The herald., 1896-12-27
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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In the past year there has been trouble
brewing In that we'll known musical Or
ganization, the Treble Clef club, which
finally eliminated at the meetings held
in the last week or two. The difficulty
arose when, in connection with the
womans orchestra, the club gave the
Messiah a year ago, which, owing to
heavy rains, was financial failure to
both organizations, and the members
were obliged to make UP the deficit out
Of their pockets. The majority of the
club, who are standing staunchly to-
gether, claim that the minority tran
scended their authority and mismaneged
the arrangements in high handed and
unwarranted manner. The minority
claim that owing to. an amendment to
the constitution they were justified in
their actions. This the majority deny,
and the minority, having the secretarys S
book containing the constitution and
bylaws in their possession, rob the 9TH
ers of positive proof that they are right
though most of the members are positive
on this point. The minority. it is said,
have sent out invitations for members
to form a new club. and meet for re-
hearsals of the Messiah in a separate
room. The majority are clinging to-
gether, convinced that they have right
and justice on their side, will retain their
name, get new leader and take a resh
lease of life. At present it looks as if
there will after all be no performance
of the Messiah. and another most re-
srettable chapter in the musical history
of Los Angeles will have to be recorded
Some important changes have. either
ny~a n rn a hnI TO h III t,,f f1,sa
ter orchestras of this city, an announce
ment that will be hailed with satisfac-
tion by the theater going public in gen.
eral and by musical people in particular
The Orpheum's orchestra under Prof
Dion Romandy has for some time been
pre-eminent as worthy of a first-class
house of amusement, but the others.
WELL the less said the better.
Arnold Krauss, the talented young vio-
linist, has been appointed leader and di-
rector of the Burbank orchestra, and
Manager Pearson is to be congratulated
on hR selection.
Another important appointment will
be announced probably within a few
days
There will be special music at the
Simpson tabernacle this evening, it being
the Sunday observed for Christmas The
music at the evening service will con-
sist OF quartette, Evening Shadows,
Romberg; quartette, Glory in the High
est, by Fillmore, with soprano obligato
by Miss Tinker, and the first part of
the oratorio. Christ the Lord, by Will
liams. The same choir will give an ora
torio concert on the 9th of January, pro-
ducing Saint Saens' Christmas, under the
dictatorship of c. S. Cornell.
The next great pianist who is to visit
California is Moriz Rosenthal, an Aus
trian. He gave a series of concerts in
the east eight seasons ago, and the MEM
ory Of them still survives, but the eight
years have so improved his playing from
the technical point of view and so de-
veloped his intellectual quality that he
is considered by eminent critics to be
Paderewski's superior, though his per-
sonaity will never create such an hys-
terical furore as did the Polish pianists
He began his present tour on Novem-
ber 10th, but Illness interrupted it, and
therefore he has not been prominent
figure in the public eye. But he is we'll
again now and will be in San Francisco
before many weeks.
1t is to be hoped he may visit Los An