THEt OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY, 12, -1CC7.
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FEW v weeks ago mention was
made In' these column or the
i Inndanrr to belittle musicians'
services, to forget that their art
la their stock in trad and that
they must t -the same returns- for
their work and for the time and money
expended In their training- as-a phy
sician on lawyer expects.; 8lne then
there has come to my notice an amusing
incident auoted by Monsieur Lenor-
mand aa happening in Paris where the
name fashionable . habit seems to os
' prevalent of asking musicians to per
' 'form for nothing. "
A society woman was t. glra a large
i entertainment and devoted 1,000 francs
ta its cost She put aside too irancs
i for refreshments, 450 for flowers . and
68 for extras. .Then sha invited prom
linent musician ai her guest The plan
' 1st, delighted with the Idna of dining in
"such hlah society, accepted with, alac
rity. After dinner the guests" passed
Into the drawing room and aa the piano
was ODen the hostess Invited the mu
slclan-sueat to ulay. 'Oh, madam ha
said, n ate very littla."-? ' i
Rather, a . ruda reply, perhaps, but a
Just rebuke. - In many rlaces-there is
that lamentable habit of Inviting gifted
- mraKmtm with the Idea, that they
can contribute to the entertainment
That may be permissible where the
company Is composed altogether of peo
ple with a "stunt," o that each can give
Ms part ' to the general entertainment
and every one la on the same basis. But
otherwise one is led to conclude that
Mrs. 8o-and-8o Invited her friends and
her talented acoualntancca. v..
- v "Yen," a woman told me once when
sha had been In Portland only a few
weeks, "I have made very many friends
but that la only because I can aing for
'. there." ' " '
And in another case some ; one re
marked on a young girl who was dls-'
pleasing In looks and manners and was
never seen to go out with friends, but
always bad many invitations, and the
reply was that the girl bad a pretty
voice and never refused to sing.
This is not so strange In the cfcse of
amateur musicians who have played
with art a little, merely for their own
amusement and If there ba any In it
for the entertainment of their friends.
But the hungry starfish of society does
nnt to draw In only the little use-
lens animals of the amateur seal It
, stretches out its rays and pouaces upon
the valuable oyster and sucks the life
t.t t it, Th orofessional musician
cannot be blamed for having some little
conceit and when he is mvitea to a
pleaaa nt home why should he , not In-
iiniM in . tilnasant : dream sor the win
ring power of hia personality? He will
be awakened soon enough after he gets
' there and finds that he might be, a bear
in manners xor ail 1110 uuin
mnVcH far the want only his musio.
" In some cases the greedy hostess does
not even pretend that thera la any at
traction but her guest s power to enter
tain, and though this may be less mi
terln It Is at least more stralght-for
ward and shows the artist where be
stands so that If he walks Into, the trap
it is hisown fault Many artists wUl
humbly accept a woman's Invitation to
sing at her fashionable soiree tmnicing
It a stepplngstona to other sorlees where
they will be paid. They always dream
of some hidden power that will discover
them and humbly request them to sing
for a fabulous sum at a xuture aate.
But this 1 another fond dream. What
one woman has received gratis another
woman Is not going to pay for; and the
gratis receiver is not going to hurt her.
