The herald., 1896-03-22
THE MUSICAL COLUMN

anu a new quartet has been organized
Miss ODonoughue for two years and a
half presided at. the organ of the Unity
church and is well known as talented
and capable musician. The organ at Inn
manuel church is fine one and the pres
ent organist, although of the gentler sex, is
we'll able to dispiay its resources. 1t is
the intention of the authorities to have the
finest church quartet in the city, ald
neither pains nor expense are to be spared
in this object. The quartet at present is
constituted as follows: Soprano, Miss
Elizabeth Kimball; contralto; Mrs. J. 5.
Owens; tenor, L. s. Rowan, jr., and bass,
Malcolm Fraser. Mrs. Owens has voice
of rare richness and sweetness and it is al
ways great pleasure to listen to her cul-
tivated and beautiful singing. Miss Kim
ball is a we'll known soprano in this city
and is gifted with fine and wide-ranging
voice. Mr.. Rowan ought not 20 attempt to
sing tenor parts his voice is in reality a
baritone, and in singing tenor he only
strains his voice and does injustice to him
self. Malcolm Fraser proves very salts.
factory basso, especially in the concerted
singing.
A very pleasant feature has been intro
duced at this church in giving services of
song on Sunday evenings, and judging
from the large congregation last Sunday
night it will prove very popular innova-
ton. 1t was somewhat disappointing to
hnd the program composed for the most
part of inferior music. The anthems we're
by Maker and Schneider, very uninterest-
ing and commonplace compositions: A
trio sung during the offertory by Miss Kim
ball, Mr.. Rowan and Mr.. Fraser was much
spoilt by a very distinct variety of opinion
as to the KEY, and the effect was far from
pleasant. Mr.. Owens sang Campana's
From the Depths with great feeling and in
beautiful voice. Miss ODononghue gave
touch of her quality in two fine organ
selections, Wagner's Pilgrims Chorus and
the Tannhaeuser March. 1t was pity that
only few stayed to listen to the fine rem.
dering of the latter. There is material for
excellent music at this church, and it is to
be hoped that work of higher character
than that of Belcher, Barrie, and company
will be undertaken.
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The Los Angeles theater will be devoted
for two nights this week to music. To-
night the great artists, Ondricek and
Materna. will be heard and the following
very interesting program will be rendered:
Rhapsodic, No g. Liszt-Isidore Luckstone
Concerto Pathetique. Ernst-Franz On
dricek.
Aria, Tannhaeuser, Wagner-Amalia Ma.
terna.
(a) Barcaroe, (b) Fantastic smetanas Bar
tered Bride. Ondricek-Franz Ondricek.
Palonaise, a flat Chopin-Isidore Luck
stone.
Lebestod, Tristan and Isolde. Wagner
Amalia Materna.
witches Dance Paganini-Franz Ondricek.
Ave Maria, Gounod.
This promises to be a treat that no music
lover can afford to miss. The San Fran
cisco Examiner in reviewing Materna-
Ondricek concert said: 1T is impossible
to believe that any musical community can
remain Indifferent to the claims of two
such artists" Ondricek's playing is said
to be characterized by superlative tech
nique, an irresistible fire and a rythmic
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ent of Wagnerian music is worldwide, and
according to the latest accounts her vocal
ism is as splendid as ever.
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The appearance of the Stanford Mando.
lin and Glee clubs on Tuesday evening at
the Los Angeles theater is looked forward
to with great interest. The entertainment
will be given under the patronage of the fol-
lowing we'll known society leaders of Los
Angeles: Mesdames w. w. Strohm, S. c.
Hubbell, G. w. Wells. w. S. Bartlett, j.
N. Van Nuys, Modin.Wood, G. T. Parsons.
]. S. SIauson, i. p. Johnson, Miss Wills,
L. X. Tuttle, j. W. Mckinley. Z. T.
fHn"s0"' HUNT, H. Jevno. ne ''ini Wilbur Parker,
I. d. Stinson. G. w. Cochran, j. H.
F. Peck, A. A. Hubbard, W. w. Flagg, A.
man, j. W. Hendricks, H. z. Osborne, j.
H. Braley and F. c. Howes. The boys give
a pleasing musical evening, full of merry
jingle.
The program will be as follows:
Estudlantna Larcome-Glee and Mandolin
club.
Zulu dance-Mandolin club
Medley-6ilee club.
Violin solo. nocturne Wells-W. Bttle Wells
Wing Tee Wee-Glee club.
Baritone solo, On the Rolling Wave-Philip
T, Abbott.
La Czarina, Ganne-Mandolin club
Vocal solo, Ma Little Youngster-Charles l.
Courtship Thayer-Glee club
Stanford University March. Kauffman-Man-
dolin club.
My Old Kentucky Home, Foster-Mr. Abbott
and Glee club.
Angeline-Glee and Mandolin clubs.
The special features of the program will
be specialtes by Charles X. Field, Charles
Dillon and Shirley Baker:
Gilbert and Sullivan's new opera, The
Grand Duke: or the Statutory Duel, is evil
IDENTIFY great success, and it's presenta-
ton at the Savoy theater in London was
pronounced to be brilliant. 1t comprises
two acts of fun and dancing, and is mad,
merry burlesque.
The plot, such as it is, is sufficiently sim.
pie and absurd. There is miserly Grand
Duke Rudolph, whose subjects in the mid
die of the eighteenth century. are addicted
to duello. They are killing each other SO
fast that the duke fears that he soon will
have none left. He invents the statutory
duel.'
The antagonists cut pack of cards in
stead of each other. and the loser is sup
posed to be dead, or "dead by statute"
The loser, in fact. dies, as Mr.. Gilbert ex.
plains, IN the only pun in the piece, "of
cardiac affection" The winner succeeds
to the position and responsibilities of the
loser.
There comes to the dukes domain a
party of wandering players. The manager
of the troupe and the grand duke fall out.
A statutory duel is arranged. and the duke
cuts court card. The manager draws an
ace. The impressario accordingly ascends
the throne and finds himself heir, among
other things to two claimants for his hand
in marriage. 1t is discovered, after suffi.
cient complications, that in the statutory
duel the ace counts only as the lowest card
in the pack. so the manager is deposed
and everybody gets married, of course.
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Anton Schott and Arthur Fickenscher
gave a farewell concert at the Simpson
tabernacle last night. The musical public
are indebted to these gentlemen for series
of very interesting concerts. There is a
possibility of Schott singing with Madame
Materna in San Francisco.
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Monsieur and Madame Rubo gave a
pupils recital yesterday afternoon at 24O4
South Seventh street. An interesting pro-
gram was rendered by Misses Marie Ham,
mes, Oulla Donnell, Anna Brand, Blanche
Donnell, Alice Strong, Dora Hovel, Harriet
Knox, Lilly Scanlon, Edith Barnes and
Katherine Scudder. Madame Josepha Tol.
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