The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-24
COMING MUSIC FEAST
OPENING OF THE GREAT INDIANA
FESTIVAL TOMORROW NIGHT.
Rehearsal with soIoists This After
noon--The Five Programme
Hall Arrangements.

morrow night is the eighth OF the series
given by the Indiana Music Festival As
sociation which was organized in December,
lssS The first festival was given May q, y
and %. 1859, with Prof Carl Barus as must
cal director, and the following sololsts: Miss
Emma Juch, Signor Jules Perotti, Emil
Fischer, Miss Helen Van Doenlof, Nine. The
reese Herbert-Foerster, Signor Giuseppe
Campanari, Miss Margaret Reid, Miss Hor-
tense Pierce and Miss Adele Aus Der One.
The next festival was given May IL. IA and
Is. 1890. with the following soloists: Nile.
Clementine De We're, Signor jules Perotu,
Emil Fischer, Nine. Therese Herbert-F'oer-
ster. Mrs. Zelda Seguin-wallace, Mr.. Charles
Holman Black. Charles Knor, Victor Her
bert and Franz Wnczek-
The third festival was given May 2e, q
and Is. with the following artists in the solo
parts: Miss Emma Juch. Miss Mary Howe,
Miss Clara Poole. Emil Fischer, Mr.. w. j.
LAWN. Mr.. Max Bendix. Mr.. Franz Wilczek-
In 1892 the festival was held on May "A, %
and Is, and the artists were Miss Emma
Juch, Margaret Reid. Miss Anna Burch.
SIgnor Campanari. Carl Martin and Miss
Lena Little.
No regular festival was held in 1898, the
man with whom the directors made the con-
to carry out his agreement. In its place.
festival concert was given. with Nine. LII
Ian Nordica and Miss Margaret Reid as the
principal singers. In 1894 one of the most
successful festivals ever given was held
May Is, IS and II. The soloists were Nine.
Emma Games Storey, Mime. Clara Poole
King, Mr.. Ben Davies, Mr.. Walker Mills,
Mr. Max Heinrich, NJ Henri Marteau.
Miss Gertrude May Stein, Mr.. E. c. Towne,
Miss Emma Juch and Mr. d. NJ Babcock.
Last years festival, at which six concerts
were given. included among its soloists Nine.
Melee MeIba, Nine. Lillian Nordica, Miss
Gertrude May Stein, Mr.. Ben Davies Mr..
Watkin, Mills. Mr.. Max Heinrich, Mr.. W. III.
Sherwood. Mr.. W. II. Reiger, Mrs. Julia l..
Wyman, Miss Rose Stewart and Mr.. Oliver
Willard Pierce.
OF the soloists engaged for this years fes-
tival, Nine. Nordica, Miss Stein and Mr..
Heinrich have appeared here at festivals
several times. Signor Campanari, then an
almost unknown barytone, sung in the first
indianapolis festival in 1883. Miss Brema,
Nine. Blauvelt. Mrs Bloodgood. Mr.. Will
liams. Frau Klafsky and Mr.. Berthald have
never sung at indianapolis festivals, al
though the last two named and Nine. Blau-
welt have appeared in this city in opera and
concert.
FESTIVAL ARRANGEMENTS.
The Boston Festival Orchestra of sixty
musicians. Of which Mr.. Emil Mollenhauer
is conductor. will arrive here at noon to-
day. on special train from Ann Arbor,
Mich. where they gave two days festival.
Nine. Nordica, Miss Brema and Frau Klaf
sky will come from Cincinnati, getting here
also to-day. Mr.. MacDowel, the pianist, will
come here directly from Boston for the en-
gagement. This afternoon the chorus and
orchestra will have a rehearsal together, 10
which no one will be admitted except those
participating, the festival association off,
Gals and newspaper men, This regulation
will be strenuously observed at the morning
rehearsals tomorrow, Tuesday and Wednes-
day with the soloists.
The afternoon concerts of the festival will
begin at 2:30 o'clock and the evening con-
certs at s o'clock, and people who come
after these hours will not be admitted until
q convenient place in the programme is
reached Police officers will be stationed at
the doors to see that this rule IS enforced.
In coming to the festival carriages will ap-
proach from the west, and in leaving it
from the east, so as 10 prevent confusion.
Tickets for the festival will be sold each
day from a. m. to D. m, at the Big Four
office. No. l East Washington street. and in
the evening at the box Office in Tomlinson
Hall. The admission tickets for evening con-
certs will not entitle the holder to a seat
As Is always the case on the first day, there
will, doubtless, be great demand for seats
20 that those who want particular locations
should secure them early. The sale up 10
last night was not as large as last year, but
the directors believe that 1t will greatly in
crease tomorrow.
PROGRAMMES FOR THE CONCERTS
The programmes for the various concerts
VIII be as follows:
Northumberland Concert.
Soloists-AIme. Lillian Nordica, soprano;
Miss Gertrude May Stein, contralto.
Overture-..Ruy Bias" Mendelssohn
Cborus-"Daybreak" flaming
Aria from La RENE de Saba" By re-
Mime Nordica. ''''''
''Miriam's Song OF Triumph. 1890. Schubert
Miss Stein. Chorus and Orchestra
-Intermission.-
Symphony In E Flat (adagio. allegro,
Conducted by Mr.. Arens.
Duet from "Hansel and Gretel, .-..-....
Mime. Nordica and Miss Stein aaiI'e' '''' 'A
Butte for Orchestra. .Moszkowski
la) Tema Con variazioni.
tDJ MOlO Perpetuufn.
Cantata-' Barbara Frietchie" Jordan
Nine Nordica, Chorus and Orchestra
Tuesday Aftern0On-Artfsts' Concert.
Soloists-Mrs Katherine Bloodgood. con-
tralto: Mr.: Barron Berthald. tenor; Mr.. Z.
MacDowell, pianist.
Overture-'Magic Flute" Mozart
Aria-"G ernsalemme" Verdi
Mr.. Berthald.
Piano Concerto No. 2............... Mac owell
Mr. MacDowen
Aria-''O Don Fatale' (Don Carlos). Verdi
Mrs Bloodgood.
Two Movements from Suite Ancien"
-.....:.--..-.--.......-..... Vieuxtemps
(a) Air.
(b) Gavotte.
Played by all the First violins.
bonanza from LA Gioconda" -. Ponchielli
Mr.. Berthald.
...........-..-........... Mendelssohn
ta> Nocturne.
OBJ Scherzo
lc) Wedding March.
Tuesday Evening-Romantic Concert.
Soloists-Miss Marie Brema dramatic So
prana; Nine. Lillian Blauvelt, soprano; Mrs.
Katherine Bloodgood. contralto; Mr.. Evan
Williams, tenor: Signor Giuseppe Campo
mari. barytone: Mr.. ID. NJ. Babcock, basso.
Overture-'Der Freischutz" Weber
Conducted by Mr. Arens
Waltz from Romeo and Juliet" .Gounod
Nine. Blauvelt
Scena-'There - a Bower OF Roses
(The Yelled Prophe). Villers Stanford
Miss Brema.