The herald., 1897-08-22
Beethoven's sonata, "Pathetique." ant
Weber's "Moto Continue"


Beethoven's sonata. "Pathetique." and
Weber's "Moto Continue"
| Mr.. p. A. Schneider, orsanist Of the
West Presbyterian church, 235 East Fiji
ty-second street, New York, 10 looked
upon as one Of the best classical writers
Of sacred music among American COM
posers.
Mrs. Emma Juch has been engaged to
sing the soprano role in the oratorio
The Resurrection" composed by Mr..
Eugene Sibley Wheeler, at the Tennes-
see exposition on the 2Sth and 2Sth of
September.
A man saved the lives Of the tenants
of Brooklyn fat-house by playing the
cornet. There were some obstinate ones
who preferred the flames to the music,
but the firemen did their duty. After
all the cornet is an awful death.
More and more encouraging are the
reports about Lillian Nordica's health.
In a recent letter to friends in New York
city she states that she is improving in
health daily. and expects very shortly to
leave London for the baths at Kreuz-
| mach.
| The operatic novelties to be produced
at Hamburg next season are Bungert's
| "Odysseus," Weingartner's "Genesius, 81
Bizet's Fair Maid of PERTH" Leonca-
vallo's LA Boheme." Godard's Vivian
diere," and Humperdinck's "Konigs-
kinder"
| 1t is probable that La Scala, Milan, the
most famous operahouse in Italy, will
be closed for some time. The first per-
formance given therein took place De-
cember 26. 177S. Temporary suspension
Of the usual subsidy is the cause of the
''cloture."
At Stockholm recently a Scandinavian
music festival was held, at which a
chorus of 700 and an orchestra of $50 per-
formed works by Norman, Ole Olsen,
Wenneiberg, Grieg, Gade, Hartmann,
Svendsen and Sodermann. Grieg and
Svendsen were the conductors
Frau Materna has sold her house in
Vienna and bought an elegant villa near
Graz. She has decided never to appear
on the concert stage again, 80 as not to
mar the impressions heretofore made,
but she will, like Lucca, Brandt, and
other retired prima donnas, give lessons
to advanced pupils. She learned much
from Wagner himself which ought to
be handed down to other singers. A
niece of Frau Materna, bearing the
same name, appears as Fricka at Bay
reuth this summer.
Herbert and his Twerty-second Regi-
ment band date Gilmore's famous ba nd
left New York July 81 for Nashville,
where they are to play two daily con-
| certs at the Tennessee centennial, Aug
ust to September 7. From Septem ber
to October 23, Victor Herbert will also
direct his band in daily concerts at the
ST. Louis exposition the entire term The
band will go on tour afterward until
the last of November, remain in New
York until some time after the holidays
ard then go on long tour.
Mr.. Seidl returned from Bayreuth
yesterday, where he had three full re-
hearsalS of "Parsifal" He is highly
pleased with the successful results he
obtained in securing fine performances
at these rehearsals Altogether he had
very good time of it there. He con-
ducts the first performance of "Parsifai"
on the 10Th, returning to London on the
21st, where he will remain until the 9th
returning to Bayreuth to conduct the
last five performances Herr Mottl will
conduct the second and third during the
week he will be in London, when 1t is ar
ranged he shall conduct performance
of "Siegfried," "Lohengrin" and Iris
tan" Negotiations are pending for him
to conduct two orchestral concexta here
in October under the auspices Of Robert
Newman, though that is not yet settled
Floersheim's Berlin Letter to the Music
al Courier.
1.-The parishioners of st. Mary's Cath
olic church, Forty-Sixth street. Law
renceville, who attended vespers on
Sunday evening had a special musical
treat i'm store for them. AS the orgar
ist took her seat at the organ and began
to play one of the vesperal psalms,
strange quartet responded, not in the
solemn strains of the Gregorian chant,
but New, NEW, new The whole choir
was dumbfounded. There were no feline
musicians in sight still the mewing
kept time to the strains of the organ. Ir
few minutes a large cat crawled out
from beneath the pedals of the organ.
much to the dismay of the organist, ae
she had her feet on the, pedals at the
time, and the glaring fire in the eyes of
the ferocious feline mother in way eX-
planned who the new musicians were.
Deep in the bowels of the organ were
found four little kittens about two hours
old They could not have beer any Older,
as they were surely not there while hiSl
mass was eung and played In the morn
ing. The mother was allowed to return
to her young, who were not disturbed,
as they were comfortably Quartered in
the new s45OO organ "-Pittsburg Dis
patch.