The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-27
Gathered i'm the
World of Melody.
Interesting Notes About Famous
Musicians at Home and Abroad.

terry, ana after all the aSpirant NAV
draw q blank. Even when fame IL
achieved, and In the great cities of both
hemispheres the brow of the singer Is
crowned with laurels, and opulent
managers outbid each other In order
to secure engagements, some unfore-
seen accident may at once destroy the
entire fabric Of availability so carefully
constructed, Of genius, musical skill
and capacity, dramatic fervor, and
conscientious devotion to art. Then the
voice Is silenced forever, and the singer
lives only in memory, while the income
stops. Even at the best the career Of
the vocalist Is brief. The great lawyer
or physician often touches his zenith at
threescore, or perhaps threescore and
ten; Gladstone retires only from
choice at IS; q Bismarck Is never
greater than In old age; but what Of the
singer when inexorable time attacks
the vocal organs?
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1t Is expected that the Royal Welsh
Ladies' choir, under the dictatorship Of
the celebrated Madame Clara Novello
Davies, will pay visit to Scranton
during the month Of July. Their for
mer visit to this city Is we'll within the
recollection Of those who heard the de-
lightful music In the rockingham.
Since they won the first prize at the
Worlds fair, Chicago. their successes
have been constant and steady. The
choir comprises thirty-one ladies, who
have been selected for the purity OF
their voices and ability to read and rem
der music, and Il Is no exaggerati tion to
state that they represent the talent Of
the semi-professional musical ability Of
Wales.
Recently they have made triumphal
tour through England and the musical
critics Of the Times, the World. the
Lady, and other newspapers. have after
q critical analysis of their perform
ances passed glowing tributes upon the
fair singers. The following excerpt
from the London Times will be read
with interest: Madame Clara Novello
Davies, leader Of the Welsh Ladies'
choir has received from the queen u
handsome gold brooch in commemora-
ton Of the recent concert given by the
choir before her majesty, at Osborne
palace. The brooch is in the form OF
monogram ". r. L. in gold, laid over
with ruby enamel and studded with
sixteen diamonds the whole being sur
mounted by a gold crown, small pieces
of enamel representing the different
colored velvets.
One of the features of the visit OF
Governor Hastings to the city this week
was the rendition for the first time In
public by Bauer's orchestra of the Gov
ernor Hastings March," composition
of Thomas Kershaw, musical director
at Davis theater The Hastings March
is tuneful spirited quickstep OF the
character Of Liberty Bell and con-
tains elements that should make 1t
equally popular The march Is pub
lished for piano by the Lyric Music
company Of Scarnton, represented by
George N. Rockwell and Fred c. Hand.
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Professor B. E. Pitts, who has been
the leader Of the Mozart orchestra in
Carbondale during the winter months,
VIII leave that city May for Sylvan
Beach, N. Y, where he will conduct an
orchestra in one Of the leading summer
hotels
MUSICAL NOTES:
DR.. Antonin Dvorak has gone to Europe.
Calve won a great success in st. Peters,
burg
Josef Wieniawski is giving concerts in
Berlin.
Albert Niemaun, the veteran tenor, is
Ill in Berlin.
Paderewski gave a concert in Paris last
Thursday evening.
Adele Aus der Ohe has given up her
New York recitals owing to Illness.
Camille dArville will appear in a new
opera, Marion" in New York. next
month.
A performance Of "Tannhauser" in pam
tomime is the latest craze in Geneva,
Switzerland.
Wednesday to James Everson, Jr. They
will 60 abroad for the summer.
Myron w. Whitney. jr., son of the
famous basso, who is still student in
Harvard, made his debut as singer in
Boston last week.
Edward Strauss, the composers younger
brother, is to revisit England this sum-
mer with his celebrated band, and to play
chiefly the dance music composed by vari-
GUS members Of the Strauss family.
A Brooklyn newspaper writer calls at
tention to the numerous Emmas In the
field of music. He mentions Emma Alb
bott, Emma Calve. Emma Thursby, EN-
ma Eames, Emma Albani, Emma Howe.
Emma Heckle. Emma Juch, Emma VIM
ant, Emma Nevada and Emma Materna.