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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1908.
N PARIS one finds the conservatoire
' I where young- men and women of tal
- I ent learn to aini operatic roles, and
I'Opera and 1'Opera comlque where,
' when they are deemed 1 competent.
they are given trial tn minor parts. It
does not conform with- French ldeaa of
thoroughness for them to try to begin
at the top.;
v In this country fo the first time a
. somewhat similar arrangement has Just
gone Into effect America henceforth
will strive to be serf sufficient as re
gards opers. It will be possible tor as
piring youth to' begin at the 'bottom of
the ladder and climb up-tbe jonly right
way to get there, mo more will it do
obligatory on the candidate for 'operatic
honors however or wherever trained,'
and to make a debut In noma provincial
Kuropean town at cost of from 1500 to
15000, spent la ''seeing", everybody
whose hand Is outstretched to take
American money. . -
It was bound to come some simple
workable plan by which It would be pos
sible for young Americans not only to
learn the art of singing in th'ls country,
but to get their professional start with
out going aboard.
The Boston Opera house, representing
the first American operatic undertaking
-that will be in any way like the local
opera houses found tn most large Euro
pean cities, will be opened next Septem
ber under the directorship of Henry
Russell, lately impresario of the San
Carlo Opera company, and under the
management of Ralph L. Flanders, man
ager of the New England Conservatory
of Music. Finally to complete ' the
series of educational advantages In a
Ingle city along has come the opening
of the Boston Opera company's school
of grand opera, affiliated w4th the con
servatory, but ' necessarily deroted to
closer specialization than prevails tn a
conservatory of all the musical arts and
sciences. This new school will be con
ducted upon the principles which govern
the management and artisMc organiza
tion of the leading opera houses of the
world. At the same time It will Insure
to lta students advantages of individual
observation and assistance, of thorough
training tn every branch of operatic art.
Supplementary to this thorough funda
mental trailing, the school will offer
the widest opportunity tor private ap
: pearance under all other conditions of
public production, through the frequent
performance of entlre'operas In ensem
ble and with action, with costumes and
scenery, with chorus and with orchestral
accompaniment. The management will
reserve the right to require such stu
dents as In its Judgment are fully pre
pared to appear with the Boston Opera
company of New York by virtue of the
reciprocal arrangement existing between
the two companies.
The work of the' school will be
carried out wholly on professional lines,
and will include only those branches
which bear directly upon the training of
the opera singer. The affiliation of the
school with the New England Conserva
tory of Music, however, will provide
convenient -and ample opportunity for
such special work In voice culture, lan
guages and general theoretical branches
as may be necessary to supplement the
student's equipment and the work of
tne opera school.
The completeness nf the cTioma of
the Boston opera company and Us direct
connection with a grand operatic or
ganisation is what makes it unique.
There must be, of course. Instruction in
dramatic action, including physical de
velopment, plaatique, gesture, panto
mime and stage dancing, under the In
atructorshlp of the regisneur of the
tpera company with the help of other
professionals of large experience In (he
ctage management of opera.
An effort will be made to maintain
the chorus of the Boston opera company
as a body of the hlaheat efficiency. For
Its membership native American talent
will bo chosen as far as possible. Suc
cessful candidates for the chorus class
will be thoroughly and systematically
trained In an ensemble class maintained
by the Boston opera company, a condi
tion of their admission being that If
their progress during the year Is satis
factory the Boston opera company Is to
have the right to contract for their serv-i
ices as members of Its chorus. An or
chestra of professional musicians will
be organized and regularly rehearsed,
which will accompany all complete per
formances of opera in the . school, and
also the ensemble class, a above noted.
Popular Interest in grand opera Is now
being stimulated in the United States by
so many' different agencies that the suc
cess of the new plan of operatlo educa
tion Is practically assured. The metro
polis and New Orleans for many years
were the only cities having permanent
opera. The example of Boston will un
dojubtedly spread.
Part of the scheme of the Boston op
era company Is to offer from time to
time works by American composers
at the Peabody conservatory In Balti
more under Lucien D'Odenhal, and she
also put in a good deal of time in study
In Europe, chiefly in Vienna. She came
to .America seven years ago, Mra. Weln
stein is a member of a very musical
family, Her father is a rabbi and bts
work as cantor baa attracted a good
deal of attention. He is a good singer
and clavs well. Her Brother, Merman
Heller,-is a violinist who has won rec-
ornitlnn In Kan Francisco. Later he
expects to be in Portland, and some time
during his visit tne lamny plans to give
a concert. Another brother and sister
are musicians and will assist.
