The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-04-05
MUSICAL GOSSIP.


the Choral Society last Tuesday night for the
first time since March 8, having been kept
away by illness. In his absence the stick was
welded by Messrs. Szemelenyi and Paul, men,
bers of the society Extra rehearsals will be
held this week, as the society is preparing
several pieces for the Santley concert, April
IL, as well as the choruses of ''The Spectres
Bride" for April %. The solo parts for this
work will be sustained by Mrs. s. G.. Ford of
Cleveland, soprano; Mr.. William j. LAWN,
tenor, and the great baritone, Mr.. William
Ludwig in the part of the narrator. The en-
tire Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will fur
nsh the accompaniment. The efforts of the
society in producing choral works have been
most successful and merit the highest praise.
Beginning with chorus of about sixty and
singing madrigals and part-songs, in the eight
years OF its existence the society has grown to
membership of two hundred, and has given
many important works, becoming well known
throughout the country for it's enterprise in
producing new works. Notable among these
are Dudley Bucks "Light of Asia,n which re-
ceived its first public performance here;
Bridges "Callishoe," which has not been
given elsewhere in America, and McCunn's
Lord Aliens Daughter" AS in all other
societies, the financial part of the work has
been most troublesome, and there has been
debt since the close of the first season. The
friends of the society will now have an oppor-
tunity to help clear off this debt by attending
the concert on the 22d as the announcement
is made that the receipts from full house
will pay up everything in full.
Next fall the Academy of Music Will be
opened as frst-class theatre, and Washing
ton will again be without any hall where con-
certs aud lectures can be given. At the best
the Academy was only makeshift for music
hall. a large portion of the sound was lost
In tue space back of the arch and did not come
out into the house. The Congregational
Church, with its organ, comes near being an
ideal hall, though the galleries are too low
ami the seating capacity only about half what
Washington needs. But this audience.room
can no longer be rented, and the projected
Metzerott Hall holds out the only hope to
those interested in local musical affairs. The
plans are completed, and as soon as the
emergency Hospital is moved work can begin.
The musical people of this city should bring
every influence to tear on the hospital board
to move AS soon as possible, in order that the
city may have u place for public entertain
ments ready for next season.
The concert tour of the Marine Band is at
tracing much attention throughout the coun-
try The enterprising manager, Mr.. d.
Blakely, of New York, has flooded the route
With flaming posters and circulars in the ma
tional colors, and the legend, "By permission
of the Secretary of the Navy stands out in
bold letters. One lithograph has vignettes of
all the Presidents in row across the top and
the band in full costume about to play to them
all. Washington will doubtless wake up to
the fact that the finest military band in the
country belongs here, and will give it o full
house at its concert on May T.
Among the many visitors to Washington
during the past week was Mons L. Planel, a
leading violinist of the French capital, but a
Californian by birth. Business affairs called
him to his former home, and, not caring to
cross the Atlantic during the winter he has
spent the season in New York where he has
appeared in several concerts with much sue
cess. He made many friends while here and
may return for concert during the coming
month.
Musical societies in the smaller cities are
continually hampered in their work by the
impossibility of obtaining competent orches-
tras. Mr.. George w. Stewart the enterprs-
ing manager of the Boston Festival Orchestra.
has come to their assistance this year, and has
arranged to furnish his orchestra and solosts,
when required, for some fifteen different So
cieties, beginning April 81 and closing some
time in June. He furnishes the orchestra for
the Richmond festival, May II, and on his re-
turn will give matinee and evening concert
here on May Il. He has an orchestra of forty
pieces, with Victor Herbert as director For
soloists here he will present Aus der Ohe,
pianist; Winternitz, the young violinist Miss
Rose Stewart, soprano, and Myron w. Whit
ney, basso.
There are tricks in all trades vocal
teacher of this city while in Boston last sum
mer tried the voice of pupil, praised the pro-
gress made, and advised coming to Washing
ton, where after months lessons choir pO-
sition and pupils could be obtained through
the teachers influence. The advice was acted
upon and the months lessons taken, but when
the teacher was asked about the promised pu-
pills the answer was given, 81 cannot help you
to get pupils" The promise was forgotten,
but the motive of it all came out when the
teacher coolly suggested that the pupil stay
here and continue to take lessons during the
winter. indignant at the deception, the pupil
refused to pay for the lessons received, and
the collector who came with the bill declined
to press it after hearing the circumstances un-
der which it was incurred.
Washington's oldest musical society the
Sengerbund, will celebrate the fortieth ami
versary of its organization April 10 and 30
with grand concert and other appropriate
exercises. The concert will occur on the night
of Sunday, the 10Th, at the Academy of Music.
There will be a grand chorus by the Sauger-
bund with well-known sololsts and instrument
talists
Hub Smith'scleVer operetta, "a New Years
Reception" will be given for charitable pur-
poses by the Emanon Musical Club at National
Rifles Hall, on Wednesday, April IS The cast
will include the Misses Lila Heiberger, Ger
trude Becker, BERTHE Bailey,M. L. Eichelberger,
Susie Kuhner, Catharine Newton, AMI Hattie
). Case, and Messrs. Melville ID. Hensey, George
har Hn., nfr., 4