The San Francisco call., 1904-09-04
PIANIST AND SINGER
MAX HEINRICH ALSO
HAS CREATIVE SKILL

On Friday afternoon Max Heinrich
gave an afternoon OF music at Lyric
Hall The afternoon was devoted ex-
clusiveIy TO the compositions of Mr..
Heinrich, who to his gifts as singer
and pianist adds an important creative
faculty. The programme included the
melodramatic music TO The Raven"
and 10 "Magdalena, or the Spanish
Duel with Mr.. Heinrich reciting the
poems. The composer was assisted by
Miss Julia Heinrich. both as singer and
pianist, by Miss Dora de Philippe and
by Hother Wismer, violinist
And. by the way, besides her excep-
tional gifts as a soubrette, that she is
de Philippe is an accomplished leder
singer. Grieg. Franz. Schumann and
other masters of neder 1 have heard
delightfully."- interpreted by this clever
little artist. Mr.. Heinrich was FORUM
ate in her cooperation.
And, again by the way. what a curl
Gus career the little singers has been.
When 1 said "soubrette" 10 her in my
chat for these columns. not so many
months ago, the little lady was deli
cately but evidently shocked. She came
here with all the weight OF a SantuzZa
upon her small shoulders and with
tragic grand opera written all over her
aspirations. But came one soubrette
part after another for her, cleverly
chosen by that clever stage manager,
Ferris Hartman Always vivacious, at
first Miss de Philippe was a little hys-
terical, restless. unconcentrated in her
efforts. but always most signally des-
tined for comedy. To-day she prom
ises to be one of the first OF her class
Chic, wit, grace. and the most active
of consciences, as well as her excep-
tional vocal qualifications. make Miss
de Philippe perhaps the most attractive
soubrette the Tivoli has had.
Talking Of Tivoli matters. the latest
surprise is the engagement of Andrew
Bogart. who appears next week in
The Serenade" I know nothing Of
Mr. Bogart's dramatic gifts, but know
him as a singer Of unusual charm. II is
the highest, most tasteful, most pol
ished sort of art and should serve ex-
cellently in The Serenade." The en-
gagement has aroused a wide local in
terest.
The Orpheum-talking of the Tivoh
is rapidly entering into competition
with that ancient institution as a
musical missionary. Following up
the Heinrichs' engagement of last
week-that followed the Russo-Deck-
er-Abramoff engagement-that fol-
lowed any number Of others, including
the only SlapofTsky's; comes the Men
delssohn quartet this week For
vaudeville purposes the combination
is called the Great Singing Four
The four hail from Denver, Colorado.
Their names at home are H. D. Mar
tin. first tenor: Robert Slack. second
tenor; r. V. Brown. first bass, and c.
D. Schmidlap, second bass. AS TO
their entertainment it is improbable
that they will give The Old Oaken
Bucket" or the steamboat whistle:
their programme taking the form of
a sketch, New Years Eve in Bohe-
mia" composed of songs and dialogue
in equal doses. II the quartet equals
its reputation it should be very much
worth hearing
Sousa and his band will be at the
Alhambra Theater for twelve concerts
during the latter part of October. The
band will be accompanied. as usual.
by soloists of excellence.
Another October attraction. impa-