The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-14

Powers's matinee. has been extremely busy.
Last Saturday in New York she sang at
Mrs Frederick Thompson's on Madison
She will sing i'm the Francis Fischer Pow
ers lenten musicales with the Trio Club
at Mrs Dimmock's the 10Th H.. in Pittsburg
dianapolis May festival with the ST: Louis
Musical Society soon and also in Toledo
q. She sang at Mrs. George BliSSS resi-
the Sd.
Mr. Arthur Beresford is engaged to sing
the title part in Max Bruch's 'Arminius"
at the Burlington, VT. musical festival in
May and also for the Hampden county
festival in Springfield, Mass, the same
month.
After repose of thirteen years, Verds
Don Carlos has been revived in Italy.
Since the first appearance of the work
Verdi has proposed many changes. One
was TO strike out all the first act, which
corresponds to nothing in Schillers drama,
but he abandoned this idea, and the per
Torrance announced at La Scala was TO be
i'm five acts, with numerous cuts In eacn
act. Verdi hopes that the opera In TINS maj
form will be successful in Germany-Musi-
cal Courier.
Soldiers of all nations sing when on the
march, their vocal efforts Willing away the
time, and causing them to forget their
fatigue In our own army the repertory,
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variety stage liz Germany better music is
sought for and the German Emperor has
just ordered a competition with hand
some prize for the best setting of the Ger
man lines entitled 1.-The Good Soldier. y
The new chorus will be in general use in
the German army on the centenary OF
the birth of William /.
1t is said here that when American musi-
cal students change their residence in Ber-
lin. the first two questions they ask their
prospective landlady are these: DO you
collect rent in advance? rs there a
pawnbroker shop in the neighborhood! "A
negative answer to the first and an afiirma-
| tive answer to the second question insure
| the landlady contented and permanent
boarder.
1t is proposed d hold another Handel
| festival at Mayence. 1t will take place
next year, and the works chosen for per-
| Torrance are said to be Esther" "Acis
and Galatea." and "Alexander's Feast; y
These meetings afford almost the only
chance of hearing Handles works per-
| formed as nearly as possible according 10
| his intention.
AS indicating the advance of English
music in Germany, it may be stated that
a quintet for wind instruments. composed
| by Mr. Algernon Ashton. has recently been
performed in Cologne with success. The ln-
| struments in the score are flute, oboe.
clarionet, horn and bassoon.
Anton Bruckner bequeathed his auto
graph scores to the Imperial Library of
| Vienna. They include his eight symphonies
and three movements of ninth, string
quartet, the Mass in ID minor. the 150th
| Psalm, male chorus. "Heloland, and the
| TIE Deum.
| Masscagni has sold the right of bringing
out his latest opera, Iris" japanese
| fairy story with text by Luigi Illica, To
| the London Opera for AZ 900 marks, or over
! $40 600.
| Hans Richter will be a conductor at the
| musical festival at Stuttgart this summer.
| The festival will last three days. and the
| chief piece will he HandefS Messiah.
| Capellmeister Obrist will conduct a SYM
| phony concert.
| There should be plenty of music in Buda-
| Pesth if ii be true. it is claimed to be,
that the city contains 10 gypsy bands, num-
| bering 997 performers. thirty-two wind
1 bands and twenty-one orcheStras IN which
| the players are women. The grand total
| is given as two thousand musicians in a
| population of half a million
| Lady composers are growing more and
| more numerous. The last to be heard
| from is a Belgian her name is Nine Dc
| Grandval and she recently wrote the
| music to opera entitled "MaZeppa. The
| opera has been produced at the Royal Thea.
| ter of Antw erp with brilliant success.
| An exhibition of painting and sculpture is
| being organized by Sarah Bernhardt and
| Bouvet. of the Opera Comique. The works
| displayed are the productions of persons
| connected with the theater