The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-21
MUSICAL NOTES.

The Elm Park quartette will sing on
Sunday after a months vacation. n
Mr.. e. e. Southworth, the well known
pianist and musical director, visited his
old home in Susquehanna county this
week to attend a family reunion. ..,
Miss Katharine nmberman, of the
Scranton Conservatory of Music returned
Tuesday from a sojourn at Lake Winola.
She leaves today for Mount Pocono to re-
main until September.
Miss Cordelia Freeman, whose musical
ability is so well recognized in this city.
has arranged to-be at Mr.. Southworth's
studio on Wednesday of each week for
the convenience of her vocal pupils.
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Miss Stella Seymour, whose long so
journ In Germany is concluded and who
will be in Scranton very soon, will not re-
main here for an extended time as her
many friends as well as the members of
the musical circles had hoped. She will
make but brief visit and at its conclus-
ion will go to South Africa to remain with
her brother for some time, after which
she will reside permanently with him in
London. Much regret is expressed at this
decision of this cultured musician who
would have been again, as she has been in
the past, valued acquisition to our city.
The following is a list of the teachers
already engaged for rext years work in
the Scranton Conservatory of Music,
by the director, Professor j. Alfred PEN
nington: Giuseppe Aliberti, Italian lam
guage; Robert ]. Bauer, band instru-
ments; Theodore Bauschman, flute; Lew
is X. Brown. musical dictation and sight
singing; Miss s. Louise Hardenbergh,
pianoforte; Theodore Hemberger violin,
viola, viooncello, harmony and counter
point; Edouard Lamaze, French language;
j. Alfred Pennington, pianoforte, organ
and musical theory; Rev. j. w. Randolph,
German language; Miss Katharine Tim
herman, voice culture and singing; Miss
Helen M. Wortkington, drawing and paint
ing. The Conservatory now occupies the
entire third floor of the Carter building.
Sousa, the music king, is a great ad-
mirer of Wagner This fact gives point
to story which he tells relating to a.
visit that he made to Beyreuth for the
express purpose of attending a Wagner
festival. When he reached Beyreuth he
found that 1t was impossible to buy d
ticket. The sequel, showing how he
| listened at the rate of a dollar a minute,
Mr. Sousa thus relates: "There / was, an
| American musician to whom Wagner
performance at Beyreuth had been long
contemplated treat, obliged to sit outside
the theater after travelling so many miles
| to be present. After the first act my
American friends all came out to tell me
| how great the performance was. They
mean well, no doubt, but could not ap-
| preciate their kindness and refused to be
comforted. AmC ng those present was a
German-American from somewhere out
west, who, seeing my really great disap-
pointment, finally offered me the tempo
| rary loan of his ticket on the condition
| that should remain only for one number.
| l accepted with thanks, of course, for
| crumb of Wagner at Beyreuth is better
| than on Wagner bread at all. Just as
| the heralds appeared before the second
| act my new found good angel apparently
repented his rashness in trusting his
| precious ticket to a stranger, and in or
| der to sustain no financial loss through
| any possible neglect on my part to re-
| turn, he hurriedly said: That will cost
you five dollars. Mr.. Sousa.' Without q
| man currency and FASTENED to my seat.
| took several good looks around the the
| atre, listened to one number of 'Tann-
| hauser and then, summoning an usher,
pretended to be suddenly i'll and left the
| relieved when l came back to him and
returned his ticket. A glance at my
watch showed that had spent five min
utes in the Beyreuth theater, and one
| dollar a minute even for Wagner Is a
pretty good price to pay for opera. My
| German-American good Samaritan re-
| ceived from me the exact price OF his
| ticket, and as he heard all Of Tam
| hauser' with the exception of one num-
| ber his philanthropy was not unprofit-
| able"