The Washington times., 1903-07-19

tel, Plney POINT, Nd, this season is In
charge of Robert Hill. a Washington
boy fifteen years Of age. He has been
assisted by Master John Allen, violinist,
and among their selections have been
"Hiawatha," The Pilgrims Chorus"
"Carnation Waltzes." and all the pop
ular music. Master Hill has written q
bright and attractive waltz for the piano
which is soon 10 be published
Harrison Grey Fiske, manager of the
Manhattan Theater. New York. has ar
ranged with Homer Lind. a Washing
tonian, formerly OF the Royal Carl Rosa
Company in England and later OF the
Metropolitan English Grand Opera Com
pany, to present during a series of
matinee performances next fall a num-
Der of little classics and operatio novel
ties. Among these are one-act operas
by Mendelssohn and Flotow which have
never been presented in this country;
several musical morceaus Of the modern
English, French, and German schools,
and at least one original work by an
American eomposer-Harry Rowe Shell
ly's lyrical intermezzo entitled Santa
Claus" These special matinees will
begin about the LIST of November. Mr..
Lind will have the assistance of a Sc
lect company.
Mendelssohn's one-act opera, Helm
kehr aus der Fremde freely adapted
under the title Return OF the Roamer,"
will be the feature of Mr.. Lind's open
Ing bill The operetta - an idyI of
Suabian village life-was composed by
Mendelssohn during his visit to England
as present to his parents on the occa-
sion of their fftieth anniversary. when
II received its premiere at the hands OF
members and friends of the Mendelssohn
family. 1t was never publicly performed
during the composers lifetime. and
was first published by his musical ex-
eeuturs. 1t was first performed in Eng
fish by the Pyne- Harrison Opera Com
pany, which toured this country in 1856,
but chung mainly to Italian opera 1t
was revived forty years later by the
Royal Carl Rosa Company, with Mr..
Lind in the buffo-b baritone role OF
Kautz. the peddIer, whose principal song,
II Am a Roamer,' is as familiar on the
concert stage as the "Heimkehr" over
ture is on symphony programs. But the
opera in its entirety is a novelty.
Loudon G. Charlton announces Kelley
Cole, tenor, for an American tour this
season in oratoriO. concert, and recitals.
Mr.. Cole has, for several years. held
rank with the best tenors in England.
by reason Of the beauty of his voice
finished art, and an exceptionally at
tractive repertoire. Mr.. Cole viii be
here from October, 1903. to May. 1904.
Edwin Grasse, a young American
violinist who has won notable dis
tinction in Berlin. Vienna, Leipzig. Mu-
mich. and London, Will make his first
concert tour in this country this season
under the management of Loudon G.
Charlton. Since young Grasse gradu- |
ated with high honors from the ROYAL
Conservatory at Brussels. where he was
under the personal guidance of Caesar
Thomson. he has made brilliant appear
ances with the great European orches-
tras, and in recital he brings hattering
encomiums Of his gifts and arts from |
the exacting German critics.
Marcus Mayer has just returned from
Europe and announces that he has made /
a contract with Calve FOR sixty con-
certs in this country, in October and |
November. 1904.
Adelina Patti. who will make a tour
Of the country next fall and winter. will
sail from Liverpool October p, and will /.
arrive in New York October %. On No
vember 2, in Carnegie Hall, she will
open her tour. After one more con-
cert In that city she will begin her ex-
tended journey. going as far West as San
Francisco, and probably as far South
as New Orleans. Among the musicians
who Will accompany Nine. Patti on her
tour are Wilfred Viego, tenor; Antoine
Hegner, baritone; Claude Cunningham
IF the Carl Rosa Opera Company, basso:
Rosa Zanello. violinist, and Vera Marg-
nelles. pianist. Rauldo SapIo will be
the conductor
Lillian Heidelbach. who was engaged
by Manager Heinrich COnreid for dra-
matte soprano roles during the coming
season Of grand opera at the Metropoli-
an Opera House, New York, has arrived
n Berlin for the purpose Of consulting
her manager regarding her work during II
he coming winter. Miss Heidelbach was
III when she left New York but is rapid
y recovering and Will undoubtedly be
able TO fulfill her contract with the Con
'eid Grand Opera Company.
Margaret Hubbard Ayres, a young
American cOntralto. who has lately re-
turned from Europe, has been engaged
% appear at Keith's Theater. New York.
n repertoire of German, French and
English songs by modern composers.
Melville Ellis has completed the in
;idental music for Bertha GaIland's next
starring vehicle, Dorothy Vernon of
iaddon Hall" Mr. Ellis COMPOSITIONS
comprise thirty-eight numbers.
The "Menestral' comments on the sue ,
.essive Withdrawals OF conductors and
artists from any participation in the ,
Wagner monument ceremonies in Berlin r
lext autumn, and says that these Wag- ,
lerians are difficult people to satisfy" 7