THE t OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY
MORNING,
FEBRUARY 28, 1915.
5
By J. Ii. V.
THE Portland Symphony Orchestra,
It has been annouiicwd. will go
to Salem Sunday, March 7, to
a concert there that afternoon.
The concert that was t8 be
given here on that date had been post
poned to Sunday; March 14, when Mose
' t'hrlstensen will conduct. This will be
the fifth concert of the season. Haydn's
-? symphony No. 2 In D Major will be
. fhA ti-J rw-1 rii I nf fcrl nfl
If was announced too, during the
. week that the Apollo club will prob
y ably give a concert in Salem 'the lat
- ter part of March, possibly on Friday
evening, March 2$. In this connection,
it Is expected that arrangements will
I be made for the operation of special
I train from Corvallis and Albany that
the residents of these cities too may
'.ji profit from the tour of these prom-
inent musical organizations,
.ji- The week just past was a busy one
in the musical line, with concerts and
recitals almost without number eve
nings and afternoons.
Tuesday evening the Madrigal club
made- Its debut In concert in the Mult
pomah hotel ballroom before a large
and keenly appreciative audience,
. under the direction of Robert Boice
favor at once and will be regarded as
: vcuifaijie acquisition iu ruriianu s
musical organizations. Miss Kathryn
? Ensey, soprano, won many admirers at
; this concert, and the Schumann trio,
I'William R. Boone, pianist; Carl Gris
i Ben," violinist, and Bruno Colet1'. cell-
isi, nmeu in malting me uiiair a Dig
artistic success.
Wednesday evening and Thursday
it ft I rnnnn W r art mr ils Prictnn Knarph
h cellist, and Robert Raymond Lippltt,
' pianist, appeared In recital under the
: auspices of the MacDowell club. The
l one feature of these concerts was the
; rendition or compositions by Mr.
I: Search, which had not been .heard here
h before.
t Thursday evening the Portland Or--5
cheBtral society, William Wallace Gra
ft ham, conductor, made its initial ap-tj-pearanee
and attracted a large audi
fence to the Masonic Temple. With the
. orchestra were introduced three stu
f'dents to solo work. Miss Roxanna
f "Wonrnelsdorf , violinist; Miss Vivian
Rudolph Ganz
Says of the
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who will play at the Heilig Theatre, Monday,
March 1st, says of the Steinway Piano:
." cannct think of any greater and more noble in
gpiration to the artist than a perfect instrument to
express the thoughts of his musical and as it
has to betechnical ambitions. The Steinway
Piano has both singing tone and piano action in
an unapproachable degree that has made of it the
world's piano. That's why I love it and admire it."
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Top, left to right Miss Maude C. Ross of Astoria, dramatic soprano;
Miss Roxanna Wommelsdorf, violinist.
Bottom, left to right -Miss Mildred Raymond, pianist; William Wal
lace Graham, violinist; Miss Edith. Clarke Patterson, mezzo so
prano, -s-
Pallett, pianist, and Miss Madeleine
Stone, soprano, all of whom did very
creditable work. The orchestra, aug
mented by a few professional musi
cians, surprised even the most critical
for It was realized that the work
chosen required considerable famil
iarity not only with the various in
struments employed but also experi
ence in ensemble work. Taken all in
all, the concert was a; success that will
mark an important 'Step In the right
direction towards the development of
musical culture in this city.
Friday evening, Mrs. Alice Brown
Marshall introduced in piano recital
two advanced piano students among
others, at the Rose City Park club
bouse. Miss Gertrude A. Speer and Miss
Mildred Raymond, the former playing
the Rachmaninoff C sharp prelude and
the Beethoven-Rubinstein march ,-Rul-nes
d'Athenes," ana Miss Raymond
playing the Wagner-Brassin "Magic
K ; Scene" and Listz's "Love Song,"
artistically.
