Evening star., 1901-12-05
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RAKEMANN STRING QUARTET.-The
| Rakemann String Quartet entertained a
| large audience in the banquet hall of the
| Shoreham last night by the first of its
| concerts announced for the present season.
The quartet offerings consisted of three
| movements from Opus. sc of Arnold King,
two Swedish love songs by Edward Ber-
genholtz and dedicated to the quartet, and
four movements from the piano quintet of
Max Lewandowsky. The Swedish local
| color and lyric qualities Of the Bergenholtz
selections made the most favorable impress
sions, although all the quartet numbers
were enthusiastically app,auded. Mrs. w.
L. Wilson appeared as the vocal soloist OF
the evening and rendered the cavatina from
Myerbeers Robert lie Diable.'' Miss Alice
E. Burbage, who officiated at the piano in
the quintet. played with much skill and
aided materially in the rendition of the
number. Mr.. E. H Droop was an efficient
accompantst.
MADAM LEHMANN'S CONCERT-In a
recent interview on the art of singing Nine.
Lillian Lehman, who will appear in Wag-
merriam and song recital at the Columbia
Theater tomorrow afternoon, says that the
girl who wants to learn to sing should first
make of herself good musician. Let her
| learn some musical instrument thoroughly.
Once that Is done, as much depends on the
pupil as on the teacher. 1t is when the
pupil has begun to learn singing that her
talents as a musician will come most to her
aid. AS for the roles she learns this Is the
advice always give: 1t is such music as
Lucia La Somnambula, LIE Barbiere'
that trains one to sing we'll. Learn that
thoroughly and let the modern composers
alone for while 1 had thoroughly sung
my Italian repertoire from beginning to
end before I thought Of Wagner. But to-
day the old music which best trained the
voices is not taught-not even in Italy.
There they Immediately begin to sing
Leoncavailos, Puccinis or Mascagnis
music which is just as bad for the unde-
veioped voice as is Wagner. After a girl
mann, 1.-The next important thing for her to
learn is what she should sing. Certain
voices, as so many singers seem to forget,
are suited only to certain kinds of music.
One may have voice which would last a
long time when used for singing the music
suited to it. But If it is used In singing
Wagner or the dramatic music of the
younger composers it cannot endure.
There is only certain quantity of it, and
If 1t be used up in two or three years in
singing music to which it is not suited,
only one thing can happen. But singers
often seem to forget that with voice suit
possible to succeed in entirely different,
fields. That is thing the singer must
learn for herself In her concert tomor
row afternoon Nine. Lehman will sing
some German songs and give some excerpts
from Tristan and Isolde"
THE sAENGERBUNDs CONCERT
Announcement has been made of the pro-
gram for the first public concert of the
current season by the Washington Saenger-
bund, which will occur at the Columbia
Theater next Sunday evening. These pub
lie appearance of the 'Bund are among
the notable musical events of the winter
in Washington. This first concert takes on
unusual interest, however, because Of the
engagement of two virtuosi from New
York-Miss Estelle Lebing and Mr. Max
Bendix. The former is the young Ameri-
can prima donna of the Dresden Royal
Opera, is now en- tour of the United States
in a series of concert programs, and, ac-
cording to the Berlin German Times, is
notable for the most wonderful virtuosity
Mr.. Bendix is well known here as a violin
ist Of rare technical ability and poetic tenn
permanent. The 'Bund will render two
choruses, with the orchestra, and will sing
two a-capella songs. The orchestra will
include forty Of the best musicians in the
city.