Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-16
MUSICAL NOTES
A Quiet Time in Musical Circles
Singers Are Resting.
Several ConservatorIes For Norfolk
Short Chats About Local Theatre
cal matsers-Thentre'sN amo Nay
he Changed.

Mr. Oscar p. Sisson. II Is announced.
will next season take the road with
his own high-class vaudeville company
and play the Western and Southern cir
cult. He will be accompanied by Miss
Esther Wallace. the charming SOU
brette.
1t is Whispered that two OF Norfolk ;
composers are quietly at work on the
words and music of an opera.
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The Moth and the Flame" and MY
Little Georgia Rose" are every-night
hits with everybody who sings them.
Lottie Gibson. the little magnate. is
doing great work with both songs.
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Garry e Walters, the song illus.
traitors, will play Buckroe Beach and
Broad Street Park. Richmond, before
leaving this circuit. Possibly they
may go out with Oscar p. Ssson's COM
Anderson e Thompson, OF Ports
mouth. report heavy demand for their
new two-Step, THE American Ad
miral." They have put out over a
thousand copies with leading orches-
tras and five hundred orchestrations.
AhlS snould give the piece q large sale.
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Among the well-known Eastern pub.
lishers who have their branch offices
and songs all over the West are NJ.
Witm2rk q Sons, Jas. w. Stern & Co.
Hawley. Haviland & Co., and VIM. G.
Dunn. These firms, representing about
s3.5Oo,o00. have a monopoly on the
hits of the day.
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Tho
poser and writer of comic opera. is re-
ported. He formerly resided in Nor
folk, and was we'll known here.
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Mr.. Vernon Cofer, the we'll known
baritone, who has sung occasionally at
+ reemaSon Street Baptist Church. has
accepted the position of leading bari
tone in the choir of that church, and
VIII be heard to-day. He possesses an
unusually fine baritone voice and prom
lseS TO become one OF Norfolk's most
popular singers. For some time he has
oeen one of the promising pupils of
MISS Mary X. Ewell.
Mr. Vickery Langhorne Is about to
Systematically introduce his latest non
uIar publication: IT'S a Hot Combina-
Eon, words and music by Fred. c.
rarreii' at ST. Louis. Mo-, where Car
ron Johnson, the noted black-faced
comedian, has scored n big hit with II
at the Suburban Garden Theatre
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Although lust One Word OF Love :,
Messrs. Norton and Cascy's first song
Is Two years old. it is still selling well.
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Inc UP TO date musical selections rem
oereo nightly at the Hotel Pavilion at
ocean View. by the orchestra under tho
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Nruser, are the source Of much pleas-
ure 10 all hearers. Many prominent
constant attenders" at the musical
treats have remarked that the selec-
TONS are rendered in Il manner thar far
surpasses all the musical entertain
iHents py orehestras in the past history
OIL 'his very popular resort.
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"A gentleman of highly cultivated
advertised for suite of or 2 rooms in
private family fond of music" and thn
next mail brought him this highly sal
isiactory CD reply: Dear Sir think
we KIN accumulate you with rooms as
.ol music. one of my daughters plays
me the ACCORDION and banjo, and one nlovs
me Parlor organ and gitar. I play a
cornet and fiddle. My wife plays niann
N'.her and can play either one with
p,hys the hute and a Jews harp. We
an sing. and if you are a good tenor
you VIII fit right in. as no one here sings
tenor. and you can help us out with
oul hymns or an evening, and if Won
can play base vial we will haya =
right enjoyable time. as there is an old
oase Wal in the garrett. If Won want
anusiS as Wen as board we could ac-
eoiiiiuate you without extra charge"
Miss Gwynne Ewell. a recent Grad
uate OF the Virgil Clavier School of
New York City, will open a school .n,i
give instructions IN that method In
i Norioik TINS fall. Miss Ewell plays
oeautlfuily and comes highly recon-
lileilueu by Mrs. Virgil and the profess
sorS or the New York school. she will
give number of interesting racitols
Illustrating the wonderful canobiiitios
of the Clavier.
reproduction OF the Jeffries- Fitz-
summons hight will be the attraction Al
the Monticello roof garden for No.
Thursday. Friday and SATURDAY. rirbts
IL VIII be given by one of the cineo-
graphs of the International Cineorranh
%: or Philadelphia. Mr.. s. II. Crowder
VIII De In charge of it. This cineograph
aIlraction mas recently been making a
reat Ilt AT Baltimore. and Is now
Va A' n'ciiiiioho'
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professor Koerner, who accompanied
the remains of his wifes mother. the
late Mrs. Harriet Leland, to Cazenova
A.. T.. returned to Norfolk Frida "
night. He will be very busy for some
time arranging for his fall work. in
ciuuing the new conservatory OF music
and art that he proposes TO estah,isb ~,
this city. III
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The last number of the New York
Dramatic Mirror contains an advertise
ment calling for talent to compIote n
dramatic stock company for the Grand
opera House at Norfolk. Va. 1t is said