THIT SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, STATTCIT 21, 1915.
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Mp DECIDED musical student.
A novelty will mark the closing
concert for the season of 1914
115 of the Orpheus Male Chorus, Wil
liam Mansell Wilder, director, to take
place Friday night at 8:15 o'clock, at
the Masonic Temple, corner West Park
and Yamhill streets. On that occasien
lour different Portland student solo
ists will singr soles: Miss Kathryn
Knsey. Miss Maude C. Ross. Miss Ruth
M. Johns, Miss Marlon C. Atwater, with
J. R. Hutchinson as piano accompanist.
These four social soloists are studying
with four different vocal instructors in
this city, and the unusual nature of this
musical event is being widely ar.d
favorably commented upon. The male
chorus has been faithfully drilled for
this concert, and their numbers are
also interesting ana novel. The pro
grtmme: "The Huntsmen's Farewell"
(Mendelssohn) and "Rocked in the
Cradle of the Deep" (Knight): "Sum
mertlme" (Stephens) "Prayer" from
Tosca" (Puccini), Miss Kathryn Ensey;
"Memory" (Bond), "Lazy Moon" (Cole),
"Spring's Awakening" (Sanderson).
Tiorian Seng" (Godard), Miss Marion
C. Atwater. Part two: "Destruction
of Gaza" (do Rllle). "Ernani! Ernani.
Involani!" from the opera "Ernani"
Verdi) and "Hark, Hark, the Lark"
(Schubert), Miss Ruth M. Johns;
-Vineta" (Abt) and "A Little Farm
Well Till'd" (Hook 1749-1827) from the
comic opera "The Soldier's Return." T.
L. Thomas. D. R. Matthews and R. H.
Bond; "Mattinata" (Leoncavallo).
"Staendchen" (Richard Strauss). Miss
IHaude C, Rcss; "Blue Danube Walta"
(Strauss). "In Absence" (Buck).
MHS. STODDARD WISS TRIIMPH.
Mrs. Annette Stoddard, organist of
Trinity Episcopal Church, of this city,
was organist recently in Festival Hall,
Panama-Pacific International Expo
sition, San Francisco. She had the
honor of being the first woman to ap-,
pear In these high -class recitals, which
are being participated In by Clarence
Eddy and other noted organists. Mrs.
Stoddard is a tiny woman, not quite five
feet tall, and after her recital in Festi
val Hall many In the audience ex
pressed their surprise that a woman so
small phystcally could master so com
pletely a pipe organ of such magnitude.
Mrs. Stoddard received her bachelor
degree in both piano and pipe organ at
Syracuse University, New York, and for
three years was director of music In
the Rockford. 111.. College for Women.
Coming to this city a comparative
stranger. Mrs. Stoddard has won tne
admiration and esteem of Portland mu
sicians, who are happy ana proud to
claim her. .
This programme was rendered by
Mrs. Stoddard in Saa Francisco; "Pre
lude and Fuge In F-Mlnor" (Bach) :
"Caprice in E-Flat" (Faulkes); "Liebe
stod." from "Tristan and Isolde" (Wagner-Gibson);
"Scherzo Bymphonlque"
(Russell King Miller): "Concert Over
ture in C-Minor" (Hollins): "An Even
ing Meditation" (Mansfield): "First
Sonata" (Gullmant); "Christmas Pas
torale" (Rogers): "Grand March," from
"Aida" (Verdi-Shelley).
THE ALTHOISES IN CONCERT.
Paul Althouse, the young American
tenor of the New York Metropolitan
Opera Company, who, in three years,
has been called upon to create three im
portant roles, will, with his pretty wife,
enter the concert stage next year and
present scenes from grand opera in cos
tume. Mrs. Althouse, whose maiden name
was Elizabeth Breed, and who former
ly lived in St. Paul, is a contralto and
studied under Oscar Saenger, her only
teacher. Slv' is - graduate of the Uni
versity of Minnesota,' and has- the dis
tinction of being the youngest girl to
graduate from that institution.
