The herald., 1896-06-21
MUSICAL COLUMN

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cital. The latter afforded the most fin-
ished and enjoyable singing that Los An
| geles has listened to for a long time;
unhappily. though, only few Angelo
nos were privileged to hear her. The
recital was to be society affair." 1t
| was given in the Friday Morning clubs
rooms and the price of admission was too
high to allow even that limited space to
be filled. But it was delightful even
ing and one that will not easily be for
| gotten. Mrs. Bloodgood is the mistress
| of a voice which is distinguished by It's
strong and pure power; exceedingly 1uli'
/ yet there Is no trace OF effort' OF re
markably extensive compass, Us ,Iue
| and charming in the upper as in the low :
er register. Withal, Mrs. Bloodgooo
| beautiful presence and charm OF ex-
| preston enhance the skill or her Vo-
calism. Miss Blanche Rogers proved
| herself once more a painstaking ana
| sympathetic accompanist; as soloist,
| the young lady has still much TO learn
| she must cultivate more expression and
| with that gained the laboriousness OF
| her execution will disappear Unaer
Herr Becker's excellent tuition MISS
| Rogers is bound to improve.
| Santa Monica enjoyed an excellent
! concert on Thursday night given at the
Fourth street Congregational churcn'
| before a large audience. The PERFORM
| ers were Miss Mollie Adelia Brown, So
! prano; Miss Letha Lewis, elocutlonst'
| Harry s. Williams, baritone; Miss Nj. L..
| O'Donoghue. pianist. and Arnold hrausS'
| violinist. The program elected much
| enthusiasm and the Los Angeles artist!
| brought away with them many horal
| tributes and the happiest recollections
| of their Santa Monica experience.
Herr Thilo Becker was unable to full
| fill his engagement with the Friday
| Morning club last week, owing to severe
| indisposition. The clever pianist will,
however. shortly give an evening recital
| before the club.
The Jonathan club has arranged very
! attractive program for their musicaie
next Tuesday evening and have secured
| a great drawing card in inducing Mrs
| Bloodgood to sing. The contralto will
give La Mort de Jeanne dare, by Benz
| berg Mrs. Albert Carlos Jones. So
prano. will sing My Paradise. by Angelo
Mascheroni. Mr.. J. Bond Francisco the
violinist, will play Wieneowskis Ma
! zurka Mr.. w w. Stephens. the tenor.
will sing Schuberts beautiful By the
| Sea. and Miss Blanche Rogers will be the
/ accompanist.
| C. S. Cornell has prepared what should
prove delightful program for the in
| itial concert of the Dudley Buck club
! which is to take place next Wednesday
! evening a the Music hail. The club will
! sing Hark, the Trumpet (Buck), On the
| Sea jBuck) ,Lieb the Woodland Roses
| tMair), Laughing Song (Abt. and A
| Fathers Lullaby (Wiske). Miss Molly
| Adelia Brown, soprano, will sing Waltz
f,.A,, g q nd
| Sapio's Spring and He Loves Me. He
| Loves Me Not (MascagnD, and Miss
| Beresford JOY, the contralto, will sing
! Dvinites du Styx, from Gluck's Alceste;
| Chaminadi's Silver King and Snow
| flakes, by Cowen.
The club was formed last fall con-
| sisting of twelve gentlemen, all posses
sed of vocal ability, who, with the guild
ance of Cornell. have been studying
| elees and choruses for many months.
| Lately the club has been reinforced by
| more excellent talent and now numbers
twenty voices. Additional interest is
found in the program by the names of
the vocalists. Both are talented young
! ladies, and this will be their first ap-
| pearance in concert a t Los Angeles; both
have already won high praise from dis
tinguished critics.
Miss Beresford Joy is said to have a
remarkably powerful and sweet contral-
to. The young lady has already won her
! laurels in Europe and gained number
| of favorable comments from the Eng
| lish press. "KenSington Society" said
of this artist:
Miss JOY. who has studied under the
celebrated Nine. Annade lie Grange of
| Paris, sang a great variety of songs.
ranging from ariaS by Mozart, Saint
! Saens, Massenet and Mendelsshon to
ballads by Chaminade, Hullah, etc. in
all of which her firm intonation, express
ion and purity of style were greatly ad-
| mired."
Maurel and Melba were interviewed a
| few days ago in Paris by an enterprising
| correspondent of one of the New York
| papers, who was anxious to have their
views on the prospects of grand opera
| in New York next season Il am not
surprised the baritone is quoted as
having said. Il told Mr.. Grau that it
was only question of time. but that
| ruin was sure under the conditions that
| prevailed with his enterprise in Amer
| lea. That was almost three years ago.
1t has lasted longer than l thought. You
cannot work for art and pay thirty or
| forty thousand dollars a night to your
! artists. Under such conditions aesthetic
| considerations are the least likely to
appeal to the manager. The result is
| no longer art; it is a fashion. a passing
whn, fed, and there can be nothing
| stable about such an enterprise
Melba was more generous. Il shall
go to America again next year" she
said to the newspaper man, and 1t will
be with Messrs. Abbey and Grau. l
know nothing of their difficulties, but
they have carried out their contracts
with me. ! do not think this present
ENHANCEMENT irreparable, but it is, i'm
| possible to say anything beyond that |
have just received a letter from Mr.. A b.
bey, from which think matters will be
satisfactorily arranged"
Mr.. Kuhe in his Musical Recollections
tells story of Paganini which will beal
repeating. A lady occupying a position
in the social world invited him to a din
! ner party, to which men and women dis
tinguished in art and literature were
bidden Rightly or wrongly she eX-
pected he would consent to play some
thing during the evening. But she reck-
oned without her host. When the
great man arrived, she discovered thai
he had not brought his instrument. "Oh
Signor Paganini!' she exclaimed, re-
proachfully, you have not brought youl
violin" mo, Lady -" was the witty
answer, my violin never dimes out"
London critic INDUCES in the follow
ing rhapsody:
Beethoven is the most mysterious O.
composers. His abrupt transitions from