The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-31

will fill a number of concert engagements
ir this country before sailing for Europe,
however.
Musical Notes.
The Boston Symphony orchestra and Vic
tor Herbert's Pittsburg orchestra remain
for Indianapolis music lovers to hear the
present season.
The Rogers Brothers and their popular
musical comedy, 1.-THE Rogers Brothers in
Central Park will likely go to London
in the near future.
Signor Belloni, who was at one time
LISTS secretary and acting manager of
Italian opera, died in Paris recently at the
advanced age of ninety-one.
The Baldwin Company has lately put out
some twelve-sheet posters that are as
handsome as anything of the kind shown
since the starting of the poster craze.
Arrangements have been completed by
which Frank Van der Stucken will remain
as director of the Cincinnati Symphony
orchestra for the next six years.
Harold Bauer, the pianist, who was a
feature Of the second symphony concert
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said to possess one of the largest roper
tories of any living pianist.
Frederick G. Berger, jr., the nineteen
year-old son of Manager F. G.. Berger, Of
the Lafayette-square Theater, Washington.
has just written a catchy new march, en-
titled The Lafayette-square Two-step."
The spring season of the Castle-square
opera company at the Studebaker Theater.
Chicago, will be inaugurated with THE
Wedding Day." the comic opera in which
Lillian Russell, Jefferson De Angels and
Della Fox starred successfully several sea-
sons ago.
A posthumous opera of Sir Arthur Sulli-
van entitled THE Beauty Stone will be
given with a revised libretto in the Central
Theater, Berlin. The piece was once pro-
duced in the London Savoy Theater. but
the blind hero and afflicted heroine failed
to become popular and the opera was laid
away and forgotten until after the death
of the eminent composer. Sir Arthur Sulli-
vans latest composition, Emerald Isle"
is in rehearsal now at the Savoy and will
be produced about Easter.
John II. Stem, the local impresario. has
already begun negotiations with the Theo-
dore Thomas Orchestra looking to it's APP
pearance next season in a series of three,
and possibly five, concerts. Mr.. Stem an
nOunces that each concert will be marked
by the appearance of a noted soloist. Lo-
cal music lovers would doubtless select
Bruno Steindl, the brilliant 'cellist, and Leo
as two of these soloists If allowed to ex-
ercise any preference in the matter.
Messrs. Steindl and Kramer have been
heard here, and each created a veritable
Juror by his brilliant playing.
The members of the Philharmonic Club
are rapidly mastering the elaborate mu-
steal numbers for their last concert Of the
present season. The date of the event
would have been announced some time
ago, but for the fact that the club has
had difficulty in securing a soloist. A con-
tract was entered into with Raphael Jose
fy, the pianist, but this was un-
avoidably broken by Herr Josefy being re-
called TO Germany by the death of his
mother. Negotiations are in progress with
other prominent artists and as soon as a
definite result is reached the date Of the
concert will be made known.
The Philharmonic String Quartet is MAX
ing elaborate preparations for its next con-
cert, which will take place early in April
The Saint-Saens Quintet in A Minor and
the Beethoved Quartet No. l." in F major.
promise 20 arouse a great deal of interest.
In the quintet Mr.. Ebert Buche:m, of Gin
cinnati, will take care of the piano part.
Mr.. Bucheim has played in both the United
States and Europe, and has the reputation
of being a fine piano player, which is amply
sustained by his work in rehearsals with
the quartet. Mr.. Bucheim will give a group
of selections for the piano, and the quar-
tet will perform a number of popular COM
positions, in addition to the two pretentfous
numbers already named.
The music at the West Washington
street Presbyterian Church Easter Sum
day will be rendered by the junior choir
on account of the senior choir having a
concert on April 5. Two elaborate pro-
grammes have been prepared for the day
by p. X. Higgins, ~choirmaster. as follows:
Morning
Chorus, Easter Day" ............ .Geibel
Solo and chorus, "Hark. The Sound.
Lehman
Solo by Mr.. Higgins.
Evening
Solo and chorus. Lehman
Solos by the Misses Thompson, Teepe
Barnes and Sullivan.
Solo, "Harki Those
Mr.. Thompson.
Chorus. Christ is .Geibel
Solo, THAT Blessed Easter Day"......
Mr.. Higgins.
Chorus. Carol of Easter Time'......G eibel
Chorus, All GeibeI
To-day is Palm Sunday and the music at
Christ Church will be of an exceptionally
interesting character. chorus choir
OF sixty voices will sing both morning and
! evening. Attractive programme have