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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. ' SUNDAY MORNING. MARCH 171507..
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SELDOM happens la Portland
that we- have such a toast . of
. good - tiling! all 1 at once aa
"Madam Butterfly", on week,
Rosenthal tha next and San Car
lo opera two weeks later. ' , .
The coming of the San Carlo oom
. pany with lta splendid Nordlca, Its
. ' delightful ' Alice Nellsen and Its
' : charming Constantino, for these are
.... probably (he best known figures In
' the company, -Is - now the talk ' of
. muslo lovers. Success has attended
' them throughout their tour, and
everywhere are heard most flatter
ing reports of their work. The or
chestra comes In for much special
' mention, and Portland has reason to
. expect something far from mediocre.
Other musical events of tbi near
' . future that are of interest are the
. ' LeEoy Oesner concert and the Luc
, chest farewell concert, i At present
there Is no prospect for the concert
' by Madame Norelll, which has been
' looked forward to by her admirers
; ever since she returned about three
-. months ago. Her time has been so
full and there have been so many
-. other attractions on the boards that
as It now appears she will not give
one at alL She leaves In about two
.'weeks to fill her engagement with
.C the Philharmonic society In Albert
s hall, London, In April. .:
H
AYES APPRAISAL
of LeRoy Gesner'a Value
- It I a cause for congratulation that
an artist Ilka LeRoy Oesner haa re
' turned to tha coast to continue hta
.work htn for the present. Thera la
' much Interest being manifested in the
. . concert to be (riven at the Hellis Mon
day evening, March II, by Mr.-Cleaner
""""''"nnij Arthnr-voir-JeaBenr-boUj-of Salem.
-X To-show- how - Mr. Oeaner's work U
rated in Europe, where ha met with
; marked success, the following la quoted
.' from the official correspondence of Ben
Hayes, tha well known London critic,
concerning hla appearance at a fsah
' .lonable soiree In Liege, Belgium: -
"The aucceea . of tha evening waa
. achieved by a young stranger In Liege,
, ! who Came directly from Prague and
rt who, I waa told, waa heard for the first
"LeRoy Gesner waa, I think, a little
r-abashed at-lirat-by-hla. audience, e. re-
markably brilliant and cultured oneTln
which every third Individual waa a eon
, ..nolsseur, but with admirable courage he
conquered his visible nervousness ana
s ttren fairly astonished hie hearera. :
"The, instrument be vaea la a alngu
; Jarly beautiful one, genuine Stradl---veriua.-.
His tone la remarkable for ita
strengths beauty, and colour.- His bow
ing ia Incomparably fine and extremely.
r graceful Hla fingered octavee, tentha.
thirds and harmonica are " olear, true
and remarkably rapid. .
. ' "One who ean play four A'e simultan
eously h naturally sv difficulty In
taking th etretohea found In Paganlnl
J and Ernst. In all his ecalee and even
In. hie four octave arpeggloa one heara
hla fingere fall en tha keyboard Ilka ao
- many little silver Hammers.' mis teen
nlo ta a marveloua combination of
etrangth and lightness. " . X
"A violin cennolaseur . alone Is capa
ble of thoroughly appreciating the de
gree ef technical science which he dis
plays. It must be an exception ally
hard-headed .erotic who ean alt by and
coolly Judge the performer from a teeh-
. alcaL etandpoint. It le difficult not to
Join with an audlenee who are fairly
carried away by the artlat'e fire and
warmth of temperament which, by the
', way, are contrasted with extreme deli
cacy of aentiment Oesner la among tha
few vloUnlsta capable of exercising a
magnette influence over an Impression
able audience, leading thera Into for
getting the Interpreter ef the mualo in
tha exceeding beauty ef the lnterpre
: tatlon." . ... . , -;-
INFORMATION ABOUT
I1 Trovatore'' and Verdi
k ' Imh(w ma ' In lest - week con
cerning the great opera "II Trovetore"
(which, by the way, le - not epelled
"ril"). Its authorship and plot. In the
first place, while It Is one of the most
popular of modem operas It le net by
any means Verdi's - sreateet. It ia
rather considered a decided decline
from the standard of moat of hie other
works. It Is, however, the beat known
and enjoys the most common popular
favor of . all his works. .
