The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-30

long apprenticeship. as it were at the IL
wolf in San Francisco, where she had an
excellent schooling.
Franz Rummel the famous pianist and
composer, is TO make his first appearance
in this country Tuesday evening with the
Seidl Orchestra, at Chickering Hall. New
stands ia the very front rank OF pianists
but every one does not know what an ex-
traordina4ry repertoire ne possesses he re-
Gently pre- pared a list of the works he has
played in public, being impelled to this task
by the approach of the twenty-flfth an
niversary of his first public appearance IN
1872 A synopsis of this interesting cata-
logue shows that he has interpreted the
productions of sixty-one different compos-
ers. OF these there are l53 piano-torte
pieces, 50 chamber music compositions. z
for piano and orchestra and q transcript
tions In the twenty-five years Rumme
has appeared at $50 concerts in IA countries
and 154 cities.
The Carl Theater of Vienna celebrated
last week the fiftieth anniversary of its
existence. Constructed in 1s47 by the d.
rector, Carl de Bernbrunn, 1t was inaugu-
rated the 10th of December the same year,
which was a Friday. The theatrical world,
sorts of misfortunes for this theater,
which. however, has had fortunate ca
reer and has survived two Viennese the
aters of much later date, the Treumann
Theater and the Ring Theater, both de-
stroyed by fire. Of all the artists who took
part in the first performance in 1917 two
alone have surgived-Mlle. Herzog, who as
sisted at it's fiftieth anniversary, and Mile.
Schuselka-W ohlbruck, who lived a. long
the suburbs of Vienna. There is also one of
the dressing women sun living.
There has been most decisive movement
toward lower prices of concerts in London,
and the prospects are that they will go
down still further At Queens Hall there
are now 1000 seats to be procured for from
l to shiilngs and stalls al these and La
moreaux concerts have been reduced from
a guinea to half that price. These reduc-
tions are attributed to the competition of
the cheap Sunday and other symphony con-
certS.a
The question of reducing the pitch has
been discussed by the Leeds festival COM
mittee, in England, and it has been decided
to adopt the normal diapason before the
next feS tiVal. OF course, the expense of al
tering large organs is great; but it will have
to be incurred sooner or later, and the soon
er the better, says the AthenaeuIn.
On the occasion of the recent fiftieth an
niversary of the death of Mendelssohn, the
composers grave in the old churchyard of
Holy Trinity was visited by great number
of musicians end art lovers in Berlin. 1t
mad been decorated by profusion of flow
ers and wreaths contributed by members
of the Mendelssohn family and by numerous
admirers of the master.
Arthur Nikisch recently signed contract
with the Leipsic Gewandhaus which practi-
cally settles all talk to the effect that he in
tends to return to America. The closing of
this contract means high remuneration,
and alsossassures a life pension of a snug
sum to his widow and children in case of
death or Interpretation.
Composer Henry Pabst, of Philadelphia,
has Just completed the score of the new
Spanish opera, 1.-THE Maid of Madrid The
libretto of the Maid is by Messrs. Dorr
and Freeman. The opera will be given a
hearing by the Bostonians in the spring
Herr Carl -Goldmark recently celebrated
the fiftieth anniversary of his entry upon
a public career. Goldmark. who is now six
ty-seven. is known abroad chiefly by his
Rustic Wedding" symphony, and his opera,
THE Queen of Sheba."
The premiere of Leoncavallos 'sBoheme''
resulted in thirty-two recalls for the COM
poser.
The De Reszke brothers will appear in
opera in St Petersburg in March