self aoreadlnsr compliments ana roses in
the path of her Hon after, the lion has
furnished entertainment and baa, re
turned to his walks. He may be grate
ful ror a "How sweet! Thank you very
much." But that won't T)uy him' much
bread and butter. '
Of course if there is an 'Inclination
among hostesses to think , thai guests
"should be made to pay for what they
have received that is perfectly, fair; but
there should ba an understanding to
that effeclJMJTor hand. - It la fiever .po
lite or even good business policy to
force one'a wares upon a buyer without
giving him a chance to refuse,,. And it
may ba that a.pianut "wrroj-Tia . spent
the greater part of bis day .in, teaching
the young idea bow to shoot m tune
would prefer to give the hostess tne
mriea of her dinner in coin." Or it is lust
possible that he would prefer to buy
hia dinner down town at some cheaper
i restaurant, for he may be of aii econom
ical turn of , mind. " -
I suppose 4here are many entertainers
.mha commit' these i "ferrOra. of real hosDl-
'tality and never ; think of It.-'-. But It
wouldn't take more than two medita
tions on the aubiect to realise that a
muBician is 'placed ' in ' an embarrassing
position by being urged to play against
his wiil urgecu say, for sometimes t
is not a sin but merely a courtesy to
afic but insistence makes refusal impos
sible to one who has accepted hospital-
it v. There Is a mualctan In tnwn -hn
has refused steadily to make a dinner
call for which he was obliged several
years ago because on that occasion he
bad scarcely :'. escaped frSm. 4ie - .table
when be was' pressed to occupy th
piano stool and kept there all evening
by circumstances which would have
made him seem rude had he refused to
play. .
"1 think I paid for my dinner." this
person said,. "and I don't care to be in-'
Vlted there again, so why should I calir
' And yet I doubt not that his hostess
is still wondering why he. never called
and reproaches him mentally for his
lark of manners, aa she must term it
Yet when you buy an article and pay
full price for it you hardly expect to
send flowers to the aeller for letting
you buy it. And if you paid too much
you are likely to go to another store
next time s , s --
p UROPE FOR ART; ; : , , :
America for a Living
gf i..,
In a well-writicn.ftillrlcal artlcla Id
the : Musical Courier ? "Clumenberg
writes, rrom I'oris referring to an ar-
ticla , by Mark Hamboura. , pianist," on
ijoes m to Ke a Pianist r' Mr.
Harabourg tells of many would-be pi
anists or merely ordinary, capacity who
cannot earn more than one round ra
week; of pianists making aood Incomes
who are extremely few in" "number,
wnne many of the lesser Hants do not
make more than three pounds a week.
Mr, Blumenberv SDeaks of thn rrlntlve
Important "Uf publicity "in 'a pianist's
success because It Is only through be
ing known that . ha can Interest tlte
piano . manufacturer to furnish' him
piano since the expense of his Own
piano is too large to- bear in most caeea.
ana a man cannot play , well without
his own piano to which ha has become
accustomed. He then sums up the situ
ation in Europe and America with some
good sarcastic touches that soothe the
wounded pride of poor martistio Amer-
lea. The article la ao'good that some
or it is cuotea. . . ;,.., .,..,,.
In Europe, where there is no such
concert system as In America, but where
pianists and other artists must be con
tent with a few consecutive appearances
or a cycle in each city, at rare times,
and. where there are no lng routings
or bookings possible, as Eurdpe .is cut
up Into empires, kingdoms, republics.
etc, the condition of the pianists is very
nsausiaciory. especially as the Piano
manufacturers are represented all over
Americaall of them. . . . As the
piano manufacturer can assist only In
rare instances as compared with the de
mand, there exist all over Europe ac
complished pianists unknown outside of
small olrcle, And these gifted musi
cians and pianists are the IB to tit a
week people to whom Mr. Hambourg re
fers, v. - ,'..
'As even the well-known pianists an
earn very little in concert work in any
one season in murope, wlttl Its 660,000,
000 people, compared to what they earn
In America With its 84.000.000 neonle.
