The herald., 1898-10-09

The busting Mr.. Behymer. who Is the best
and most versatile boomer of popular at
fractions from an oratorio to a prize-fi fight,
that l know, has undertaken the manage
ment of the Symphony orchestra. With
such a guardian. the future Of the orches-
ira should be assured. Already gratifying
results are promised in response to the
circular which was printed in this column
last week. Let the musical people Of Los
Angeles prove that our boosted culture is
not ch.mera and let the good work which
Harley Hamilton and his fellows started
last spring prosper
O O o
Mollie Adelia Brown, one of Los Angeles
fairest daughters, who is gifted with a
rarely sweet and resonant soprano voice,
is home once more. However great her
success in the east. Miss Brown cannot stay
away from Southern California more thar
year q the most. Although she has come
back for rest and recreation. she has been
induced to let us hear her sing again and
TO show us the progress she has made dur
ing another years hard work in study and
in successful concert. Miss Brown is to
give IAN Evening Of Music" at Simpson
tabernacle on Friday. the 21st inst and
will be assisted by Mr. II. S. Williams. the
baritone. and a string quintet, led by Har-
ley Hamilton. The soprano IS working hard
for the success Of her concert and is plan
Ming singularly original program, which
is to include several of her most pro-
nounced successes in New York and WASH
.ngton.
Frederick Stevenson, who is now devoting
himself entirely to his pupils and compost
ton, continues to command most crafty
ing attention from the publishers No less
than three of his compositions have just
been announced by the Oliver D:tson COM
pany Of Boston among their new music for
Christmas, Harvest and Thanksgiving
services. Mr.. Stevenson has also enjoye
the rare honor of having two of his compo-
sitions published in the Musical Record
within six months. The current number
reproduces sacred air for bass-bar.tone
or contralto, "Incline Your Ear" 1t is a
most interesting number, m classic mold,
combined with the modern dramatic fervor.
The accompaniment is largely initiative
and abounds in syncopated effects.
Miss Edna Foy's many admirers Will be
factory progress at the London Conserva-
tory of Music The promising young vio-
linist had a good deal to unlearn, which is
always a painful process, literally so IN the
case of the violin. l shall never forget the
bitter isappointment at the tender age
Of 10, when all my musical conceit was
ruthlessly shattered and 1 was relegated
to a months practice on open strings. Three
or four years training, under a good
musician but an incompetent violin master.
had enabled me to play really difficult
music to an entranced family-my own
with the exception of my brothers, who
used to kick me whenever 1 took the fiddle
from it's case. was then sent to take les
sons from enc of the best German masters
in London. played to him. l thought he
was going to kill me. Everything l had
learned was all wrong My bowling was
"execrable because my position was a
"damnable heresy." These were hard
words for boy of 49, but they we're nothing
to the torture, physical as we'll as mental,
to which he subjected me, in order that 1
might leann to hold my violin rightly and
bow instead Of saw. I endured the agony
for some months. then pawned my poor
fiddle for fire-crackers, and I hope have
saved my neighbors some nuisance. D.