The age-herald., 1902-04-06
GALA SEASON OF MUSIC.
(contlnued From Eighth Paue.)

works given under Guckenherger's direc- ton follows: Handers Messiah" five times; Graun's Passion of Our Lord" four times; Handers Judas 'Macca- baeus" three times; Haydn's Creation" Mendelssohn's "Eijah, Grieg's Olaf Trygnasson. two times; Into the World" (ehildren's cantata), by Benoit; excerpts from Wagner operas; 'The Re- dcmpton" GounoG; Thirtieth Psalm, Mem bach; By the Waters of Babylon" I.lszt; flora Novissima," Horatio Park CT; Skeleton in Armour" Arthur Foote; Fair Ellen," Bruch, two times; "Messe Solonnelle" Gounod; Sixth Mass in G. Lcjeal; Imperial Mass, Haydn; Mass in G. Weber.
 MT. Guckenbergcr is a master of the orchestra as well as master of chorus, and no one will be more ready to testi- fy to his all round skill and experience than MT. Thomas or NIT. Kramer, the coneermeister of the Thomas orchestra MT. Thomas sat in a box at the last music festival and watched Guckenberg- CT closely as he conducted Part II. Of Elijah After the performance what the famous conductor said was in the highest degree a fattering compliment to the Birmingham director. MT. Thomas is not man who is given to excessive praise but his remarks about Guckenber- ger was praise that meant much.
 Members of the Chorus.
 Sopranos-Mrs. F. G. Chandler, Mrs. r. D. Bacon, Mrs. B. F. Merriweather, Mrs. l. D. Steele, Mrs. J. s. Bridges Mrs c. Houppert Mrs. Walter Howard, Miss Adeline Bostick, Miss Leta Kits Miss Bessie Cox, Miss Clara Maxim, Miss Ethel Erwin, Miss Aurie Arm strong. Mrs. J. Willis, Miss Nellie Hill Miss Bertha Schoen, Miss Mamie Ma lone, Miss Lotta Malone, Mrs. l.. J. Da- vids, Miss Margaret Moore. Miss Amy Rosamond, Miss Cecilia Nolan, Mrs. R. V. Algood. Miss Fannie Daniels. Mrs J. M. Satterfield. Miss Lena Jackson, Mrs K c. Rabbitte Mrs. E. J. Putnam, Miss Ola Andrews. Miss Eva May Hays, Miss Maud Tunnel, Miss Gertrude Vol ley, Mrs. E. H. Taylor, Miss Tula liar key, Miss Mamie Lum, Miss May Drake Mrs. c. J. Knighton, Miss Annie Lee Baugh, Miss Kate Robinson. Miss Ida Adelson, Miss Claude Robinson, Miss Celia Adelson, Miss Ina Sheppard. Miss Sarah Ramseur, Miss Lillie Bondurant, Miss Joe Watson, Miss Ruby Bridges, Miss Margaret Boyte Miss Bertha Sul- livan, Mrs. M. V. Joseph, Miss Binnte Caffee, Miss Marion Rupnow, Miss Nell Hukin, Miss May Hukin Miss Herbert
 Altos.-Mrs. Henry Barnard, Mrs. Sam uel Adler Mrs. J. E. Hill, Miss Lucy bedll, MISS 1aTTle Oiilidh Nii9S ti'D Glover Miss Amy Braun. Miss Eugenia Braun, Miss Alice Schafer, Miss Mar garet Walker Miss Ella Nolan Miss L c. Spaulding, Miss Emma Wellman, Miss Bertha Wellman, Miss Lena Hill, Miss Bessie Lum, Miss Edna Schoen. Miss Mary Snyder, Miss Lola Hall, Miss Lucy Hall, Miss. l.. Sandman, Miss Rose Openshaw Miss Mary Lanier, Miss Eliz- abeth Jones, Miss M. E. Sheffield, Miss A ~ sThOna9 Mrs J. Rumbrandt, Miss Cora Gockel, Miss Alma Burgamy, Miss Clara Gockel, Mrs Wm Metcalf, Miss Mamie Hawkins. Miss Ada Johnson, Mrs. J. l.. Lynch, Miss Lydia Palmer.
