The age-herald., 1900-11-18
NOTES ABOUT MUSIC
 AND THE MUSICIANS

anime your pupils, because they are so well
 grounded and well taught
 No wind band or orchestra is at it's best
 in concert work in cold hall Unless the
 stage is warm the instruments are flat, and
 the musicians, being uncomfortable, are
 not in the humor to play well. During the
 winter seasons most conductors are par ticular to that provision has been made for having the temperature of the hall just right, and also that all the performers are in the building half hour ahead of curtain rising time, in order that they may exercise on their instruments and get them warm ed up'' and in proper condition. If Innes' Band sounded little rough last Tuesday
 night at the Jefferson 1t was because the
 stage was cold; and then, too, the musicians
 were tardy in reaching the theatre not giv- ing themselves sufficient time for testing and
 tuning Innes has a first-class organization,
 and 1t may be doubted if any leader has
 under him a finer body of clarinets. As
 for that matter, all of his wood winds are
 well selected. After the concert Tuesday
 night a Birmingham musician of great or
 chestral experience remarked that he had
 never listened to a wind band when the
 clarinets sounded so much like violins as
 Innes did in the performance of "Kam- menoi-Ostrow."
 The Kimball Company of Chicago has re- gently built a magnificent concert organ in the new Jewish Temple in Washington, D. c. It was constructed under the inspira-
 tion and direction of George w. Walter,
 Doctor of Music. A wel-known magazine
 writer describes 1t with decided enthusi-
 asm. saying among other things:
 According to the testimony of Dr. Wal
 ter (and his opinion is amply confirmed by other organiSts who have examined this in-
 strument, MT. Wild among them) the voic- ing Is of almost unheard-of perfection This, combined with the unusual provision of voices, makes 1t an art product which every organ connoisseur would gladly ex- plore. Most strange of all is the number,
 variety and apparently artistic design of the 16ft. stops upon each manual. Next to this is the absence of mixtures-relieving the organ from the screamy and inartistic quality peculiar to them
 Most organsts will find the great organ division least according to their anticipa- tion; but let it be noted that it has four large stops of eight feet, which can be re- inforced to any extent desired by other voices out of the solo organ, where there Is a grand provision of sonorous stops upon heavy wind. With this aid the great organ effect should be something stupendous" The Metropolitan Opera Company, of
 which Maurice Grau Is manager, opened it's
 season in California last week. Many mu- sic lovers of Birmingham will take more than ordinary interest in this troupe just | now, because the name of Miss Carrie ! Bridewel, a Birmingham girl, Is included 1 in it's list of artists. This gifted artist is | not the star contralto nor even the second | on the list she is too young and inexperi- 1 enced on the stage for first place. But she | has a rich, powerful voice, a voice of rare
 musical quality in the middle and lower | registers and as she is blessed with good
 health and power of endurance, her future ! is full of promise
 1 Miss Bridewell Is an eager student, too, and with keen application and experience | she will soon overcome any faults of the | amateur that may be criticised now. Her vocalization is already excellent, relatively | speaking. It is fine compared with the ann 1 ateur But when the New York critics come | to write about her they will gauge her by
 severe professional standards, and will | point out not a few defects in her scale work. My prediction is that by season af-