The opera waa erlgmally written la
Italian by Oluaeppe .Verdi.' whe waa
born at Roncale, Italy, In Parmo, Octo
ber t. 1111. He studied In Milan and
worked under - the difficulties ef un
recognised talent-for some time. Hie
first opera was "Oberto," written at
an early age and received with Indif
ferent succees. He received his firat
substantial recognition from hie "1
Lombard!." . -
i 'Tl Trovatere" la an opera In four
acts first produced In Rome In 1161.
later In Parte and London, where, .it
waa received with enthusiasm. An otd
gypsy supposed te have bewitched Oar
la. aon ef Count dl Luna, was by his
order burned at the stake and her
daughter, Ascoena, in revenge, stole the
sickly child, Intending to burn him In
the flames that consumed her mother,
but by mistake eaet, eway her own
bebev- She raised the etolen child as
her own son, and called him Manrtoo.
The Duoheae Leonora le deeply en
amored ef Manrlco whe had appeared
te her at a recent tournament as a
troubadour and had been crowned, by
her aa victor. The other eon of Count
dl Lens, the younger eount. la ia love
with Leonora and learning of hla rival,
challengee him te a duel. The trou
bsdour is slightly wounded. Manrlco is
ordered by the eount to the defense
of the eastle of Castellar. but Juet
then receives the news that Leonora,
thinking him dead, haa gone Into e
convent He arrlvee at - the convent
Juat in time to reeeue her from tak
ing the vowe and carrlee her te Caa
tellar with hJm where they Are at once
besieged by tha eounfe forces.
At the camp of the 'ount Aaucens
is arrested as a spy and she calls en
Manrlce for aid. Ths sound ef his
rival'e name only maddens the count
and he orders the gypsy to be burned
within sight of the e-etle. She has
been recognised as the' supposed ' mur
derer of the count's brother by one
of the old servants end her call to
Manrlco reveala the ' faot that ahe la
hla mother. Ho makee a desperate ef
fort to release bar, falla and ia thrown
Into a dungeon with Asuoena by h.s
captors. . ...
Leonora appeals to 'the eount for ' his
release and at last offers her band in
marriage tf he will save Manrloo'e life.
He consents and Leonora haatana to
the dungeon having ftrat taken poison
to escape, her promise. ' At this point
Miss Florence) Day, Who Will Give an Organ Recital.
comes the famous Miserere- scene and
musle which everyone knows. Manrlco
refuses his liberty on euch terms and
aa Leonora- falla dying, the count en
ters and orders . Manrloo's- execution.
As the eount forces Asuoena to a win
dow to view the tragic aecie she re
veals In a powerful climax the secret
informing the' horror-stricken eount
that he has murdered hla ewa brother
and she falla lifeless to the ground.
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PADEREWSKI'S Advice
To Young Piano Students
"The Piano Is so rich In literature
for the student at every stage of her
advancement that a book would be re
quired to give a list of all the worka
open to- selection," writes Ignaee - Jan
Paderewakl In -the Ladles' Home'JournaL
"To give a partial catalogue would only
mean, to slight a vast number of works
equally worthy of mention. . - s .
"I shall confine - myself to naming
seme composers who. In the general run
of study, would be of advantage to
ths student, end yet are neglected. First
of all I aheuld advise Mosart, because
nowadays, with our modern nerves and
excitement. It becomes difficult to play
with calm and almpltclty. And these
are the qualities that are . required by
Mosart . , . -
. "Of neglected older composers one of
the greatest of them all Is Mendelssohn,
whose 8onga - Without Words are ef
such admirable use In acquiring a elng
lng quality of tone, and whoee etyle ef
writing for the plane Is of the beat
Than, toe. for brilliancy of- technique I
should advise Weber.
. ."For advanced pianlste I would recom
mend the playing of Moaakowekl among
tha modern composers. Hla compositions
from the pianlatle and pedagogic point
cf view are perfect and It Is my con
viction that It le scarcely posslbls to
Imagine a more perfect "clavier Bats'
than Moaswoekl gives net
ARTHUR ALEXANDER
Will Go Abroad to Study j
r
The announcement that Arthur Alex
ander le to go abroad again to study
has been received with enthusiasm by
his many admirers In town. Mr. Alex
ander - has msny friends here, as Is
witnessed st every eoneert he gives,
and they have great faith .In him. But
rather than, think he Is so superior that
he needs no further study, they think
that It Is a pity such talents should
not have the very beat development
that can be accorded them.