The musle at . the Elks' memorial
services last Sunday 'was pronounced
by everyone as unusually excellent. It
was . under the direction of J. Claire
Montelth and he had collected some of
the best talent In town for the pro
cram. An excellent quartet led the
mualo and sang "When Power" Divine"
(Faure-Shelley). Mrs. Rose Bloch
Bftuer was the soprano; Miss Ethel
Shea; contralto; W. H. Boyer, tenor, and
J. Claire Monteith, baritone. Mrs.
Bauer's voice was in splendid form and
she sang "I will Give You Rest" (Cowan)
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been contralto of the Second Baptist
church of Portland for the past two
years. .. .. i
The following poem from Leonard
Llebling'g versatile pen contains a great
moral lesson for the singers whose rep
utations are made for them - before
they leave home, and also for tne gull
ible people that remain at home. This
toucmng litue Dauaa runs as iohows
There was a young lady of Beverley,
w&os irienas aaia , e sang very
. cieveriy; , j
She'll win great renown
In big London town, -'.
Said the good, true folk or Beverley.
But In Ixmdon this lady of Beverley
Had all her best notes fall, but heavily;
Ana wnen tnis sne dia una .
She said. ''Never mind.
They still think me a songbird at
. Beverley." ;
Theodore Splerlng's American 1 tour
has been postponed . until next season.
He was booked for numerous engage
ment in January and February, but his
many ' European1 appearances prevented
nis coming to America mis season, it
has . been deemed advisable to carry
the " tour over till next fall when be
will be in this country a loncer time.
Doubtless this clever violinist who- his
won such marked success during - his
ast few years in Europe win be warm
v welcomed back to America where
be spent so many years of his lire
Puns have been branded as the lowest
order of wit and yet occasionally one
is made, so good and to the point that
Its existence may be pardoned and even
smiled upon. Edward Tak, the con
certmeister of the Pittsburg orchestra,
whose name is pronounced Tack In that
town, is an excellent violinist 'A Pitts
burg paper, wavering between humor
ana serious compliment, remarxs: - it
is a safe guess that-Paur won't sit on
htm very hand."
Geraldtne Farrar and David Blspham
have each been the donor of a $600
scholarship in the Boston Opera school,
an adjunct of the Boston Opera. These
scholarships will be redeemed later on
by the successful recipients who will
become members of. the Boston Opera
and from their 'salaries thus received
will pay back the scholarship sum to
the school, thus making a perpetual
scholarship.
It Is rumored that "The Rose
Maiden," by Cowen, will be given here
next summer some ttme during the
Rose Festival by the Portland Festival
chorus under the direction of W. H.
Boyer. The Idea seems a most fitting
one.
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The annua muslcale of the Woman's
club, under the direction of Mrs. R. M.
Tuttle, Friday, was well attended and
the program was greatly enjoyed.
Charles Duncan Raff, cellist, played
before the last meeting of the Council
of Jewish Women and met with marked
approbation. Mr. Raff easily figures as
one o'f the best cellists 1ft Portland, and
he Is becoming a popular soloist. He
nlavaut RntHolnf'a ''RaukHa" an A ofinnar
Without Words" (Von Boehms). ,
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ARTHUR HARTMANN
Tp Play This Week
The announcement' that Arthur Hart
mann will be tiers next. Thursday, even
ing In violin recital as the third In the
Lois Steers-Wyntt Coman series Is re
ceived with approval. Mr. Hartmahn
was here two years ago, when he made
his Initial bow to Portland, and he cap
tured his audience at once. , There is
a freedom, an abandon about his play
Ins: that is charming. But this abandon
Is always tempered with sanity. He. Is
a virile musician musician with a
man's mind and an artist' soul. One
hearer said after hearlnr him when he
was here before: - "I have heard so much
Violin mualo- au my life that I am sick
ana urea - or jt, ana it seems mere
scratching: to me. but Arthur Hartmann
moved me to think once more that there
la real musio of the-beet kind in the
violin." . f , . ,.
Mr. Hartmann is practically new to
the musical world, In which ft usually
take years UDon years of Dubtic r-
iwin mny in. jtir, narimann
has been before . the publics only about
as many year as you can count on one
hand, ancf yet his name la already men-
uonea among mi masters or tne violin.
His name is arrouDed with Krelsler's.
Kubelik's and Ysaye'a, and It Is his
neanny mmaeaness, nis whole neartea
ness that places him. there among the
greatest. . . j .,
IMPORTANCE OF VOICE
Placement and Breathing
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Ids, Hagerty-Snell has an Interesting
Article In the last Musical Courier-on
The Influence of the Voice on the
Health." She holds that voice placing
and . deep breathing should be compul
sory In all schools, for they are as nec
essary for the prevention of tuberculosis
as is vaccination for the eradication of
smallpox.
