Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-12
AMUSE MEN is.

Los ANGELES IHEATER-Nf. r. N.
Ludovici, who was once zone of u.s."
and who has always done all he could
to encourage music in Los Angeles, has
succeeded in inducing Mr. Bernhard
Mollenhauer, the great violin virtuoso, to
visit this city.
1t will interest the many sincere
music lovers here to know something
about Mr.. Bernard Mollenhauer,
who has been engaged to play here in an
evening concert on Friday, December
10th. and at matinee on Saturday, De-
cember 18th, at the Los Angeles thea
ter.
Mr. Bernhard Mollenhauer comes
from unquestionably the "most musical
family" IN America. The Mollenhauer
Brothers. string quartette was world
renowned, and probably never sur
passed in excellence, either in Europe
or America.
This distinguished family consisted of
Edward Molenhauer, the celebrated
violinist and composer; his brother
Frederick Mollenhauer, noble violin
ist; and his brother. Henry Mollen-
hauer, violincellist who has scarcely
ever been surpassed for beauty and ten
derness OF tone in his beautiful Amati
cello; and his children, Louis Mollen-
hauer, violinist; Johanna Moilenhauer,
pianiste, and Ida Mullenhauer, pianiste.
All these children have made mark
for themselves in the musical world, but
especially is Miss Ida one OF the shining
lights of the day.
Mr.. Edward Mollenhauer had also
number of children, who all proved to
be possessed of remarkable musical
talent and genius. VIM. E. I. Mollen-
hauer, the youngest of the family, has
become especially prominent by the
composition of noble concerto for vio
lin and orchestra; but the flower of the
family and the great, young Paga-
nini," who has come to this city
to delight the many musical ''gour-
NETS" and enthusiasts who are found
here, is Bernhard Mollenhauer. 1t has
been stated by men who have heard all
the best soloists of the age, that Bern
hard Mollenhauer is phenomenal
genius upon the violin. His personality
has been known on occasions to take his
audience by storm before he drew his
bow across the violin. His bow is re.
markable, as we'll as his technique, and
he draws tones from his glorious Guar
nerius that thrill the heart and bring
moisture to ones eye. Let the Los
Angeles people prove their appreciation
of such great artist, and let him leave
our city with pleasant recollections and
the conviction that we have not few,
but great number, of lovers of the
noble art among us.
h. x*x
UNITY CHURCH-Mr. H. Reeves gave
very interesting lecture last evening
upon Voice Culture and Musical Train
ing, under the auspices of the Unity
club. The speaker was introduced by
Mr.. G.. A. Dobinson, president of the
Unity club. Previous to the lecture
Mr.. Reeves sang the selection 1t Is
Enough, from the oratorio of Elijah,
with the piano accompaniment by Mrs.
Masac.
Mr.. Reeves prefaced his lecture with
the statement that it had been written
before his visit to this city.
Said the speaker in substance: The
first requisite in singing and speaking is
a good voice. The control of the breath
is the foundation in all singing. A good
voice is the gift of nature-its cultiva-
tion belongs to the artist. But, too
often, the voice is ruined by mex peri
enced teachers, or charlatans. The
greatest mistake of parents is that they
send their children to incompetent
teachers, with the intention OF sending
them later to more advanced teachers.
The child should be first sent to an ad-
vanced teacher, for in youth the voice is
in purity and needs training the most.
So called "voce builders" and train
ers advertise to teach in twelve les
sons what cannot be artistically and COR
rectly taught in less than five or six
years. On the streets of large cities are
seen numerous signs ''voice builder"
Many OF these are charlatans, and their
signs should read voice wreckers. You
will see advertisements of women 18
years of age, who state that they
have studied for many years" Others
advertise that they are pupils Of Mar
chest, Lamperti and other foreign art
lists, when they have never even mad an
audience with these great artists.
Mr.. Reeves referred to the American