Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-12-11

IN THE TONE WORLD.
The voice Of the piano 70 heard II
the land, and THE afflicted instrument
isas ~ ueh TO answer for IA the way OF
nervous prostrat.ou. insomsniA aud
general breaking down OF motaers and
family friends. Take . walk around
town early or late. and the thuDp OF
this instrument will greet your ears
from the aristocTatsc mansion OF Col
lege avenue u the back end OF the
corner grocery store.
Little Mia Priscllls Psnrhyn 10 lifted
upon the stool. With teacher con-
ssxntiy besids her 70 keep watch over
the little dinpled hngers, that they
stray not into the fogs and slums VI
discord while they nnkie out . son.
ate ~ the delight Of an admiring fAns-
lily.
Little Mary Jane Dobbs ~ the corner
pounds out "Johnny Get your Gun"
TO the equal delight Of her family.
The piano and its use ought 10 he
regulated by parliamentary law. la
some parts OF Germany law orders all
musical practice 20 cease ~ IN the
evening. Imagine what boon TO
those poor, distressed mortAis living in
tiats and apartment houses.
The municipality of Rome has re-
solved TO put . tax on pisnos. aud
hopes TO raise loo, 900 francs per annum
at least. Why would this not be
good scheme for Grand RAplds. and
uss the money 10 build = neu opera
house, whore one could cit an entire
evening and enjoy = play or concert
without having the mind constantly
invaded by Thoughts OF physlcai d's-
comfort.
Last Monday and Tuesday evening
the opera of robin Hood" was given
TO full houses ut Powers. The en-
semble Was not to be compared with
that OF tho Bostonlaus, given here
two years since. With the echoes OF
Fessendep. Barnaby and the charming
Jessie Bartlett Davis stiii lingering In
our ears, We could not honestly enjoy
all the work Of this recent perform
ance. which Was ragged and uneven,
meritorious 1t times and exceedingly
bad 1T others.
The city cheirs are eli at work over
the Christmas music A full list Of
their programs will be published liz
The HERALD Christmas morning.
st. Marks will have it, organ and
choir in complete form in the chsncel.
Francis Campbell, the director, 10
making every exertion 10 have fine
program for Christmas day which falls
on Sunday. fact that gives additional
interest to :he church service.
Mr.. Morehesd, at the First Baptist,
has his fine chorus well in hand and q
program Of unusual excellence. in
GLIDING excerpts from Hayden, Handel
and the best composers. will DO given.
Mrs. Nordica, who arrived BY the
Britannia on Friday last, will mako .
concert tour through the country.
The production of "Lohengrin" at
the Grand opera house 10 to be fol-
lowed in April next by the "Walkure,"
with Van Dyck ~ "6iegmund." Caron
as "Brunuhilde," Breval - "Sieg-
linde," and Lassslle as "Wotan."
The Bayreuth dramatic school now
numbers twenty-five pupils. The hall
Of the society Burger Resource" and
the theater connected with it have been
rented for its location. The vocal in
struchon will be in charge of DR..
Knicse, the histrionic under Marianne
Brandt, the "Kundry" Of the par
STA" performances.
Mrs. Amelia Joachim gave Novem-
Der the first cong recital of . cyclus
at the Philharmonic. Her readings
are certainly interesting, but the
VOICE, alas!
Denver will b represented at the
worlds fair in the singing composition
BY q chorus of eighty voices. Mr..
Blake the well-known singer, is nov
making selections, and the best talent
| in Denver will be among the eighty.
Thus far about twenty-five have been
selected, and il 10 expected that in .
month the eighty needed will have
been obtained. Only the best singers
will be selected, however, and those
who are endeavoring 10 get into the
chorus for the purpose OF aeslng the
worlds fair will be disappointed. Every
member of the chorus will have 70 sub
NIT to . rigid examination.
Sir Augustus Harris has had phe-
nomenal season in London. Wagner
10 the hero of the hour just now, and
| tho Wagner cult 10 the fashionable 60
ciety rage. In Paris the largest re-
ceipts of the season at the opera houss
were from Lohengrin. To "look on
this picture and then on that" TO read
Wagner's pitiful story Of starvation,
failure and heart-broken disappoint-
msnt, and then think of those French
men filling their pockets with gold
galore. from his works that cost him
tears of blood. An! how sorrowful il
is, to be . genius and 70 live 10 death,
and TO die 10 life.