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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 22, 1808.
1 II 111' lum,M J. P., Robertson: Wnj, "Will Ts
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symphony orchestra next Friday after
noon A f tha Udfnilum 111 V ln ..art
JnMwiid 0f i o'clock to enable the school
children and teacher to attend.
1HE article quoted below-1 worth
attention and presents a question
that 1" causing a great deal Of
worry for many people In these
days. These columns have be
fore ofcred decided views on musi
cians' poor financial standing; and tried
to place the blame. Is It because the
public, or part of It. does not realise
that a musician's art Is his stock In
trade, or In It that tlio rauslolan himself
In too ready to consider his ait a side
Issus which may be given gratis?
There sre undoubtedly many of this
id and they do not realise that In glv
Tit their art for nothing they are doing
as much of an Injustice to the pro re a
slonal musicians Mho must earn their
livelihood through their art as would
be A man who for the pleasure it af
forded him should open among a com
munity of merchants a store at which
he would give away his wares for noth
ln.
Musicians as a class are not a well
paid people. Tliev must work all the
time with but small returns. It may
sound easy and ecm to savour of
wealth to sar a teacher sets, sy, 15
an hour, but there is the constant strain
on the nerves and on -the throat from
constant talking and Instruction. It is
a work one cannot keep up Incessantly.
And musicians' expenses in connec
tion with their work are high, tn the
case of performers a singer simply can
not do more than a certain amount of
work, for the throat will give out. An
Instrumentalist must practice the same
reserve of nerve force.
But above all there la the economic
law of the proportion between the e
rendlture for preparation and the re
urns. The specialist rightly demands
mora for his services than the man who
does the general Work that requires no
previous study and that anyone can do.
The physician or the- lawyer requires
high wages In return for the large in
vestment tn his education. A store
keeper Invests his money In his mer
chandise and he must mak enough on
the sule of his goods to pay the Interest
on that mrmey. The musician Is in the
same position and hn must be paid
enough for his services to pay the ac
cumulated Interest on his money or he
Is working at a loss. TIih best educated
muhlfians have had to pav small for
tunes for their training and when they
get to work they must mako enough to
pay the interest of all the intervening
Yenrs.
No one would think of asking a law
yer to conduct a suit or a doctor to
rtiniriiriMC a BHO for nothing.
The following Is taken from the Mu
Icnl Courier, an editorial comment on
a misguided article:
Th Cnntrresatlonallst of Boston, a
religion paper, backing up Dr. Charles
M. Sheldon, declares against the paying
of money for music In church. Dr.
Sheldon says that this money might be
better used for missionary purposes,
but he docs-not state whether those
missionary purposes snouia ue appneu
to the IBWgen uuiRiue iu uini
Rtates or to .those In this countr
thona miscreants, for instance.
Roosevelt constantly calls attention to,
hnt niiKht to have some missionary
vnrlr done amonsr them: the lyncher
who kill people without a trial, who are
woraf than the ignoiani savngea. or mi
Kentucky feudists that annihilate faml
It, mutually, or the DOlltlcal criminal
In the large cities, to whom the money
that should e usea Tor paving mi
sanitation and sewerago and hospital
and health. Is deflected from Its honest
purposes. Dr. Sheldon does not say
which savages require this missionary
r0-''rii Cnnsreirntlonnllst save that
artlln man In a Bible class, who I
highly educated, does his work In that
Bible class free of charge, giving all
the knowledge grans 10 me muio tis
that cost Mm many .years io acquirn.
and then the paper says: 'If he doesn't
expect anything for his service to the
church, which he gives as service, why
should the man or woman who spent
year acquiring a musical eaucmion in
learning to play or sing, expect any
nfitMinnat1nn for It?