tha unknown .$5 to IIS a -weekv class
which Mr. Harabourg brings out so ef
fectively are the bulk of players abound'
ing all over Europe. Tbey llva a plti
iMe existence, i ' -
f'The reason for Europe's apathy to
ward a financial support of art lata rests
m tha fixed belief, that art and money
are antagonistic, and that the beat can
fronly be gotten out of a musloian if he
is compeuea io iruKKie oa nui iot
a living, and therefore, in order to help
him or her along In a career, nobody
toes to hear the artists. :
. "Tha "other evening Emil -Saner gave
a recital 'her and ha played magnifi
cently In fact, wonderfully. I counted
the people. - Thera were about lie per
sons - present;, of theao more than y0
were invited discouragers. V By attend
ing concerts you discourage tha artist;
you must keep away, so that no money
is taken in, and than the artist remains
forlorn, unhappy, distracted and, there
fore, beoomes a thorough pessimist and
will play with the fire or the despond
ency or the bopelessneaa of a poet and
that is the real, genuine, true musio
and the real mission of music. How can ,
a. fat prosperous, -happy, hopeful, buoy
ant pianist play ChppJnT Welli Europe
wants him to play Chopin, and there
for, nobody goes to hear him play
Chopin,, for fear, that if he takes ? in
money tie wilt not oe aoie jo piay unopin
of Beethoven "or Schumann or any of
thoae. sad poets of-the piano. -Judging
from soma of their playing, there must
now be quite a number f rich pianists
money nade in "America, and I am
quite aure'that no large orowd will go
to hear them In Europe .when this be
comes known. Sauer must not ' have
much money, estimating, his Wealth by
Ms play.: '
- cannot see bow his Paris recital
netted him $100. - Imagine Sauer being
asked by an American manager hon
much, ha wants for a tour per night
One hundred dollars a night! Why, he
would turn his back and never look at
tha manager if he said 1200 a night
and yet in Bordeaux and . Paris he will
take in $100 a night and say nothing,
and not a Una will appear in a Paris
dally paper, because Mr, Sauer consid
ers it inartistic to writ a criticism on
his own performance and pay for Its in
sertion In Parts papers; for that is the
way it is dona. The -piano bouse refuses
to do it also, and hence no one but a
handful of people in Paris knew Sauer
played that recital. That being the case
with Sauer, ona of the ' few players,
what is the fata of the thousand un-.
known but excellent pianlstst ,' .
"Kubellk played here the other even
ing in a hall -that seats about S&0 peo
ple. He brought with him a servant,
his secretary. Serlvnn: Junkerman, his
manager, BtuI, I believe, another1 at
tendant. PtJtN (' , th fee to tha
manager and about 50 for ( advertising
ana tne pail rent ana expenses, aim awn
share in the concert could not have
been more than 1,600 , francs $300.
From thla naturally ba- must also-rtfi-duct
the expenaes of himself and n
eouraga. Aak Kubellk about an Amer
ican tour. He will, demand $1,000 a
night for 100 nights, and tba managers
Who pay these sums are no longer in
musical management. . Such a contract
puts an end to tha manager who makes
It. And if these artists fall below the
estimate of what they think they should
make during an American tour, although
It la alwavs 19 and 20 and 40 times as
much aa they could make her, they will
begin to preach against, condemn, be
little and besmirch everything American.
This, of course. If the general charac
teristic; it does not apply to a man like
Sauer. or to Mark Hambourg;, or to
other wise men of the piano profession.
but It Is a general habit until they
get back to the Goddess of Liberty,
when they begin to tell us what won
derful people we are and how they do
love ua ao, and we have aeverai munon
fatheads who really, believe the twad
dle.- ,
badinage nt each other's expense
whenever they meet Rosenthal takes
a particular delight in aiming bis
satire at his friend X.'s playing of the
famous octave eplaode in the sixth
rhapsody. After Hoaentlial's third New
York recital X. appeared In the artlwt
room to greet him. , ;
"A nice friend you are," cried Rosen
thal , "I have been In America, a month
and have given three reultala In New
York, and this la the first moment you
have had tp coma and see me." - -,
"You must excuse me." explained X.,
"you see,-I've been away on - a tour
and just got back, ao I really bad no
time."
