Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-30
Three Societies Which Flour
ish Here.
The Male Voices in the Ellis
Club.
List Of Ladies Who Belong to the
Treble Clef.
The Los Angeles Orchestral Society Starts
Out ouragingly-Promises for
the Future.

the lead in musical matters on this Coast.
| 1t has long been remarked that no mat
ter how dull business may be, an opera
company, if it is good, will draw packed
houses. 1t has also been noticed that
concerts of all kinds are more largely at
| tended here than in any other city on
the Coast, and, as a general rule, the
class of music heard is better than that
given elsewhere. The directors of the
public library, recognizing the fact that
the.musical element was large in the
city, added a circulating department for
music not long since, and the demand
there has been so large as to show that
they were not mistaken.
There are at present in the city three
musical organizations which have proven
to be of great value in the Los Angeles
world of harmony. They have done
much in the past, not only in the way
of cultivating the public, but in pre-
senting such compositions as could not
be heard without trip to the East.
These societies so far have received the
warm support of the public, and that
they will increase in strength and capa-
bility is now an assured fact.
The Ellis Club.
The first and oldest of these is the
Ellis Club, which was founded on Janu-
ary %, 1888, and organized on the Sd OF
April in the same year. This club was
formed by a number of gentlemen who
are still members, and who took such an
interest in music written for the
male voice that they decided to
have the active membership entirely
male, and to give four concerts a wear,
to which those who desire to associate
together for the purpose of guaranteeing
enough to pay the hall rent and other
expenses are invited. There was
no lack of enthusiasm, and to-
day, after an existence of two
years, and after having given
seven concerts, the club finds itself on a
firmer foundation than ever before.
There are at present sixty active mem
bers who take part in the concerts, and
twelve auxiliary members who rehearse
with the club, but who do not take part
in its concerts except when some of the
active members are absent. The va
cancies in the active membership are
filled by the transfer of auxiliary MEM
bers. There are 200 associate members,
each of whom pays $40 per year
and receives four tickets to each of the
four concerts given by the club during
the year, which begins April 1st. The
last concert of the second year will be
given at Turn Verein hall on May Sth,
and for this a programme is being
arranged which, it is said, will eclipse
all former efforts. The following is a
elected April 1st, for the season OF
1s9O-1S91: President, H. 7. Lee; vice
president, H. G. Newhall; treasurer, D.
Mcfarland; secretary, G. S. Walton;
librarian, j. E. Sisson. Music COM
mittee--F. A. Walton, J. A. Osgood, A.
G.. Bartlett. Voice committee-F. E.
Nay, J. J. Heyes, G. J. Ellis, Geo.
Steckel. Music director-J. G. Dunster.
The active members of the club are as
follows: First tenors-W. P. Keller, G.
S. Walton, F. E. Nay, j. E. Sisson, F.
B. Tanning, D. S. Alexander, j. A. Os-
good, A. G. Walsh, w. B. Abernethy, j.
F. Nuelle, G. B. Smith, Will Burr, j. P.
Dupuy.
Second tenors-A. G. Bartlett, B. S.
Stoneman, A. W. Sias, w. Stephens,
Jas. Booth, j. ]. Heyes, G. +. Averill,
H. E. Hamilton, G. M. Lebo, A. E. Mil
ler, j. w. Hendrick, F. Fisher.
First basses-C. J. Ellis, F. A. Wal
ton, F. A. Thomas, A. S. Bent, W. L.
Willis, II. R. Maybin, H. Williams, F.
w. Blanchard, Max Loewenthal, J. j.
Schallert, B. M. Marble, w. E. Dunn,
G. G. Desmond, T. F. Barnes, w. B.
Townsend, E. G. Manning.
Second basses-D. Mcfarland, M. S.
Severance, F. S, Hicks, T. Wiesen-
danger, F. w. Wallace, G. w. Ragland,
j. r. Boal, G. G. Byram, G. w. Pendle-
ton, A. B. Whitney, Geo. Steckel, G. w.
Phillips, M. Fernandez, ]. H. Brenner
Walter Bordwell.
The club rehearses every Tuesday
evening in it's rooms in the Turn Verein
building, at o'clock. Associate mem
bers are always welcome at these re-
hearsals.
Treble Clef Club.
Similar in purpose, but with female
voices, is the Treble Clef Club. This
organization was formed little over
year ago, and finished it's first season on
the 10Th of last month at Turner hall.
The ladies who compose the active mem
bership labored very hard and faithfully
during the year, and the result was that
they succeeded in giving for the closing
concert their programme in such man
ner as to surprise even their warmest
admirers and give hope of something
grand in the future. The nature of the
music taken up during the year may be
gathered from the following programme
Approach of Spring" (Gade); "Barca-
role" (Brahms); "Love's Messengers
(HowelD; Wagon" tMolloy); "Bal-
lad" (Moszkowski) ''To Sevilla' (Des-
sauer); "Robin Adair" (arranged by
Dudley Buck); part Of sacred cantata,
Bethlehem" (Reinecke); "Ah, So
True' (Estabrook>; F'The Water
Sprite" (Schumann) "Goldsmith's Ap-
prentice" (KienzD; "Fatma' (Greg);
little Elsie" (Rees); "Ballad of the
Weaver" (Hatton).
The conductor of this club is Mrs.
Ji1ah d. Cole, and the members of the
chorus are Miss G. Achre, Mrs. f. B.
Anderson, Mrs. w. B. Abernethy, Mrs.
Ackerman, Mrs. w. E. Beeson, Mrs. ].
H. Book, Miss J. Blake, Mrs. Barn ett,
Mrs. w. B. Carter, Mrs. s. G. Calkins,
Mrs. VIM. Curlett, Miss G.. Cochran,
Mrs. w. G. Cochran, Mrs. L. M. Coffey,
Miss A. Douglass, Mrs. Eames, Mrs. G.
j. Ellis, Mrs. T. Goss, Miss L. Gibson,
Miss N. Henderson, Mrs. J. w. Hen
bricks, Mrs. E. S. Hadley, Mrs. H. Hib-
belts, Mrs. Judson, Miss Kinney, Miss
L. Kimball, Mrs. HIT. Lee, Mrs. L. Loeb,
Mrs. w. d. Larabee, Mrs. Lobdell, Mrs.
F. 5. Munson, Mrs. ]. Mailman, Mrs. S.
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