"Vocalised breath la concentrated
force." she says, "Just as In any other
sound. Confine a given sound In space
too small for It, and the enclosure Is
shattered. All sound seeks an outlet
The outlet of the voice is the opening
In the nasal cavity in front of the soft
palate, and unless sound is directed
through this nasal passage, it falls back
Into the throat, thereby irritating it
more or less, and eventually causing
chronic sore throat, which not infre
quently extends to the bronchial tubes
ana into tne lungs, producing ravoraoio
conditions for bronchitis and consump
tion." She suggests that doctoring the
throat does not remedy it, for the same
process will be repeated after each doc
torlntr. Public speakina causes some
people to seek a certain point of safety I
In the vocal apparatus, and so their
voices' are adjusted unconsciously, in
other cases as in Hon. Joe Bailey's case.
Ignorance of this causes people to aban
don publio speaking through lose of the
voice. Doctors can merely burn or cut
the throat into a toughened state, where
It should be tender. ' In - ordinary con
versation this correct placement Is just
as necessary. Many children have this
nlacenient naturally, and under 11 or 14
tew ohildren are found with tuberculo
sis or ctiromo sore tnroat.
"If the breath is prolonged through
the nose," writes' Miss Hagerty, "with
the sound -of ng, as In hung, it will
f ive an idea of the correct location of
he voice, both for speech and sang, and
the singing voice is but a continuation
of the speaking voice...
. Anomer menace to tne neaim is in
correct breathing, a condition which' is
the result of over civilisation. Unless
the entire lungs are kept active they in
vite diseases, i Lowering the diaphram
permit a general inflation of the lunga.
The average person when told to take
a deep breath lifts up the shoulders and
lungs, but that is incorrect. Expand
the lungs, bottom, top and sides and
back, all of which can be done with one
inflation beginning at' the diaphragm
and keeping on, taking In air through
the nostrils until the entire lunge are
Inflated, but do not lift the shoulders In
so doing." - ,
She scores heavily- the unscientific
voice teacher, who does as much barm
as would an Incapable doctor
CULLEUE GLEE CLUB I
To Give Concert I
There Is much Interest felt In the ap
pearance of the University of Oregon
Glee and Mandolin clubs sext Wednes
day evening. Glee club concerts do not
often come under ,the head of good
music, but the Oregon Olee club has In
past years shown Itself to be of such
exceptional merit musically that it de
serves a mention among high class
musical organisations. There is much
fun in the club It wouldn't be a col
lege glee club If there weren't but
when the club is singing it sings. That
is the distinction between it and many
other cluba. Of course it is quite nat
ural that real music should' emanate
from thla aggregation, for directing
them-is one of the finest baritones in
the state. Professor Glen has had
charge of the clubs for a good many
years and It has been his aim to make
their music high class.
The reports that come from Eugene,
where the club gave its annual concert
about a fortnight ago, tend to show
that thla is about the best club the col
lege has had. The singing and the play
ing are both spoken of highly and com-
f llments are passed on the spirit and
Ire that characterises the whole pre-
fram. The "stuntlsts" this year num
er some new finds and Victor Volgt
is deemed a .treasure. Arthur Van
Dusen continues his funny work. Mel
ville Ogden, a Portland boy and a clever
pianist, docs some good piano work.
Professor Olen Is again heard in solos.
The concert here should certainly be an
Interesting one.
HEREDITY AND
Environment in Music
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Leonard Webllng reaches some Inter
esting deductions from an Interview
with Paderewski, as published W the
Century Magazine. In deference of big
oft repeated remark that Brahms' rousle
Is ' "all treble and bass." Paderewski
says, "When ! said that, I was thinking
of a curious feature of his ecrlture, his
mode of -writing for the piano. A sort'
of atavistic freak of nature, a heredi
tary trait, .made him abuse the bass.
His father, you know, was a contra
basslst, and . through his infanoy he
heard constantly the dum, dum, dum,
of this Instrument. Later, I supposo,
an unconscious reaction made him try
for contrast, and go to-the other end as
high as he could, and in some things It
Is all the very low and the very high,
without any middle at all. This is the
case in some of his song accompani
ments. At some cradles, you know, the
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Mre. Elfrlda Heller Welnstetn,. Dramatic Soprano at Centenary Church.
which seem to the management to be
artistically worthy.' The Metropolitan
opera -company is adopting a slmllai
policy.
