The herald., 1896-08-09
Observation-Disclosures!
: MUSICAL COLUMN !
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The majority of the musical people
have fled to the island and the beach.
and those that are left in the city have
to be content with fain echos of delight
full impromptu concerts from Redondo.
Santa Monica and other seaside points.
Miss Yaws late business manager
seems to be getting in his deadly work,
as the following from a San Francisco
paper seems to prove: Speaking of
Miss Yaw, whose appearance here has
been so long expected, it is now reportN
that the young lady has had a serious
Misunderstanding with her manager.
9psad 9psad tlh8t hot IL tD ea4sa4uspes sc shs hesdeterpa-
withstanding that she is now in Los An
eeles. This resolution will be disap-
pointment to many who wish to hear her
as a matter of curiosity. but from an ar
tistic standpoint it Will possibly De no
great loss, for it is pretty generally con-
ceded that her high reputation as
sweet singer was in great measure due
to clever advertising, and Will propaply
vanish with her manager.
The truth concerning Miss Yaw and
her prospective engagements mas al
ready been published in The Herald. The
soprano contemplates commencing her
tour in October next from Los Angeles.
JJ. Gilbert of Peterborough, England,
has exhibited at the Music Trades ex-
hihition. London. a unique specimen in
the form of a liliputian violin of his
own manufacturing which is pronounc-
| ed by experts to be fine sample OF the
luthier's art. Though great deal of
work is microscopic it contains the
! same number of parts as that of full
! i ;,,-t gold
mounts and the fittings, the strings,
! etc, make up grand total of ninety-
nine, though it's weight is something un-
! der one quarter of an ounce.
BY the terms of the last will of the late
Ambrose Thomas. NJ. Weckerlien, Ii
! brariar of the conservatory, has re-
! ceived all the papers and manuscripts
of the deceased, including the scores,
namely, lie Guerillero. LIE Songe dune
| Mutt d'Ete, La Tonelli. LIE Carnival de
| Vense LIE Roman d'Elvire, Mignon,
| Hamlet, Francoise de Rimini the ballet
music to The Tempest, La Cour de Cell
! mena Psyche. in two versions and lie
Caid. The last named score is minus the
overture, the sheets of which have been
lent to a conductor who has forgotten
to return them" Ambrose Thomas
had never been able to recall his name
or his address lie Menestrel comments,
~
titions" Ambrose Thomas left a con-
siderable sumSto found two prizes bear
ing his name, one al the conservatory
the other at the musical section of the
institute.
There is musical taste as well as hon.
or among thieves. One night, so says the
Lisbon Amphion, a theft crept cautious
ly into a hotel and found his way to a
, room occupied by a celebrated pianist
The artist suddenly awakened from his
, slumbers, jumps out of bed. seizes re.
! volver and accosts the unceremoniou!
!, intruder with the query: well, wha
,, do you want at this hour?" '1-I-I-I-
: excuse me-" gasps the frightened knigh
of the road. II only wanted-to ask yol
to, to-oblige me with Beethoven
sonata"
/ Figaro says: The son of a well known
! sportsman obtained the other day {
+, hearing from the directors of the Paris
, Opera He selected for his trial th'
= grand air from La Juive. and in singing
if revealed most extraordinary Voca
oualiaes NJ. Gailhard became quit'
enthusiastic over the strength and un
q heard-of compass of his voice. Unfor
4 tunately this future tenor knows moth
ing of art. He is going to enter the con
= servatory to commence the study 0
e solfege, and as he is so years old, tn
= full term will be dispensed with for tha
reason, and on account of his mracu
? lous gift. 1t appears, in effect that tn
: voice of this white blackbrd" gOe
|. from the low A in bass to d in the ire
1 BILE The voice of Faure, added to tina
s of Due 1T is hoped that after TWO year
z study at the conservatory this marvC
s will be fit to appear in opera, where un
|, doubtedly his debut will create a sensa
II ton"
l. A German correspondent of the Pei
"A seyeranza of Milan gives rather ur
d satisfactory account of two operas whic
T. have been recently announced. Aprc
: pos of Igno by NJ Philippe Rufer. give
l. at the Berlin opera house, he writes
# THE subject is drawn from an old Gel
e man legend; the music is intellectu;