The herald., 1896-04-13

to their work on the part of the choirs.
A feature of the musical services at
st. Johns Episcopal church was the
display of home talent. The services
which the choirmaster and organist.
Mr.. Frederick Stevenson. had composed
especially for the occasion are OF a very
bright and attractive character They
Will be repeated at today'S services. a
composition of Signor Dion Romandys
was also produced at st. Nincents
church
At s p. m. tonight at the Los An
geles theater Miss Anna Fuller Will
give an evening of music. assisted by
several well known musicians OF TINS
city. Those of our people who heard
Miss Fuller sing here few years ago
will be glad to have this opportunity
to hear her again after her studies un-
der some of the best masters OF the
vocal art in Europe. They then recog-
nized that she had a magnificent voice
of the purest quality and of great
power. and they saw that she evinced
the instincts OF d true artist. during
the last six years she has devoted her
self with the enlightened zeal of gen
uine lover of music to the highest de-
velopment of her voice She has re-
ceived the assistance of the best mas
ters of Europe Last summer and fall
Miss Fuller sang in series of grand
to immense audiences, in connection
with an orchestra of seyenty-five mu
sicians in which works of the great
masters were worthly Interpreted.
Concerning her debut in London the
Ladys Pictorial says the following:
"On the first ella ssical night of the sea-
son Miss Anna Fuller made successful
debut She is another recruit of the
already large army of American singers
we have with us. She has sympathetic
soprano rather inclined to mezzo-so-
prano in quality-and uses it with dis
cretion. She ambitiousIy chose the
Greeting from Tannhaeuser for her first
song and was rewarded with four re-
calls and an encore.
From the Musical Courier Miss Full
Ter received very tiatterinS notice,
which is here given:
Miss Anna Fuller who made such a
fine impression a her debut recently at
Queens hall promenade concerts with
E,liZabeth'S Greeting. also gave on this
occasion one of the finest renderings of
this aria it has been Our privilege to
hear"
Since returning to America Miss Full
ler has received many complimentary
notices from the New York and Phla-
delpha press and comes to Los Anse-
les, her old home. crowned with laurel
wreaths of victory Miss Fuller is an
ardent student OF Wagner and other
y
she sings a simple ballad or a planta-
ton melody With wondrous pathos and
power on this evening Miss Full
Ter will be assisted by Ludwig Opid,
'celloist who will be accompanied by
Professor Stamm, Mr.. j. Bond Francis
co, accompanied by Miss Rogers. the
Krauss quartet and Miss Maud Ayers.
The demand for seats has been great
and a splendid house is assured this
popular singer.
The complimentary concert given last
Thursday evening at the Blanchard-
Fitzgerald hall to the promising young
violinist, Richard J. Ferrer, was in ev-
cry way an artistic and successful event.
Mr.. Ferrer leaves many friends and adj
nirers in Los Angeles, and will shortly
resume his studies with the great
teacher and virtuoso, Ysaye. A charm
ing feature of the concert was the gui-
tar playing by Mrs Adele Wightman
who by the way, is a sister of Mr.Fer-
rer Mrs. Joseph Tolhurst was in eX-
cellent voice and delighted her audi
ence with her selections.
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The present indications are that the
music at La Fiesta will form one of the
most attractive features of the celc-
bration. Mr.. Modini Wood has his
large chorus already well in hand in
the work that has been mapped out.
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The piano pupils recital season Is
about over. A very interesting concert
was given by the pupils of Mrs. Emily
J. Valentine of the Los Angeles Con-
servatory of Music on Friday night.
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The April number of the new musical
monthly. the Looker-On, has among
other things, articles on The Scarlet
Letter. Shakespeare's Dramatic Con-
struction, The Place of Music in Educa-
ton. Grieg and His Wife with por-
traits, discussion of the place of ro-
mantle love in art, fiction, and life by
DR.. Van Dyck, Expression in Voice and
Action, Joseffy and Brahms, etc.
After a long silence, explained proba-
bly, by his numerous failures, Charles
Lecocq has come forward once more ir
Paris with new operetta, Ninette, but
it's libretO is so simple and uninterestinG
that it's chances of life are considered
very slender.
The London Times, while praising the
music of Gilbert and Sulivan's new op-
eretta, The Grand Duke, has the follow
ing to say about the libretto:
The Grand Duke is not by any means
another Mikado, and, though it is fal
from being the least attractive of the
series, signs are not wanting that the
rich vein which the collaborators and
their various followers have worked
for so many years is at last dangerously
near exhaustion. This time the librettC
is very conspicuously inferior to the
music. There are still number of ex-
cellent songs.
Philip Hale, the well-known musical
critic Of Boston says: Il know an or
ganist here who was asked by the cler-
gyman to furnish an anthem suitable
for a baptism. The organist pondered
the subject and then said, with an i'm
passive face, Don't you think Stainer's
What Are These Which Are Arrayed
in White Robes? would be appropriate? :?
Was this the same organist who at a
wedding ceremony insisted on the per-
formance of the old trio Protect Us
Through the Coming Night?"
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Here is a specimen of criticism from
Berlin: 1.-THE lady, who has one OF
those hypertrophcally fat pate de fois
gras, cod liver oil and entirely indiges-
tible vocal organs. ought not to have
sung at all on this occasion. She was
suffering from hoarseness." The crit
ic must have had a very bad dinner.
The American prima donna , Miss
Pauline Toran, has just finished a bril-
liant season as Carmen and Media at
Pesara, Italy, the present home of
Mascagni. from whom she won the fol-
lowing exquisite encomium
You have played divinely, you have