The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-14
THE FESTIVAL WORKS.
Ihcre VIII BE a Variety to the Pro-
gramme of Wagnerian Music.

| Sramme of Wagnerian Music
/ ropuiar interest in a musical festival
largely attaches to the famous singers who
| take part in it. From the standpoint of the
,nusician' however. the work of the chorus
/ ~ the principal thing Few people ner-
maps, who attend the annual entertainments
given under the direction of the Indiana
May Music Festival sAssoeiation realize that
the great chorus whose singing they hear
nave peen doing very hard and long-con-
uhued work to prepare themselves The
requirements for membership in the chorus
are simple, but somewhat exacting. An
applicant must be- able to read music at
sight, and his or her voice must be pro-
nounced satisfactory after a trial of ii by
the special committee of the chorus and Mr..
Arens. the musical director of the festival
The chorus this year is largely made I'm of
carefully trained singers, who have had the
great advantage of experience in previous
festivals. 1t includes $50 members among
whom are the singers of the Ladies' Matt
nee Musicale and the Indianapolis Choral
n um,on !, me e. rehearsals began early in jan
On account of the unusual number of choral
works to be given this year there are now
"A departure has been made this year in
the character rae of the choral works to be
and only one work of any considerable
Iedn as Neither May Day" Lullaby Of
require more than fifteen minutes fer fhe
performance. In the Wagner concert the
6 6aoras VIII give u selections from Tam
IN conjunction with the solos. At the first
n f,an . s1ne s the duet from The cres
Mr.. Wells, with the chorus
The Wagner Concert.
The selections for the great Wagner con-
cert, with which the festival will close in
ciudes some of the noblest works of the ia
nous composer The first to be given is
the Kaiser Marsch," which was written
at the close of the Franco-Prussian war to
celebrate the triumphal re-entry of EN-
peror William into Berlin, and is a most
stirring piece of music, never before heard
IN indianapolis. This will be followed by
the finale of the second act of "Rienzi.'
where the people are singing in gratitude
to Rienzi, who has saved their lives This
will be given by Mrs. Walker Miss Stein.
Mr.: Rieger, Mr.. Heinrich and chorus
The selections to be given from .rrhe
Elylng Dutchman" include the overture and
ane spinning NM chorus which opens the second
IN movement and melody, and was one of
fne most popular selections at last years
lows, in which senta, in a kind OF trance ice
fo ,s ess the visit of the Flying Dutehman.
senta and Miss sans Stein NM Mary WaiAer VIII sing
The "Tannhauser'' numbers to be given
IHcluQe the introduction to Act l. "Dict
as Elizabeth and Mr.. Rieger as Tannhauser
and the introduction to Act III and 'Pil-
male chorus.
"Elsa's Dream" from 'Lohengrin,r which
Nordicas will9sine;, was her principal tri-
umph at the great Wagner Festival at Bay
reuth last year, where she. established her
self as the greatest Wagnerian soprano of
The other features of the Wagner pro-
gramme win be the SELECTIONS from die
inc Gtocrr
ne yaikyTles BY the oreh he 'ae and
die Meistersinger,' including the finale,
the. chorus. Awake the Prize song
the Masters Ways" the solo parts S1 being ,fEs
taken by Mrs. Walker, Mr. Rieger and Mr..
Heinrich .. This will make the greatest
wagner concert ever given in this city, and
one. perhaps. that has never been equaled
in the West.
Musical Notes.
Mr.. Bert Feibleman. of this city, who is
whose musical talents have been recog-
nized for some time, has entered the ranks
Of #, com. composers and brought out song,
lad The words and music are by Mr. Fei-
beman and the arrangement has been made
waltz movement with a refrain that is
catchy; A picture of the composer adorns
the title page.
The following from the Terre Haute
Express is interesting to Indianapolitans
for all the prize-winners are well known in
this city: Some time ago Mr. S. c. Hansen,
of Wiliamsport, Ind, sent out circulars ali
over the United States offering prizes for
the best pieces of music that could be used
for school purposes Compositions were
sent in from great number of composers
many of whom have widespread reputa-
tons. There were. in all, 129 who competed
for the various prizes. Mrs. Allyn Adams
of this city. to please younger sister. sent
in one of her own productions, and was
very much gratifed to receive word that
she has been awarded the fourth prize. The |
was very close, as. she only |
lacked seven points of getting the first. The |
first prize awarded to ]. S. Burgen of |
Lafayette; the second to j. NJ. DUNCAN of |
the Indianapolis College of Music; the third |
10 w. H. Pontius, of Dubuque, Ia. The
hing that Mrs. Adams has a right to be |
proud of is not simply the prize she has
obtained, but the honor of being classed
ipon the merits of her musical compositions /
With such eompoSerS al the ones, who car.