Mr. Althouse created the role of
Count Niepperg In Umberto Giordano's
new grand opera, "Madame Sans Gene."
The Althouse role Is the most import
ant in this new opera and has added
no little fame to this excellent young
singer, whose acting and singing are a
-delight to alL Mrs. Althouse will also
be heard in the Metropolitan, in some
of the contralto roles.
AEROPHOR IN ORCHESTRA.
The time seems near at hand when
orchestra players of wind Instruments,
both brass and wood, will not use their
lungs at all, but will pump air through
their lips by mechanical means. The
aerophor, so-called, is bringing about
this revolution. It is a tragic fact that
modern music makes such demands
upon players of wind instruments that
their career of usefulness under pres
ent conditions is very short. In a com
paratively few years they lose their
embouchure.
This new method of "artificial
breathing" is going to be a vast help
to them. The device is a simple one,
consisting of a bellows" worked by the
foot, or under the arm, which forces
air through a vessel of water heated
by an electric lamp to the temperature
of breath 'and thence through a rubber
tube into the mouth, through one, and
MUSIC PEOPLE ACTIVE IN
CURRENT COMMENT.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Althouse, of
the New York Metropolitan Op
era House, are to appear in con
cert next season, and, in cos
tume, are to present scenes from
grand operas.
Mrs. Rose G. Reed, director, and
Mrs. A. L. Richardson, of La
Grande, Or., one of the soloists,
at a students' muslcale to take
place at the' Heillg Theater, to
morrow night at 8:15 o'clock.
Mrs. Annette Stoddard, organ
ist of Trinity Protestant Episco
pal Church, played recently on
the Festival pipe organ, at the
Panama-Pacific International Ex
position, San Francisco.
William Mansell Wilder is di
rector of the Orpheus Male
Chorus concert. Masonic Temple
auditorium, Friday night.
Miss Marguerite Dake played
piano solos at banquet of wom
en's auxiliary, George Wright
Post, No. 2, Women's Relief
Corps, held at County Courthouse
hall, last Wednesday night
Miss Edith Mozorowski played
violin solo at a recent reception
at the Neighborhood House,
South Portland.
Miss Kathleen Sealy, soprano,
was Boloist at recent reception
of the Derthlck Club, Oregon
City, Or.
Francis Graff,- 6 years old,
played a violin solo at a meet
ing of the Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation of Richmond Public
School.
Miss Lyne so highly delighted could be
summarized Into a few words it would
be that the young singer's predominant
qualities are brilliance and purity of
tone, a perfection in cultivation, an
absolute certainty of her powers, and a
surprising absence of all effort in pro
ducing her tones. She is of slight figure,
unaffected and artless in manner, and
with a personality which appeals to
her audience at once. Her voice is a
high coloratura soprano, and the ease
with which she executed trills and the
admirable evenness of her runs, par
ticularly in the "Voco dl Prlmavera' and
the 'Romeo and Juliet' aria, spoke vol
umes for her natural ability and for
her training as welL
x "Her programme was admirably se
lected, rendered in English, French and
Italian, her French accent being espe
cially true and dainty. The opening
number, the familiar 'Caro Nome' from
'Rigoletto,' was charmingly rendered.
The three other big numbers of the
night. 'The Shadow Song' from 'De
norah,' the La Boheme' aria, most ten
derly rendered, and the waltz from
'Romeo and Juliet,' whose difficulties
were dashed off with a brilliant ease
that proclaimed her voice knew no such
thing as fear of weariness, were all
evenly admirable. She was recalled
after every number and was gracious in
the matter of encores."
sometimes two, mouthpieces. All the
player of the Instrument need do,
whether he is playing the tuba or the
flute or the oboe, is to maintain this
current of air and to use the proper
embrouchure.
