The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-08-13

e, AUGUST I3, 1899.
Yaw with songs to suit her marvellous
voice. Miss Yaw has signed contract
for an extended operate tour through
out Europe.
Thirty-five hundred school children
are to sing songs of war and home at
the G. A. r. Encampment in Philadel-
phia in September. They will be
massed on a monstrous platform, built
on the north side of the City Hall, and
the songs will be given as the veterans
march past. The arrangement of the
children on the platform will make
them form the letters G. A. r. against
a blue background. The details are un-
der the supervision of Enoch w. Pear
son, and having in mind the complete
ness of detail which governed the first
large chorus of school children under
him at the Jubilee last September, it
may be expected that this gathering
will reflect even greater credit upon
the singing forces Of the public schools.
Very recently Miss Mary Fidelia Burt
gave a uniouie exhibition of musical
stenography, sight reading and ear
training before the Woman's Philhar-
monte Club at Carnegie Hall, New
York. The program consisted, as usual,
of signing at sight, augmented and di-
minished intervals of tenths, eleyenths,
ETC., in major, minor and chromatic
modes, improvised duets, difficult syn
copated time work in mixed rhythms of
2, 3, 4, 6, notes to a beat: difficult
songs, singing at sight from staff in all
the fifteen major keys with chromatics;
reading hymns at sight in two parts.
To show the ear training, all this work
was afterward taken down from dicta
ton in musical stenography, Miss
Burt's own elaboration. The audience,
consisting of prominent professional
musicians of New York, were delighted,
showing enthusiastic appreciation Of
the work.
G. Herbert Robinson, Minneapolis
basso, who has been studying some
years in Berlin, will make his operatic
debut next fall, presumably in the Ger
man capital He has a magnificent
voice.
W. A. Hudson, the well known bass
baritone and instructor, has decided to
remain in New York during the sum-
mer, and will hold musical discourses
at his spacious studio, in Carnegie Hall,
on Mondays and Tuesdays, to Septem-
Der 10Th.
Parson Price, the eminent New York
vocal teacher: Mrs. Price and Miss
Price left for Wales June Oath, to at
tend the Eisteddfod, at Cardiff, and will
be back about the middle of Septem-
Der. A pupil of Mr.. Price, Miss Stock
WELL scored quite a success at must
Gale given recently in Irvington- on
Hudson, singing a number of solos in
most enthusiastic applause from an
unusually fashionable audience.
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The honorary chain recently won at
Cassel by the Cologne Singing Society
remains in the possession of the win
ners until some other society wrests it
from them at some future contest. 1t
is an exceedingly beautiful work of
art, and bears the motto of the Ma
tional Singers: I'm Liede Stark,
Deutsche Bis ms Mark with the En-
peror'S portrait and the inscription:
wilhelm Imperator ct Rex" with a
black diamond, ruby, and a white
diamond underneath, typifying the Ger
man colors. The enameling, on gold
is crimson. The last link shows Vic
tory with laurel wreath. The chain
is the work of Munich jeweler, and
was made after the Emperor's design.
Somebody said that the three great
pianists now before the world might
be summed up as follows: Rosenthal
for technique, Sauer for poetry, and
Paderewski for the ladies.
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Gregorson-So your daughter plays
the piano? It must be fine always to
have music in the house. Hamilway-
Yes; I've no doubt it would be.
There are thirteen letters in Francis
Wilson's name. "Erminie" was orig
inally produced thirteen years ago, and
it was revived under the direction, with
the famous star cast, on the thirteenth
day Of the month. 1t is evident that
the popular comedian is not troubled
with any superstition regarding this So
called ''unlucky number but if he
were, the overwhelming success of the
production would undoubtedly have
freed him from them.
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Minneapolis can boast of a band of
five comets, the members of which be-
long to one family. They are the little
Obrechts, the leader being thirteen, and
the youngest musician but six. They
give concerts on the streets, and have
already made good deal of money
Their father is a we'll known Minneap-
oils musician.
The production of Chabier's "Briseis'
at the Paris Opera was a decided sue
cess. 1t is one of the unaccountabe
occurrences that it was left to Ger
many first to produce this unfinished
opera of one of Frances best men. Cha
brier completed but one act of the three
before his death. and this was pro-
duced last winter in Berlin. The book
founded on Goethe's die Braut Won
Corinth,' is by Ephraim Mikhael and
Catulle Mendes.
Pretty Fair World, After All!
With eyes of many colors, many hues,
We look at things and all get different
views;
But when we meet, and view with view
compare,
Why, bless vollr hearts, all thinks look
pretty fair, 35H0