"Nonsense." . retorted Rosenthal; ."if
you have time to play the sixth rhapsody-
In- the tempo which you take,
then you certainly have time to come
to sea met" ;
The story which Rosenthal told at
the dinner was this: "X. was giving a
recital and had reached the middle of
has had large experience as a pipe
organist and choir director. Ills train
ing was received under EngllMh and
French masters. Two years ago, at the
age of 17, he was orgunlst and choir
master of the cathedral at Fond du Lao,
Wisconsin, being at that time the
youngest' cathedral organist in the
United States. Mr. Pomeroy will give
an organ recital at thevening service.
"HIANO AND VOICE
XT PuDils in Recital
Mrs. Kathryn Llnehan' Johnson con
ducted her third annual puplla' recital
Wednesday -evening at hep studio, 14
North Eighteenth street. The parlors
were decorated ,wlth sweet briar and
whita narolssus," and in tha dining-
room were bowla of lilacs. After th
"Creole Love Song" (Smith), Mtsa Ber
tha Crourvie; "The Moonlight' Sonata''
(Beethoven), Adagio Sostnnuto -.All
gretto Prtrnto Agltnto Artuglo, , Miss
Edna ltussell; (a) "Ijur-Asra" (Ruben
irtein), (b) "The Rundolero" (Leslie
Diunrij, jesse jtiicnauis. ,
A RTISTS' OPINIONS
on English Operas
SOME NEW LIGHTS
? Oa Old Subjects
I
Tha following thought illuminations
received .In an examination ' given to
piano teachers 'who were applying for
admission to tha normal course of the
Hana ' Schneider piano school, : may
throw soma light on the reason why
there are so many poor piano teachers;
Question What Is a note?
Answer 1 A note is a ton which is
written on musio to describe whera
tha nnli la nn tha hlann. ,
Answer 2 -A note is a mark lnthe
musio whera to strike tha piano. -
Answer t A ' not is a pound of
musio 'and has-a stem.
The following collection of musical
definitions comes- from . Manchester,
England. -..';-'.: : ' -. ''. "'-. ' . -
"An interval is a short pausa for re
freahmenta." r,-, .- V
"Final written at the end means It
la a good piece." . .
"Presto is Italian for turn over."
"Allegro Mod era to is th name of a
famous Italian composer who wrote a
large number of pieces." ..
"Poco Cyescendo Is a little wen."
"Con duo pedal with eold feet"
"Staccato mean stick to the notes."
RHAPSODY BECOMES
' , - Funeral March
MIfls Catharine Covach, : Soloist at the Cathedral.
the octave part in the sixth rhapsody
when an usher approached th - only
auditor in th hall and asked to see hia
seat coupon. 1 gav it to you rhen
I cam to," aald the man addressed, a
patriarch with snow-white hair. That
is Impossible,' reviled tha usher, for I
remember distinctly that the only per
son who cam through the gat waa a
little boy.' That was I.' th patriarch
mad answer." Exohang. ; -
At the dinner given in New York
to Rosenthal before hia departure for
Europ last week there waa . present
a pianist, X., who Is , fond of playing
Llsxt's sixth rhapsody. - H and Rosen
NEW ORGANIST AND
Trinlt-master for Church
Leo BV? Pbmeroy, assocla.t-of the
Oulld Of Church . Musicians, London,
thai are warm friends and both being I England, has arrived m, Portland and
possessed 4f. native. Viennese wit they J will conduct the musio of St David's
never fall to Indulge in good-natured . church beginning today. , Mr. Pomeroy
program, punch was served by Miss
Stella Linehan, Miss Linley Morton,
Miss Blanch .Johnston, Miss Hasel
Crook and Mra Carl B. Brown.