For several yeans Mr. manersieiB,
- .nKaa. tnho nf thA Ttnston Svm-
LUC tVIHiaunBO
phony Orchestra, has been using this
Ingenious contrivance, it eu&uieo m
to play a phrase as flowing and as
. - ac. cun Vio nlnved on the
double bass viol. Mr. Jaenicke, one of
the first horns or tne orcnesim, nu ex
perimented with the device with much
success, and Mr. Longy, the cele
brated oboeist, has spent .much time
experimenting with it. There are cer
tain passages in Wagner's operas, in
Richard Strauss' works, in fact, in
nearly all moaern wor:s, msi -solutely
unplayable if the musician
must lose his lungs. Long phrases
meant to be continuous must be broken
Into several parts.' but with the aero
phor the music is played as the com
poser intended.
Taking a striking example, the open
ing phrase for tuba of Wagner'B "A
Faust Overture" was never played as
written until the aerophor was in
vented, 50 years after the overture was
written. Whether Wagner dreamed
when he wrote the overture that some
time such a device would be invented,
or whether he hoped that once in a
while there would be a tuba player
with abnormal lungs, is difficult to
say but it is certain that he never
heard that opening phrase played as
it is now by Mr. Mattersteig, of the
Boston Symphony Orchestra.
PLAN FOR PRIZE CHORUS.
A number of responses from different
towns in Oregon have been received by
Joseph A. Finley as to the call for
names of singers wishing to go to San
Francisco to the Exposition and willing
to Join in forming a large chorus of
from 130 to 150 voices, to compete for
the 10,000 prize. The trip will cost
each member of the chorus about $50
for a visit of 15 days. The director
will pay his own expenses.
The chorus, if organized, will be
known as "The Portland Festival.
Chorus" and will appear in concerts
during the next season under the di
rection of Joseph A. Finley, the present
director of the Portland Oratorio So-
. . . D...K,Tlarfiin Soninr ChorUS.
Cieiy, lilts tr i cduj . -
Centenary M. E. Church Choir and sev- i
eral other choruses now prepares
a three-day music festival May 17, 18
and 19 at the First rresDyienan
Church. Mr. Finley nas oeen a resi
dent of Portland for four years, and
during that time has presented in ren
dition these oratorios, Messian,
"Elijah and "Keaempuon. a uuiubo
of fine miscellaneous concerts have also
been given under his direction with
choruses of from 72 to 150 voices.
"Some plan may be devised to raise
money to lessen the expense to chorus
members If a sufficiently large number
respond to show the interest necessary,
but the first Idea must be that of each
. jutn. inflnriAd. navinx his
memuw, iAitawfcw.
own way and taking his chance at
winning the prize." says Mr. Finley.
"The assistance of all musical organi
zations in Oregon will be welcomed in
this enterprlze.
TEYTE CONCERT TUESDAY,
n., i -, i mipnsltv and interest
ineio la bchumi " " j
among Portland, and also Oregon,
music lovers to hear Miss Maggie Teyte.
the English prima donna soprano, sing.
She is to appear in concert, under the
auspices of Steers & Comar. at the
Heillg Theater Tuesday night, and her
programme, a uneij oci.ci.i-
"In Quelle Trine Morbtde" Puccini
(Manon Lecant)
"Ivolone a Venere" Pare!"
'Serenita ,.....--- 1
"Cest 1'Extase Langoureuse," "La Flute
de Pan." "Beau Solr." "Fantochea,
SShevaux de Bols" .......... -C. Duey
"Veara! Carlno" (Don Juan) ... ... -Mozart
(a) "Until" Sanderson
Jb) "The WoodpiBeon" L. Lehman
c) "The Nlgtingale Has a Lyre of
Giid" Whelpley
, , th. T.llDwhammer" L.Lehman
XVIII Century- 6one: .
"r-.JP(iur Tor' Dezede
(b) "Cette Eau de Rose" (c) "Le Bai
lere " popular songs of Haut Auvergne
Malaret
id) "En "passant Par la Lorraine;'....
y ' Briesaud
(e) "Le Rosier Blanc" Weckerlin
(O "Petronllle" , W eckerhn
MISS LYNE CHARMS SALT LAKE,
r-t- i Mp. in Mnflri nf this city.
expect to pass today at La Grande. Or.,
where, with their neice. Miss Felice
T the vnnnc Emnd oDera Drima
donna, they will visit friends. Miss
Lyne, her mother and her grandmother.