"There Is no reason why they should,
T ! vrv well understood that musica
nennln can live on air. Many of them
really live on airs. A musician, after
he has spent money on his own educa-
on- nan live on laeais. usually me
landlord gives the rent free of charge
to musicians; clothing houses and dress-
kers charge them notnintr ior ineir
rlna- nnnarel: tho grocery asKS n-un
lngfor the breakfast food and coffee
for the same, ann ine imicnor Henun
s round his sugar-cured ham and his
broilers and steaks witnoni expecting
that there Is any bill to follow. Musi
cians get everything for nothing In this
world because tney aro musicians anu
therefore, thov should not charge any
thing. Best 'of all, they should not
chnrire nnvthlna for singing in ohurches.
where the ministers get from 110.000 to
J 15.000 a year and the parsonsge thrown
In and fees every time they marry a
couple and fees every time they of
ficiate at funeral services. There is
nothing left after tho congregation has
raid the minister. Musicians deserve
nnthlna at all In the way of money be
cause they are musicians. TUey are al
ways expected to play and sing for
nothing and they are rcaponsioie ror
that opinion tnemsetves, simpiy nc
rause they have done It so often. Such
n article as that stupid article In the
Congregatlonallst would never appear
In any paper were it not for the fact
that a habit has been cultivated which
leads peoplo to think that musicians
Sing and play for nothing. Musicians
should stop this and public opinion
would soon veer around. As It stands
now. such articles as that of the Con-
tregatlonalist represent a notion wnicn
a cenerallv prevalent that there an?
many persons who pay nothing for their
mimical services. Why should they pay
when they can get It for nothing? It
)s worth nothing, of course. Musically
speaking, It cannot bo 'worth anything
If It is given for nothing. Musicians
cannot even sing well or play well un
less thev are paid. Tho Inspiration of
being paid that is, being recognized
and having their value and their merit
recognized, adds to the stimulus of the
uf1,I0rm81K.e. tnereiori!, wnen nicy pmv
for nothing, they do not plav and do
not sing as well as when they play or
sing ror money. -
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Mrs. Rose Bloch Bauer, who gave tip
most of her work last spring and has
been taking It up asain by degrees. Is
nlannlnsr to resume teaching. Mrs.
laiur is endowed with great enthusiasm
and Interest in ner wors, ana inactnuv
Is foreign to her disposition, so that she
resumed her choir work at Temple Beth
Israel some time ago. Her old pupils
are delighted with her late, decision.
. Tho following program will be given
at J. P. Robertson's farewell concert at
Arlon hall, Friday evening of this Week:
Overture,, "Scottish Airs," Stiles' Oc
chestrai dance, "Highland Reel," Jessie
rottage, Jeanie' Best, Frank D'Arcy.
Jlmmie King; song, "lve a Lassie,"
Jock .Coleman; song, "Cam Ye by Ath
glV' ma. B. Bruce-Glbb; "GUlUle Cal-i
glee.- selected, .Welsh Chorus; song,
"uoon-the Uurn." Miss Kathleen Law
ler: dance. "Highland KUnc." Jessie Pot
tage. Jeanie. Best Aggie Pottage. Frank
D'Arcy, Jlmmle King; song. "A Wee Bit
o- iieainer,' Mrs. waiter tteea; uootcn
character sketch, J. D. Murray; , song,
"Bonnie Sweet Bessie." Miss Helen Bar
stow; dance, "Sailor's Hornpipe," Jessie
rousge, Aggie rottage, j, r. KODartson
" A tl M I .ana flvn" ' 'a b1 TtAntiM rnnm
....... V. I C. I, W ...
Miss Llna Abarbanell ' and George
Damerel, of Savage' Chicago "Merry
Widow" company, Have Invested 11000
each In the' stock of Maxim', the
famous Pari restaurant, a. reprodue
Don of which I shown in the third
Vt of "The Merry Widow." Both the
Widow Sonla and Prince Panilo have
now a proprietary Interest In the care
where ineir reconciliation takes place.
