Evening star., 1895-06-15
IN MUSICAL CIRCLES
A Season of Wagnerian Opera Under Wal
ter Damrosch Promised Next Winter.
Another Washington Composer Elect
ed to Membership in the New York
Manuscript Socicty-Other Items.

Last winter washington had grand ltal-
ian opera, but the German company under
the conduct of Mr.. Walter Damrosch did
lot come here. Next winter, however, it is
learned that Mr.. Damrosch will bring his
company to this city. Mr.. Damrosch will
give five months season. opening Novem-
Der is in Chicago, and reaching Washing
ton in January. The anture will be on n
much more brilliant and elaborate scale
than last year, the list of artists already
engaged assuring first-class productions.
Among them are Frau Katharine Klafsky
of Hamburg and Fri. Ternina Of Munich,
the two greatest dramatic sopranos Of Ger
many today; Fri. Johanna Gadski, who be-
came such a favorite with the company
last year; Herr Wilhelm Gruening the
great tenor from Hamburg, probably the
best exponent Of the heroic tenor roles in
Germany today; Demeter Popovici, the bar
itone who achieved such remarkable sue
cess in Bayreuth last summer; Herr Emil
Fischer and Herr Conrad Behrens, the two
reliable Wagnerian singers of last years
company; Mr.. VIM. Mertens, noted young
baritone of New York; Miss Nina Schilling
and Miss Marie Maurer of last years COM
pany, and Mr.. Barron Berthald, the young
tenor who so successfully essayed the part
of Lohengrin in Boston upon such short no
tice. Negotiations are also pending with
Herr Rothmuhl, the tenor of last season; a
famous baritone; also well-known prima
donna, which will complete the list of prin-
cipais, and the company will number in all
one hundred and seventy people. Herr Carl
Harder will be the stage manager, as be-
fore, and the company will carry scenery
for all the operas. now being painted by
Kautski of Vienna. In addition to the seven
music dramas given last year Tristan and
Isolde" die Walkure" "Siegfried," die
Gotterdammerung," ''Tanr hauser." 10
hengrin" and Die Meistersinger'O, the
INIxyin D,,fo
man. "F'idelio' (by Beethoven), Der
Frieschutz' (by Weber, and 1.-The Scarlet
Letter. Qn English), by Walter Damrosch,
an opera founded on Hawthorne's great ro-
nance.
The last high mass for the summer ut
Immaculate Conception Church will be the
celebration of the feast of Corpus Christi
tomorrow at 1880 am. The musical part
of the service is under the direction of
Mrs. Clara b. Smith, and will be very fine.
Beethovens Grand Mass, in C, will be sung
by the full choir, aided by the Georgetown
Orchestra. The offertory will be Rossinfs
InflammatuS, the solo sung by Mrs. Smith.
There will be procession of Sunday school
children. during which the hymn, Ave
Verum," will be sung At the alteration of
the host Waldecker's 20 SalutariS" will
be sung by Mrs Ralph Barnard. AT the
close of the mass the grand march from
Tannhauser will be given by the orchestra,
under the direction of Pro-. Herman Rake
mann, with Prof. A. D. Mayo at the organ.
Grand vespers will be sung at pm.
Prof. Geo. w. Lawrence Is preparing to
give his annual pupils musicale on the 2Sth
instant, at the Church of Our Father.
Prof. Lawrence will be assisted by Mrs.
Daisy Louise Fox, pianist. Mrs. Fox, it
will be remembered. obtained first prize at
the Columbian exposition for her beautiful
touch and technique. The program will be
almost entirely operatic. and the vocal
numbers are taken from "Ernani.' Car
men," robin Hood and other standard
operas.
Mrs Zaldee Jones Smith will. it is under
stood, return to this city and resume her
former place solo soprano in st. Mat
thew's Church choir next fall
A short time ago there was published
list of names that had been submitted 20
the New York Manuscript Society as eligi-
BILE to membership How many have been
elected is not known but it Is ascertained
that Mr.. D. G. Pfeiffer has been accepted
by that society. and the composition that
he submitted. "A Spanish Dance" was
highly complimented. Mr.. Pfeiffer had
quite a successful career as a pianist
and composer of songs and pianoforte
compositions. His musical abilities come
to him by inheritance from his father.
John P. Pfeiffer, who was one of the old
school German musicians and band lead
er for many years. and from his grand
uncle, Johann Pfeiffer of Bonn, Germany,
who was one of the first teachers of the
master, Beethoven. Mr.. Pfeiffer began his
studies under his father at early age,
who taught him piano-focte and theory of
music, together with harmony ana tnOr-
ough bass; later he studied with his uncle,
Jean NJ. Pfeiffer, in Frankfort, Germany,
in the art decomposition and musical form.
His Uncle Jean was at Ibis time kapel-
meister at Frankfort and a composer of
reputation. Mr.. Pfeiffer made several con-
certizing trips as solo pianist, appearing
before the teachers convention at Balti-
more, and on one occasion at the White
House before President Harrison and MEM
bers of his cabinet. Among mis- best-known
&C mpoSi tionS may be mentioned his Spanish
dance, 'El Desio," the "Gcrtie Gavotte"
fer piano. the songs, Love Came to Me-"
"A Song for Her Light and Shadows"
THE Love That Lives Away" the quar-
tet, Rock of Ages" and number of other
songs and lighter piano pieces. Mr.. Pfeiffer
was at one time the conductor of an anna
teur opera company in this city, and pro-
duced some very meritorious performances
of light opera with local talent entirely.
He is a valued member of the board of
directors of the Choral Society and a men,
ber of the Washington board of trade