Mrs. XneOUOSia ruruuili, ichyo bwum vi
unnAiitin irhnrn Miss Lvne is engaged
to appear as soloist in concerts.
m Miss lyne sang recently in reunai at
r. rr- 1 .. 1 Cl T ..Va CitV I't'lh
Lake City correspondent writes:
xz tne opinion oe uie uuuieuw wu.ij
- MELBA IN VANDEVILLE SOON.
It is stated that Madame Nellie
Melba, the Illustrious prima donna of
grand opera and concert celebrity, has
been engaged to sing in vaudeville, by
the Keith interests, at the Palace The
ater, New York City, commencing next
Fall, at a salary of J6000 per week, or
$1000 more than Emma Calve is paid
for similar services. Melba will sing
for the Keith houses, 14 times per
week. The Keiths are working hard to
Induce John McCormack to sing for
them at about J5000 a week, but it is
understood that the noted Irish tenor
thinks that about four times that sum
ought to be the figure.
COMING MUSICAL EVENTS.
At the Portland Hotel Tuesday after
noon at 2:30 o'clock this miscellaneous
programme will be presented by the
MacDowell Club: "Meditation," from
"Thais" (Massenet), and "Orientale)
(Cui), Miss Lillian Morgan, with Miss
Constance Piper as accompanist; "Bel
Ragglo," from "Semlramide" (Rossini),
"Burst. Ye Apple Buds' (Emery), ana
"Waltz Song" (German), Miss Lina
Linehan; "The Spirit Flower" (Campbell-Tipton),
"Come to the Garden.
Love" (Mary Turner Salter), and "My
Heart Is a Lute" (Woodman). John
Ross Fargo; "O Don Fatale" (Verdi).
"Daybreak" (Daniels), and "A Heart
From Kerry" (Beverly), Mrs. Lula
Dahl Miller; two Tuscan folk-songs, "A
Streamlet Full of Flowers" and "A
Flight of Birds," Mrs. Miller and Mr.
Fargc. Mrs. Warren E. Thomas will
be the piano accompanist.
The Monday Musical Club will meet
tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock in
room 406 Eilers building. Miss Martha
Reynolds will give an informal talk on
"The Arts of the Nineteenth Century.
These talks are both interesting and
educational. Miss Reynolds will be as
sisted by Miss Ella Van Leuwen, who
will sing a group of German folk songs,
and A. D. Stewart, who will sing sev
eral Jrish songs.
Albert Creitz, the bdy violinist, will
play two solos tonight at Atkinson Me
morial Congregational Church, East
Twenty-ninth and Everett streets.
A great deal of Interest is being
evinced by musical and social circles
over the concert tomorrow night at 8
o'clock, under the direction of Mrs. Rose
Coursen-Reed. A varied and interest
ing programme has been prepared, the
lighter songs alternating with the
heavier compositions, thus showing the
versatility of the students. Mrs. Reed
will present the Treble Clef Club in
three numbers and these soloists: Miss
Christine Denholm, Mrs. Rose Friedle
Gianelll, Raymond Graham (Astoria),
Mrs. Margaret Gray (Vancouver), Mrs.
Sanderson Reed. Mrs. A. L. Richard
son (La Grande), Miss Maude C Ross
(Astoria), Miss Madeline Stone and
Oscar Lawrence Woodfin (Oregon City),
with Edgar E. Coursen at the piano.
It is to be regretted that Miss Dorothy
Lewis will not be able to sing at the
concert. Miss Lewis has accepted a
four weeks' engagement at a Spokane
(Wash.) theater and left for Spokane
Sunday.
The chorus choir of St. David's Epis
copal Church is rehearsmg Stainer's
"Crucifixion," to be sung Palm Sunday,
March 28, at the afternoon service.
Easter Sunday afternoon the choir will
sing "Messiah Victorious" (William G.
Hammond), which, it is said, has never
been heard in this city.