Maxim has been caMtallsed at
1600,000 and stock I on sole in Eng
land and America. Each member of
"The' Merry Widow" com pan at the
Colonial theatre ha received a per
sonal letter from the. Maxim's manage
ment, together .with an alluring clrcu
lar, asking the purchase of stock, if
only for sentimental reasons.
Hammeretetn ha revised the usual
order and wilt give a benefit week of
free oj-era for the benefit of his sub
scriber at the end of the regular sea
son at the Manhattan. " He slams rather
open'y at the Metropolitan In the re
mark:
"It has been the custom of managers
to give benefit ror themselves. Such
a benefit, as is generally known, will
takn place elsewhere this season. I
simply want to change things about and
give a week' benefit for my subscrib
ers."
The decision 1 due to the dlssatlsfsc-
tton thst arorfo among the subscribers
earlier In the season bejrsuse there were
repetition In the bills on subscription
nights.
Tho following program was given at
the last meeting of Mrs. Walter Reed's
Tuesday afternoon club: "A Oarden
Romance" f8chaefcr. Miss Agnes Me-
I.auchlan: "Thine Eyes" (Swinstead).
Miss (lenevleve Hutterfleld; "When
Mable Sings" (Speaks). Miss Uthel Don
aldson: "If I Built a World for Ton"
(Iehmann), Miss Mabje Belover: "L'Ar-
ami- (Arauu. miss L,iuyn uicnuen
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A recent number of the Musical Cour
ier publishes a picture of the Dierke
Musical institute under the department
"Musical Education" which It runs every
week. The following note Is attached:
"The attractive picture shown here
with of the Dierke Musical institute, tn
Portland. Oregon, serves a another Il
lustration of the progress made In the
cause if musical education in the far
west. Here Is a well equipped school
of music, with a handsome building, and
f bllh4 without endow
ment. Thl fact must Impress thought
ful people, fpr no one ytt ha bean able
to demonstrate that the endowed Insti
tute of music produce better musician
and music teachers than the school
conducted by Individuals, independent of
pecuniary assistance In the form of
glfto." ...
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Thl ia a New Tork Musical Courier
pleasantry which., it I hoped, will not
be branded as heresy: "A Mr. Rlc ha
started and made herself chairman of a
society for the' prevention of unneces-
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ADAM BUTTERFLY
Refutes Old Traditions
Jn an, editorial review' of Savage'
production in English of Puccini'
operatlo masterpiece, a writer of the
"Denver News" says:
' "Madam Butterfly ha come and gone.
And in the brief and brilliant passage
ha ' upset a number of fondly held
musical fad and fancies, and not
few which hover about the atage In
general, without reference to muslo.
"On, la the notion that the public
abhor, tragedy. 'Madam Butterfly' la
the moat 'convincing tragedy that ha
been-put an the operatlo stage in a
generation perhaps ever. It Is tragedy
wholly unrelieved by farce. The fate
ful not 1 heard In almost every bar
of the muslo and in almost every page
of the book from the first to the last
Yet thl opera la a perfect gold mine
to me manager wno wa wise enousn
to seise upon It; and the publlo 'which
won't listen to tragedy goes as often
a it gets the ohaaie; weeps, and goes
baca again. j
"Once again w are told thst the
people want to see the actor, not the
'lay. ask any, piaywngnr why he
raa-gea in tnis or mat episode: ask
any oomlo opera tailor why he sewed
thl or that musical patch on the thin
web of hi clot and he will probably
answer that he had to provide every
one m ine company wun a. -tunt'
ARTISTS'-IX' PORTLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
JxlZSS. ,hi?mmf i-' aV.-4D
year and another, arid If the orchestral
work 1 kept up consistently now the
work, will te easier next year and will
be that far la advance of thl year's.
Fine ensemble playing Is, of course, the
result of long and careful work to
gether and the longer the better.