The junior pupils of Miss Kdith
Foley met Saturday afternoon, Feb
ruary 20, at her home, 367 Kast Thirty-ninth
street. The following program
was given: "March to Parnassus,"
(Schytte), Luella Hardy; "A Twilight
Idyl," (Schnecker), Will Carvel 1; "Bar
carolle," (Offenbach), Olive Rucker;
"A Bit of Blarney," (Vincent), Luella
Hardy; "Dorothy," (S. Smith), Ruth
Hockman; Review of last meeting's
topic Mozart, Jeanette Bear and Ruth
Hockman; Story of Haydn's Life and
Work. Miss Foley; "Sonata in D Major
and Sonata in E Flat Major," (Haydn)
Miss Foley; "Gipsy Rondo (Haydn),
Jeanette Bear; "Oxen Minuet, (Haydn),
"Air and Variations in A Major,"
(Haydn), Miss Foley; "No Surrender,"
march, (Morrison), "Columbia's Pride,"
(Sousa). Games were also enjoyed.
These meetings are held once a month
to interest the children in good music.
The first of a series of pipe orgun
recitals to be given by members of
the Oregon chapter of the American
Guild of Organists, was given Friday
evening at the Trinity Episcopal
church by William R. Boone. The nest
recital will be at the St. Francis
Catholic church. East Twelfth and
Pine, Tuesday evening, March 2, when
Frederick W. Goodrich will play. The
recitals thereafter will be as follows:
March 5. Trinity Episcopal church, An
nette Stoddard; March 9, St. Francis
Catholic church, James R. Hutchinson;
March 12. Trinity Episcopal, Frederick
C. Feringer; March 16, St. Francis
Catholic church, Frederick W. Good
rich; March 19, Trinity Episcopal, Wil
liam R. Boone; March 26, Trinity Epis
copal, Gladys B. Morgan: April 2, Trin
ity Episcopal, Annette Stoddard.
In the Current number of Music and
Musicians Bertha Evlyn Tait writes of
the P?rtlan3 Symphony Orchestra:
"The Portland Symphony -Orchestra,
now in its fourth season, is composed
of about 60 earnest public spirited mu
ticians, who have been willing to make
sacrifices to place Portland in the
ranks of cities fostering art aad educa
tion. "A permanent symphony orchestra Is
not only an evidence of culture to a
community, but a mark of civic dig
nity and prosperity.
"Plans are constantly being made ta
tneouraje enterprises which attract
wealth and intelligence, and to find the
means to develop the resources of th
city and state. It is quite as important
that we develop, our musical resources.
"Music is a great stimulant to ac
tion. Emerson said it is man's fourth
material necessity; and that after one
is clothed, fed and sheltered, his next
absolute want is music.
"Muste will make its entrance into
our public life upon a scale hitherto
n approached, the unhappy and war
ring countries of Europe will lose
much of their musical prestige by the
war. lis brutality is aure to dull ap
preciation of the fine arts.
"Music, more than all the arts,' in
fluences The lives and homes of our
citizens. The first and most Important
step in the process of becoming- musi
cal is to develop a love for music
among the masses.
"The,, Portland Symphony Orchestra
-
is of special value to Portland, beeaus-
of its free public rehearsals to school
children, and the analytical lecture on
the selections produced by which 20U0
school children each month are taught
the form and instrumentation of th"a
great masterpieces. A wonderful op
portunity for our children to hear at
I heir most receptive age the highest
manifestation of tr human heart, for.
with even a slight knowledge of music,
one is better able to understand and
enjoy all the other beautiful things in
life.
"A symphony orchestra necessarily
requires the best musical talent in
large numbers. In 1911 a few musi
clans got togethec and decided we had
the necessary talent, many of our mem
bers having been identified with some
of the finest orchestras in the United
States.
"Their plan v. as unique, to be organ
ized on a democratic co-operative plan.
there and share alike, from director to
drummer, and not to Ve .bolstered up by
soloists, but to be a high class sym
phonic organization only.
"By its steadfast adherence to its
principles, integrity and conducting of
its affairs, the orchestra has gained
the confidence And assistance of those
who have become informed of its work
and stand for culture and education in
the community, more especially the
musical organizations who have been
most generous in their assistance and
encouragement.
"They play to capacity houses; and,
s the skill of the performers increases
through long association and practice,
the appreciation of its subscribers in
creases, and the Portland Symphony Or
chestra is now recognized as a part of
our public life."
Rev. Frank W. Gorman, tenor, as
sisted by Roxanna Wommelsdorf, via
linist, will appear inconcert at the
Atkinson Memorial church. East
Twenty-ninth and Berett streets, Fri
day evening, March 6. Mrs. Elsie Bond
Bischoff will be the accompanist.
