Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-21
THE PAST WEEK IN
WHEELING MUSICAL CIRCLES.
LOCAL MUSICAL NEWS.


week full of music has just passed.
and one containing, for all interested,
things above the usual A new impetus
was given mandolin music admirers after
the performance of the Ariel Mandolin
and Guitar Club at Milligan. Wilkin &
Co.'S music room last Thursday and for
the sake of admirers and all who may
consider it not legitimate music, it may
be wei to state that Seidl, the greatest of
all orchestra leaders. has found in the
mandolin a new tone color, and added it
to the ensemble.
The Woman's Club matinee last Friday
was eminently successful, artisticaly
and educationally. The paper read by
Mrs. c. P. Flick is published in full to-
day. and it is regretted that the excellent
interpretations given of the writings of the
subjects of that paper, Handel and Bach,
were not heard by more of our music
loving people What the city has lacked
is musical atmosphere, and the Woman's
Club matinees, the Philharmonic concerts
and the Opera House orchestra concerts in
their semi-monthly performances, can es-
tablish this, by a large subscribers list
to each, and uniting of these for the
real purpose of making art the attrac-
ton, not the artistic, as it seems to-day.
The Opera House orchestra gives the
first of its winter series of enjoyable
concerts at Arion Hall tonight, and an
appreciative audience is assured.
The only concert booked for the week
was that of the Philharmonic Quartet
Thursday evening, but it has been called
off until Tuesday, December I. The man.
agement did a very sensible thing, consid-
ering the immense attraction at the Opera
House that same evening. Subscribers
having received programmes and tickets
are herewith notified
The above being the case musical Wheel
ing will be unusually quiet until Monday
evening, November g. for which date is
set the St. Matthew's church concert at
Mlligan, Wilkin & Co.'S music rooms.
Wheeling's younger talent will make up
the musical evening, assisted by Mrs.
Ricci, recently returned to the city, and
Miss Anne Jones. OF GAINESVILLE. niece of
Mrs. Gibson Lamb, OF this city. That the
affair is an assured success, the name,
Ladies' of st. Matthews church, implies
This Monday night musicale will be fol-
lowed Friday night of the same week, by
what promises and no doubt will be- the
musical event CT the season, Lillian Blau-
welt. under the auspices of the Woman $
Club, at Wheeling Opera House Deem
Der g.
Madame Blauvelt sings in Cincinnati on
the evening of December ?, with the Or
pheus Club. which stands to-day very
near the front rank of American choruses.
Her coming to Cincinnati is heralded in
the Commercial Tribune in the following
words:
The principal soloist for the first Con-
cert. to he given December 3 will be Nine
Lillian Blauvelt. Nine. Blauvelt is more
cordially welcomed upon each reappear-
ance in Cncinnati!
"A very beautiful. attractive woman
sngularly and charmngly free from affec-
taticn, but very graceful and agreeable
withai. she possesses voice of fine range
perfectly even throughout. rich resonant
and sympa hetic; she uses it with remark
able skill having great intelligence in
phrasing and beauty and accuracy of in
lOHdloti MINE. biauNe!l VIII sing several
solo numbers. and an ensemble number
with the club. from 'Etole del Nord,'
Meyerbeer.''
On the 29th of November. at Millgan.
Wiikin & Co.'S music store a ballad con-
cert will be given under the auspices Of
the ladies of ST. Matthews p e. church.
The affair promises 10 be a great success.
Such attractions as Miss Jones of Zanes-
vile, a niece of the late Benjamin Daven-
port. of this city. Misses Mamie D. Grub.
Sue Caldwell Cornelia Stifel. Mrs Ricci
and Mr.. Zuauf will participate. Mrs.
Ricci has consented to play on the mando-
lin. She will be assisted. on the piano
by Miss Hammond, Of Steubenville. ID"
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