- Even the best of musician all the
world's greatest musicians to play to-
f ather must practice first together. But
n order to get the best result there
must be a start, and the Portland Sym
phony orchestra will make this start
next Friday afternoon. It ' la most
likely that they will play better at the
second concert and still better st the
third, but this Is largely dependent
upon the encouragement they receive
now. The football team wants rooters
to show that some one I interested In
their work, snd It wants spectators.
Any organisation working for the pub
llo, whether it be for Its amusement or
Its education, wants encouragement. It
must know that its -efforts are worth
while.
The program to be given Friday aft
ernoon is as follows:
Coronation march. . .Glacomo Meyerbeer
Symphony, No. 6 Ludwlg von Beethoven
An.iante con moto.
Allegro.
Concerto for pianoforte ...From Llsxt
Allegro muosto.
Tempo glusto.
Quasi adagio.
Allegretto vivace.
Allegro anlmato.
Introduction to the Third act, from
Lohengrin Klcnara wsgner
Le Cygne Saint Saens
Paplllona Mortts Rosenthal
Etude Paul de Schloezer
Slavonic dance Antoa Dvorak
shout this great festival and tell people
of its Importance. Tell them that one
of the mos: Important orchestras of the
country is coming; that they will play
some of the beef muslo in lltersture;
thst a large local chorus of about 100
voices Is to sasist In giving the ora
torios and cantatas for which th or
chestra will plsy the accompaniments;
that there will be five concerts and that
a most reasonable season rate has been
made that one may attend all ths con
certs for little more than two single
ones: that It Is an educational event of
freateat Importance; and that much of
'ortland's future advanUges depends
on the people's attitude.
Special attention Is being drawn to
the soloists, Jan Van Oordt. violinist
and conoert meleter, and Fran Wagner,
cellist and assistant conductor. Mr.
Van Oordt was toured through the west
s a soloist a number of years ago, and
r,'y?.'. to n appreciative audience,
t will be remembered that Mr. Wagner
was the solo 'cellist four years ago when
this .orchestra came to Portland and
gave a concert at the Marquam.
- SEAGOING POOLROOMS.
Mrs. Beatrice Dierke, Pianiste.
There are no 'stunts' In 'Madam Butter
fly.' Every bit of music and dialogue
and action Is devoted to telling the
story. And the result of this absoluto
disregard of the actor Is the creation
of one of the finest rols ever put on
the musical stage.
"Once moro, and lastly: There Is
very widely held fad that realism I
vulgar, or sordid, or something had
anyway. There Is a common opinion
that to get anything appealing you
must turn to what is vaguely grouped
as "romance. Mauani Uutterfly is th
verv essence of realism. And that on
precious baby gets closer to the heart
than all the papier mache dragons that
ever spat rire.
"You must figure out the moral for
yourselves.
TRIED RULES FOR
Pianist as Business Man
The Musical Courier pays Its compli
ments to Paderewskl and Ida choice of
program In the following terms. The
paper has been criticised for "unklnd-
ness and unfnlrnese" In publishing un
der the head of "I'aderewskl's Veisa-
lllty" the programs played by him In
he cities all along his tour, programs
which are Identically the same. Here
Is the Courier's attitude:
'The versatlltv of the programs of
raderewskl, which Is demonstrated by
the renrnriiictlon In this DBDer of tho
same programs In each city (as hn plavs
the same as he goes rrora town io
town), might seem an act of injustice
oward him IT attention were not calico
o the fact that this Is usually done ny
foreign srtlsts. anyway. It should, how-
?ver. be tirought rorwara here empnat
callv that Paderewskl cannot play In
New York more than three times In re-
Itals, because lie has only periodically
hree recital programs at his fingers'
lids. Me never prepares more than
hree tiKicrama for recitals, there be-
ng no necessity for more outside of
New York.
"He would play In New 1 ork four, six
elKht times If he had more pro-
mma becauae New York Is always the
place to draw money, but he Is limited
to his three recital programs, ine rea
son for. publishing this program, which
Is repeated constantly In various cities,
la to call attention to that method of
handling the I'nlted States on the part
of foreign pianist. Thev prepare a
program, then come over here and piny
It In every city. It does not help us
In our education at all and it sfiows
what a small proposition It Is, anyway.
