The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-24
THE MUSICAL COLUMN

At last there is a musical attraction
to look forward to. For some months
copious press notices have been flying
round booming the Californian tour of
Miss Ellen Beach Yaw, but nothing
definite concerning her visit to Los An
geles could be learned till yesterday.
Miss Haw will spend the greater part of
the summer in San Rafael, San Mateo.
Monterey and San Jose. but it is definite
ly announced that she will open short
concert tour in San Francisco on the Sth
of June. Miss Yaw will be here for one
concert, probably on the 18th prox. 1t is
practically settled that the concert Will
be given in the Simpson tabernacle, than
which there is no finer auditorium in
the city. AS frequently announced in
this column, the phenomenal altitudin-
Gus soprano" whose voice the New
York Herald declared to be the most
remarkable recorded in history" Is ac-
Companied by the clever young native
violinist, MaXimilien Dick. and a very
skillful pianist, Miss Georgiella Lay. Ad-
ditional interest is of course lent to Miss
Yaw's talent and success from the fact
that she is native Californian and spent
most of her girlhood in this city.
\ soprano who can sing high and
sustain the note well is supposed to have
good vocal range, but Miss Ellen Beach
Yaw can sing e above high +. Chris
tine Nilsson used to drive her audience
in the seventh heaven of enthusiasm by
singing high F sharp in Mozarts Magic
Flute. Miss Yaw sings F sharp without
an effort, and sustains the note with the
sweetest quality. The highest vocal
range of a singer recorded by history
was that of Lucrezia Ajugari Mozart
says that in 1770 he heard this soprano
range from A below middle c to c above
high c. 1t was range of twenty-four
notes. Ajugari could execute trills on
the high D. This is noted in the Ency-
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instance of the kind Miss Yaw can sing
lower than Ajugari and three notes
higher in the upper register.
c. S. Delano the accomplished mas
ter of light stringed instruments, and his
club gave an enjoyable concert on Mon
day last at the Southern California mu-
sic hall. The program was attractive.
but altogether too ambitious. Mr.. De-
lano will be wise to recognize the limita-
tions of the banjo, guitar and mandolin.
To attempt to- do justice to Rossini's
overture to William Tell in banjo
solo sounds preposterous idea, and the
rendition, however skillful. sounded
quite as preposterous. Similarly half
dozen light strings are no more aple
to give any idea of the music in such
work as Wagner's march from ram
hauser than could a newspaper artist
of one of Turner's landscapes. Mr.. De-
lano's pupils proved very marked i'm.
provement, and will do still better If
their work is confined to appropriate
channels.
The following extracts. in regard to
the twentieth anniversary of the Music
Teachers National association are TAX
en- from the Denver Republican, which
outlines the steps ceing taken in that
city is arranging the preliminaries by the
local committees, and indicates 10
degree the interest the citizens of that
enterprisinS city are taxing Ill the iii
Dortant event.
The music teachers of Denver are very
busy preparing for the great conVen-
ton of music teachers, which is 10 DE
held in this city from July 18th to the l0th
The various committees on programs ana
entertainments are working to make the
convention a red-letter day in the his
tory of the association. Everybody is
working with enthusiasm. The follow
ing are the men who will conduct the
affairs during the meeting:
T.. r. Kroeger, president, of St. Louis;
DR.. II. S. Perkins, 90 Van Buren, street.
Chicago, secretary; w. ]. Whiteman OF
Colorado vice-president. The program
committee is composed or carlos so
brine of Denver; Mrs. Nellie Strong-
stevenson. of st. Louis, and II. W.
Greene of New York city. The executive
committee, to whom is entrusted the To-
cal business interests, is Hon. oscar
Reuter-. Jeanette F. Hall and DR.. c. Il.
Tenant. The auxiliary committee on
finances includes Aaron Cove Superln-
tendent of Schools Herbert GriggS ana
DIR. George c. Baker. Hon. A. w. Nc
Intire. governor of Colorado. Hon. T. $.
McMurray, mayor of Denver, Miss lisa,
leila Hill. leader of the Tuesday Musical
club, and Miss Hattie Louise Sims are
upon the entertainment committee. Inc
auxiliary finance committee is COM
posed of Hon. F. A. Williams, Geo. ii.
Campbell II. d. Smith, w. W. Knight,
w. w. Montelius and Fritz Theirs.
Trinity church. which has a spacious