The herald., 1898-10-09

!, OCTOBER 3, 1898
Waldorf Astoria musicale and VIII take
winter season opens. Miss Stewards voice
is a soprano of wide range. and remarka-
bly, sweet and sympathetic.
The Berlin opera gave last month the
150th performance of Humperdincks
charming OPERA "Hansel and Gretel''
In his storm and stress period Verdi once
set to music Schiller's blood-curdling
tragedy, 1.-THE Robbers" but It had little
success. Another Italian, Signor Dia-
manti, had an opera on the same subject
produced at Rome not long ago.
A prize Of $4,000 is offered by the city OF
Paris for the best musical work for solo
voices, chorus and orchestra, In symphonic
or dramatic form. Manuscripts must be
ready next year before September To- IT Is
difficult to imagine New York Offering
such prize.
1t is announced that DR.. Osmond Carr Is
to become impressario of the Carl Rosa
English opera company. He hopes, by
following in Rosa's footsteps, to restore
the era Of prosperity.
The antiquarian bookseller Liepmann-
ssohn in Berlin has issued a special cata-
logue of works appertaining to Wagner,
List and Berlioz, 4S3 In number, of which
$40 relate to Wagner.
A Berlin bicycle manufacturer is said
to have patented wheel which Is 1t re-
wolves grinds out popular tunes. What
makes 1t worse is that Germans are not al
lowed to carry revolvers.
Sauer, who has been engaged by the
Philharmonic society for February Sd and
4th will on this occasion render an abso-
lutely new piano concerto Cat least new in
this country, the Sgambati piano con-
certo In & minor. OPP. Is. The rendering
of this new work by such an artist is
looked forward to with great expectations.
Music at the Churches
The musical program at the Third Pres
byterian Church, corner Sixteenth and
Hill streets. at today's services will be
as follows: Morning service-Prelude,
"Adagio" (Gustav MerkeD; gloria and re-
Spouse; offertory. "Chorole'' Rinck); an
them. "Sun Shall Be No More Thy Light
woodward); contralto solo, "Invocation''
in F (Scotson-Cralk).
Evening service-Prelude, "Barcarolle"
Hofmann); offertory (Mendelssohn); an
them, my Soul Doth Magnify the Lord
(Warren) bass solo, Natures Alteration
Beethoven). W. John Gage; Postlude
March (Von Weber,. Miss NJ. Young, or
ganist; w. John Gage, director.
The Cathedral choir will render the mass
in A fiat major by Ed. Thretschmer Sun
day morning at 1880 o'clock. The soloists
are Miss Tertilla Eisenmeyer, soprano
Miss Lille Scanlon, contralto; Mr.. Karl
Thrower. tenor, and Mr.. Joseph Scott,
bass. They will be assisted by chorus
choir. For the offertory Miss Scanlon will
sing an Ave Maria by Mercadante. Mr..
A. ]. Stamm is organist.
Music at Emmanuel Presbyterian Church
will be as follows: Morning service-Te
Deum (Schnecker): Gloria Patri and Re
Spouse (Shelley); offertory solo, Prayer
(TostD. Miss Estelle Heartt
Evening-Anthem, II Will Call Upon
Thee" Buck); offertory solo. when l
Read That Sweet Story" ParksO Mr.. ]. P.
Dupuy; anthem, Evening Shadows
BarrD.
Music at Unity Church will be as fol-
lows: Prelude, "Scherzo" (Rheinber-
ger); Venite, choir; anthem, lone There Is
Above All Others Charles vincent); Of
fertory duet. Love Divine" QIolmes),
Mrs. Elizabeth Kimball- Wuerker and Mrs
LIE Sage; postlude, March. in B fiat (Silas)
Evening service-Prelude, Communion in
minor (Batiste): anthem. "There Is a
Holy City" Shelley; offertory solo, 1.-The
Heavenly Song" Gray. Mr.. F. w. Hall;
postlude. Swedish Wedding March Sod
erman).
Music at the First Congregational
Church will be as follows:
Morning-Organ, Elevation in A fat"
CWeby); choir, 20 God Our Help (GounoO;
organ, Russian Romance (Hoffman)
choir, Near the Cross" arranged by EN-
erson.
Evening-Organ, "Postlude" (Semare):
choir, 20 God of My Salvation" (AbD; or
gan. "Andantino" (ChauveD; solo, "Abide
With Me" Shelley. Miss Goodell.
W. F. Skeele is organist. Prof F. A. Ba-
con, director.
Music at the First Methodist Church will
be as follows: Prelude, "Chansonette"
Heinrich SuehD, w. w. Ellis; soprano
and baritone solos and chorus, '"Te Deum
in F" (Kotzschmar), Mrs. w. ]. Chick,
Mr. Chick and choir; offertory solo, For
get All Thy Sorrow" (MillardD, Mrs. Chick;
organ, "Offertoire in e fiat" (king HalD.
Evening-Organ, "Heimweh" Gungman).
Mr. Ellis; soprano solo and chorus, 20
Come Let Us Worship" (HimmeD, Mrs.
Chick and choir: offertory solo and quar-
tet, Nearer My God to Thee" Neibe-
ISchilling), Mrs. Chick, Mrs. Cortelyou, Mr.
|Gribble, Mr. Chick; organ, "Alla Marcia
Cd. r. Maurs).
At the Church OF the Ascension, st. Louis
Heights, the following will be the order of
music today: Mornng-Processona
Hymn, Hail to the Lords Amounted
(HavergaD; ntrolt, MY God and Is Thy
Table Spread?" (H. X. oliver; Kyrie Elei-
son (Tours) Gloria Tibi (Tallis); hymn,
shepherd of Souls" etc Dykes; offertory
anthem, Sanctus Ely service Book; Agnus
Del (Gounod); Gloria in Excelsis, Old
Chant; Nunc Dimittis, Gregorian; recess
sional hymn, Lord With Glowing" etc
(St. Chad.
Evening-Processional hymn (Redhead)
(Nares); Nunc Dimittis (RounO hymn