The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-16
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shall be no night journeys. Kubelik thinks
collisions cannot occur in the day.
Xxx
Pupils of the Schellschmidt music studio
gave a recital last evening. Those on the
programme were: William Campbell Hall,
jr.. Ethel Vivian Swain. Alfred Miller.
Blanche Purviance. Mabel Morris, Mr..
Smith. Mrs. Z. T. Silvious. Henry A. Back
meyer, Mrs Mae Knee, Grace White and
The following pupils of Edward Nell gave
a recital last Wednesday evening: Mrs. F..
E. Fuller. Mrs. Rhea Hall Behymer. Mrs.
Jean Spangler. Georgia y. Calvin. Mary
Lawson, Rozetta Hall. Grace Feasey, At
tia Malott, Frank N. Taylor. Volney HUH
and III. w. Laut. They were assisted by
Nanette Grote, harpist, and Lulu Brown,
pianist.
On last Wednesday Maurice Grau, d.
rector of the Metropolitan opera House.
had been an impresario for thirty years.
His first venture was TO bring Rubinstein
10 this country in 1872. He became asso-
ciated with Henry f. Abbey in 1883 and
was the acting manager of the Metropoli-
tan when it was oponed on Oct. % of that
year. The opera on that occasion was
Faust, with Campanini, Del Puente, Sem
brich and Christine Nilsson in the cast.
XXX
The choir numbers at the Second Pres
byterian Church this morning will be Sc
lections from Mendelssohn's "St. Paul"
The first anthem will be "Oh. be Gracious.
Ye Immortals.' The second anthem will
include the tenor recitative And They
Stoned Him. the chorale ITO God on
High, the soprano recitative And the
witnesses and the quartet Happy and
Blest." The quartet is composed of Lilly
Adam, soprano; Mrs. Alice Evans. alto;
b. f. Miller, tenor, and Louis Dochez, bass.
Charles K. Hansen is the organist
Among the singers engaged for the next
opera season in London are Calve. Nor
dica, Melba, Games. Van Dyck, Reiss, Sale
"a, Bispham, Plancon, Van Rooy. Scott. In
the matter of conductors London will be
far more fortunate than New York, for it
will have Mancinelle for the Italian and
Lohse Tor the Wagner operas. There VIII
be special cycles of Wagner operas with
new scenery early in the season. OF the
twenty operas in the repertory, eight are TO
be sung in German, eight in Italian, and
four IN French. NJ. Messenger will remain
artistic manager. IL is believed that the
royal family will be reQuent visitors TO the
scribed for already, and the demand for
other seats Is unprecedented. The whole or
the comfortable but cumbersome old stalls
have been cleared away and will be re-
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for late corners 10 pass. A scheme has al
so been submitted for better warming and
ventilating the house and one part OF it
namely, machinery for pumping fresh, cool
filtered air into the auditorium-will, il is
hoped, be available during the summer.
XXX
Ferdinand Pfohl, the eminent Hamburg
critic declares that there are five distinct
types of modern operas.
l. Type: Tristan and Isolde" Charac-
teristics: Summer-night sultriness: long
ing for death; yearning for love. Love as
something ete~rnal-human, transcending all
individuality. Tragedy of love. Bold ehro-
matte harmonies. Rich polyphony.
2. Type: Die Meistersinger." Charac-
teristics: Tendency toward nationalism
German naticnalism; feeling for spring and
nature. Humor in all its shades. Senti-
mental lyrics. Its symbol is the chord OF
the ninth. Diatonic harmony, rich poly
phony.
8. Type: Carmen" characteristics:
Grace and piquancy; the fluent melody OF
the French chanson. Gay coquetry, healthy
eroticism. Ardent temperament. Trans