Most of the soloists for the May
Music Festival, to be held at the First
Presbyterian Church. May 17. 18 and 19,
by the Presbyterian Senior Chorus, the
Portland Oratorio Society, tne centen
ary M. E. Church Choir, the Aeolian
Male Chorus, the Lotus Ladles' Chorus,
the G Clef .Girls' Chorus and several
other musical organizations directed by
Joseph A. Finley, and being prepared by
him for this series of concerts, have
been engaged. Mrs. Delphine Marx, con
tralto, and Dom J. Zan, baritone, will
each sing a solo, and together a duet.
May 17. Mrs. M. Gabriel-Pullin, soprano,
will sing a solo, with flute obligato and
flute solo by R. E. Millard, May 18,
when Mrs. Jane Burns Albert, soprano;
Joseph P. Mulder, tenor, and W. A. Ba
con, violinist, will be the soloists. May
19 Mrs. Jane Burns Albert, soprano; E.
Maldwyn Evans, baritone, and Norman
A. Hoose, tenor, will be the soloists in
a rendition of "The Creation" .(Haydn)
by a combination of all the choruses
into one large chorus of 125 to 150
voices, to be called the Portland Festi
val Chorus. Mr. Finley will have charge
and will direct all the choruses taking
part. There will be no admission
charged, but a plan Is being thought
out to guarantee seats to those attend
ing and avoid the overcrowding which
took place at "The Messiah" production.
Miss Clara Wuest, contralto soloist at
Reed College and at Centenary Meth
odist Episcopal Church, will appear at
Hood River. Or., Thursday in concert,
assisted by Miss Frances Sheehy, pian
ist, of this city, and George Wuest. vio
linist, of Hood River. Miss Wuest is a
student of Joseph A. Finley and has
appeared many times during the last
two years at Reed College, and at other
places In Portland. She has sung in ora
torio and in concert and has pleased her
hearers.
MUSIC NOTES.)
Frits Krcieler will not finish his
present season until well into May,
and it is quite possible that he may
give some concerts as late as June, for
the demand made upon him seems end
less. His manager says that instead of
the 40 concerts originally planned,
Kreisler by the Summer will have
played nearly 80. Kreisler will not
leave the country thl3 Summer but will
probably spend the hot months in the
Adirondacks. He begins the season of
1915-16 in San Francisco in September
and will give a series of concerts along
the Pacific Coast and in the West, re
turning to the East in November.
Mrs. Jessie O. Steckle sang at a St.
Patrick's tea' given by the ladies of
Pilgrim Congregational Church last
Wednesday, using "The Shoogy-Shoe"
(Mayhew) and "Sweet Is Tipperary"
(William Arms Fisher), which were
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voice. Mrs. Steckle also sang at
a meeting of the Woman's Overlook
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John McCormack. the famous tenor,
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I'll begin." There was quiet, after
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"Yes!" sighed the opera manager,
"we had a pretty rough season every
way. But what took the sand out of
me was the row between De Wrecker,
the leading tenor, and De Squalchl. the
prima donna. You know what an awk
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"Professor, do you think my daughter
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Philadelphia Ledger.
Emillo De Gogorza, the concert bari
tone, announces that he is no longer
under the management of Antonio
Sawyer, and that all business com
munications for the new season of
1916-16 may be addressed to him at
Bath, Me.
At Centenary Methodist Episcopal
Church, corner of EasJ Ninth and Tine
streets, tonight Joseph A. Finley will
lead a chorus of 100 women's voice.
The W. B. D. C. Women's Quartet will
sing "As Pants the Hart" (Gollmlck),
the O Cleft Girls' Glue Club will sing
"The Lord Is My Shepherd" (Smart).
The 100 women will sing "Jeu Lover
of My Soul'' (Holbrook) and "Christ Is
King" (Smith) and will lead all the
hymns,
Lincoln High School Auditorium was
crowded last Thursday night by an ap
preciative audience on the occasion of
a recital by the violin and piano stu
dents of Frank G. ElohenUub and
Beatrice Hidden. Eirhenlaub. Mrs.
Eichenluub was th piano accompanist,
and played with fine ability and .yni
pathy. All the young students did aood
work and showed encouraging musical
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