The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-21

Think of. Marguerite" Meyer Helmund),
male chorus with orchestral aocompani-
ment; Swan Song" CPodbertskyl. male
chorus; Rings Stille Herscht" (Abt).
mixed chorus; Moszkowskss piano Con
oerto' in Z major. Mr.. Oliver Willard
Pierce, piano solo with orchestra accom-
paniment; and the "Melpomene Overture"
(Chadwick). by the orchestra-the latter
number is in continuance OF Director Ern-
estinoff's policy 70 perform one American
work at each concert-and "Midsummer
Nights Dream Music (Mendelssofn). A.
Sherzo. (b) Nocturne, Co wedding
March" by the orchestra.
Nine. Frances Saville. the great soprano.
who will be the soloist at the next SYM
phony concert, Tuesday, Feb. s. sang last
week at Pittsburg at the Pittsburg Orches-
ira concert. under the direction Of Victor
Herbert. Her numbers were the aria, Una
voce POGO IA" from Barber of Seville" by
Rossini, and Gounod's waltz song from
"Mirelle' The Times critic has the fol-
lowing: "saville's singing was an unquali-
fed pleasure. She may not be able to boast
OF the remarkable natural endowment In
point OF voice. much as a few other
soloists who have achieved popular success.
but her art is so perfect and all the de-
lightful possibilities OF her gift have been
so wonderfully brought out and broadened
and developed, that TO listen to her Is an
exquisite delight. One may find the more
or less gifted singers. whose voices lack
training and whose singing is brutality nat
ural. IL vaudeville theater. but IL Is alone
In the symphony concert or grand opera
that one hears such a voice as Saville's.
because it is only the works Of the masters
that are worthy OF such voice. She 10
gifted with rare expression and keen
| appreciation of the artistic. The cultivation
OF her voice is shown in fits fiexibility. Her
first song, Una voce POGO fa.' from Ros-
sinis Barber OF Seville" was an exceed
ingly trying test OF her resources. The
composer seems TO have endeavored TO sea
how high and how low he might go and
keep within musical territory, yet Saville
sang II beautifully and impressively. AS
an encore she gave a ballad of Cowan's.
In the second part she sang with charming
naivete, Gounod's waltz song and made a
tremendous hit when she responded to an
imperative demand for an encore with Mas
senets IT Was a Dream" The four
numbers TO be given by the symphony
orchestra will be Schumann's symphony in
B-fiat, and Tschaikowsky's Romeo and
Juliet Overture" Walter" and ''Slavonic
March,
This week includes the anniversary OF
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. who was born
Jan. q. l756. at Salzburg. His father.
musician of considerable repute. held for
a time the post Of master of court music.
tonished at the rapidity with which Mo-
| zart's musical sense developed or at the
ease CT which he overcame every difficulty
connected with the art. Before he was six
years of age he composd sonatas and con-
certos for the harpsichord. Like most
| musicians he had as a boy taste for
mathematics. When he was seven years old
his father took him to Vienna The En-
peror and Empress both accomplished
musicians. received the Mozarts very kind
~. The following year. 1853, they made
tour of France, Holland and Switzerland
In 1766 father and son set out once more
on their travels, bound for the south. Mo-
zart's reputation had preceded him. and the
concerts given at Milan, Verona. Florence
and Rome more than confirmed IL. One OF
HIS first visits while in Rome was to the
Sistine Chapel. in Passion week. to hear
the famous "Miserere," by Allegri. the
music OF which was so jealousy guarded
that the members of the choir were threat
ened with accommodation were they 10
copy. or convey any portion of IL out OF
the chapel After first hearing Of the
"Miserere," Mozart went home and wrote
the whole OF 1t from memory. A month
or two later he was granted an audience
by the Pope, who decorated him with the
cross of an order to which the composer
Gluck had short time before been adj
mitted. The following characteristic let
ter, written from Rome by Mozart TO his
sister, shows that success and honors be-
slowed had not changed him: at am well.
thank heaven, and fortunate in everything
except this wretched pen. and send a
thousand kisses TO you and TO our mother.
/ wish you were I'm Rome; you would like
IL. Papa says I am ridiculous, but that IS
nothing new. Here We have but one bed.
and you can understand that when papa
is in IL there is not much room left for me.
/ shall be glad when We get into new
quarters. have just finished drawing st.
Peter with his keys and st. Paul with his
sword. / have had the honor OF kissing
st. Peters toe, but because / was too small
to reach it they had to lift me up. Your
same old Wolfgang." His operas ''Mitri-
date" Undo meneo" and lie Nozze di
Figaro" were received soon after with
great enthusiasm. In 1871 Mozart received
a mysterious commission to compose a re-
QUEEN mass. He never lived to finish IL
and at / o'clock Of the morning OF Dec
5, 1871, he died: not the greatest, for
Beethoven was greater-but the most bril-
liant musician and composer the world has
ever seem