THE OREGON - SUNDAY JOURAU PORTLAND; SUNDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER : 29, 1907. .
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I HE talk ot sj symphony orchestra
U rillhif the air and though no
definite announcements v. nave
yet been made It la mere than
-" v ' merely probable that thla winter
?: the ond wlah of many yeara will be
I ? reallaed.; For aeverat yeara- there haa
been talk of a symphony orchestra and
.. each year It haa grown louder and more
concentrated till now "the time ii ripe,"
as the novelists aay.
: The talk la more than a mere whisper
and -aoroe actual work has been done
towand attaining the proposed voaL Of
course, everyone' knowa tpe money :a
needed to eupport such an organisation.
The muelolana who are now most active i
pllshed musician that cannot boast I
permanent orchestra of some. kind. Tor
merly Portland had one. In less pro
perou days than these and before
many of the later musicians had been
added to the ranks of possible member.
But demands on thalr tlma cauaad the
dlsbsndment of the old orchestra under
u. jc. coureen and errorta to repreran
Ise It since have been In vain.; For
where support and enthusiasm are lack
ing it la hard to accomplish anything
and the people did not enow that they
wanted an orcneaira.
-The. present plan Is to give a series
oi in matinee concerts, me same plan
as Is followed by the symphony orches
tras of Boston. New York. Plttsburar.
Chicago and other cities. This will not
rob the professional musicians of their
time- to play in the evenings at the
theatres' and hotels. The plan of en-
i r, bki afc&3
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Mrs. Katherlne Ward Pope, Appointed Instructor at University of Oregon
in promoting the orchestral undertaking
have already "sounded" some of their
prospective supporters and though
namea are not yet being made public
it Is known that William Ladd favors
the Idea and stands ready to assist
substantially. W. D. Wheelwright is
another public-spirited man who ha"
been approached on the subject and
other Influential men are professing
their willingness to help.
Portland has always had a reputation
for being critically musical and those
to whom this reputation haa been an
especial balm, have found the want of
a symphony orchestra a constant re
gret.' For there are few cities of Port
land'a else, even with fewer accom-
dowlng it beforehand will probably be
adopted so that tnere will be no worry
about makina- both ends meet Cor
porations are formed about some of
the large orchestras and the stock is
owned by those Interested In its suc
cess. A manager Is appointed to look
after ; the concern In a business-like
wsy, and a conductor Is elected accord
ing to merits who has none of the fi
nancial responsibilities but is merely
an employe of the corporation and need
have only his musical worries. That
is the way to run an orchestra with
artlstlo success.
The question of a director here has
not yet been settled but Portland has
several musicians who have had exper
ience In thla line.
BY
GAETA WORPA WOLD
- The movement when It la presented
to the public for support will doubt
less find a hearty response. Every
one "knows that anything atandlng for
culture is a good investment; it is a
recommendation to the class of people
that a progressive city desires, aud
when it is known that Portland has
a symphony orchestra, a permanent or
ganisation, all who are wise will know
that means Portland haa everything
that goee before a symphony orcnes
tra, and I right In line for the good
wings mac zonow in its wane.
An announcement of the greatest In
terest . and "welcome news to all who
admire that talented planiste's clever
work la that Beatrice Barlow Dterke is
to give a recital the lest of October at
Murlark hall. Mrs. Dlerke haa not ap
peared In concert alnoe two years ago
laat April when "she played with such
exceptional brilliancy at Persons' hall.
Mre. Dlerke, still a very young per
former In years, is a proouot or wnicn
Portlsnd may well be and la proud. Her
work exetted most favorable comment
from Oodowsky and artists of that rank
when aha want abroad a year a SO. On
her new program will be aeveraf novel
ties new compositions to Portland au
diences presenting tfce newer end
lesser known composers, Bcrlabine.
Bchloser and Poldlnl. besides the usual
numbers from Chopin and his class.
Mrs. Dlerke's programs alwaya have a
refreshing touch of originality as well
ss an element of masterliness and stability.
The HelUg management announcee
that the first of its series of musical
attractions will be Miss Maud Powell,
the clever American violinist, who will
be here about October 25. Miss Powell's
name is a favorite In America because
aha la so distinctly American, thourh
she has spent most of her time abroad
the past few years. This Is her first
tour of the west and doubtless her
charm of youth and genius will win
ins Pacific coast as it has already won
Europe and the Atlantic coast. 8he
Is probably the greatest woman violin
ist of today, and she has studied with
several masters repreaentln- different
schools of violin music, so that she
comes with something from each of
the representative systems.