' Mr. Alexander haa genius anyone la
wUltng to admit that Ha haa a eplen
dia tenor voice, but ' hehae" not yet
given it e,l the care and training It
deserves. It would not be a wasted
Investment Ae It la now his per
formances please aa ' nr. jch by - V. r
promise as their accomplishment " It
la an unusual thing te hear one with
ao masterly a votes, such mualolanly
feeling and euch ability te accompany
hlmaelf. I muat .say that the beat
part of Mr. Alexander's singing te me
ie hla accompaniments. They alone are
Inaplratlonal and I have heard many
singers cay and seen It demonstrated
that he puts new life Into a singer
and makee her "wake up end sing."
There ia only thle one danger with an
ordinary Singer hla accompaniments
are likely to becom brilliant eoloe com
pletely overshadowing the alngar'a ef
fort I' .
' Mr. Alexander le to give his farewell
recital, fna last of hla Lenten series,
Tuesday, March it. Doubtless- there
will be a large crowd to bear him at
thla hla last appearance, for he will
leave the next week for New - Tork,
then London and Paris, where he will
GAETAWDRPA WOLD
study with the great Jean de ltesske.
tha tenor. . - .
'Monday last he gave his seeond re
cital and the program waa Trench. Two
aavanteenth century song a won the au
dience completely and the rest of tha
program waa of modern compositions.
One ef hla ewn compositions, s . leva
song, was eung with brilliancy and
won him an ovation. Many think that
Mr. Alexander la at hla beat In French
conge. Xt certainly, would be hard, to
excel hie program ef that night.
SINGER'S PRESENCE
of Mind Averts Panic
' A possible repetition ef former dis
asters was"- recently prevented In Chi
cago by tne presence ef mind of a prima
donna of the Ban - Carlo opera com.
pany. When a cry ef .Tire!" broke
out from the stage of the Auditorium.
4,000 people started to their feet In
alarm. Alloa Nlelaon, singing as Lucia
dl Lammermoor, and Slgnor Constan
tino, the tenor,' were the only ones en
the stage. As the excitable, Italian
cborus-alngera smelted the smoke com
Ing from some material under the stage
that had become Ignited, the only one
who could speak English shouted
Tlrerand ail Joined In the hubbub.
Constantino, anxious only for his wife,
rushed to hla dressing-room. The Chi
cago na, with their overtaxed aervee
and keen memories of the tragle Ire
quote fire ef two years ago, caught the
panic feeling. Mlae Nlelaon, left alone
on tfte atage, ran forward, and. leaning
over the footlights, shouted te Bfsmr
Centr, -the- conductors Play The Star
Spangled Banner!" The big 10-ton
steel fire curtain waa Just coming down
when the stare manager discovered her
presence and erdered It raised. ' Con
stantino, assured of hie wlfe'e safety,
had rushed back, and aa the Immense
orchestra started the telling refrain.
the soprano and tenor took up ths song
snd were Joined by the panic-stricken
chorus, which ths manager had aucoeed-
ed In herding together, end the audi
ence resumed Its seats quietly while the
fire was extinguished, and when the
eong waa finished a big -oiee from the
audience called, "Sing the sextet again."
and the Lucia sextet was repeated with
great auooeea. ......
This waa the second fire the San
Carlo company had experienced - there,
A blase caused by an overturned lan
tern on the stage at aa earlier per
formance was promptly smothered by
Mm a. Nordlca with her ewn robes.
EUROPEAN Conductor ,
Scorns American Attitudj
A letter has been sent by the a-reet
Hans Richter In Vienna, to two art lata
whe Invited him to come to America,
Herr Rlohter in the course of hla reply,
which la a forotbla negative, eomplalne
of the flood of lettera by which he haa
been overwhelmed elnoe the publica
tion of the false nawe that he Intended
to accept the American proposal. He
eaye: ,
No. there la nothing for sas over
there. It Is strange that not an eyebrow
waa rataed when the 'Parsifal' c pearl
waa thrown before the eensatloa eeeklng
American opera public .Now when 'Sa
lome,' a highly effective theatre piece.
appears, the performance Is stopped
for reasons which to us are wholly ab
surd. - ' ' , -7
"I think the morals ef the Inhabitants
of episcopal seats such . as Breslau,
Cologne, Mayenoe Milan and Turin,
where "Salome appeared without Inter
ference, are not any worse than thoee
of Americana
' "No, friends, the pond I will not cross.
