The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-10-12
GATHERED i'm THE WORLD OF MELODY.
Interesting Notes Concerning Renowned Musicians
at Home and Abroad.

young mezzo soprano, Will sing at the
Green Ridge Presbyterian church to-
morrow, and will render solos MORN
ing and evening.
Ondricek, the eminent Bohemian vio-
lin!st who will make tour of America
tl.s season, has often been compared
with Faganini The following incident
apropcs of this Is an event, the facts
of which are mentioned by all the Eu-
ropean papers: Two years ago On
drlcek while touring in Italy and
gaining many triumphs, arrived at
Parma, where Paganini Is buried.
Achi,le Paganini. the son of the great
maestro. lives at Parma. but on ac-
count of his irfirmities rarely leaves
his apartments. Upon hearing of the
arrival of Ondrtcek he sent a request
to the Bohemian, asking that ne be
good enough to visit him, as he was
curious to know the man who was so
often placed en- a parallel with his IA
ther. Ondricek went Immediately to
Pagannis house ard played a number
of the masters compositions. The son
was deeply affected and said: 81 recog-
nize the bowling of my poor father"
Enthused by the playing of Ondrlcek,
Achile showed him the little Amati
violin on which his father played at the
age Off and presented Ondricek with
a portrait and number of autographs
| Of his father.
SHARPS AND FLATS:
Verdi Is writing sacred songs.
Mrs Eugene Oudin is studying with
Marchcsi.
Sir Arthur Sullivan is writing the score
| CT "Olivia."
"The Attack" an opera by Zollner, re-
Gently made a hit at Dresden.
"The TRANSPORTATION" new sacred
cantata by Cowen, will shortly be pro-
| duced in Londcn.
Adelina Patti will appear in her new
tress," soon after Christmas in Paris. -.
Eugen dAlbcrt's opera, Gismonda."
will be given this winter in Dresden. He
is working hard on his opera "Gernot."
A son OF the tenor, Nicolini, and son
| of Mechissedec. the basso, have been en-
gagged by the Porte ST. Martin theater.
| Paris.
| "Asperular' is the name Of Johann
Strauss latest operetta. Asperula IS the
herb that gives the German Maitrank It's
peculiar flavor. .
Tamagno is building himself a little
opera house on his estate G.; Varese. and
has commissioned an italian composer to
write an opera for the opening.
The chief cxponents OF music In japan
are women. Most men would consider
ulo,Is by playing or singing In society.
"Annie Rooney" is taken directly, with .
me,., change of tempo from chorale OF
Bach, and Wagner derived dhe so-called
bel motif in Parsifal from the same
source as the author Of Down Went Me-
Girty"
An artificial larynx has been invented by
Professor Stuart, of the University OF
Sydney. and tried with success on man
who mad lost his voice. The mechanism
can be regulated so as to make the voice
soprano, terror, contra'to or bass. "a VIII.
Henri Meilhac. who wrote the librettos
OF "I.a Grande Duchesse" and La Belle
Helene" and Robert PlarQuette, the COM
poser Sof 1.-THE Chimes of Normandy
are about to put Rabelais' masterpiece on
the stage in a new opera comique called
Madame Melba has started on her con-
cert tour, which will last three months.
when she will toin the grand opera COM
pany at the Metropolitan. Among the
repertoire II that of "Manon" in which
sybil Sanderson made such n failure
An announcement Of the return Of Fan-
ME Bloomfle I'D -Zcis1er to America. FOR the
musical sea~or OF 1864. under the rnan-
agement of Henry Wolfsohn. OF New
York. who is also directing the tours OF
Ondricek. the Bohemian violirist: C'en-
entine De We're Sapfo and the Henscheis'
will create q lively interest In artistic cir
Giles.
Paderewski recently took the long Jour-
pey from Parts to Pe~th expressly 10 play
his opera 10 Mr.. Nikisch. and the latter Is
entfusiaytic in speaking o. IT,. He says
that Paderewski has caught the Gvpsy
spirit msrvelously. His opera i written
Gypsy cfarecter, a thing which many
have tried, but utterly failed in. Mr.
Nikisch rays that the whole opera is
rtrong and very dramatic. r Will not be
| rmoduccd unffl the nianist returns "a
rri,rnne from his American tour.