New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-02
MUSICAL MATTERS.

Opera House % sS A % SYp
cert under the direction OF Mr. 9' o orfzDs
Gear M"' Snd zm me Sy ne bss'Scyea
Msnnerchor; Aschenbroedel Halt p. m con-
cert OF Brahmss chamber music
TRSaFe S5 ,r p m % SPeEa n
ing Rosce '''
Tuesday-Mendeissoh Han, p. m. concert OF
chamber music by the Knesel Quartet; wal
evening S TgGs by P% odny b hrsoH
alton
Wednesday Mendelssohn hao p, M violin re-
cital by Lady Hale. Association rai. S Sd,E
'"q reSiia BY Madeline Schiller waldorf astoria
fsTnoGn % is Eh or aS Ts%fh 81 M
musical by Maria Victoria Torrilhon
Hall M pqS ia ra rs9e TWen %
Hrst-st. 4 p m. hour OF music for the benefit
OF the iying-in Hospital
the season OF the Philharmonic Society; Wal
dorf Astoria. afternoon viocn recital by MIS-. MISS
Club. p. m. private meeting Of the Manuscript
Society
Mime. LII Lehmanns pnogramme at her song
recital in Carnegie Hall the afternoon of April
10 will contain the names OF Schubert Schumann
Cornelius Bungert Brahms. Loewe ana Reinhold
l. Herman Mr. Herman will again play the ac-
COMMITMENTS. The plan OF making the affair es-
peciallv notable by the presentation OF a souvenir
10 Nine Lehman has been taken up with great
enthusiasm by its promoters. This Is scarcely 10
be wondered at. Nine Lehmann's relations TO the
nusic-loving people OF NewYork are altogether ex-
ceptonal other singers before her have been ad-
nnired even loved by small lotteries of friends but
the feeling toward Mime. Lehman is somewhat Ike
that felt toward Mr.. Seidls memory. 1t is deep
sense Of gratitude toward her as one who has
not only given exquisite pleasure herself but has
also made possible lofty pleasures for the future
by Illustrating an intelligent, serious and afrec-
tionate attitude toward all that is good In the
musical art and thus showing how IT can be made
10 enter into the life of people. Her conceptions
are so NOBLE" wrote one Of her admirers recently.
IN taking The Tribune TO task for having mentioned
the fact that one OF her performances was poor.
ito see her is not a temporary pleasure. but an
Uplifting. enduring delight"
There will be concert Of Brahms's chamber
music at the Aschenbroedel Nerein this afternoon,
AZ which Hugo Heinz will sing some songs Miss
Geraldine Morgan Joseph Weiss and Wilhelm
Schuze will play the Trio. op 40 for violin piano
forte and horn and George STREET. Miss Morgan,
John Spargur. Frederick Schaefer and Paul Nor
gan the quintet for clarinet. two violins viola and
yioloncello. op. rs.
The second annual meeting of the National Fed
Grafton Of Musical Clubs will he held in ST. Louis
on the 3D. 4th. 9Th. 9th and 9TH Of next month
Mrs. Chandler Starr. first National vice president
writing from Rockford. H., TO The Tribune about
the meeting. says:
The Federation has over forty clubs enrolled %, on
the list, and new ones are coming in rapidly, The
country is well represented from the Atlantic to the
effort is being put forward to make this first bien
NAL red-letter day the history OF musical clubs
Clubs 5n'S viii accept the cordial Invitation extended
b. the Federation TO visit St Louis at this time
though they are debarred from the business and also
the many privileges ana 5snets dur4g the ysar
.ute the body The ySnbsest club IN the FedTTa
club club is Composed u forty little girls between the
ages OF ten and fourteen years. who are working
hard TO stimulate an interest in music among the
children and already several similar clubs have
sprung into existence through the influence OF this
in different parts OF the country
The St Louis meeting is TO be enlivened by
concerts Of chamber music by the Knese Quar-
let. high tea" with music given by the Rubin
stein Club of 81. Louis and other concerts by
professionals and amateurs. Some of the purposes
of the Federation thus stated in the circular
announcing the meeting:
The chief purpose of the Federation is the mutual
hepfulness Of musical clubs by bringing them into
vancinr musical art In this Country TO further
this end there have been established during the
Tristan Artists Committee. Mrs ] II Webster.
Of Cleveland chairman whose province Is TO FOR FOR
70 benefit both clubs ana artists without antaso-
Second-A Circulating library, Mrs David a
Campbell OF Lincoln. Neb librarian. through which
federated clubs and can rent music from other fed
Grated clubs at a nom NAL price Year books pro-
grammes etc. may also be interchanged through
ThId--A Bureau Of Registry Of which Mrs; Fred
sTf C%ann OF is fna c wh ZEN eh
willing for their expenses or for small remunera-
ton give their services other federated clubs
In this way small clubs may draw upon larger
clubs for musical assistance at comparatively
small expense.
Following is a list OF the officers OF the National
Federation: President Mrs. Edwin F. Uh. Grand
Rapids Mich: honorary president Mrs. Theodore
Thomas. Chicago: first National vice president,
Mrs. Chandler Starr. Rockford. III second Ma
Louis Mo; recording secretary. Mrs Thomas f.
Ellison Fort Wayne. Ind: corresponding secretary.
Mrs. James Petersen New-York; treasurer Mrs.
Sylvester s Battin Newark y. j. and auditor.
Mrs. Russell r. DOrr ST. Paul, MINI
Cincinnati promises 10 be fun Of musical activity
in June From the 20th OF that month until the
end Of the 23d the Music Teachers National As
ISOLATION will meet there; few days later the
North American Sangerbund will give festival to
celebrate the hftieth anniversary Of the first Ger
man song festival held in America. At this festival
prize cantats composed by DR.. y J. Elsen-
hemer a local musician. though Of German birth
ard education. Will he brought forward. II Is
titled "Wehe der Kinste" CConsecraton of the
Arts and is written for mixed chorus. soil and
orchestra The author Of the words Is also Gin
cnnatian well-known physician named Gustav
Bruhl His poem admirably adapted 10 the pur
pose for which 1t was designed. is particularly
pralseworthy for its spirit Of sincere patriotism.
II celebrates American love Of art. American adapt
ability. American energy and American achieve
n1ent. and fatty rcbukes the notion which is only
TOO often proclaimed at the bibulous meetings
which accompany German festivals that all the
idealism in America is OF German origin. and that
all the musical culture OF the country is the direct
offspring Of thf German mannergesang Or. Essen
hemer's composition. far be judged by
the vocal score Will prove 10 be extremely effective
In 1t ne seems 10 have given intelligent and
cessful consideration 10 the peculiar requirements
Of a composltion iniended 20 be sung ~ a festival