A feature Of the program will be
the song cycle, "Eliland," by Alexan
der von Fielitz. This will give the
singer an opportunity to display a
versaltility of emotions. The cycle
opens with a description of a monk
sitting in his gloomy cell meditating
on his life and his devotion to God.
In the springtime he sees Irroingard,
a count's daughter, coming across the
water to take the veil, and immediate
ly falls in love with her. He breaks
the petals from the roses and the wind
carries them to Irmingard, who makes
a wreath of them and wears It- at
church.. Next he is seen watching and
gazing in wonder at her as she walks
neath the shade of the linden trees.
A battle within his heart rages as he
stands listening to the cool waves of
the lake washing against the sands.
A fisherman's boat arrives and the
monk, questioning a child oft the fisher
folk as to whom be thinks the fairest
of all the nuns. Is delighted to hear
from childish lips an echo of his own
love for Irmingard. Gazing into the
moonlight as he lies In bed, hearing
only the sighing of the blue lake' by
the -monastery, bm Ml a, vision
Irmingard. pale and .worn. In time
the abbot discovers, bis secret love
and. secret singing and, summoning
the monk, calls forth anathemas on
both of them. The closing number
exhibits the spirit of resignation, t0
a. high purpose and ideal. The work
for the accompanist Is as versatile as
is that for the singer, and both work
in perfect harmony and accord.
A very enjoyable program was given
for members and guests of the Mon
day Musical club at the Colonial tea.
Wednesday afternoon, February 24, at
the home of Mrs. J. W. Morris, 1778
East Yamhill street. Miss Ella Van
Leuwen, soprano, sang in an artistic
manner. "Song of Spring," "Sunbeams,"
"Red Clover" (Del Riego). "The Valley
of Laughter" (Sanderson). She was
cccompanled by Mrs. Percy W. Lewis.
Miss Anna Prisske, contralto, gave
with pleasing effect "Melisande in the
Wood" (Alma Goetz), and "A Little
House of Dreams" (Metcalf). Miss
Flora Willman was her accompanist.
Mrs. Percy W. Lewis graciously gave
an impromptu reading, southern dia
lect, "Persimmons." The Minuet was
most gracefully interpreted by two
youthful dancers, pupils of Miss Laura
Shay, little Miss Willetha Ritter and
Roger Shay, who wore picturesque
costumes of cream and old rose. Miss
Ritter gave a solo dance as a second
number. Mrs. c:. C. Shay was at the
piano. Miss Aileen Brong gave an
interesting story of the war, "The Wild
Duck." The afternoon closed with a
social hour.
There will be a vesper service of
sacred music at the Young Women's
Christian Association this afternoon
at 4:30. The following program has
been arranged by Mrs. John Claire
Monteith: "There Is a Green Hill Far
Away" (Gounod), - Harry Wembridge;
"Guard While I Sleep" (Warrington),
Miss Eva Farrell; "But the Lord Is
Mindful of His Own," from the ora
torio "Elijah" (Mendelssohn). Miss
Mabel Orton; "Legend" (Wieniaski).
violin solo by Carl Grissen; "My Task"
(Ashford), Miss Anna Priske; "Bread
of Heaven" (Caesar Frank). Miss Hel
ene Butzliff; anthem, "Christian, the
Morn"; "One Sweetly Solemn Thought"
(Ambrose), Will Graham; "The Heav
enly Dream" (Treharn), Miss Dagmar
Inez Kelly; "The Lord Is My Light"
(Allltson), Harry Wembridge; anthem,
'The Lost Chord "- (Sullivan). Mem-
hers of the quartet are Miss Helcne
Butzlaff, Miss Mabel Orton, Percy
Wilson' and John Claire Monteith. The
accompanists will be Miss Sue Kenney
and Miss Eleanor Rowland. -
.
The Portland Etude club entertained
its members Saturday afternoon, Feb
ruary 20, at the home of Miss Marie !.