"What we want to do Is to lead up
to this point, to show that Paderewskl
nlavs In New York three recitals only,
because, ho usually has only three recltil
programs. He would plav here many,
many times If he had more programs.
Now. there are other pianists who have
plaved In New York a half dozen re
citals. They are the men who are de
veloping new piano literature, something
with which Mr. Paderewskl Is not iden
tified, and he makes no effort what
ever, because he can go rrom one cuy io
In Operation on Hlg Liners for Ben
efit of Sporting Htewards.
From ths New Tork Sun.
Sine poolrooms have become scarce
In New York and betting In them pre
carious, handbooks have flourished in
many queer places. Some large busi
ness houses have their own layers of
odds on the premises, who take all the
bets of their fellow employes and pay
off on a starting price basis the follow
ing day. .
But perhaps the queerest phase of the
situation Is the establishment of float
ing poolrooms on many of the ocean
steamnhlp. The stewards on the big
liners are nearly all inveterate gam
blers, ready to take a chance of dou
bling or losing the tips gathered on
the voyage whenever they reach a port:
This used to be a simple matter In
New York, for until the Jockey club
began Its crusade against the furnish
ing of Information from the tracks
many poolrooms did business on or near
West street. They were crowded with
stewards, firemen and seamen with
sporting Instincts.
When the poolrooms practically went
out of business something had to he
done to enable these people to get their
bets down. This resulted In the forma
tion of syndicates to make book for the
great majority.
The bookmakers take no chance of
their shipmates getting a flash and by
practical wiretapping betting nn he
winner after the race Is in. All bets
have to be made before the first race,
and during the afternoon telegrams are
delivered at the ship giving the result
of each race as It Is run.
The ship bookmakers stand a chance
of either winning or loalng big amounts,
for the men on board follow a tip as
sheep follow the bellwether. Many of
them make large bets too. and In the
season when the New York tracks are
open It is not unusual to find the sailors
placing a large commission wfth a book
maker at the track to hedge the wagers
made In the seagoing book.
Making hook on the boats Is not a
new practice. In fact before wireless
telegraphy existed there was a novelty
In betting during the whole trip of a
liner.
Odds on all the big English races ara
always printed long before the events
are run. and In the old days a trip to
the "glory hole" or stewards' quarters
would always revenl a slip posted with
odds against every horse In a big race.
The peculiarity of this system was that
a race might he run the same day that
a ship left Queenstown. vet for the
whole trip across the Atlantic the odds
would remain posted and bets he sccept
ed until the pilot came aboard, when the
slate was turned to the wall.
Wireless telegraphy ended this practice.
nVnr-m nH make thouaands of dollars. U1 "'i" ' w?
L ., nnii.i. inH.i t l.... u"iinea. ana tne practl
;." h U rnuhl to exnand his nro- wT?""."-'"" "
r.". i. r. , II i i "" eneciuauy oemonstra
r""'r,- "J"', .'Uh h,..n; an h. !'" "resulted largely
llirl-T "IIU IV o " " P HE IHI (in Df ThA nnlSAf' a,..lnna
In more than 40 Italian rltl.a in
Switzerland. In Norway and a number
es
ca-
day-
ted
from
should be very much encouraged as a
business man to do these things; but It
Is not art; It Is not music.
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rrom This City and Out of Tows
Mall order for season tickets re
ceived March 20. For one. two or
more concerts (not season , received
March 27. Regular winaow sate
opens A,prll 3. 1908.
HOW TO OBDBB SBAT8
Address letters, mase cnecaa ana
monev orners payania t" "
gle. Manager Helllg Theatre.. Port
land. Oregon. Inclose self-addressed
stamped envelope to Insure safe re
turn. Season orders take precedence
over all other orders.
