The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-19
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS
INTERESTING NEWS FROM MASTER
THADDEUS RICH IN BERLIN.
Local Musical Announcements for
This Weeek-The Banda Rosa
Date at English's.

Master Thaddeus Rich, of this city, is
studying under Hilf at the Lepsc Con-
servatory. His instructor told Mr.. Rich, the
lads father, that in three years there would
be nothing that Master Thad would not
know about violin plAyin The family is
enjoying the best OF music in Leipsic, and
Mr.. Rich wrote HON, of some of the prices
paid to hear grand opera. They went one
evening to hear a Wagnerian performance,
and had good seats for II cents. For an
other performance they paid So cents. The
place they occupied at the first opera was
the second gallery, a favorite place for stu
dents and a good place to hear In the con-
servatory the pupils are required to give I'M
divided attention to work in all branches of
music and the vacations are but three dur
ing the year, and short at that. One of
the privileges of the $50 annual tuition fee
is that the students are given seats for the
grand opera once week. The privileges
to hear good music are many.
Mrs. Kate NJ. Collins will give her first
soiree musicale Thursday at the home of
her sister, Mrs. S. Null. The pupils will
appear in the following programme:
Sonata-D Major duet. Mozart
Miss Anita Null
Silently Blending" alto solo. Mozart
Miss Josephine Smith.
Polonaise-C Sharp Minor. ......... Chopin
Miss Eugenia Wunsch.
a. Happy Birds ........................ Holtz
b. "Florians Song GODDARD
Miss Maud Smith.
OlOHuSCn6lnIdNFC OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. BeQQel
Miss Mile Deventer.
20 Happy Day. .........................G oetz
Mr. James ODonnell.
Der Linden Baum. ................. Schubert
..e,,. j, Miss Helen Krag.
Mr., Roland Evans Evans 800 - 0'e
b. Invention No. Bach
. ' ' Miss Anita Muhi. -'''0"
Tuscan Duets. Miss Wocher and Miss Smith
Mrs: R. Evans Evans and md Mr.. o'Donneii.
Rhapsodie, No. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. List
Mrs. Eugene Granting.
Mr. James o'Donneli
Miss Helen Krag.
Miss Eugenia Wunsch.
IL Etc." soprano solo. -, 80. .Chaminade
Miss Elsa Wocher.
"GavOtte C'MignOn'D ................ Thomas
Miss Josephine Smith.
"Flaxen Haired Lassie, vocal solo. Koschat
Misses Wocher, Krag and Smith
The Amphion Club a male singing So
ciety recently organized, contemplate CIV
Ing three concerts during the ensuing year.
rector. Mr.. oliver Willard Pierce, have been
progressing for some time, and as the club
numbers among it's active members some
of the best singers IN the city, perfection
is being attained which according to one
of the members, will ''astOnish the natives
An associate membership plan has been
adopted by the club and personal canvass
is being made for members Associate men,
bers will be entitled to two tickets to each
concert and admission with ladies to the
social occasions the club has in view In
addition to Mr. Pierce the executive depart
ment is composed of President George L.
Raschig, Vice President S. Morris Meek,
n nv al re GlIr ar
William Fl. Daggett and Librarian Richard
L. Talbot, jr; The following are the active
gett, W. NJ. .Aydelotte, Karl H. Hoenig, F.
a. Maffey. S. Morris Meek. o. A. Kelly;
second tenors, Hugh McGibeny, ]. A.
paugherty, f.: r. V; Fletcher stci r Z, M Tai Tai
bassos, ]. Fremont Frey, Charles G. Lob
man. r. L Ta Talbot. ir;, A. A. E. Buchanan,
n.y. H. d. Newton: second bassos, Louis ].
Dochez. H. w. Ballard L f. Steele, j. +.
Wainwright. O. w. Isensee, P. E. Teichert,
Frank N. Daniel.
Included in the membership of the famous
Banda Rosa, which Will appear here
Thursday, Dec. 80, at Englishs Opera
House. there are at least half dozen solo
performers of unique excellence. The first
trumpet, first cornet-a-piston, first clari-
net first trombone, all have won the praises
of the German critics. Special numbers are
given to Signor Colanero. because of his
phenomenal skill on the bombardino, a
brass instrument of the bass bugle class,
while the principal cornetist and trumpet
player, Signor Amadeo Botega, was singled
out by the New York writers as being one
of the greatest players ever heard. The
first clarinet and trombone also have made
individual hits. The solo violinist is Car
lotto Stubenrauch, of Berlin, an artist OF
only thirteen years. pupil of Court Concert
Master Max Gutenberg. To the critic of the
Rerliner Neueste Nachrchten, last year,
she appeared as an enigma. How can
purity of her octaves and double stopping
explain the expression with which this child
plays? What persons of ordinary talent
achieve only witk ripened age. this of the
tWelve-year-old girl has been endowed with
really eminent mt S cal gifts, and is called to
be one of the first artists of the world"
The Paris opera is preparing to add one
of the finest chef d'oeuvres Of the French
school to its repertory. 1t is Joseph by
Mehul, created ninety years ago at the
Opera Comique, thus initiating what it has
already done by another work of this mas
ter. his Incompatible "Stratonice." played
for the first time at the same theater.
"Stratonice" was played for the first time
ut the Theater Favart May 8. 1892. Twenty
nine years afterward it was moved to the
opera, the dialogues were replaced by fine
recitativeS. which were written by DauS-
soigne-Mehul, nephew and adopted son of
he composer. 1t now remains to be done
for Joseph what was formerly done for
'Stratonice. and this grand work is
vorthy of it, 1t is described as an admir-
able drama with an inspiration so high,
lyle so noble and so severe. a musical
language 50 vigorous and so pure, and Of