 Tenors-Mr Harry Lyons MT. C. F. Orr, MT. George Strafford, MT. P. D. Bostick, MT. George P. Jackson, MT. B. L. Michaelson, MT. E. Gusheld, MT. J' w. Willis Mir F. P. Montgomery, MI. Walter Howard. MT. Chas Houppert, MT. Frank Arrico, MT. J. l.. Morris MT. Jack Thomas Prof. Chas. Brown, MT. s. A. Arrico, MT. F. B. Daniels Mir. M. An drews, Mr. John Hockinger, MT. R. T. Waddell. MT. M. N. Prange, MT. J. Rem brandt, MT. T. P. Ellis, MT. Ben c. Peck, MT. Louis Knieling. MT Will Bradburg, MT. c. Webster, MT. Chas Bell, MT. MOT ris Bendes, MT. Albert Geis.
 Basses.-Mr. c. T. RanLall, MT. R. w. Harrison. Mir Abe Ullman, MT. E. l.. Brown, Mr. Chas Herbert MT F. G. The len, Mr. J. F. Burnett, MT. Sam Michael, MT M D. Beavers MT. H. E. Smith, MT M. M. Ullman, Mir. Leo Loeb. MT. M. Lenk, Mr. Sidney M. Ullman, MT. c. B. Rencher, Mir. S. M. Hanby, MT. Dan Sandman, MT. D. D. Bacon, MT. J. D. Krackenberger MT. John Hopping. MT. l.. Schlessinger. MT. M. J. Wolowitz, Prof. R. V. Allgood. Prof. c. B. Glenn, MT. J. C. Madoc, MT. G. Ehrman. MT. J. l.. Fitzglbbon, MT. H. c. Burton, MT c. H. Taylor, MT George Stamps, MT. r. Marion Thomson, MT. J. G. Putnam, MT. B. H. Dillon, MT. Carl Steiner, MT. A. Ploeger, MT. A. F. Lewis, MT. Thomas Bradshaw, Mir c. J. Severin, MT. Clar1 ence H. Chester, Rev. w. M. Blackweld- CT MT. John E. Peck, Mir. Ernest oox, MT. C. H. Golf, Mir Wm. Metcalf, MT.
 . B. Perry MT. James O'Hare, MT. Dot Carlisle MT. J. H. Porter.
 Sketch of Thomas.
 Mir. Guckenberger will conduct the chorus numbers ana MT. lnoinds tHe oi chestral numbers.
 Theodore Thomas has had a more inn portant part than any other man in the progress of music in this country Though he was born in Hanover, he came to the United States with his lam ily when he was only ten years old. HIS father had taught him as child to play the violin. and his musical education was continued in New York. Before he was twenty-one years old he was a solo vio- linist and first violinist in orchestral, operatic and chamber concerts. lie was a member of a concert company led py Jenny Lind, and later was director or orchestras attached to operatic compa- nies For a long term of years he was III A quartet with William Mason, whose "Memories of a Musical Life recently have been published.
 Thomas is very apparently one or those peculiar men that early in life lay out their plan of action definitely and follow if unswervingly putting aside all emo tional doubts, determined to realize thelr a intuition against any odds. His person. ality is so conspicuously dominating that the orohastras that he has directed near ly forty years have been known as .'Thomas" orchestras. The first of these organizations was formed in. 1S64 and its concerts were called symphony Soirees." MT. Thomas imbued his play CTS with his purposefuness, and gave them new ambition. The project was un- successful in the money sense, but in the summer of 1866 the concerts were con tinued at Terrace Garden first and then in Central Park. Meeting with more en- the orchestra piayed at Stairway Hall in the winter. At that time many young Germans that hao been thoroughly educated at home were coih- ing to New York, and the Ihomas or chestra took in a large number or lneIh' They were fine material for the conduc- tor to work with. Several tours were un- .dertaken with varying financial losses. If was hard to get public support Tor the .enternrise. and when in 1878, the Cincih- nati College of Music offered MT. Thomas