S. Soule with a program consisting of
etudes of great teachers and compos
ers used in the study of music. After
the lives of some of the most weli
known of the foregoing musicians were
discussed and several amusing inci
dents relating thereto were read, the
following program was enjoyed: Vio
lin and piano, Theme and Variations
(Plegel), Misses Elsie and Katherine
Lewis: piano. Concert Etude (Chopin),
Mrs. Ethel Barksdale Warner: Fan
tasia in form of Etude (Godari), Mas
ter Gordon Soule; Octave Etude (Kul
lak), Philip Chamov; Etude. Hungarian
(MacPov.-ell), Miss Julia Prtitt; trom
bone solo, selection from "II Trova-
tore" (Verdi), Jack Dunmore: violin
solo, Romance and B lero (Dancla),
Mme. Howelle. "
Work on "The Creation' and miscel
laneous choruses to be used in the
May Music festival by the combined
choruses of The Presbyterian Senior
chorus, the Portland Oratofio society
and Centenary M. E. Church choir, the
Aeolian Male chorus, the Lotus Ladies'
chorus, the G Clef Girls chorus and
some of the leading soloists of the
city will all take part in the series of
three concerts, two miscellaneous ana
as a finale "The Creation" by the great
"chorus made up of the combined
smaller choruses. The chorus will be
known as "The May Music Festival
Chorus" and will number about 150
voices. Joseph A. Finley will direct.
Juvenile violin pupils of Ted W.
Bacon were heard in recital Saturday
afternoon at the studios of the North
western School of Music. This was
one of a series of recitals given
monthly by the respective depart
ments. The attendance taxed the ca
pacity of the chambers. The violin
pupils were assisted by pupils of Mrs.
E. L. Bacon and Miss Helen E. Bauer.
The following pupils took part: Mar
tin Katzke, Bruno and Aili Korhonen,
Margaret Wiley, Alta Guthrie, Aldon
Hanson, Vivian Julian, David Weber,
Norma Wilson, Miss Bernice Hass,
Nina Whitney, Irwin Jonason and
Miss Grace Peyton.
Under the auspices of the Gleaners'
clubof the Piedmont Presbyterian
church an enjoyable musical enter
tainment was given, at which the fea
tures were orchestral music by Clif
ford's Junior orchestra, piano solos
by Miss Alice Mae Pttelps, Miss Ergel
Edick and Miss Mildred Rothschild.
Society
accompaniment of the music furnished by the
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One of the big musical events of the
season will be the concert for the
benefit of the Salvation Army, under
the direction of Mrs. Thomas Carrick
Burke at the Lincoln high school au
ditorium, Tuesday night, March 8.
Some of the best musical talent in the
city is being secured and the concert
promises to be a real musical treat.
Among those who will contribute
their services are Mrs, Henry W. Mets
ger, soprano; J. Ross Fargo, tenor;
Charles Duncan Raff,- cellist, and the
quartet composed of Mrs. Jane Burns
Albert, soprano; Mrs. Delphine Marx,
contrajto; Dom J. Zan. baritone, and
Norman A. Hoose, tenor. The quartet
will sing the beautiful cycle "In a
Persian Garden," with Mrs. Burke at
the piano.
Miss Constance. Piper and Edgar E.
Coursen will be the accompanists for
the soloists. Seats for trie concert are
now available at the various music
stores.
vocal solos by Mrs. Leah Slusser
Hathaway and Jack Rainey, readings
by Mies Mildred Carr and a violin solo
by Jessie Laird, accompanied by Miss
Josephine Lewis on the piano.
'
William Wallace Graham, violinist,
and Miss Edith Clarke Patterson,
mezzo-soprano, recently appeared in
concert at Marshfield and received the
highest commendation of the press
there. The concert was given In the
Lemanskl theatre and under the man
agement of Miss R. H. Seat. In spite
qf the stormy weather the attendance
was almost equal to the capacity of
the theatre. The accompaniments
were splendidly played by Mrs. Wil
liam Horsfall Jr. of Marshfield.
'
An exceedingly interesting concert
was given Friday evening by the
Behnke-Walker Choral Society -and
Olee club under the direction of lir.
Emil Enna, at the college auditorium.
Assisting on the program were Miss
M. Roxyna Phillips, contralto; A. K.
Davidson, basso; G. Cramer, baritone;
C. E. Patterson, tenor; Walter A. Ba
con, violinist, and Miss Mabel Ryder,
pianist. Mr. Enna favored with a pi- !
ano solo, Romanze and Legende, by
Jean Sibelius.
