The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-06
in THE MUSICAL WORLD
SUZANNE ADAMs's RECTAL AT THE
+. CLAYP0OL AUDITORIUM.
German House Production Of "Chimes
of Normandy--LocaIa and Foreign
Music Notes of Interest.

in the assembly room Of the Claypool Hotel
by Mime. Suzanne Adams. the well-known
soprano from the Metropolitan Opera House,
New York, Karl Grienauer, 'cellist from
Vienna. and Ward Stephens. the gifted
American pianist. This recital will be the
second in the series of musical events that
is being given under the management of
Mrs. Ona B. Talbot the first having been
the Damrosch-B ispham wagnerian recital
three weeks ago.
Mime. Adams is at present touring the
United States for the first time since the
beginning of her short but remarkably sue
cessful artistic career. Heretofore she has
been known as an opera singer and star"
for music festivals. But since the begin
ming of her recital tour a month or so ago
she has added to her artistic career the rep
utation ''Lieder singer" par excellence.
Some time ago during the Worcester festi-
val she sang the ''Valse Printemps," writ
ten by her husband, Leo Stern. This num-
Der is included in her Indianapolis pro-
gramme. The cultured Boston audience
greeted Nine. Adams with laundering ap-
plause. which was repeated even more Wig
orously after she had finished this valse
song. Mime. Adams sang it with extraor-
binary brilliancy and her execution, bird
| like, with long trill on the high b and
sweet final E, completely captured the audi
ence. There was such mad enthusiasm
| that the management relaxed their wise
rule and allowed Nine. Adams to repeat the
song. She did so, singing it very beauti-
| fully, with brilliancy, pure intonation and
| tasteful phrasing; IL was admirable color
atura singing.
| Ward Stephens, the pianist of Nine.
Adamss company. has had great success as
a concert pianist in Paris, Russia and
Vienna. Massenet and Saint-Saens have
both taken a great interest in this young
pianist. He has studied the latest piano
concerto of Saint-Saens with the master
himself There Is much that might be
said of Mr.. Stephens artistically. While
! listening to his playing the thought of tech
nique seldom occurs. The proficiency of his
fingers so entirely serves as a mere means
to end that It Is the music which stands
out foremost. In his Interpretation of the
various masters Mr.. Stephens is most YER
satile. Originality is never wanting but
with just appreciation of the objective in
music he never sacrifices the spirit Of the
composer to the advantage Of the performer.
A sonorous singing tone quality is strik-
ing beauty OF his work. he paints veritable
tone pictures. While In Vienna Emil Sauret
met Mr.. Stephens and was so delighted with
his artistic temperament and personality
that he took him to Buda-Pesth as his guest.
Mrs. Talbot announces that there will be
teachers and students tickets on sale for
| 70 cents in the c., III. & ID. Office, Claypool
Hotel. This is done to give the hundreds of
music students an opportunity to hear great
works rendered by great artists.
XXX
The series of entertainments at the Ger
man House this season is proving of un-
usual interest The concert of last Thurs
| day evening showed great Improvement in
the big chorus and orchestra and the af--
fair was in every way enjoyable. The next
| entertainment, which is to take place on
| New Years eve will be an amateur produc-
ton of the favorite opera. THE Chimes of
Normandy" and the cast will be the follow
| ing:
Serpolette, the good-for-nothing. .......
Germaine, the lost marchioness .-...
Mrs. Josephine Bremerman- Edmunds
Henri Marquis Of Bonneville. ............
Jean Grenicheux, a fisherman. ...........
...... ..................H Homer Van Vie
| Gaspard, a miser.. Harry Porter
Baillie- Oliver Isensee
Notary. ........................R Richard Lieber
Il
The report recently cabled to this country
that Paderewsh had lost all of his money
through bad investments made for him by
friend is now denied by the Beriner Tage-
blatt. 1t Is stated that while the great
pianist has lost some money, he is to-day
one of the largest stockholders of the great
est hotel In West Prussia, the Hotel Bristol
in Warsaw. Paderewski is also the owner
Of several estates in Galicia.
Signor Sonzogno, the Italian music pub
| lisner, has been at his old occupation again
OF Offering rich prizes for the best grand
opera in one act-a repetition Of the process
to which Mascagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana"
owes its inception. Three scores by men
quite unknown to the musical world at
large have been chosen the best out of a
mass Of 2sS manuscripts received, and one
of these three will receive prize of $4,000
after the works have been produced.
Last spring a German journal asserted
that the Wagner family had received S115,-
600 in royalties from 1900 performances of
| Wagner's operas given in Germany in 1902
Ashton Ellis, the translator of Wagner
prose works, and an intimate friend of the
Wagner family. protested against this as
sertion and reduced the figures to s5S0O0
| Even that modest sum ought to keep the
Wagner family from starving to DEATH
Then there are the Beyreuth profits. aver
aging $4,000 year. which ought to help a
little. The two sums added make sl0SOO0 a
year. But there is more to come. Two
years ago IL was announced that since the
! production of "Lohengrin'' in Paris in 1891
100000 francs had been paid in royalties to
Frau Wagner by the Paris Grand Opera
There's a little lift. If anybody asks you.
Many others of the 800 annual performances
of wagnerian operas given outside Of Ger
many yield royalties, too.
The first of a series of five recitals to be
given during this season by the Central
College of Music will take place next
Wednesday evening at the Propylaeum.
Walter Bentley Ball, well-known bari
tone being the special artist engaged for
this initial musical event. Mr.. Ball enjoys
good reputation as a singer of much ability
and the recital promises to be very at
tractive one. A reception will be rendered