The times., 1901-03-10
MUSICAL NOTES.

! the numbers Miss Anita CIuss accom-
/ panies the organ with the harp, and the
! combination is very attractive. Mr.. Free
| man has the assistance of some OF the
/ best musicians in the city. Charles ROD
! erts. the bdsso Of the choir sang at the
! first recital, and Master Harry HelWlg,
/ the soprano soiOiSt, was heard March :;
! in Bucks song, Fear Not Ne, Q Israel;
! At the recital yesterday Miss Gertrude
! Damon, soprano. and Anton kaSpar Vlo-
! linist, We're the soloists.
| il is said that Rubinsteins lessons to
pupils generally varied from one-haf to
/ one hour in length, but when Josef Hot
mann came to him ne often spent SIX
! hours at the piano with the young Pole,
/ and it was with real delight often and
/ constantly expressed that he took the
( boy as pupil. He was accustomed to
speak of Josef as the only child wonder
who was anything but "a puppCt IN Ber-
1 lin, where the Hofmanns live, the IA
nous pianist has one wall of ms music
room almost covered by portraits and
mcmCntus of his famous master on the
/ last photograph ever taken Of RUhinstein
4 he wrote some bars of his Contra
I pauss and the words. You alone, my
/ dear Josef. of an whom / have heard
! play this composition, render IT as 1 in
! tended it," In the centre of the room
| is EuhiGst,inS $ piano, which he presented
! to Hofmann shortly before his death.
The 'Motet Choir" of which Otto Tor
ney Simon is director is preparing very
actively for its first concert. which viii
/ take place March II in the evening, at the
/ National Rifles HAN 1t promises to be
/ rare musical treat; for to real music 10y
/ ers no early form of music is more fasci-
mating than the motet or the mddriSal TO
which the music of the choir is confined.
/ Palestriua, Bach, Areadelt. are a few Of
the names which viii appear CoD5plcu-
/ Ously Ou the programme. There Will be
/ two soIoists, Dr Hopklnson. oi Baltimore,
/ very finished baritone. and Senior Niiial-
/ paudo, the cellist from the Mexican Con-
! servatory,
Miss Katharine NcReynolds, pianist,
and Fraulein Fanny Koehle, violinist fur
| nished the music for the blind last Wed
nesday afternoon, at the Congressional
/ Library. The recital was remarkably sue
/ ceSsful the large study room being crowd
I ed. and q hundred or more people stood
! through the performance in the hall out
1 side The strictest attention was paid TO
/ the programme, which included solos and
/ duets for both instruments,
Miss Francesca Kaspar the daughter
Of Josef Kaspar, played Raffs Il Fl
| leuse'' at the last meeting of the Friday
Morning Club Miss Kaspar's chosen in
( struueut is not the Nioiin, but the piano.
/ She has a pretty touch ard is one OF the
promising young musicians of the clty'
It seems there are to be many ami va
ried musical entertainments at the PAN
American Exposition in Buffalo. organ
recitals bv leading organists OF the Uni
ted States and other countries, and con-
certs. including vocal and Instrumental
music. in the Temple of Music, will be
I prominent features. There VIII also be
! daily concerts from the ban6stands of the
/ Plaza EssplaRaGe. and other parts OF the
/ grounds Not all the arrangements for
! these concerts have yet been maze Dut
/ among the bands already engaged are
J Sousa S. FanCiulli $, the Thirteenth SeSl-
! ment Band of Hamilton, ont. IN LlSHl
! Band Of ElEin, III; the Carlisle ludlan
/ Band the Cadet Band, of Salem, Mas ;
/ the Chicago Marine Band, the Ithaca
/ Band, and the Boston Ladies Miltary
/ Band also the best bands Of Buffalo. IN
/ Guiding the SiXty-ffth Regiment Band,
/ which saw service at Camp Alger during
! the SpaniSh-AmeTiCan war. The IllIed
| states Marine Band is not 20 visit Buffalo
! during the exposition.
Anton Kaspar. whose beautiful violin
playing is well known in this city, has
received a aattering offer to make a three
weeks tour with Miss Carrie Bridewel
as far south as New Orleans. Miss Bride
well is singing the contralto roles in the
4 French operas. with Mr.. Grau's company
| this season. at the Metropolitan Opera
| House. in New York. She has a magnlh.
( cent voice and created a sensation last
I Nay when she was heard mere IN soH-
/ recital AIr Kaspar teaches at the ForeSl
! Glen Seminary and the National Cathe-
dral School. besides having many Concefl
gagemeuts and has not yet eeclies
| whether he can be absent from the city
for so long time
Rubinstein once remarked that the
-piano was a 'beastly horrid instrument
on hearing the performance Of youni
lady in St Petersburg. Shortly aftel
this Josef Holman played, and he said
But the piano, after all, is beautiful
instrument"
Josef Hofmann tells many amusing
stories told him by Rubinsteiu Of his life
once RubiHstein had an opera performed
for the first time. At the last rehearsal
he said to his orchestra that if the oper'
! was q success ne would have them AN SUI
with him. on the critical evening befoT
/ the opera was half finished. the maste
/ had left the hall and went TO bed. AbDu
/ O'Clock some one rang him up. 1t wa
| tho bassJOu player. RubIusteln aSket
him what was the matter He replied
You said IL the opera were success
you would ask us 20 sup with YOU
liked the opera very much.
The crowd which left the seats anC
hung over the edge of the stage at th
end Of Hofmanns first New York con
cert showed plainly that he, like Pad
er-ewsld. is TO have the affection Of au
diences. There was a lingering after tn
last encore, and an unusual demonstra
ton I'm the room behind the stage.
They all seemed to remember hin
when he was dear little boy" anC
every woman wanted to tell him so. anC
see if he remembered her. Some of ther
had been children who had been take
to hear him then and remembered hin
4 almost as a playmate. There is nOthin
of the poseur, nothing affected about tn
T / healthy, simple-maunered young ma
/ whose playing has such magic. but h
| which is far stronger than any seuti
? 1 mentality. He is like the sequel to
I story. They want 10 come and listen L
him, and look at him and say, 81 toll
$ you he was genius
At least that is the way they behave
| on Tuesday. Every other woman ther
. / appeared as proud as though one OF he
, ! own kim had turned out well. And in hi
, . informal reception Of these old friends n
seemed as happy 10 see them as the.
! 1 were
Iiofmann viii appear at the Nauona
, ( Theatre next Thursday afternoon. Ticket
/ for the concert are on sale at the musi
, / store Of j.. +. DrOOp d Sons.
} a number Of Washington people expe'
to visit Baltimore ,next Friday TO atten
the violin recital to be given by Mis-
Maud Powell that evening at the Oper
/ House. Miss Powell has had pheuomon,
success abroad. she is recognized every
/ where as the foremost American WOma