My principles, my conception of an
artist's honor snd an artist's duty are
old fashioned and, strong. Not all the
dollars In the world will shake my Con
victions. Anywhere, where good mualo
le produoed but In the Old World,
please!". . ... , , . ' . . .
COMMERCIAL SIDE
of Mme. Melba's Success
-Mm. Melba Is ths highest-priced
slnrr In the world. and one ef the
wealthiest women In the publto eye.
For every performance at the Man
hattan she receives 14,000. - In sdditlon
to Singing once every week and some
times twice at the Manhattan.- Melba
gives st least . two concerts a week,
for. each of which a 11,000 house Is
guaranteed, her fee being 10 per cent I
of the prooceds. Tha highest price s is ,
ever received for alnglng was 111,100,)
which aha waa paid enoe for a elngla
eonoert in Sydney. Australia.' At the
outset of bar career, atruggllng t7 her
self, aha reoaiTed only 111 a night. She
baa recently received an offer of II.IOS ,
a performance for e tour ta South I
America. -
. Tha greet , soprano ' has bow. been I
alngtcg II years, rod a famous special- i
1st in London whe examined her throat '
Juat before aha came to America gavej
her .at least II years more for It to
retain Its perfect condition.
The expenae of running bar' apart-!
mente at the Barcelona In New To.k
la aald to amount to at laaat 11,100 a
week. Her "family- there Includee
her eon end hla wife. Ada Saeaoll, thai
harpists, and her secretary. Mlae Mur- 1
pby. fine emplrye etght eervanta and
a chauffeur. During the nine weeks
aha had her London house open, her
household expensee were 110,001. The
highest figure her Income haa aver 1
reached In one year waa 1171.000. which ;
included fortunate Investments as well (
aa her concert engagements. Her fa-;
moue collection of Jewels, which In
cludes the Marie Antoinette pearl neok- I
lace. Is aald . to be actually worth ;
11,100,000.. . . 1
And yet, despite all her wealth, the j
prima-, donna recently told . an inter- 1
viewer that when ehe received 1100 a
week for her firat eoneert tour In Aus
tralia she felt richer than ahe does today..-
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N
EWS ITEMS
of the Musical World
,ra
tesNlt-
An appreciative audlenoe sreeteeTMlt-
tle Eva Vore and Jewell Oliver at their
matinee recital given March I at Miss 1
Graoe Wiltons studio. The little plan-;
Istee more than fulfilled expectations,
and their admirable Interpretation and
technique proved them to be young
mualclana of great ability. Their fur
ther otudlee and progress will be!
watched with Interest Miss Vvlltoni
has been requested te preeent the chll-!
dren at the Helllg, end may do so In
the near future. Their program was
aa followa:
Etude la D major .......... ...Cserny
"Soldiers' March" ..Schumann
"The Happy Farmer.', Schumann
The Nightingale" Kullak
"On the Meadow" Llchner
- Jewell Oliver (10 monthe otudy).
Sonata, Op. II, No. I (Mtauetto-An-
dante) ......Beethoven
"Narcissus" - .................. ...Nevln
"Bubbling Spring" ...Rlva-Iflng
- Eve Vore.
"The Merry-Oe-Rdund" , . Ooedel er
"The Cuckoo's Song"........ Popp
"Dancing Sunbeams". ....... .Schroeder
"En Route March" ......... .Engleman
"Edelweiss" , . ..Vanderbeck
' Jewell Oliver.
"The Silver Nymph" Heine
"Return of the Birds".., ....... .Langs
-"By the Brookslde" Tours
Polonaise In A major. ...... ....Chopin
Eva Vore. . , .
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' The first organ recital ef a pupil thle
season will be given by Mlae Florence
Day, when ehe Is presented by 'Fred
erick W. Goodrich at Ellers recital hall '
next Monday evening at 1:11. Thla la 1
Mlae Day's first public appearance, and
ahe le said to be a girl of exceptional
promise. . Friends sre Invited to at-1
tend.
