Evening star., 1902-09-13
MUSICAL MENTION

A private letter received from Mrs. H. II.
Mills. who has been spending the summer
with her daughter Lotta and her hus-
band, Mr.. Hough, at Lucerne Switzer-
land. states that she left for London the
first Of the month, whence she sails today
for home. Mr.. and Mrs. Hough accom-
panied her to London, where they will
spend the winter. Mrs. Mills will reach
Washington In time to give a studio 'at
home" on the 10Th instant.
Manager Rudolph Aronson announces the
first appearance in America of Kocian. the
Bohemian violin virtuoso, on Saturday
evening, November %, at Carnegie Hall,
New York. Kocian will be assisted by a
grand orchestra of 100 musicians, under
the conductorship of Walter Damrosch. He
is expected to visit Washington on his tour.
Mascagni and his company will arrive on
this side about September %, and go lmme-
diately into rehearsal. Mascagni himself
voyages on the Philadelphia of the Ameri-
can line, sailing from Southampton on
September 81. He will meet his entire com
pany on the stage of the Metropolitan
opera House the day of his arrival. The
next evening he will be banqueted by the
Mascagni Society. Mascagni selected wise
ly the works Of his own compositions to be
performed in America. Though all his
operas have been praised highly by his
countrymen, the four he viii produce on this
tour, "Cavalleria Rusticana." ''Zanetto."
.Ratclif' and Iris" are those which have
been hailed most gladly In other lands.
Americans who have heard them abroad
say the last three, which are new to the
United States, will become as popular here
as his first great success Aside from the
characteristic of beautiful music, each tells
a stirring and sympathetic story.
he Oparo C,,,p> ba,o,
seasons rehearsals in the studios of Profs.
SALESMAN and De Ford Monday evening.
The Gondoliers" was selected the first
work to be produced. A large number of
the members were present, and many new
voices were added to the chorus. Mrs. Ivy
Harriet Shade has been selected to sing
the prima donna role, and the cast will in
clude other well-known singers.
The eighth annual season of Henry w.
Savage's English grand opera company is
to open in Boston at the fremont Theater,
September 22 The organization, which is
the only successful one of its kind in this
country, is said to have a stronger array of
singers than at any time since its founda-
ton. The roster calls for 135 people.
One of the engagements for the present
year is that of Mr.. Lloyd D'Aubigne, who
was last in this country as a member of
the Metropolitan Opera Company, and who
is generally regarded as being one of the
leading tenors in the world. He is an
American by birth, Nirginian, and has
made all of his studies in Europe under the
best masters. During the past year he
has been singing with great success in
continental Europe in all of the important
capitals. Mr.. DAubigne will alternate in
the leading tenor roles with Mr.. Joseph
Sheehan, who has been with Mr.. Savage's
organization for several years. The COM
pany will have repertoire of twenty grand
operas this season, and carry with it every
thing that is used In any of the productions
down to the smallest property.
The Choral Society has adopted a new
plan in regard to its accompanies for the
coming season. DIR. Anton Gloetzner, who
Is the accompanist to the society, will play
the piano part in the accomplishments al
all the concerts. The organ part will be
rendered by different organists of this city.
Mr. Ernest T Winchester will play in the
Messiah" Mr.. William A. Kirkpatrick in
the st. Paul." and Mr. Harvey Murray in
the Creation" MIR. Winchester is organist
at st. Marks Church on Capitol Hill, Mr..
Kirkpatrick at Trinity Episcopal Church
and Mr. Murray at the Church of the Cove
nant. All three of these are educated mu-
sicians and experienced organists Much in
tereSt, 1t is thought, VIII be felt by the
friends of the society in having an oppor-
tunity to hear three of the best known
ganists in the city in work of this char
acter. At the beginning of the season the
society is now able to announce the en-
gagement of all the persons who are to as
sist in the concerts in any capacity. The
first rehearsal will be held on Monday, Oc-
tOber q, at Carroll Institute Hall, at Z 80
pm. Persons desiring to join the chorus
can present themselves at that rehearsal.
Mr.. Daniel Frohman has just received a
cable from his musical star, Ossip Gabrio-
witsch, the pianist. saying that he will
sail from Antwerp Saturday, September 20,
on the steamship Friesland, which is due
in this city, September 2S and the American
tour of the artist will begin the following
week, Thursday, October =, at the Worces-
ter CMass.) festival.
Miss Lieberman has written a caprice.
which she will have played by her pupils
in ensemble at the first concert this season.
1t is said to be brilliant and attractive.
Messrs. Droop & Sons have offered four
scholarships for the pupils of Miss Lieber
man, to represent their firm and one
to represent each of the three newspapers.
These representatives have been selected
as follows: Miss Marie Howe by the Droops,
Miss Bean The Star, Miss Daphne Thomp-
son the Post and Mosher MCGEE the Times.
In addition the firm has offered jeweled
medals to be competed for and Miss Lieb-
erman has offered a special prize medal for
the young lady making the best showing
on the night of the final concert. The con-
testantS for these prizes must play all the
band and concerted numbers on the concert
program and also a piano solo. The re-
hearsals have already begun, and the first