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Mrs. Elfrlda Heller Welnstein. whose
picture Is shown ' here, today, .IS a- dra
matic soprano who is attracting a good
deal of attention. She has Just been
selected as solo soprano at Centenary
Methodist church in the place of Mrs.
Berr. who roes to eastern Oreron to
live. Mra. welnstein has been in Port
land about a year and during that time
nas continued ner voice worn witn Mrs.
Rose Bioch-Bauer. Formerly she studied
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beautifully. After her long absence
from Portland musical life her voice
Is more -welcome than ever. A duet,
"Calm as the Night (Goetxe), by Mrs.
Bauer end Mr. Montelth was beautifully
sung. Mr. Montelth's solo was "Abide
With Me" fLlddle). William R. Boone,
the. clever Newport organist, who came
out to take the chair of music at the
Corvallls college, was at the organ.
Gresham was the recipient of a con
cert given by Portland people Friday
night. Miss Lena Harwaa, whose
soprano voice is well known In Port
land, wag heard in Gresham for the
first time, and she was accompanied
by Miss Datesman of the Western
Academy of Music. M. C. Koempel of
tne Oregon conservatory or Music de
lighted the audience with his cornet
solos. Miss atesman's rendering of
Weber and Chopin was satisfying.
Every number was heartily encored and
responded to.
The program was as follows: Piano
solo. "Invitation a La Valse" (Weberl
cornet solo, "Scenes That Are Bright
est," M. C. Koempel; soprano solo, "My
Dream of You" (Rodney), Miss Lena
Harwas; impersonations from "Merch
ant of Venice" (Shakespeare), Miss
Edna Griffith; piano solo, "Walts, Op.
70 No. 1" (Chopin), Miss Datesman;
cornet solo, polka "The Commodore,"
"The Lost Chord." M. C. Koempel;
soprano aolo, "Goodbye" (Tosti), Miss
Lena Harwas.
The music today at the First Meth
odist Episcopal church will be as fol
lows: Morning-
Organ Offertolre Matthews
Anuiem, -rne Heavens Are Telling"
nadyn
Offertory.
Organ Postlude, Schers Faulkes
Evening
Organ Melody. Masset
Antnem, "uay la uying in tne west."
Offertory. '
Organ, Festival March Klein
The Enna amateurs met last Thursday
with Miss Bessie Mickey. Emll Enna
?ave a lecture on "Preliminary Studies
or Beginners." The club will give an
American composers' recital at Ellers
hall. January 28. The following officers
were elected: Muss Eva Graves, presi
dent (reelected); Miss Jennie Rasmus
sen, vice president, and Miss Bessie
niv&cy, necrcuiry ireeieciea;. -
The United Scandinavian Singinr- so
cieties of Portland will give a music
festival at the Hellig theatre, February
10. An orchestra of IS niece, win
1st Choruses and I orchestral works
by - Scandinavian composers will be
strongly represented. Emll Enna will
Miss Emma Harlow, contralto, Is an
other one of Mrs. Rose Coursen Reed's
pupils who Has gons east and met
with success. Miss' Harlow lr rn,
Boston In October to further her musi
cal studies And hast. Secured a position
with the Harren Avenue Baptist church
In Boston, .tife pastor of. which is Rev.
Dr. Herbert Spenebr J.ion, 'well
known : In Kugene end I'M tland. Miss
Harlow rrevjous to her i!'-t arture I ad
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MAKES A MOST ACCEPTABLE GIFT
Orders Held For Christmas Delivery
This year we are instituting a Holiday Sale to give the public an opportunity to purchase
Furniture when they most desire it at January sale prices. We now have on our floors
the most complete stock of the year to select from.
Suggestions For Useful Xmas Presents
Smokers' Tables $2.5Q
Card Tables $1.75 to $28.00
Sewing Tables ? 12.00 to $30.00
Electrical Bronze Statues. .. .$15 to $200
Parlor Cabinets . . . . ...... $5.50 to $125
Shaving Stands . . . : $6.50 to $30.00
Colonial Hall Clocks $35 to $250
Cellarettes $15.00 to $35.00
Book Racks ...$1.00
Magazine Stands ...... .$1.50 to $12.00
Mission Lamps $5.00
Cedar Chests $12.50
Morris Chairs .... . .$10.00 to $45.00
Turkish Rockers $33 to $160
Curb Cabinets $25 to $130 '
Tabourettes ........... $1.50 to $10.00 I
We Have Jcsl Unloaded a Car of
BRASS BEDS
With heavy 2 inch post ; beds in either polished brass
or dull finish, worth $40.00. Special "for one week
only, or as long as they last, $19 25
. , Home of Good Fmnllsre , SECOND and MORRISON Prices Always Ibe Lowest 4