The Tuesday Afternoon club held Its
first meeting' of the season at Mrs.
Walter Reed's studio. Tilford building,
laat week. Following are the members:
Miss Mildred Honeyman, Miss Llllyn
Olendenning, Miss Evelyn Carey, Mrs.
H. O. Hickox. Miss Ella Dewart, Mies
Grace Honeyman, Miss Sadte Noyes,
Miss Agnes McLauchlan, Mrs. J. 8.
Monte, Miss Kathleen McDonell, Miss
Emma Klenow, Miss May Donaldson,
Mrs. L. F. Hudson. Miss Alice Price,
Miss Ellen Driver, Miss Eleanor Brodie,
Miss Madeline Stone, Mrs. O. W. Stan
ley, Miss Clara Howell, Miss Vlda Reed
and Miss Julia Berg.
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Manager Harold Clifford of the Uni
versity of Oregon Olee club, is msklng
arrangements for a big tour of eastern
Oregon this winter. Besides appearing
in Portland . and Eugene, hla warblers
will show In Baker City, La Grande,
Pendleton. Hood River, walla Walla,
The Dalles, Salem, Oregon City and a
number of other towns. Prospeots are
very good. The Qlee club Is an Impor
tant factor In the life of the university
and Its concerts here have always been
of high arade. Professor I. M. Olen Is
the director.
The most successful musical event
of the season at Albany was held In
the United Presbyterian church Wednes
day and glvnn under the auspices of
the choir. The program was a concert
recital by Mrs. Schuecker, harpist; Mrs.
Susie Fennell Pipes, violinist, and Mrs.
Katherlne Ward-Pope, soprano, of Eu
gene, as distinguished a' trio of musi
cians as Is possible to find within the
state. The church waa filled with over
S00 of Albany's muslc-lovlng people.
The approval waa evident from the aan
eroue encores given the performers and
the genial manner In, whloh these were
responded to proved a distinct pleasure
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Mark Hambourg, the Russian pianist,
will be the first of the notable visitors
of 'the season . to open hla American
tour. He will give 10 concerts In Amer
ica between October 18 and December
II, when he will return to fill hla en
gaf omenta on the continent. Hambourg
la known for his huge repertoire of TOO
compositions and ha haa toured prac
tically all the civilised world. Bines
his marriage to the daughter of Sir
Kenneth Muir McKensle, K. C. B., K. C.
Hambourg' asserts that he Is a British
subject and objects to being termed a
Russian. His bride will come to Amer
ica with him.
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Contracts have been signed by David
Belaaoo and the Rlcordi brothers, Puo
clni's American representatives for the
right ta use 'The Olrl of the Oolden
West,", the Belasco play In which
Blanche Batea la starring, as the libretto
for an opera. When Puccini visited
America last year to aee hie "Madam
Butterfly1' given he visited all the
theatree in which, American plays were
being given and considered thla the
moet striking and representative. "Mad
am Butterfly" also waa written from
a Belaaco play.
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Madame Nordlca announces that her
plans for: the Wagner' theatre at
Bayreuth-on-Hudaon are well under way
and that she haa secured the promise
Of Prince Ludwlg Ferdinand of Bavaria
to attend the opening of the Lillian
Nordlca Festival house In 1909. The
elnger will sail for America October t
on the Kronprlnsessin Cecllle. and will
by Z. ; MV Parvln. The song has been
published by Qrevea A Co,
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Carrie ' Jacobs Bond haa Just com
pleted a -new opus number f eight
songs for messo-soprano, three of which
will be aung as a song cycle for the
first time by Sybil Sammla in Chicago.
GOOD TALENT FOR
Oregon School of Music
Dean I. M. Olen of the University of
Oregon School of Music, expects an at
tendance of at least ISO students and
perhaps more thla year. Laat year there
were 100 students in the muelo depart
ment, but now the fame of tba school
la growing, and students are flocking
there.
