The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-24

French. thirteen American. seven (each)
Russian. English. Austrian. I'VE Bohemian.
four Norwegian, three Finnish, two Italian.
one Swiss. one African (Coleridge-Tayl0r)
The leader OF the New York Philharmonic
Orchestra produced three novelties; Fritz
Schcel, OF the Philadelphia Orchestra. pro-
duced nine: Frank Van der Stucken Of the
Cincinnati Orchestra. produced eleven; Will
helm Gericke, OF the Boston Symphony
Orchestra, produced seventeen. and Theo-
dore Thomas. of the Chicago Orchestra.
produced thirty-three.
song recital will be given at the Propy-
laeum on the evening OF June by Terrence
Holiday. a young bsss singer who has
never been heard in concert in indianapolis.
but whose voice has always attracted
favorable comment when he has been heard
as special solost in local churches. Mr..
Holiday is still very young man. but
he possesses a voice OF excellent quality.
He studied in New York with Francis
Fisher Powers. having been a favorite
pupil of that teacher. and has done con-
siderable concert work in the metropolis.
He expects TO make Indianapolis his home
nature of his debut here. Mr. Holiday
will be assisted at his recital by Hugh
McGibeny, whose ability as a solo vtoltnist
is well known to the music lovers OF the
city.
Another phenomenal young violinist win
be heard in this country next season In the
person of Francis Macmillan. The differ
ence between this one and those that have
recently been touring the United States is
that Macmillan is an American whose
home is in Marietta. o. He has been in
Brussels for some years studying with that
master Of the VIOLIN Cesar Thompson. He
met with the most unprecedented success
at his debut few weeks ago In Brussels.
Il
the most conservative of critics. to an I'M
usual state OF enthusiasm. The young
mans early training was obtained al the
Chicago Musical College. under Bernard
Listeman. A very brilliant career is pre-
dicted for him by the critics OF Belgium.
Though Herr Conried's Metropolitan
Grand Opera Company is capitalized at
nominally $4,000. just as Graus was. there
will really be a permanent. investment OF
a great deal more than that. The new
costumes and scenery will alone cost some
100000. a portion OF which will be con-
tribused by the stockholders Of the opera
house proper. These will also pay the
whole cost of all alterations 10 the stage
and auditorium. Altogether. the first ex-
penses, without including advances TO
artists, fares. etc. will be fully $4,000 But
most of this will be in the line of perma-
nent improvement.
XXX
The pupils Of Miss Nellie b. Shaner VIII
give a piano recital at the broadway NJ
E. Church tomorrow evening, assisted by
Miss Alpha Manola Vandawalker, reader
and Miss Lulu A Fisher. soprano. The fol-
lowing students of the piano will take
part: Miss Bertha McComb, Miss Maud
Evans, Miss wilma Coyner. Miss Edith
Rachel Claffey, Miss Mabel Mcllvain, Miss
Lulu Gertrude Bailey and Mrs. Glen Cecil
Leap.
XXX
After all. it takes a Frenchman to revel in
enthusiasm. Nine. Patti has been singing
in France and the Partisan poets have been
wing with each other in writing compli-
mentary things about the great diva They
call her "a thrush" "a rose. "a har-
mony," "a divinity from an Italian
heaven" 1.-The personification Of music.
and "a flower which drinks song"
Walter Damrosch has been invited to lead
| symphony concerts in Paris. St. Peters
| burg. Berlin and Warsaw during the spring
| of 1904 He expects TO go TO Europe in +eh.
| ruary, and will conduct Wagnerian con-
| certs in several cities in Germany.