El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-14
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A Russian Choral society has beer
organ zed in New York.
Nine. Won Doenhoff and Ella Russell
are to sing together.
The Houston quartet club and the
Apollo club have consolidated forces,
and will be styied the Houston Glee
club.
Horace G. Bird, noted Chicago
musician is dead at 81. AS mu zeal
society organizer; organist and teacher
he was pre-eminent:
Organist August Wiegand, of the
greatest organ in the world. that In the
Sidney, N. S w town hall, has re-
signed and will probably return to
England A cut of this mighty instru-
ment and a further description OF 1t
will appear in next Wednesdays music
columns.
The departure of w. w. Rose Tor
| the City If Mexico where he will con-
tifue in his present line OF business
| will be loss to the cause OF music IN
this city. B tn Mr.. Rose and his wife
have of en- given great pleasure TO Fl
Paso with their vocal efforts, and they
will be much missed.
w. H. Hamilton, the leader OF the
Unity church choir at Los Angeles, is
de- d of PARALYSIS, aged 55. At one
time Mr. H smilton was considered to
possess the finest bass voice in the
county He was leading man in many |
com parties His last engagement as an |
opera singer was with the Carleton |
company.
Conservatory rector-''So you wish
your daughter to become pupil in this
insttution?''
Proud mother-"Yis sorr.''
G. DIS the title one musicale"
P: NJ Indignantly -"And shure she
ought t-r be: wasn't her grandfather's
schkull broke open with q cornet the
picnic?"
Antoine Sporl, solo violinist. and !
graduate of the Roy al Conserve tory in '
Vienna, al-o Frau Elm Caroline Won :
Weber. a soprano, and pupil of Vanu-
,hini of Florence, Italy, are coming
1 re to remain spme time, from Kansas
lily. They are regarded as fine art's SITS l
q Missouri and their locating IN FL Psso d
will be marked gain to the o al mu--
cal community. 1t is expected that
ney will 10 forces with the Ell Paeo I
of Music. s
Sousa has refused to play further un-
Ter the direction of the Blake y estate. :
He says:
1 do not play simply because the :.
Iates have been made by the heirs OF =
he la'e David Blakely. my former =
manager, a. d do not in end to fulfill Z
ny engagements made by them. AS =
Ir. Blakely is dead, consider that J y
IN under no further Obligations to his
state The salient features of my con- =
ract with Mr.. Biakely were that he =
hould receive Sc. 900 a wear and eighty
'er mt of the profits, and one half of 4
III that received for nv com posifiops. =,
was to receive $4,000 a YEAR and r
wepty per cent of the profits. Dur y
ng the four years Mr.. Blakey man y
ged the band he received as his share :,
bout $IO6. 900 clean profits above ex-
lenses received from me about L
2S. 900 as bis share Of the money l re- T.
eived from compositions.
Tt ere is absolutely nothing in the Il
ontract which binds me to the Blakely e
state. -
Professor Joseph Smith, organist Of
It Clements church, whose likeness h
: produced abnve by the HERALD ar E
list, is scholarly musician deserving =
# special mention. He came over to V
hi country from England for business F
easons, and was not expecting to take n
p mu- &c actively again But he found %
place waiting for him in St Clements r
hurch and the old love for the divine .
Nue. which could not, would not be
uenched, drew him back with silkeu
hough irresistible C rds into musical
ines once more. Prof. Smith Is the
bic st must al scholar ever to remain
n this city for any length OF time, and =
he wonders he works with the mited I
tai resources at h s command !
IS has been shown in his organ r.
,i,als, have demonstrated sufficiently q
he mans mus ciarship. The English
papers sps ak very highly of the pro- >