Music and Musicians is the title of a
new publication issued monthly at Ss
attle and devoted principally to tf-'W
musical interests of the Pacific north-Jfj
west, it is puonsnea Dy uavia scneets
Craig, who in the salutatory expresses'
the belief this is the morning, of musi- :
cal opportunity in the Pacific nortn-
west, and that Seattle, Portland, Spa-.j
kane and Tacoma are to become ceil- i
tcrs of intensive and progressiva must- j
cal activity.
I
Miss Maude C. Ross of Astoria, will
be heard at the students' concert to be
given by Rose Coursen-Reed at the
Meillg theatre, March 22. Miss Ross
has a brilliant dramatic soprano, which ,
will be heard to fine advantage in the ,
aria from "Alda," (Verdi). "Ritorna i
Vincltor," Miss Ross will sing also '.
Crax ton's "Mavis." j
'
About the middle of March. Frank
G. Eichenlaub and Beatrice Hidden
Eichenlaub will givte the first of a
Dancing
Two of Portland's
popular society dancers
and well-known expo
nents of the latest dance
steps are illustrating
daily in our sales par
lors and will continue
until Wednesday,
March 3 l l a. m. to
4 p. m., 3 p. m. to 5
p. ITh
See them dance the
Fox - trot, Lula Fado,
Hesitation and other
popular dances to the
! series of three Interesting violin an j
piano recitals, which will take plav;e
j before the end of the season. Former
I recitals have been very interesting, but
these will be more so, as the numbers
j to be played .are ""very little known.
' The Ensemble club, which has had
! such success on previous occasions.
win assist. Its membership this sea
son includes 40 violinists.
The Amphlon Mais chorus, Charles
Swenson. director, assisted by the Eu
terpean Ladles chorus, and several so
loists, will give a concert at the Ma
sonic Temple, Saturday evening, March
. The soloists will be Miss Margaret
Moo.-e. pianist; Miss Ruth Agnew. so
prano; Jtiss Gertrude Hoeber, violinist:
C. T. O. Reed, baritone; Oscar Law
rence Woodfin. baritone; Julia Helene
Swenson, violinist. The accompanists
will be the Misses Mae Merrill an 1
Bessie Walton.
Mrs. Hans Hewitt, of Rose City Park,
entertained a numbe;- of her piano s;u
dents Saturday afternoon. After an
interesting program.' light refresh
rnenta were served. Th? following stu
dents were present: Misses Amanda
and Ruth Bringman, Emma Kerbel,
Edith Greatbouse, Jean McLachern..
Frances Jones, Bessie Atktnaon, Gladys
Ellsworth, Isabel Kamrodt, Mrs. .Ker
nel, Mrs. .Kohlman, Messrs. Nelxon
English and Russell Ellsworth
., . . ,
A program of vocal numbers and
readings to be given at the Florence
Crlttenton' home Wednesday evening,
March 2, is being arranged by Mrs. J.
E. Bonbright, chairman of the philan
thropic committee of th Monday Mu
sical club.- Those contributing to the"
program are Mrs. W. A. Vlggers. Mrs,.
Anton Giebisch, Mrs. Nettle Corter,
Mrs. Seemster and Miss BUa Van
Loiiewen. v
One of the interesting musical' pro
grams of the week was that arranged
by Miss Jane Sanders for the Psychol
ogy club Tuesday afternoon. The solo
ists were Miss Clarice Biles, Miss
Charlotte Patterson and Miss Mary
Blossom, pianists: Miss Dorothy Fra
zier, violinist, and Miss Marlon At
water, soprano, all of whom met with
much favor.
"
Harold Bay ley presented the follow
ing violin pupils in recital at his
studio Wednesday evening: Marie
Goetting, Alice Green, Emma Hief,
Grace Harding, Leiola Ruby, Ulysses
Wynkoop, Mtb. J. S. McCool, Walter J
Kuhnhausen. Mis Edna Slater, so
prano, a promising pupil of airs. Rose
Coursan Reed, assisted.
Gaul'soratorio,, "The Holy City," will
be rendered by the Sunnyslde Congre
gational church choir this evening. The
soloists will be C. E. Patterson, Mrs.
Richard C. Mujholland. Eugene P
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