FUTURE OF PORTLAND
Orchestra in the Balance
Henry L. Bettman, First Violin.
f A f
Slgnor A. DeCaprlo, Trombonist-
sary noise. We move thnt the organi
sation investigate the Paderewskl re
citals."
Mr. Kubcllk, accompanied by Mr. and
Mrs. Junkerman. left for Europe Feb
ruary 18 for a month's visit with the
Kubelik children, and will return in time
to Join Mr. Kubelik at Vancouver on his
Australian tour. His last appearance in
New York this season will be on April 12.
Dalmores. the tenor. Is now the bone
of contention between tho Metropolitan
and Manhattan opera houses. Both
Conrled and Hammersteln claim that
they have signed him for next season
and 1t will probably go to court for
settlement.
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Miss Leonora Fisher has decided to
remain in New York for organ study two
months longer and will then return and
resume her position as organist at Tem
ple Beth Israel.
Official arjDllcatlon has been made in
Albany, New York, by the Conrled Met
ropolitan opera company to change the
name to Metropolitan opera company.
Way to Detect Smokeless Powder.
From the Washington Herald.
German military authorities are cx-
fierlmentr.ig with a device by which the
ocatlon of troops using smokeless pow
der may be easily discovered. Bv this
device it, Is oroposed to survey the land
scape through pale red glasses.
The flash' of smokeless powder ap
pears strong in red light, while ordinary
objects are dimmed. . By furnishing
field glasses with the device In Question.
which .1 provided with screens of the
Dcor. tint, the position of concealed
marksmen caa be detected, , i
The leading musical event of thl
week will be the Initial concert of the1
Portland Symphony orchestra, and there
is a great deal of Interest manifested
In this first concert. The orchostra I
receiving warm support from the music
lovers of the city and an effort will be
made to make the concert a fashlonabl
nffulr. The prominent society matron
whose husbands' names have headed the
subscription list are to bring parties of
their friends and a large attendance is
looked for,
The program will be all that can be
desired. Some excellent numbers are
on ine program and. of course, atten
Hon will center in tho Lisjt concerto
piayca oy Mrs. Hea trice Dierke, with
i on urciieHirai accompaniment. Mrs.
memes worn is too well known to re
quire much mention hero. She ia one
or tne lew local pianists Who can al
ways draw a full house for her eon
certs and her work grows broader every
yaar. one nas ine requires rorca and
brilliancy for the Liszt concerto and
knows the work thoroughly, for she
piayea it once Derore at. a concert, with
Mr. Dierke playing second piano parts.
Mr. Dierke has . demonstrated at re
hearsal hi ability as a conductor. He
has 36 Instruments In the orchestra and
nas mem ail under perfect guidance.
There is no reason why the orchestra
enouia not give an entirely merltorlou
performance.
The nubile should sunnort thl nr.
chestra and should show its encourage
ment oy rcany attendance. The or-.
cnesira is just starting out on a new
career under new management and un
der a new rearlme. There l not mi
mo question oi giving ine orchestra en
couragement ror this concert. The
quality of the next concert will denend
on the support and the spirit it meets
this time. And the permanency of - the
orchestra will depend on its success this
season.
Though the orchestra In dnlna
lent work, it is not, of course, to be
expecveu uini int essence or finished
work can be obtained at this concert.
A football team mnv be com nnao.l nf
many fine players, but before they have
iimciicnu piiLjiiiB logemer tney will not
be able to put up a good game. After
a while thev become acquainted with
the signals and each player knows what
the otners are going to do at a certain
sign. But it takes repeated practice
wun mem signals o maxe trie Work
still better. And the later in the sea
son these men play together the better
game will they play.
Now. if this same team aathers the
next year there will he a tremendously
strong comoinauon and the following
year It will be stronger. It la seldom
that tho sameseleven men stay together
a third season, or even a second, with
out any changes, but with the larger
proportion of the men the same team
is . materially strengthened by former
experience. Even two old men will
D.ICIIftlllCIl U III. MM J V. I I DO I t .
nn AvnTli.nrM nliclaila In vnrk from I
the team has an advantage over one that
starts all over new.