An effort la- being made, whloh la
looked upon with a fair degree of suc
cess, to obtain Le Roy Oesner, of Sa
lem, to give leaaona on the violin at the
university. Professor Oesner recently
returned from three years' etudy un
der 'the famous master Bevclk In Bo
hemia. His work la favorably known In
Portland. -
An Oregon woman, Mre. Katherlne
Ward Pope, who haa attained consider
able fame, haa . been selected to taks
the chair of vocal music. Mrs. Kath
erlne Ward Pope eang at the college
last commencement and the Impression
made then,-with the recommendations
which were rendered so plentifully,
appear at San Francisco, Los Angelas.
Oakland. Portland. Seettle. Vancouver.
B. G, and Spokane, From California
she will make a side trip to the City of
Mexico. Then she Will take In the
south through Texas, Tennessee. Ala
bama and other states, and at the end
of this tour ehe will make a supplement
al one with the Pittsburgh Symphony
orchestra. J.
Madame Calve has been spending the
summer In south France et her chateau,
During her trip she will travel In her
private car, one of the most splendidly
appointed affaire on wheela, with a
companion, a private secretary, a femme
de chambre, a coiffeur, two specially
Imported .French chefs and an expert
chauffeur, not to mention her two
French motor cars whloh will follow
her in a special baggage car. , Mile.
Kenee Chemet, a French violinist of on
usual talent, will be one of the attrac
tions on her program, and she ie said
to be a young woman of exceptional
iwauiy ana ssiu.
71LLAGER BECOMES
'V Her Own Press Agent 4
made th
her for that department, She recently
returned from New York whors ehe
studied under me aoie aireotion or
Vlotor Harris and Karl Brenneman.
She Is also experienced in recital work
and has a large- reperteire. especially
In th- riirmtii 1 r lrt rrm or ( 1, 1 it am a F
open her season at the Manhattan -he was a student with Mrs. Walter
opera, November 4. In "La Gloconda,"
the opera in which she snueared in
Portland laat serine with the San Car
los opera company.
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The Musical Courier says: "Little
Rock. Arkanaaa, also adds a fragrant
blossom to our bouquet of characterls
tie criticisms. The leading paper of
that town announced a concert at the
Second Baptist church. In which the reg
ular program was followed by a debate;
Resolved, mat Muslo contributes More
to Society Than Flowers." For the next
concert It might not be a bad Idea to
discuss this subject end settle It. once
for all: "Which Is Sweeter. Chopin's
E Flat Nocturne or Chocolate Cara
mels r
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The Verdi museum Installed In the
Home for Aged Musicians, founded by
Verdi, was enriched recently by a gift
from 8lgnor Spats, proprletorof the
hotel de Mllano, in which Verdi died.
The gift consists of all the furniture
of the room In the hotel where Vcrdl
had often worked dtfrlng the last years
or nis me and in wnicn ne ureattiea his
last.
Miss Dorothea Nash, who spent the
summer abroad In England, Germany
and SVltserland, was expected to re
turn last night and will reopen her
piano studio this week. Miss Nash Is
one of the cleverest and most muslclanly
or tne younger element or rortiand s
music circle.
Mrs. Walter Reed sang two songs,
"Be Thou Strong" and "Face to Face,"
last Sunday afternoon at the T. M. C.
A. meeting. Miss Cornelia Barker
played an intereating number on the
violin, accompanied by Miss Grace
Kemp.
Miss Grsce C. Story, after an ab
sence of nearly five yeers spent in the
study of music with some of the best
European teachers. Including Mme.
Stephanoff, an able exponent of the
Leschetttsky method has returned and
opened a studio at 329 Thirteenth street.
According to Japanese papers a na
tional theatre Is planned for Tokio. The
mikado has contributed $600,000 to the
fund for the erection of an Imposing
structure. Two delegates are now in
Europe studying theatrical affairs,
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"The Half Has Never Been Told,"
Is the text of a sacred solo written
by Rev. P. S. Knight and set to music
Found at Kelt.
J. A. Harmon of Lisemore, West Va.,
says: "At last I hsve found the perfect
pill that never disappoints me; and for
the benefit of others afflicted with
torpid liver and chronic constipation,
will say: Take Dr. King's New Life
Pills." Guaranteed satisfactory. 26c
at Red Cross Pharmacy.
The latest De Pachmann anecdote,
says the Kansas City Star, cornea from
the romantic wilds of the Catskill re
gion, where Vladimir de Pachmann Is
spending a few quiet montha in a mod
est farmer'e cottage, before beginning
hia farewell tour early thla fall.
