The herald., 1896-07-12
MUSICAL COLUMN

| off to the seashore or the island, where
| the music of the waves, the chorus or the
| surf. or even-but 1t seems bathos-tne
| ordinary beach brass band Will i0ll them
| to rest or brace them to action. as the
| moment may demand. But although
| the social and musical seasons are sup
| posed for us to be now memories OF the
| past we have in store for us next week
| at least one attraction that surely this
| time cannot fail to attract. Mrs. Blood
| good is to give another song recital This
time the opportunity is far fairer for all
| lovers of music The concert is to be
| given tomorrow evening at the music
| hail. an auditorium at least capable of
| holding an audience worthy of the great
| contralto, and the seats on this occasion
| are to be 1t more moderate and therefore
| popular price. Mrs. Bloodgood requires
| no introduction nor eulogy for those who
| read this column but none who enjoy
| listening to the cultivated production of
rarely beautiful voice can afford to ig
more this opportunity. The evening will
| also be of remarkable interest from the
| fact that Miss Miriam Barnes, gifted
and accomplished pupil of Herr Thilo
| Becker is to make her debut in concert.
| This promising pianiste should feel
every encoura cement for the success OF
| her first engagement. Nature has been
| uncommonly kind to her and provided
! her with a pair of natural pianist's S
| hands. Her execution of the most diff
| cult octave studies in previous private
appearances has impressed every stu
| dent and critic of the plano with remark
| able favor. Great things are expected
| of Miss Barnes and disappointment ia
not to be thought of. Miss Blanche Rog-
ers will be the accompanist for Mrs.
BlOodgood.
Mrs. Bloodgood's numbers will include
Bemberg's La Mort de Jeanne dare,
Wagner's Dreams, Brahms Sapphic Ode.
Monotone by Peter Cornelius; ballads
When Sparrows Build. Gabriel: an old
German folk song and a lullaby. Miss
NJ Barnes will play Henselts Etude
81 Oisean J'etais. Moszkowskis Elm
celles Liszts Chant Polonais and Grum-
fields octave study.
Miss katherine Kimball gave very
pleasant song recital at the Friday
Morning club rooms last Monday even
ing and once more proved herself pos
sessed of a delightful voice and a thor
oughly artistic temperament. 1t is
matter of regret to musical circles in
Los Angeles but of pleasant congratula-
ton to Miss Kimball that she is soon to
leave us and for the future duets should
form prominent part of her repertoire.
Miss Mary l.. O'Donoghue's piano solos
proved not the least interesting part OF
an interesting program
A lately organized society composed
of musically inclined young people, to be
known as the Musurgia club, gave a
musical reception at the Blanchard
Fitzgerald music hall on Friday evening.
Miss Eva +. Ellsworth is the moving
spirit of the club, and the following are
numbered among its members: Miss
Dora G. James. Miss Hazel H. Gro, Miss
Nella Knox, Miss Jennie L. Jones, Miss
Nettie H. Carnahan, Miss Nina l.. James,
Mr. Max Mertens Mr.. Leo A. Wilke. Mr..
Frank H. Lockyer, MIR. Charles w. Ira
yer, Mr.. Chas. b. Elliott, Mr.. Edward Y.
Jones' The program prepared was of
attractive and popular interest and the
soloists We're Miss Delphine Todd. Dom
p. Harrison, vocal; Miss Dora q. James,
violin, and Hazel Gro in character
sketch.
William Piutti, vino has been ap-
pointed dean of music in the University
at San Jose. is to be feted and farewelled
this week. On Wednesday evening the
Zingari give him a reception at the
Nadeau hotel and on Saturday evening
h will give a farewell piano recital at
the Blanchard Fitzgerald hall. MI.
Piutti has prepared comprehensive
program, including numbers from Bee
| thoven, Chopin. Schumann, List,
| Grieg, Raft and Kontski.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Thilo Becker's musi-
| Gales are always priced by those VINO
are privileged to attend. Mr. Becker
can at present boast the most promis-
| ing piano students in the city, and his
work is as faithful as it is quiet and
unpretentious. The most delightful
feature of charming evening last week
was the exquisitely delicate interpreta-
ton by Mr.. Becker of couple OF
"trifes' by Liszt.
This evening the choir of the First
| Methodist church, under the direction
of c. S. Cornell, will give grand praise
service The choir will be assisted by
Miss Mollie Adelia Brown. soprano;
| Mr.. Cogswell. baritone, and the Ladies
quartet The program will be; Buck
re Deum lin c.; Arise Shine, by Buck
Sing. o Heavens, by Taurs; Hail TO the
Lords Amounted, by Mendelssohn;
solo by Miss Brown duet, Miss Went
worth and Mr.. Cogswell; duet, Mis-:
Brown and Mr.. Cornell Ladies' quar-
tet, AS Pants the Heart, by Cornell.
The veteran conductor and composer
Luigi Arditi. is writing his autobiog
raphy, with the assistance of Miss An
Kingston. He admits that his best idea
come to him when he is in bed at night
and frequently have vanished in tn
morning, but much is expected Of tn,
book, which Will he published in Octo
ber Lumley, for q quarter of n centur.
manager of Her Majesty's theater. sait
of Arditi Taking all qualities int
account, a more able conductor neve
reigned in this country" Col. j. II
Mapleson is clearly of the same opin
ion. In this country Arditi's fame is in
separably linked with the names o
Gerster. Campanini and Annie Louis
Cary But he belongs now to the past
The opera has outgrown him, and hi
waltzes are faint memories. Arditi wa
born at Crescentino, in Piedmont, near
ly seVenty-one years ago, and siXt.
years ago made his debut in Milan, a
a boy violinist. His first opera, Brig
anti, was produced in 1S41. In Havana
five years later, he produced ii CorsarC
La Spia founded on Cooper's romance
was produced under his direction a
the Academy of Music in this city !
| 1886 He has conducted opera in Italy
Cuba, the United States, Turkey, Rus
sia, Germany and England. From 1877
to 1884 he conducted the winter an
spring seasons of Italian opera in fJe'
York But he never learned the Eng
lish language, and droll anecdotes with
out number are told of him. For eS
ample" says the London Daily New
Signor Arditi's method of impartin
to his orchestra the fact that his sleno
;e ,,,n,.a tarr.b1a than his haStV gnqprI