Evening star., 1900-10-06
MUSICAL MENTION.

The first rehearsal this season of the
Damrosch Society took place Wednesday
night, under most favorable circums tances.
Nearly the entire membership was present,
and the rehearsal was marked with the
kind of enthusiasm which gave promise of
a prosperous season and showed a most
healthy condition of affairs. After the Gus
tomary greetings, the rehearsal began with
Rheinberger's st. Johns Eve" which
proved effective work, of high musical
value. Compositions by Rafr. Van Der
Stucken and Dudley Buck followed. all of
which pleased the members immensely
After the rehearsal a light supper was
served, and the remainder of the evening
was devoted to solo singing and social en-
1Oyment, for which the house committee
was responsible. Several applica tions for
active membership were read and will be
voted upon week after next 1t prob
able cantata for male voices by Hermann
Goetz. which is considered one of the finest
In the literature OF male choruses, will be
taken up at next weeks rehearsal.
Mr.. Clifford Wiley has just returned from
Europe, where he has spent the summer
He did some concert work over there and
his fine baritone voice was much praised
He received an offer to go to Australia to
sing in opera but declined. His studio this
season will be at DroOp's
Miss l., Lieberman will give her first musi-
Gale this season at Carroll Institute Hall
the evening Of the oath instant. The pro-
more" which will be the second time ever
played in the city, and the Marcia Corteg-
gio." from GOunod's Queen OF Sheba." In
both pieces the piano parts will be played
by Miss LiebermanS pupils, which parts
take twelve hands for the piano portions
alone. The orchestra portions will be play
ed by the best sOloists of the United States
Marine Band. Among the piano solo num-
bers there will be 'Tannhauser,' Wagner;
Dying Poet GOttschalk; Tampa overture
Harold; La Gazeile, Hoffman; Funeral
March Of a Marionette.' Gounod: Alpine
Horn, Reynaulds; left-hand solo. "Isolle"
by Ravina. Among the soioists in the band
will be Mr.. Jacques Van Poucke, clarinet:
Mr.. Chas. Kruger, bass; Mr.. Frank BadGo-
lett flute; Mr.. f. Patzschke, oboe; first vio-
lins, Mr. f. o. Weber and Mr.. r. Messen-
ger; tympani, Mr.. Harry SlmmS; cello, MIR.
julius Loeffler.
Two seasons ago Madam Carreno, the
pianist. came very near refusing TO appear
at Pittsburg where she had been announced,
and a crowded house awaited her. An en-
fhusiastic officer of the hall had great
pIacard painted with the announcement,
Madam Teresa Carreno, the Female Pad
erewski." A musical friend caught sight of
the placard and explained that If Madam
CarrenO saw the announcement in question
she would promptly refuse to appear. The
placard was Withdrawn and did not catch
the fair pianisrs eye, but she heard of IT.
IF that announcement had been out on my
arrival" she said. with surprising decision,
''I certainly would not have played note.
I have been called the Female Rubinstein;
that pleased me, but the Female Pade-
rewski' no. l thank you" This was not
the end of it. Rosenthal heard OF the af-
fair and quite supported the views Of Mad
am Carreno on the subject Madam Carre-
nos first New York recital will be given at
MendcissOhn Hall, November q.
OF the ages Of contemporary panists a
writer in Music says: "Pachmann, born in
1s4s. is now about So; Emil Liebling, born
in 1851, is now about 40: Joseffy born in
1S52 is now ~; Sherwood, born in 1854, is
%: Hyllested, born IN 1S4S is 50: Friedhem,
born in 1889 is Al: Paderewski. born in 1859,
IA now past 40: Sauer and Rosenthal, born
in 1862. are IS: Siloti, born in 1863, is 81;
D'AIbert born in 1864 is now SO: Busoni,
born in 1866, is 81; Godowski, born in 1870,
IS 80; Hamburg. born in 1873. is now q.
In the Hbretto of PucciniS La Tosca the
details OF Sardou's play are compressed,
and the opera is practically in two acts, the
last one including a stirring love duet, de-
scribed full Of real impaSsioned melody,
and Tosca's tragic end, as she leaps off the
platform at the castle of st. Angelo The
use of recurrent themes in the Wagnerian
style is noticeable throughout the opera
All lovers OF music hope that the expert
ment of giving grand opera in English now
being tried in New York at the Metropolitan
Opera House by the Savage-Grau combna-
ton will prove successful. The effort has
been made before, but never on extern
sive a scale ass at present. Even the Amer
ican Opera Company. founded by Mrs.
Thurber had not all the resources that the
present organization possesses, although its
artistic work far surpassed anything that
has yet been accomplished So far, accord
ing to the cities ''Mignon' has been the
most successful. presentation.
In the long list Of artists who intend
visiting this country during the coming sea-
son one Of the names that have attracted
marked attention Is that or Harold Bauer,
pianist who has enjoyed an experience and
won popularity abroad, OF which few can
boast. His reputation 10 Of double nature.