The great pianist waa Strolling
through the small village near which
school determine to obtain ' he lives when he passed an open wndow
and heard aome one playing Chopin's
"Fantasia Impromptu" very badly in
deed. He glanced up and saw a sign
affixed to the' house: "Piano Lessons.
Terms,- 16c."
Imbued with a kindly thought, De
Pachmann rang the bell. The playing
stopped and the performer, who was
no leas a person than the taacber her
Reed fif Portland. Her home ie in Ore-
son City.
Mrs. Stephanie Schnecker,' will have
rnarre or the Dlano department. Hh
Is an exoonent of the Leschetltxky
method. In London, fans and Vienna,
she appeared with the best orchestras.
Miss Alberta Campbell or Monmouth
who for five years bas been a student
of Charles Dlerke, the well-known Port
land teacher, has been elected an as-
alatant. Several other able pianists are
Included in the corps of assistants,
SIGHT READING IN
Music and Its Meaning
tn an article under "Musical Educa-
tlon" In the Musical Courter. Fannie
Edgar Thomas, that clever woman who
has something bright to say on all
musical subjects, gives an excellent ar
ticle on sight reading. , She announces
first that sight reading certainly Is not
trying to read, and explains that the
moment It becomea "trying" It Is no
longer a matter of "sight."
How often is that mistake made. It
Is safe to say that no oftener than once
out of ten timea does a person say, "He
reads at sight." but "He reads well at
slant. " According- to Miss Thomas' the
ory this is Incorrect, for either one does
or one does not read at elgnt. Tnere is
no degree of it. any more than there la
degree In roundness. One cannot com
pare the word round, a tmng may be
more nearly round, but not more round
than another. And one may nearly read
at sight or more nearly read at sight.
And Incidentally those who can read
at sight are rather rare and really envi
able. Most musicians merely try to
read at sight, and their hesitations and
errors and repetitions class their at
tempts with those of children trying to
read print at sight, but not yet fully
able. And it Is a gift Invaluable that
should be cultivated.
I
N RE CONCERT TOUR
of Madame Emma Calve
J. Saunders Gordon who will direct
Madame Calve's tour, this winter un
der the management of John Cort says
that Cort was offered 110,000 for two
Calve concerts In Honolulu but was
obliged to refuse aa her tour was com
pletely booked and there was not time
for the Hawaiian trip.
Calve's tour will be one of the most
comprehensive tours 1 ever made. Her
managers say, the most successful, but
that remains to be seen. Her first con
certs will be at Bangor and Portland.
Maine. October S and 9. Thence she
will go to Montreal, Boston. Toronto,
and across the continent, singing aa she
goes. On the Pacific coast she will
eelf. appeared on the threshold. Recba-
nlxlng htx visitor (for all the village
knew his identity), the poor young
woman turnea sosrist, and saia: un.
you must have heard how badly X
played!" "I did. Indeed," replied De
Pachmann. and I ve taken a notion to
help you play that piece better. I'm
going to point out a few of the errors
you make." He dlu so. and spent an
hour or more In suggestions and helpful
hints that constituted a lesson for
which the recipient could hardly find
strong enough expressions of gratitude
wnen ner dieunguianeu visitor departed.
A few days later De Pachmann
chanced to be driving through the
street in wnicn tne young teacher lived.
Remembering hla adventure, he glanced
at her house in passing. His astonish
ment may be better imagined than de
scribed when he read the brand new
sign displayed there: "Piano Lessons.
pupils or v Pachmann. Terms, II.
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR?
Teacher and Pupil j
An opportunity which will appeal to
muslo teachers and to music students
in the three etates of the northwest.
has just been offered bythe Whitman
Conservatory of Music With, the de
sire of stimulating the highest work In
piano and voice the management of that
conservatory proposes to establish a
publlo competition which shall ba open
to pupils of every teacher of piano or
vocal music In Oregon, Wsshlngton and
Idaho, upon certain simple and reason
able conditions. The prise' offered Is a
year's free musical education. Including
both room and board, a prise fairly es
timated to be worth at least $360.
Each muslo teacher in these three
states will be privileged to nominate one
pupil to take part In the contest Pro
vided that 10 contestants eppear, the
conservatory of muslo will furnish free
entertainment for all contestants, and
will provide disinterested outside judges
to determine tae nignest grade or excel
lence in the conteste proposed. One
evening will be given up to the com
petition in piano, and the next evening
o that in voice. A prize or a free
early scholarship with board and room
i offered for each contest Teachers
f the northwest, who have confidence
n the ability of their own training and
the merits or tneir pupils, win be
?rlad to take advantage of thla offer
or the honor It will bring the winning
pupil ss well as his Instructor.