Th following la the program:
"Old English Dane" (Waddington),
Vera Wtnchell; "Jolly Brothers Galop"
(Budap), Ralph Lawler; "Echoes from
th Ball" (Ernest Oillett), Hasel Wln
chell; (a) "On the Shore" (Neldllnger),
(b "In My Garden" rt(Liddle), Miss
Ethelwyn Brtstow; "Italian Boat Song,"
(Krngmann), . Miss Margaret Webb
f'Valetta" (Krogmann). Mrs. C E. HuU
son; (a) "When Song Is gweef (Sans
Soucl), "(b) "Auf Weldersehen" (Louis
Lelber) Mrs. Emily Beckman; "Trem
olo" (Roeellln), Maple Robinson; "Vals
in :.E flat" (Durant), Ruby McKay;
"Barohetta (Nevln), Miss Ethel Law
ler; "I'll Sing Thee Songs of Araby"
(Clay), Carl B. Brown; "Qui Vlv
Gan). . Miss Vera Hall; (a) "Little
One A-Cryln""" (Oley Speaks), (b) '
This is the opinion of one of tha
world's greatest artists on English
opera aa opposed to the. "artlatio" who
deem their native language Inartlstlo
In taiuslo. Thirty years ago Richard,
Wagner took his stand for grand offfira
in Kngllah. .Writing from Bayreuth to
an admirer in Australia after the flrat
performance there of "Lohengrin," 'th
great luuier vaiui . -
"Tour letter and tha newa contained
therein have given me miy-h pleasure,
and I cannot omit to tfiank you for
It- May -you be enubled to have my
works placed -before you In 'English,
for only then can they be thoroughly
understood ' by an English-speaking
public." W . hope - to achieve thla la
tjondon." - . .., ,, ,;
- Antfther, . GlaoonIO Puccini, tha com
poser of "Madam' Butterfly, voices
himself .thus; '-. ,': v - fl,
"Whll I am amaxed at the great in
terest displayed by Americans In musio,
and astonished to learn how much you
expend each year for your opera, I do ,
not understand why you pay such enor
mous sums and yet fall 'to Insist on
having your opera sung, in your own ;
language." .. , . r . - - ;
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NEWS ITEMS -of
the Musical World
Two guests of Interest who' will
Portland for : about five months are
Lieutenant Lear and Madam Addlngton. f
Lear, English people of om talent and -
accomplishment. Madame Lear is given
exceedingly flattering notices from all
parts Of America and . England - where . '
she has been heard In concert often, ear
peclally , with the regimental . bands.
Madame Lear gives these concerts, with
Lieutenant -Lear accompanying her, In
moat of the titles which she visits for -
any length of time and they devote th ,
proceeds to charity. - In Los Angeles
they raised $1,000 for the - Firemen's .
emergency fund and $1,000 in San Diego
for the same fund. Madam Lear has a
charming metso soprano vole ""which
Theodore. Thomas, Chicago's great musl-
cian. pronounced "superb." She If to be
heard her in . concert soon. : , - .' . '
Th musical program for th annual
concert to b given by th eombined '
British societies on Empire Day, May
14, at th armory, is now complete. In
addition. to .-numbers - by two male,
choruses, Mrs. Walter Reed will sing
wo numbers, "Afton Waters" and 'The
Veteran's Song." Miss Lawler will
sine "Com Back to Erin," and "K1U-
arney;''' Mr. . Crowther, "The Land of .
Hop and Glory and "The song or tne
Bows;" - and Miss Brown "Th Maple ;
Leaf." .',."".
Th hall Is to be decorated and -after .
th concert refrshments will be served
from four different booths, which are to
be tastefully decorated by tha different v
sections of the Brltlah empire. '
A " well known trand opera Impres
ario recently sought an audience with ,
Mm. Elxa Sxamosy,' who" was one of
the alternating Drlma donnas with ;
Henry W. Savage's "Madam Butterfly'; -corrtpany,
and offered her a guarantee ,
(Continued on Page Fifty-On.)
Kanaas City Is the headuarters of
six International organisations of or
(ratilxed lahor, having a combined mem
bership of nearly 200,000. ; Tha organ
isations are the Railway -Carmen, Rail
r Clerks, Rrotherhood of " Leather
wnrkers. Ilrotherhrod of Boilermakers,
tn VhFft Biota I workers and the Coop
r' lutci national untoa.
iiPi
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