The following wfll be her program:
(a) Andante Reltgloao and Allegretto v
from Fourth Sonata, (b) Andante
from Third Sonata (e) Fugue from
Seeond Sonata.... Felix Mendelssohn
Allegretto Grasleao in A major
-. Berthold Tours
"The Mighty Deep" W. H. Jude
Prelude and Fugue In C mejor
-i rrr;. t. . . n . John Sebastian Bach
Legend In T major.
Charles Wakefield Cad ma a
Cantilena In A minor
.....Theo, Caeaar Falome
Love Song tn A' major
. . .Gutseppe Ferrets
"Ths Friar's Bong" ("Ivanhoe") . . .'.
, Arthur Sullivan
Largo In G from the Opera "Xerxes"
, George Frederick Handel
Grand March In M flat major,,,
, ....Theo. Caesar Salome
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Alessandro Bond, tha flrustrlous Ital
tan tenor, who has played such a con-
apiouous part in the success of the new
Manhattan opera In New Tors,
haa algned with the Metropolitan for
the next eeaaon and will there divide
henore with Caruso. "HammersteUr lias
engaged Eanatene rrom ut scaia. in
Milan, who haa been singing there with
great success, and whom Mr. Hammer
stein pronounces one of ' the greatest
dramatie and Iyrlo tenors in Europe.
Bond has been receiving IB00 for each
performance, and It Is said Hammer-
ataln'e refusal te agree when Bond be
lieved hie popularity gained this year
greatly Increased his value to the 00m
pany, waa the cause ef hie defection to
the enemy's camp. However, Hammer
stein seems inclined te make trouble
for . the tenor on ths -ground that he
hold an option on Bond's services for
two more years.
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Hammersteln's persistency ia one of
his most admirable traits and to It Is
doubtless due much of hie sueeeee In
his recent ope ratio venture. "La Bo-
heme" waa finally given by hta com
pany tn spite of all the litigation and
efforts en the part of the Rloordle
(Italian publishers) and Conned ef the
Metropolitan. Every muslo house and
every conduotor In America was warned
against giving Hammersteia or hla rep
resentatives the Boheme eoore. The
managers ef all the opera-houses In
Europe were threatened . with with
drawal of all Puccini's operae If they
furnlahed him the orchestral eoore. But
he get It Monsieur Tsnara, who knows
every note of the score, rewrote every
pert for every Instrument from mem
ory. It waa Tanara with whom Oeral
dine Ferrer studied the role of "Butter
fly." -
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The following students from Mies
Grace Wilton's piano school will give
a recital at the Seamen's Institute, next
Wedneeday evening: Marie Bredy,' Ray
Brandes, Annls Townsend, Aagot Las
sen, Marie Sandercock, Irene Brandes,
Helen Pea res, Jewell Oliver, Mary
Qullllam, Elsie Qullllam, Nan Mann,
Esther ' Tatham, Florence Crow, Eva
Vore, Ethel Soott, Anna Scott Isabel
Beckwlth, Norma Turner and Cordelia
Neelond. There will " be no admission
fee but a collodion will be taken to
aastat the cause 'of the Institute. They
will be assleted by Miss Mabel Mills,
Miss Celeste Dygert Marguerite Eg
bert and Thomas Sandercock.
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Signer Luecheal will give a farewell
concert Thursday evening, April 4. at
Woodcraft hall. Tenth and Taylor
etreete. prior to his departure for Bos
ton, whsre he goes to establlah himself
and 'make final arrangements In regard
to Joining the faculty et the New Eng
land Conservatory of Music for the next
scholastic year. ' Bignor iuccnesi ia
recently in receipt of a letter from Mr.
Chadwlck of the eoneervatpry, with a
flattering offer. The April concert
will be under the patronage of a number
of prominent eoclety women.
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Florencle Constantino, the . Spanlah
tenor of the San Carlo opera company,
which w... be here April I end I, first
qualified himaelf to be a n.arlne engl.
necr, a course insistea upon ey nie
father, before he obtained the oppor
tunity to teat his natural aptitude for
the career of an opera singer. , He was
Tire MOENiyq onxoompK. WEDrrrspxre nAiicn 13. icoi.
