has destroyed that which
years of laborious work have achieved in
free countries like England. "Why should
Jews turn round and warn Englishmen
that they are engaged In a fatuous and
Impossible experiment? Why halt, of our
Sonrm a. Xo-elit Xott.
John Philip Sousa, the bandmaster, has
found time between his concerts, composi
tions and transatlantic tours to devote
himself to literary work, and a novel
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own will, on the path which has been
traversed with such pain and labor, and
wander back to the point from which the I
centuries of marching began.'
This is the position which the Israelite
has assumed from the very beginning of
this pernicious agitation. Motives should
of course always be considered, but wise
men have ever held a fool to be more dan
gerous than a deliberate evil-doer, espe
cially to those whom he seeks to serve.
"We therefore firmly believe that Jewish
Zionism has in the few years of Its ex
istence done more harm to Israel than has
Christian anti-Semitism, and that Herzl
and Xordau and their misguided followers
have been most efficient allies of Diumont,
Stoecker and their accomplices.
Let who will speak "with guarded conslfl
erateness of these people, the Israelite has
a duty to perform, and will not refrain
from plain speaking. Attention must be
called to the danger that lies in the Zl
onlte crusade. Sane men should lose no
opportunity to denounce It In public and
private as an exotic in this country, as
it is in England, as the product of dis
eased minds, too weak to bear the light
burden of social discrimination, or grasped
at as a .last hope by the unfortunates
whom Russia and Roumanla have tor
tured until they have been driven to the
brink of despair.
Zionism and anti-Semitism are twin ene
mies of the Jews, and the former is po
tentially the more dangerous.
Bryan's Plea for the Small College.
Chicago Record-Herald.
"While the plea of Colonel Bryan for the
small college, embodied in "his address to
the alumni of Illinois College, presented
no arguments that have not been elab
orated by President Charles F. Thwing,
and other well-known educators, the sen
timents expressed are none the less time
ly and commendable. They are especial
ly Umely In view of the present tendency
to centralize education as well as indus
trial forces.
Mr. Bryan, himself an alumnus of a
small college, places special emphasis upon
the moral element In college training, and
ehows wherein, the smaller institution may
be better adapted for the inculcation of
those principles which He at the basis
of character and which tend to Implant
the highest Ideals of citizenship. On this
point he says:
The college ought to turn out something bet
ter than a scholar. It ought to turn out a
man. The heart has more to do with human
happiness than the head has. I believe the
small college supplies the meal element aa
the large one cannot, because there is no in
fluence so great as the Influence of the up
right life, such as the life of the professor
constantly before the student in ,the small
college.
This Is the argument for the small col
lege presented very clearly and force
fully. In the smaller colleges there is de
veloped a spirit of comradeship and fel
lowship through closer personal contact
of the students which leaves its impress
Josef Hofmann
and the Pianola
I promised to write you my criti
cal opinion of the Pianola after I had
time and opportunity to thoroughly
test it.
I find that your instrument is de
signed for reproducing pianoforte
literature and offers facilities for ex
pression that will enable an intelli
gent player to give a very close
imitation of hand-playing. I have
been surprised to discover to what
an extent one can, with a little prac
tice, control the dynamic effects.
The selection of the music you
have published is excellent and very
cleverly arranged for the Pianola.
I think what has impressed me as
much as anything is the ease with
which the instrument is played. Ir
is simplicity itself. To summarize
briefly, it is my opinion that in all
essentials of artistic piano-playing
the Pianola is the best instrument
of this type to reproduce the piano
music. JOSEF HOFMANN.
upon their lives that time will not efface.
Moreover, the closer personal contact be
tween the small student body and tne
president or the professors enables the
latter to exert a more direct influence
upon the lives of the students.
If the ultimate aim of education is the
building of character it cannot be denied
that the small college occupies an Im
portant place in the educational and c:vic
forces of the Republic. That they must
have exerted tremendous Influence In
shaping our National life and In develop
ing our institutions is apparent from the
fact that there are now in existence in
.the United States no less than 370 Insti
tutions of higher learning which had in
1901 less than 1C00 students each, while
only 42 institutions had a larger enroll
ment than this.
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