El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-10

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their differences. he returned it I'm
opened.
| In the meantime Madame did not sal
for England. and Damrosch got in hi
DIRK which has been concluded by hi
signing her for four weeks of German
opera beginning last Monday nigh
with the die Walkure, and coDtinul n
tonight with the Flying Dutchman. A
Damrosh has put the prices of admis
sion from one to four dollars, there is 6
fair show of his getting good houses
although prices should not rule ovel
81.
NOrdica can now laugh at both Der.
eszke and Grau, and when through
with her four weeks engagement with
Damrosch, a brilliant concert tour
awaits her.
Frank Dandurand, who spends the
days delivering ice from a wagon, has
just completed his last violin. says the
Chicago Journal. In the daytime he
works like any other ordinary man on
knickerbocker Ice company wagon,
but when evening comes he goes to his
rooms on the top floor OF the company
barns, APO Twenty-second street. There
he spends his time working away on
his new instrument, or cOaxing music
from the strings of one he has already
completed. He is welded to his violins.
They fill his mind and heart, but not
his pocket. He confides to them the
secrets of bis modest nature-and the
walls Of the stable loft hear them in
strains of music. This man, who, if his
early environment, had been different,
might have had name, is toiling
away on salary of s45 a month. He
is today past 40 years of age, and physi-
cal disability is coming upon him, and
his opportunities for fame and wealth
have passed.
The French opera company who has
been doing SO well in New Orleans,
passed through the city on Sunday last
o. leans to San Francisco where the
company begin this week an extended
season of ope-a.
The guaranty found for San Francis
co is $4,000. twenty wealthy men,
among them Henry ]. Crocker, having
People have already en-
gagged four and five seats for every
change of bill. The seats of the Cali
fOrnia will be 49, 81 and 81, the boxes
will begin between 10 and 18th of March.
Twenty operas will be given and not
one repeated.
The company Of 135 people includes
ballet and also a chorus. 1t is the
largest company ever in the coast
the National Opera Company number
ing only eighty-five people. Light
and heavy operas will alternate, and
every opera will be sung in French.
The last general rehearsal of the Nc
dInty band was hummer, and the in
PRODUCTION Of the Triple Chime in the
The band will play the overture to Sc
niramide, selections from the Bohe-
nlan Girl and a Village in the OIden
lime at the opera house entertainment
o be given about the first of the month.
The remainder of the program will be
7aried and of the most. entertaining
character. The band pictures were
success, and are the best work of the
1iDd ever done here. Many are being
bought by friends of the band both to
leep and to send away.
The boys in times past have had
much trouble in getting music that had
I'll the parts wanted, but now the New
I ork pu blishers are printing the parts |
hat have been so much desired and the |
outlook is better.
A Vienna writer says truly enough |
hat piano player possessing the gift |
i interpreting work aesthically will |
ave invariably the undivided atten-
ion OF the better part of his audience,
'hlle practically deaf ear will be
urned to the one not having this re-
uirement.
Sousa is travelling east from Portland.
oregon, through Montana, the Dako-
abs, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Indiana
nd M ,chigan.
The oldest chorister in the world has
nst been discovered near Burton-ou-
rent. His name is John Siddons, and
e Is approaching his ninetieth birth
ay. He Joined the parish choir in
Sl4, and still leads the singing every
u1day and at the week day services.
Or year over half a century, having
lcceeded his father, who held the
anne office for forty years. Since he
)ined the choir, three of his brothers,
our of his sons and five of his grand
pms have passed through it. His
ldest boy has been organist of the
hurch for forty years, and his eldest
was recently ordained
n Episcopal minister.
Sousa is at work at odd moments on
u. |,
harles Kline is writing the libretto.
De Wolf Hopper will open a season
opera in San Francisco in May, and
i'll pass through Ell Paso en- route to
De Pacific coast.
The Lillian Russell company was to
ave closed its season in Philadelphia,
Iarch u. But the loss of Miss Russell's
Dice has closed the season as far as she
concerned, already.
The first piano to be taken up into
lie Granada country, was shipped up
ON this city recently by we'll known
zeal firm for Professor Smith, the or
anist of St. Clements church, who has
ranch there. ;
Mrs. E. G. Williams of the Royal
cademy Of Munich and Miss Adelia
chutz of the Stern conservatory of ;
erlin, now both residents of this city,
ill open conservatory of music the
u>t Of | .