ROSENTHAL RECITAL
AT THE HEIUG
T M1M.T f H
Merle osen(ha1. master ;tseliakias,i
eswlotm a brtllhrat. ejtiteoceiwlib.!
se siueeeeoee art. last al(L t the
Helllg. v
Vjt seems Wfertsoeir theffhe ad'eetlree
In. the .Cn'ctisK language have not -seta
aagmeeted eufrtcteollr te edeaaetelr-eoa-
vsy tee ImpreaekNr ot ale eo towel etUa.
"' ems me surras or sis aearers. se
Staca has .been aald tbkt seaadad aaa-
Seratea af-lo his art arte' Ma work that It
aa ..Sfl -. asfecahle.. sumria A tlUtm
Psiore UuUr. Juatifted,
I A llSPPV Intrndugtlea s a lattm mmM w
llerfufl, luut&etleg Brogramaie waa 4ae
I IMethovsn 'sonata. Those -he ' had ao-
knewledges Jtls superiority In Ike cj
nloal reelm were fofced to admit before
tha cloea of thim Hsbw ik,L fcW tmdi.
arstallon .placed htm In the very front
rank of the Beethoven exponents. The
Cttopin Soaata OpnaJa. while not se wen
known as the Opus a still ervej tn'mp-"
vey tt tha siHIenf.
Ihi 4Uh of ro
OmPUo fociing. U.J exquisite aense el lose
tradatloB. Snd hjt superb, eiastery ef
ft'resrr
( IP reipoiiM (9 nuaiereus recall lie gave
In fire talmlteMe. fashion three ealnty
Cbobla preludes.
The fonowtng wWHiDer embraced a trio
l-o 'well-fcnowr Chmrte eemnmltlons. The
FNocuJrili tlyM Srllh pot IIS charm,
l and a eeautirul singing ton the Seherse
with aa outaurst ef passionate force.
Lcgver. .peHwjpe.. ee.iled neretofor and
huiSs-D -fkl Vie cnlim a tniiy oew
tpeatiUUt tn Iks? gteavsewa arranaetneat.
;Acesli.ng to a ctaiMnpia Semand 14 was
avaetouehr reAatS,
jre SehubertrLI-M't-IMeMm served
further ,te .Impress his attdieoo arltb hie
marvelMsa pi.-.miV and the weird
Klttbw-ot
if eWbly
uaom, ma roemory
leaersr meat J
ooecart etude
caaceltsble ve
ima(iod ICwas
move rurious i
Verk. trie MJjMli
cjev et hlsiTt!
h-. audience.
Ta- oroerainme
eluttoa tr the plai
kad faataaie ea w
trakss."Bere la
tiuiat'S ttnoressloa
atrlklory 'wrought ta mine.
laiBossibl tAat he 0SUI4 hi
Utktg" la jsssrve as a fitting tonal ellmas
ta 'kta alteads tremendous eresramaie.
eut as he hxut up cresoiBde; opoa cree-
esa4, tt.mmfm.. tone veiierS-CPe anar
anal ber, hie audience Ulrty oee tonrss,
Snd. at Its eooeiueloa eeqionetratsd Jtself
Inte oa erauon -eeHow equaled ea any
a r . . 1,1 1
ne. e( ue woneere er tee oceasiea
t a fnaehaotsm of .woes and steel eould
be se detlcauly and adequately repoaelS
te- hoh the meat SaHcata eT ahadlnjra aad
lumr.sutpenaoos muataiar ensiassma et
afir"''.11er mar'etaer of t.;w
appearaaee to ua esceueni aenea at ooat,
sens'' aoeer the gtMre-Canea- SlrecUoe,
which AenamSncsd wtth the fatmraa bait,
tone.- and .fefflowed hi areee br-the wbrirs
tree teat Contralto Solium nWietek, tbea
ey MatfioaV the famous ttsngsrlaa- le
John Claire Montelth
E. E. Lytic
Prof. F. W. Goodrich
J. W. Bowie
O. M. Smith
Mrs. Frank Richet
'The
"MrsTA. D." Charlton
Mrs. A. B. Sheldon
Dr. H. C Miller
Mrs. E. M. Cook
Mrs. R. F. Jesse
Paul E. Froehlich
Mrs. M. E.. Curry
Mrs. J. B. Crates -Gay
Lombard '
New
born In 311bao, but made hla firat pub
lto appearance in South America, where
he Quickly won popularity. Later be
returned to Europe, where he aang ta
all the -leading cities. -For a time, he
held a commission. InthenayyofJiiS
native country.