Tne conditions wnicn govern tne pro-
Fosed contest, wnicn win be an annual
eature hereafter, are aa follows:
First, the name and residence or tne
teacher proposing a candidate, together
witn tne name ot tne candidate, age, na
tionality, and composition to be per
formed, must be submitted to the secre
tary of the Whitman Conservstory of
A r . i I o XJO 11 Wall Wanhtn-rtAii An Ar
before January 1, 1907.
Second No candidate wilt be allowed
to. compete whose ege at the (:.--
the compel Itlon is over II yta.
Third No composition wlilcli re iu''
more than eight mingles may la t
dered. --, ' - '-, , - -
Fourth At 'least 10 candidates m,
fake part la the contest.
Fifth No limitation other than t
above la made upon the . selection v
author. - . -
Sixth Contestants will be enterttii
by the Whitman Conservatory of Mux
during their stay In Walla Walla for ti.
contest. --..- -
Correspondence ' should be addrea
to the secretary of the ' conservator; ,
Miss P. E. Paddock. -
APROPOS OF THE
Reign of Caruso, Tenor
Caruso will appear this year at th
Metropolitan, it la aald, In : "11 Trova-
tore, and the announcement has caused
a mild excitement that hla appearance
In better roles In better operas woul d
not create. For some reason the great
tenor baa heretofore refused td glng tins
role of Manrlco hi New York, and 6e
spite the fact that the Trevatore la not
ranked with the best operas, it unfail
ing popularity has been the source 08
an untiring request And Il v Trova
tore" is alwaya sure of a crowd, .noi
matter how Indifferent the public may)
have become to the weightier Wagner
works. - 7V':
The London papera, by the way. are
expressing dissatisfaction with the cut-
and-drled Covent Garden opera season.
The program there. It Is said, is seers
otmed and the same things ere riven
year after year good things, to be sure,
but lacking In novelty. One writer at
tributes thla to "the necessity of find
ing roles for Bisnor Caruso and other
lions of the season." Mr. Baughan, the
writer. - sneaks nis own mind quite
plainly In the words: "Speaking for
myself, I am retting very tired of the
triumphs of Blrnor Caruso. Hia beau
tiful voice, not alwaya used with a per
fection of taste, Is a wonderful thing,
but the necessary limitation of the Co
vent Garden repertoire tn 'Order to ex
ploit this particular alager Is a high.
Dries to pay for him. I preeume it
means that the fashionable subscriber
demand their Caruso. - If that be eo It
only proves once more bow much Lon
don needs an opera-bouse which ahail
be Independent of mere fashion. . To
thase of us who love opera for Its own.
sake, Slgnor Caruso ts gradually becom
ing a serious obstacle to progress at Co
vent Garden."
THE "MARCH KING"
y To Reign in Portland
Sousa and his band will be the attrac
tion under the Heillg management, Oc
tober 18 and 19. There will be three
grand concerts Friday evenlng.i Satur
day matinee and Saturday evening
given In the Armory, probably the only
building In town large enough for the
volume of sound given forth by Souse's
big band. Sousa will have with him the
solo attractions. Miss Lucy Anne Allen,
soprano; Miss Jeannette Powers, violin
ist, who haa been ' with the band for
three rears, and Herbert L. Clarke, cor-
netist, withj of course, John Philip
Sousa himself as .conductor.
No Introduction is needed for Sousa.,
Everyone knows of him. People who
have never heard of Warner. ChoDln.
Beethoven or Richard Strauss know
Sousa as ther do their Bible. His
fopular airs have probably been wh la
led on everr street In America. Tha
Sousa marches are known wherever
popular music is sung and played ami
whistled. Sousa himself is , probably
the beatf known band dlrectae In th
world. For 13 years he waa Conductor
of the United State Marine band atl
Washington, and for 15 years he has
been conducting his own band In New
roric, witn so semi-annual tours, , four
European tours and numberless engage
ments at fairs and the like. He has
succeeded In raising the standard of hla
band muslo substantially. , ,
-MPMW .4-. ,
Some Chtcae-oans will defy fashion
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I have also used it for frost bitten feet,
with good success. It la the beet lint
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