The herald., 1898-04-20
MUSIC NOTES
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The Los Angeles Symphony orchestra
concluded it's first season yesterday with
It's sixth concert Even the most sanguine
supporter of Mr.. Harley Hamilton and his
men could not have anticipated such sue
cess as has attended this first and most
valuable step to give Los Angeles good
music intelligently rendered Several
similar schemes have either died at birth
or of inanition in infancy and it is matter
of sincere congratulation that the Sym
phony orchestra has been able to estab-
lish such a valuable precedent and that
the appreciation of the public has been
so general and so warm as to give the pro-
moters substantial encouragement and
warrant for continuing the good work. 1t
Is probably the part of wisdom to discon-
tinue these concerts during the hot wealth.
err although their absence will be regretted
by many music lovers, whatever the ther-
mometer and wherever the counter at
fractions. AS previously suggested, to Sc
cure the best results, it will be necessary
on somewhat different and broader lines.
The management should be freed from
financial anxiety. To raise the orchestra
to satisfactory standard, to such
standard as the musicians themselves and
the music-loving public will demand, it
will require considerably greater expendi-
ture than hitherto. 1t would be a good
plan to at once appoint committee of men
and women, who have taken interest in
the work of the orchestra, to get together
to devise plans by which the organization
could be placed on a substantial footing.
Certain improvements in the orchestra are
imperative for future progress and success.
The brass has been the lamentably weak
point of the orchestra. New instruments
are needed, trumpets are almost essential,
and many vital improvements could be
made with comparatively small fund to
rely upon. The committee should get to
work at once. Their ambition should be
the highest but their steps should be slow.
A definite program to give, say, a dozen
concerts during the season of '9S-'99 should
be in view. A subscription list should be
started in good time and plan of reserved
seats arranged at higher figure than the
nominal fee hitherto asked. With SUBJ
stantial organization and judicious man.
agement such plan could hardly fail, and
the Los Angeles Symphony orchestra, of
which we are already proud. would be-
come one of the most valuable institutions
of our civilization. Mr.. Harley Hamilton
and. his colleagues deserve the heartiest
encouragement, which can best be evil
denced by work and subscription.
The concert yesterday proved another
and a distinct advance in the progress of
the orchestra. The work throughout was
we'll rendered and held the attention of a
large audience. The program was as fol-
lows:
March, Hongroise. (Damnation of Faus9,
.. Observation-Disclosures. Berlioz
Overture, Hebriden (Fingars Cave........
......................... Mendelssohn
Waltz, Sled Umschlungen Millionen.......
............'..'..'.'... otrauss
Strings alone
Second symphony in D........... Beethoven
Adagio Motto, Allegro con brio.
Larghetto.
Scherzo (Allegro)
Allegro Motto.
Overture, Light Cavalry. .Suppe
At the conclusion Of the program the
orchestra played in spirited style THE
Star Spangled Banner" to the delight Of
the audience. Hardly q man or woman left
the hall and all stood up, the men cheer
ing and the women waving their handker-
chiefs.
o O O
Melba, the queen Of song ana perhaps
the greatest exponent Of grand opera
the music world has ever produced. is on
the way to Los Angeles and will arrive
here next Sunday evening. With her is a
full chorus and orchestra from the Dam
rosoh- ELLIS Opera company, who gave
the great cantatrice such magnificent sup
port in her presentations Of grand opera
at the Metropolitan opera house. New
York City; the Auditorium in Chicago, and
in numerous eastern cities. Mme Melba
should need no introduction here Her
fame as a queen of grand opera has spread
all over the civilized world and every
where the music-loving people delight to
do her homage. She conquered the eastern
cities of this continent as she conquered
Europe and now she has set out to bring
the people of the great west to her feet
1t is needless to say that she will accom-
plish her purpose. Ever since the dates were
settled the management of the Los Ange-
les theater, at which Melba ID TO appear,
has been besieged with letters of inquiry
and a request for reservation of Seats
Many of these letters come from points
outside the city, which Is an indication
that Melba's clientele during her two
nights engagement here will not be con-
fined to residents of Los Angeles alone. It
therefore behooves all who desire to hear
the great vocalist to procure their seats
promptly upon the opening of the box Of
flee at the Los Angeles theater this morn
ing. Many people had messengers In line
all night with orders for tickets and it is
likely that dawn will witness a throng in
front Of the theater. The hour set for the
opening of the sale Of seats is o'clock. The
local passenger agents yesterday arranged
with the Melba management to run excur-
sion trains from many out-oftown points
in response to popular demand.
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Towel Men Fight
A complaint was issued by Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Chambers yesterday, charg-
ing Mr.. Nix of the Merchants Towel Sup
ply company with battery. 1t appears that
F. w. Chase and F. W. Lytle Of the City
Towel Supply company met Nix and ac-
cused him of having cut prices, to which