Mlaa Kathleen Lawler Is te sing a new
group of French eonga by Lisa Leh
mann, given for the firat time In Port
land, at Mr a. Walter Reed'a mualcale
next Wednesday. Ltohmann has given
a group of dainty eonga in thla new
composition, which will become ae pop
ular as her well-known cycles, "In a
Persian Garden" and "The Daisy Chain.'
Miss. Lawler will alng theee songs In
French.
The ether elngere on the program win
be Mlaa Ethel Lytic, who wlU alng "The
Lily Maid" (Von Flouts): Mre. Lulu
Dahl-Miller, who will give "Zlgounor
Melodlon" (Dvorak), and Mlaa Alice
Juaton in "Frauen Lleben und Leben
(Schumann). - .
Ralph Edmunds, formerly with Mau
rice Oran and now manager for the
Savage grand opera company singing
"Madam Butterfly," wrote the Savage
bureau that hla position this year Is
one of las eaaleat and most agreeable
he haa aver bald. Among the various
reasons assigned for this unusually op-
tlmlatlo communication Manager Ed
munda aeya: "Marveloua to relate, we
have been on the road two montha and
the singers are etlll on speaking terms
with one anoiner, which la not at all in
accordance with eperatlo etiquette." '
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. The Spitsner Phtlhannonlo society
concerts always draw a large crowd of
Interested people and doubtless the rule
will remain unchanged thla year. Sun
day evening, March 14, la the evening
chosen for the concert, to be given at
the Helllg, and sn excellent program
haa been prepared by. E"Dv Spitsner.
The organisation, which la built for the
benefit of hie students about a number
of professional musicians, haa done ex
cellent work the past three yeara and
haa proved both Its service and popu
larity.
For the 1 services st the White Temple
todsy r.S following musics 1 program
hss been prepared by J. W. Belchert
Morning Organ voluntary. "Andante
Craaloee."- Smart: anthem, "There Is a
HSly City," Shelley: eelecttonv by Tem
ple girls' ohorus, directed by Mlsa Law
ler: solo, - "O God, Have Mercy, from
"St. Paul." Mendelasohn, Mr. Carl Rob-
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Dr. A. A. Morrison
E. O. Jones
W. E. Prudhomms
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House of Highest Quality"
Number 353 Washington SL
lnson: posUude, "ReoesslonaL Lane.
Evening Organ voluntary, "Marche
Solonnalle, Oounod; chorus, "As Panta
the Heart," Stlmpson; anthem. "O Di
vine Redeemer," Oounod.
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The musle for the dance of the Seven
Vella and alee . the Intermesso from
"Salome" were played recently at the
Sunday night concert at the Metropoli
tan. An ovation was given Alfred
Herts, the conduotor, and he waa ac
corded some of the glory he had loet
by the banishment of the opera from
New fork. Thle waa the firat time the
mualo had ' been played In New Tork
without scenery and aeting, and it at
tracted. and pleaeed the listening multi
tude. - -ww . ' .
Harnmerstetn Is making great plans
for next season at the Manhattan.. He
haa atated hla Intention of preaeutlng
a great artlat for every great role In
opera next year. He haa opened nego
tiations with Emma Eamba, whose In
frequent appearances at the Metropoli
tan thla year have given rise te much
pussled and dissatisfied Inquiry. - Soma
aay It la the fault ef the management,
which wlehea to indulge Lena Cavall
ert'a ambltlona; others that It is a mat
ter ef economy.
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A party ef enthuelaatle young pupila
from Mlae Grace Wilton a piano school
were In attendance at the Rosenthal re
cital laat Tuesday evening. The stu
dents were chaperoned by Mrs. . It H.
Maxwell and Mlaa Grace Wilton.;. Those
In the party were Nan Mann, Isabel
Beckwlth. Norma Turner, Eva Graves,
E stella Kleinamlth. Cordelia Neelond,
Jeaale Frtssell, Grace FrtsseU and
Norma Graves.
