The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-05

large number of music lovers in this
country to know that Alvin Schroeder,
the first 'celliSt of the Boston SYM
phony orchestra, and the 'cellist Of the
kneiSel quartette, has finally declined
a most tempting offer from the Berlin
opera, and that he has thus definitely
decided to cast his lot in future with
America. Mr.. Schroeder was asked to
become the first 'cellist of the orches-
ira of the Berlin opera-one of the
most honorable positions the world of
music has to offer a performer upon
his instrument, and one that carries,
besides honor, permanence and a pen
sion for life after his active work shall
have ended. Against these things Mr..
Schroeder placed his position in the
Boston orchestra, and, above ALL in the
quartette which he has helped to bring
to so high a degree of excellence and
to a fame worthy of it's surprising
merit. His friends and admirers of the
orchestra and of the quartette will re-
joice, and will believe he has made
wise decision.
A paraphrase of Aeschylus' Prone
theus Bound" made by Mr.. George
Parsons Lathrop, with incidental music
by Edgar Stillman Kelley, will be pre-
scented ait the Empire theater. New
York, on April -.
Christ church choir is at present re-
hearsing Haydn's Creation" While
the choir will form the nucleus of the
musical organization, about forty of
the city's best singers will assist in
the production of the masterpiece.
Messrs De Lorme and Colville will be
among those prominent in individual
work.
o1; Mt ftl1a rte will
give a concert in Cambridge hall Mon
day under the auspices of Christ
church choir.
The next meeting of the Schubert
club will be held Wednesday after
noon at $50 o'clock in Cambridge hall,
Ryan annex The first division has
prepared an interesting programme for
| the occasion.
"a Singers Heart" by Anna Far
quhar, is a little volume of a hundred
and fifty pages, wherein the undertOne
of longing and disappointment, which
is so often the accompaniment of pre-
dominant gaiety and apparent content
in a great singer, is the theme devel-
oped. The story of a girl with a nat
/ urally beautiful voice, a variable dis
position, but a kindly heart, is in
trinsically attractive, for 1.-The world
loves lover, the college boy and the
singer" Two features of the story de-
serves special mention, one which is
of the universal interest, and the other
Of particular interest to the singers
EleanOra Dean, the main character, is
refreshingly free from the tendency so
marked in a large class of girls to
force the mind into a dollhouse ma
turity by undue introspection. That
feature which will especially touch
the singers sympathy is the keen
| sorrow, the grief, as over lost child,
that came to EIeanora at the temper
airy loss of her voice.
A concert will be given for the bene-
fit of the House of the Good Shepherd
| Friday evening, Dec II. 1t will prob
ably be given at the Metropolitan opera
house, and will enlist some of the lead
| ing talent of the city. Miss Katherine
| Richards Gordon will sing.
Miss Ella G. Richards will give a pu-
| pills recital at Dyer hall one week from
next Friday night.
The fourth concert of the Musical
club will be given Jan. 2S with William
H. Sherwood, Of Chicago, pianist. Mr.
Sherwood has not been heard here for
time he has grown much broader.
The recital of the Piano club will be
postponed until one week from Monday
night.
Clarence w Bowen, the basso, will
give a pupils concert at the Park
Congregational church Tuesday even
ing. Dec. l. Among the assisting art
lists are Claude Madden ViOlinist. Mr.
Eichenlaub, the blind tenor, and Rob
ert ]. Prescall, the popular young i'm
personator, of Minneapolis
Arrangements have practically been
completed for the testimonial enter
tainment to be given for the benefit of
the House of the Good Shepherd. The
date has not been positively fixed, but
it will be some time during the week
before Christmas. More than six hun
dred representative business men have
consented to act as patrons. The ex-