The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-31
MUSICAL GOSSIP.

The Scranton Conservatory of Music
reopens its doors Saturday. September
!, or one week from today. At that
time the arrangement for hours and
classification of students will begin.
on Thursday. the 18th the regular les
sons will begin.
The conservatory was extremely sue
cessfu last year. and will reopen with
largely increased attendance. The
curriculum for the coming year in
cludes larger number of students re-
cltals than ever, with an artists re-
Cital course of four concerts.
new teacher from Boston, Miss
Ethel A. Stone, formerly of the faculty
of the Faelten PianotOrte school, Bos-
ton, begins her work in the conserva-
tory this season Miss stone comes
highly recommended by Mr.. Faelten
as pianist and teacher.
j. Alfred Pennington has arranged
his programmes of organ music for the
sunday services at Elm Park church
an entire year in advance. The year
begins tomorrow, and is, by the way
the first Sunday in Mr.. Pennington's
seventh year of service at Elm Park
church.
The programs maG. out include
nearly three hundred pieces, in which
no repettionS occur, or six set pieces
every sunday. All of these have been
chosen with special reference to the
place they are To fill. and are by the
leading organ composers, living and
dead.
The Elm Park church quartette will
resume its services tomorrow after d
months vacation. The choir is the
best the church has ever had and will
compare favOrably with the best quar-
tetteS in New York or Boston. II is
composed of Miss Eliza beth Thomas
soprano; Mrs. LenOre Thompson, con-
tralto; Alfred Wooler. tenor and Phlip
Warren, bassO. As in his own organ
programmes. Mr.. Pennington has
planned the coming year for the choir
in advance. and the work of every
Sunday will receive three rehearSals
thus !nsuring the most perfect blend
ing of the voices.
The following iS the programme of
music which will he rendered a Elm
Park church tomorrow under the direc-
tion of J. Alfred Pennington, organist
and choirmaster;
MORNING.
Organ pIcluic McdItazioue N L Minor.
Capocci
Choir Anthem. "Thcre Is one WAY" ballard
Organ odutop, Mcloda in { Minor ..Capocci
Chor--IiNmn, Always Happy .....,.. handler
Choir and Congregation, Gloria in ENrel,S"
Chan:
Organ Prelude, 0Gcroria in C Major ....Capocri
Chor-AnthCm, The L0rd Is King .Marston
Organ ohcrtoy, Solo di FIauto in B Flat,
Capocci
Tenor SOLO selected
ChOr-lilmn, "NnW the Day l. over" ..Rarnhv
Organ Postludc March Golhique .,,.,.., ,Siiome
The Paur symphony orchestra. num-
bering fifty players, with Emil Paur
conducting, will he i'm Scranton during
the latter part of October, under the
management of Miss Anna Miller The
orchestra will carry as a soloist Ar
thur Hochmann. the young pianist, who
will return from a four years absence
in Germany to fiji the engagement with
Mr., Paur He created the greatest en-
thusiasm in Germany by his playing
with the Berlin Philharmonic orches-
ira as well as i'm rccitals.
The symphony orchestra will re-
sumo rehearsals next Friday evening
for the forthcoming season.
An earnest effort is being made by
local musicians TO bring the Kneisel
quartette here for concert next
month. The Kneisels are recognized
as the quartette par excellence in the
musical world OF today, and il is to be
hoped that Scrantonians will be given
an opportunity to hear one OF their in
con parable concerts in the near flu
ture.
Messrs. Theodore Hemberger, A. y.
Rippard, Thomas Rippard and Fred
Widmayer, comprising the Hemherger
quartette, will spend a week in Sep
tember at Lake Sheridan, at work on
a new composition for the winter sea-
son. Among other numbers, the quar-