The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-10

CURED about year ago. 1t is practically
settled that Nine Gadski will not sing with
the company next year.
Marcus r. Mayer has completed the de-
tails of his arrangement with Madame
Emma Calve by which the singer is to re-
turn here next season and appear in a Sc
ries OF fifty concerts throughout the United
States, Canada and Mexico. The tour is TO
begin Nov. 10, and will embrace all
the larger cities from here to the Pacific
coast and then North and South.
The contract by which Mr.. Mayer OBJ
tains the exclusive services of the prima
donna is voluminous one, and contains
many provisions dealing with the man
ner in which the tour is to be conducted
1t is provided that the manager is to ar
range the concerts in such a way that
but small part of the evenings are to
be devoted 10 the actual concerts-the
first part. to be exact-and then one act
of some well known opera is TO be pre-
sented In costume.
London Truth thus describes Cigars new
overture. From the South" which was
played for the first time at the recent Ell
gar festival in the British metropolis "An
Italian overture full of brightness and of
the joy OF life. in which Eigar is emphat-
ically at his best. The music depicts the
placid calm of sunlit landscape, with
an In Wnlch the inevitable Shep-
herd pipes TO his flock, and a more serious
second subject illustrating the thoughts en-
gendered by the remains of an old Roman
bridge with. toward the end, delightful
or. as much of II as the composer can re-
member. is introduced on the solo viola
Yet even this overture Is little too long;
and, indeed. prolixity is one of DR.. FL
gar's most obvious faults"
Ysaye, the great violinist, will return to
America next season for series of fifty
concerts under the direction of his former
manager, r. E. Johnson. and will be heard
in indianapolis. His first appearance will
be In Boston with the Boston symphony
Orchestra, the first week in December
his concerts in Philadelphia, Baltimore
New York and Brooklyn. An orchestra
directed by one of the foremost of Ameri-
can conductors will be with him on his
Western tour.
The beautiful programme of Easter music
given last Sunday at Christ Church will be
repeated at the services this morning. Over
a hundred people were turned away from
the church last Sunday, so large was the
A)ngregatiCI. The vested choir of sixty
voices under the direction of Joseph Join
err the crganist and choirmaster, will be
heard again in the attractive ensemble
numbers. The soloists will be Mrs. w. II.
Howard, soprano: Miss Eva Jeffries. con-
tralto; Orvill Harold, tenor, and Henry w.
Laut basso.
Berlin is frequently afflicted with as many
as forty. fifty or even more concerts in one
week. There are three concert bureaus in
the city. One of these has on its books
AGO musicians, including 103 pianists. eighty
six violinists, eighty-five sopranos, sixteen
altos, fifty-three tenors, sixty-six baritones
and BASES, etc. Eighteen employees are
needed to take care of all these artists
War songs are now popular in japanese
theaters. The following verse will give an
idea of one of the favorites:
IJrchi korose taihode bummei no tai text wo.
Tsuk kuzuse ken mote banzoku no sokutso
Togo no bummei wo susunuru wa waga chikara.
Ute, ute tsuke. tsuke; kimi no tame, kuni no
tame.
Tate masurao; yuke, masurao; yuke yuke,
tenka nj amaneku buyu wo shimese.