So It Is with an orchestra. It is
hardly likely that the same 35 men play
ing now In the orchestra will be play
ing next year and the next, though if
they should be they will then be ac
quainted with each other's peculiarities
ana can piay tugeiner reasonaoiy wen. i
59-
D
EATH COMES TO
Favorite of Another Age
K
raullne Lucca, contemporary of Ade
llna Pattl. Christine. Nllsson and Clara
Louise Kellogg, died at her homo In
Vienna. Friday. February 28. The In
difference shown to the announcement
of the death of this once famous' prlmu
donna, jiroves that a new generation of
onerngeers lives ioday. Lucca In her
prime was Idolized. While as a singe
she was, perhaps, less remarkable than
Pattl or Nllsson. It was her wonderful
magnetism and versatility that brought
the publlo to her feet. Lucca's voice.
a dramatic soprano of great range, en
abled the singer to slug both soprano
nd mezzo or contralto roles in me same
opera. It is no exaggeration io siate
that Lucca nrobahlv hud the largest rep
ertorv of anv sinner of her day. As an
actress she was peerless.
Lucca was born In lenna or Viennese
snd Italian parentage, a fin" comblna
tlon for an artistic career. I he date or
her birth. Anrll 25. 1841. was disputed
by the singer herself, who claimed she
was horn the same year as i-a.ii) una
Nllsson. 1843. The musical dictionaries,
however, recorded 1841. and thus the
nrlma donna was oblired to appear two
years oldr-r than she was, or claimed to
hn. Lucca was fortunate from the be
ginning of her Initial public appearance
at the ortera , n Vienna, wnero sne cre
ated a sensation as the first bridesmaid
in "Der Krelschutz
She was only a member or tno chorus
then, but even that oiiacure piaye nia
not long conceal her gift. Lucca made
her debut as a principal as f.lvlra In
"Krnanl " at Olmiltz. September 4. 1X59
and- she was received with enthusiasm.
ITer auhseouent appearances as Norma
and Vnlentlr.e attracted the attention of
Meverbeer. who engaaeri ner to create
the, role of fiolka in "L Afncalne." in
Berlin, and she was immndiately en
gaged as court singer for life, but she
subsequently resigned. preferring to
make her homo In Vienna, the city of
her birth. Lucca marie two tours in tne
United States, and here, as In the capi
tals of Europe, became a universal ra-
vorita. As n matter of course, sne sang
before many of tho crowned heads and
received from the memoers or royal
families many valuable gifts. Lucca
was twice married. Her first husband
was Baron von Rhaden. Her second
husband, Ilerr von Wallhnfen, died nine
years ngo. Since her retirement from
the operatic atago, Lucca had devoted
much of her time to teaching, and she
bad the satisfaction of hearing many of
her miDlls sing- In tho leading opera
houses of the continent. ,
H- " ' -83
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Jl. of Importance to Future
One of the biggest musical events
ver undertaken In this Btate will be
t the armory, April 10, 11 and 12, when
the Chicago Symphony orchestra with
Its four vocal soloists and two Instru
mental soloists plays here under the
Helllg management. The coming of
this orchestra will mark an epoch In the
musical life of Portland. Largely de
pendent on the support it receives this
year Is the future orchestral life of
I'ornann. it ia unaersioon mat tne
management intends to make an annual
affair of It If the proper encourage
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Of .course it is readily agreed that the
existence of an orchestra presupposes a
large expense ann to Dring such an or
ganisation across half the continent Is
a great undertaking from a financial
standpoint The people who wish to see
their city enjoy henceforth the musical
advantages enjoyed 'In other cities haye
a duty to perform In helping the man
agement to reach success. This does
not mean simply to go themselves to the
Hut many, of them will be here another i concert, but to assist others to go. Talk
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