The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-21

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| morrow Night.
| education was gained in this country. She
made her initial debut in the Academy OF
/ Music in New York. Nov. a. 1859, when she
was sixteen years old. On the programme
+, was her sister. Amelia Patti who achieved
marked nonors in concerts and grand
| opera, and the Italian opera, under whose
auspices her debut was made was under
| the management of Maurice Strakosch,
| her brother-in-law. From the moment that
| Adena Patti first sang with the italian
/ opera in New York her march TO fame was
| rapid For the remaining weeks or the
New York season she was the reigning
success and Strakosch, the shrewd broth
| er-in-law, seeing the possibilities in the star
| that had been raised In his own family, put
| the girl under competent tutors and gave
! the finish to her vocal education that was
necessary to the permanent success OF her
| career
| In 1860 Patti was taken to Havana, where
| for entire season she won the plaud.ts
| of the Spanards of the Cuban capital which
! ters in the world A year later she made
her debut with the Royal Italian Opera in
| London and with that same marked sue
| cess that had greeted her efforts for the
two seasons previous she won the admira-
| ton and attention of BritiShers and was
| finally summoned before the Queen, who
| sat entranced as she listened to the Won
derful voice Of the fair singer from America.
| Her London engagement was the means
Of making permanent PATHS position as the
| in Covent Garden and for years after her
appearance in that most celebrated of Lon
| don resorts was the signal for a great out
| pouring of nobility, who continued for
| score of years to royalty proclaim the diva
| as the greatest of the worlds operate art
| lists. During the forty-five years that Patti
| has been before the public her career has
| been one of constant successes. She has
sung in every civilized country on the globe.
| Her success in all countries has been of the
| same high degree that Ii has been In the
| United States and England. In Germany,
| France. Spain, Austria, Italy. Holland Rus
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| America she has been given that unanimous
| praise which made her famous. Nobility
| has courted her favor. Crowned heads have
| invited her to sing before them. MonarchS
| have presented her with the costliest jewels
| in the world as a token of their admiration.
| In Russia the nobility gave her a diamond
| necklace on the occasion of her first visit
| to st. Petersburg. In Madrid, on the occa-
| sion of her first visit 10 that city, she was
| entertained by the royal family of Spain
| and offered every inducement If she would
| but consent to remain there.
| In America the brilliancy of her career is
| too well known Thousands have attended
her concerts. Thousands have pushed ard
| damned to see her. Curious as TO the re.
| markable fame of the parsonage rather than
| upon the coming Of Patti as a notable event
of national interest, rather than a simple
| artistic enterprise.
A New York writer on musical topics was
| bemOaning the fact, one day last week.
that Frau Josephine Schumann-H eink
should turn her splendid contralto voice into
the channels of comic opera in the near
future, and the good. buxom frau. whose
| common sense is as colossal as her artistic
| ability, sat down on the trouble-borrowing
scribe
What is the mission of art?" she de-
manded. "To give pleasure to the critical
judgment, and to the cultivated and the un-
| cultivated senses at once-is il not so? Very
good; then, my child, shall not the one who
gives the more pleasure TO the more people
be the real artist rather than one who
| gives the same enjoyment to but few?
| When L myself hear great artists sing in
the splendid opera houses of Europe and
| America, bringing to the ears of those who
can afford TO visit those high-priced temples
or music their great gift of song, i long to
have their art placed within the hearing OF
| the poor. III could give the world the gift
L should like, il would be to endow free
seats in every opera house in the world
and disease called poverty might gain the
help and healing of song as II pours from
the Threats OF the greatest singers. And II
is the joy of singing to the masses rather
than the classes that makes a season of
light opera joyous dream of mine. I be-
lieve there is as much art in good singing
OF simple music as in good singing of the
rich and matchless score of those COM
posers whom we call the great masters
las matter of personal satisfaction, l.
OF course, prefer for my own enjoyment
TO sing the difficult roles that make de-
mands the most exacting upon ones powers
And SO, Tor the pleasure of song, most en-
| JOY singing classic opera-the vast rolling
melodies Of Wagner and his brother i'm
mortals in the Valhalla of music. but love
the simple, tender laugh music of light
opera, too. One loves the society of great
philosophers, great statesmen, great sor-
diers, great thinkers. but, also, does one
love the joyous companionship of children.
Is il not true?'
There's a good. sound argument for your
heavy-brained music thinkers to ponder
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wanderers in the Black Forest of the mu-
steal world.
Emma Calve. the Incompatible Car
men, is stirring up things at a lively rate
at the Metropolitan Opera House, accord
ing to the New York musical scribes. She
has refused to sing several roles it is said
for the reason that her reputation would
suffer if she sang under a German orches-
! ira conductor" German conductors alone
| have been on Manager Conreid's staff at
| the Metropolitan this season, and IL is
| generally conceded that Herr Mottl. at
| least is sufficiently COSMOPOLITAN TO inter-
| pref properly the works of the Italian and
| French composers. But what seems to
have broken the heart of Calve-and also
| of Pol Plancon. the French basso-is the
fact that Gustave Heinrichs, who earned
| his spurs a director of summer opera i'm
philadelphia has taken the place of Signor
| Vigna this season. The trouble is that
| Nine Calve and her fellow-countrynen
| who have been educated in the French and
| Italian school. cannot and will not so alter
| their art that IL shall mt i'm with Teutonic
| methods IL is understood that Mime. Calve
| was "dOcked' a large sum from her salary
| the other night for refusing to sing the
| part OF the Countess in 'Nozze de Figaro
| There can be scarcely a doubt that this
| will be the last season at the Metropolitan
| of the celebrated French contralto.
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a new ballad, just issued by the Wulsch-
ner-Stewart Music Company of this city.
is THE Old Love Lngers STILL" with
| music by Roy l.. Burtch. a local COMPOSER
| who has written many popular songs and
the words by Fred Mower. The compo-
| sition is in waltz time, has a swinging
| pleasing melody aud is likely to meet with
! favor 1t is now being rendered by several
| professional singers.
| Mrs. Phillip Goetz, who has been the So
prano of the Central Christian Church for
ten years will celebrate her anniversary by
a recital on Thursday evening March 10.
| fine concert will be given i'm the churcs
L host tale Of he .affr