The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-13

Van Hoose has been spending the summer
in Switzerland. where he has been preparing
himself for his operate debut, which Is TO
take place in Germany next February upon
the conclusion of his American concert tour
He is to sing the title part i'm the Elgar
oratorio. 1.-The Dream OF Gerontius." when
this work is given in New York in Novem-
Der. Van Hoose will be heard in Indian
apolis with Madame Media during the
winter.
Traces of the American aborigine seem
to be cropping out recently among COM
posers of the lighter sort of music I'm this
country On all sides one hears muslcal
compositions with Indian titles. but most
of these works. if the truth must be con-
fessed. are as near like real Indian music
as the tom-ton1 resembles the Jew's-harp.
OF all the recent compositions which are
supposed to be characteristically Indian
about the only one that comes anywhere near
the true Indian idea of melody is 1.-The
wigwam Dance by Leo Friedman. Mr..
Friedman has eontrived to keep his theme
typical and yet to relieve it of that monot-
ony which would have made it distateful TO
ears accustomed to the graceful melody of
The programme for the much and fiercely
discussed wagnerian festival at Berlin in
| October, upon the occasion of the unveiling
of the Wagner monument. has just been
announced as follows: 1t will begin with
| reception of the guests by the festival
committee at the Reichstag palace on
Wednesday evening. Sept. 80. On Thurs
-, 4la of fhn
peror, the monument to Wagner will be UNI
| yelled, and in the evening there will be
grand banquet at the Wintergarten. On
| Friday three historical concerts are TO be
given the first under the direction of Felix
Weingartner, the second under Riedel. and
the third under Arthur Nikisch. On Satur-
| day Die Meistersinger' will be given at
the opera under the direction of Richard
| Strauss. On Sunday morning there will
be sacred and in the evening an interna-
| tional concert.
The annual amusement season at the Ger
man House will begin with concert on the
evening of Tuesday, Oct. Is. There are to
| be six entertainments in all this season.
Two will be given during December, one
during February, one during April and the
final one during the second week of May.
| All of the entertainments will be concerts
| except the one on the last night of Deem
| Der. On this occasion, a New Years oper-
| eta will be presented by the members of
| the society. At every concert special SOLO
| lists will be engaged and an effort will be
made to bring some well-known out-of-town
| musicians TO this city. The excellent or
| chestra under the able direction of Alex
| ander Ernestinoff, will render a number of
new compositions during the year-works
| unfamiliar to local concert goers The sea-
| son promises to be most successful one.
| Mabel Nelma, the well known dramatic
soprano, arrived from abroad last week to
| join Henry w. Savage's English Grand
| Opera Company She will make her debut
| with Mr.. Savage's organization at the
| Academy of Music in Brooklyn late in the
| present month. Miss Nelma, like her cousin
Marie Studhome. of the Gaiety Theater in
| is easily the leading beauty of the grand
| opera stage to-day. She was born in Aus
| tralia but received her musical education
| chiefly in Milan, where she made her operate
| debut and achieved a marked success from
| the start Miss Nelma has sung in all the
capitals of Europe and headed a grand
| opera organization under the direction of
Sig Balzapiore in a tour of India and the
! far East. During the past season Miss
| Nelma has been singing in grand opera in
| Venice and Milan.