The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-27
Musical Notes.

Nine. Milka Ternina, the great soprano
of the metropolitan Opera Company, has
been causing something of sensation dur
ing the opera season in Chicago by her
superb singing in Wagners Tristan and
Isolde" Nine. Terminals career has been
an exceedingly interesting one. She is a
native of a small village near Agram, in
the province of Croatia. Hungary,
and the daughter of poor parents. Her
voice was first discovered by an obscure
music teacher in her native village. She
became ambitious and went 10 Vienna,
where she entered the Conservative and
studied for three years. She made her first
appearance at Leipzig In 1888 as Elizabeth,
and her second as Elsa. After this she was
of KlafSky to Hamburg she was called to
Bremen, where Seidl was conductor. Here
she added Brunnhilde and Isolde TO her rep
ertOry.
Her voice is a firmly controlled organ of
liberal compass and, for the most part of
agreeable quality, not pow erful in the Ger
man sense, but one which makes its way
irresistibly through the orchestral storm.
Felix Motif is not only firstlclass con-
ductor. but he is good story teller. His
idols are Wagner and List, with both of
whom he was intimately acquainted, and
concerning whom his diary which, it is to
many striking details. with plenty of anec-
dotes. One of the most amusing of these
relates to the period of the first festival al
Bayreuth. The town fathers had raised the
dog tax and the result was great slaugh-
ter of animals. Wagner saved as many as
he could and induced his friends 10 do the
same Among these was the famous violin
list Wilhelmj, who had rented a suite of
six rooms. In few days all of these rooms.
excepting the one in which he slept were
fuI of att IN
social gathering at which Brahms and his
friend Hanslick who spent his life abusing
Wagner, were conspicuous. Brahms was
giving SOME details regarding his acquaint-
ance with Wagner. when Hanslick suggest
ed that he should write an article on Wag-
ner. Maybe III do So answered Brahms
but can tell you one thing-it will be very
different from what you expect and desire. "
:
a pupils recital under the auspices of the
Cooperative Teachers Association was
given at the studio of Miss Jeanette
Grouse. 721 Park avenue. last Friday even
ing. The programme was rendered by the
following music students: Frieda Gerdts,
Elsie Danke. Naomi Hughes, Adolph
Schweinsoerger, Walter Flock, Norma
Klein, Merle Miller. Helen Richie, Leila
Neff. Bessie Smithson. Ruth Fatout, Oberia
Newton and Rebekah Voorhis. Weber's
Ereischutz was played on two pianos by
Miss Jeannette Grouse. Miss Anna Dicker-
son, Miss Martha Turney and Miss Newton
Herr Felix Motif. conductor of the Wag-
ner operas produced at the Metropolitan
Opera House. New York. has asked the Ba-
den court to reinstate him as musical di-
rector of the orchestra of the Royal Opera
House at Carlsruhe upon his return &C
Germany from New York June next. \
special dispatch from Heidelberg says Herr
Motifs reinstatement is doubtful owing &c
his abrupt departure for New York.
Nina David, the new prima donra, who
will be presented in concert next season by
Robert Grau. is said 10 be the only singer
in the world who can sing "The Queen OF
Night in The Magic Flute in the orig.
inal key.