"Salome" Is not to be given on the
road after all by the Metropolitan com
pany because there le still some oppo
sition. ' Conrled announces, ' however,
thar He wilt give- It h New-Turk net
year and - that Strauss . will himaelf
come over to conduct It. Herr Conrled
"has announced his Intention to retire
from the management of the Metropoli
tan when hie present leaae expiree in
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Glacomo Pneolnl, the composer ef
"La Boheme," "Madam Butterfly."
Toeea" and "Manon Lescaut." ta plan
ning a new opera with a Bpaniah sub
ject, suggested to him by a novel by
Pierre Lours, "La Femme et le Pantin,"
It Is to be named either "Sevtlla" or
"Conehlta." He le also planning t an
American opera, the righto ef which he
will turn over to Henry W. Savage, ee
report haa It.
The reopening of Ellere piano house
was attended by many out-of-town vle
Itora. Mr. and Mre. Oeorge A. Held
lnger of Spokane, Mr. and Mrs. A. A.
Schell of Seattle, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Hopper of Seattle. Mr. and Mre. T. 8.
eilvere of Taeoma, r. 8. Johnston of
Taooma. I. A. C. Coffin and H. B. T re
in sine of New Tork. were among those
who spent several days hare laat week.
Apropos to the agitation about talk
ing through musical numbers, here Is a
valuable hint:
alius inwvent Why do so many pi
anists -ee-ir lit heir?-
kllxs v .-. -1 s in'ose that soma at
The Weber
The new artistic standard ths
liano of todaytested as no other
nstrument ever was or probably
ever will be, proved the marvel of
the occasion. The ideal distinct
. ivenesa of the tone, the crystalline
transparency and .inimitable bril
liancy of the upper register, the
thunderous appeal of the bass and
the phenomenal responsiveness of
its action, enabling Rosenthal to
attain superhuman speed, held the
auditors spellbound. ,
One cannot but admire Rosen
thal's selection of the "matchless
Weber" as the medium of his won .
derful art. but he is not alone in
(which testimonials are being pub
lished and used today by other
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' j -k aeaiers in a wuo enaeavor 10 rauy
; ft.J.aAil prestige to the old standards), roc
C" . I losrniie the superiority of the new
Weber. The Weber is rspidly re
placing tne oiner minci in ine
homes jnd studios of the greatest
artists in the courts of Europe r
in the mansions of the wealthy and
the highest artistic" circle' every-"
where. ... -;
; It's ITefcer Tcse
IPs sTeterCosstrnctloa
Ifi IVeber Dcrstnily
It's Weber toflrtiaalUj
That elevates It at tha topmost pin-'
nacle of supremacy. ..
A few of the potnlnoat Weber
owners todayt
. . 'A. y. Bilcj.
Mrs. Coffey
Mrs. Chss. Oberg
Mr. Bert Neilsoo
Miss Anna B. Chartcsoa
W.JT. Mackdina
A. E. Cochran
T. G. Hendricka -
St Mary's Academy ,
Mrs. P. McEwan - ' '
J. B. Tanner -G.
A. Trimble
Dr. Geo. Ainslie '
G. E K. Fitchner -Mrs.
W. F. Slsnghter; ,
Mr. F. Rusoched
Dr. David Ackertnaa ,
Mrs. A. J. Dygert
K. A Miller - . . -
C E. Oliver 1 '. '
A. E. Digman '
Miss Mabel Qnackenbnsh '
' Francis Robinson
Mrs.. A. O'Donnell '
W. B. "iehsrds ; . 1
Mrs. Thos. 1. Cleeton'-,
Mrs. Nellie M. Redington
- Fred T. Merrill .. r-?
F. T. Wilmer
Prof C A. Mills , ; r
Mr. A. E. Kern . .
Uly Gaisford '
'Mr. F. C Doernbecher
M. S. Holbrook
F. S. Morris
Tr. V.. B. Hamilton
Frsnk E. Dooley
them let their hair hang over their ears
so aa not to be disturbed by the auto
rounaing conversation. New Tork Tele-
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Vladimir de Pachmann, the noted pl
aniat. whose London appearance have
created unbounded enthusiasm.- la to
sail for America at the end of May.
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Godowaky, de Pachmann, Paderewakl
Harold Bauer and, Josef Hermann are
among the pianists who will tour Amer
ica next eeaaon.
NEXT
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