The Indianapolis journal., 1904-04-24
Musical Notes.


Musical Notes.
The leading soprano for' the May festival.
al Cincinnati TO be held May IL, r. Is and
IL, is Miss Agnes Nichols, of London, who
has never sung in the United States. and
who will sing nowhere else this season ex-
cept at Cincinnati She has earned her posi-
ton as the first oratoriO soprano of Eng
land, particularly by her earnest work as
q Bach and Beethoven singer. At the Gin
cnnati festivals she will be heard in the
Bach B minor mass. on May H. and in the
Beethoven Missa Solennis'' and Ninth
Symphony on May IA. AT the afternoon con-
cert May r. she will sing the aria by Web
er. Ocean, Thou Mighty Monster and
''Isolde's Death" from Tristan and
Isolde"
Henry w. Savage's English grand opera
company will show a larger profit this year
than ever before. and the indications multi
ply that the organization is everywhere ac-
cepted a fixed American institution.
Next season two new and massive produc
tions will be added to the present list and
the company itself will be somewhat en-
larged. 1t is Mr.. Savage's policy to perpetu-
ally add to the strength of his grand opera
forces, although he seems TO have about
reached the limit in this years combina-
ton of singers.
Wagner's full name was Wilhelm Richard
Wagner, and he himself shortened it. Mr..
Huneker tries TO prove in his "Overtones,"
recently issued by the Scribners, that he
has no right to his last name, being, in re-
ality, of Jewish descent.
Robert Grau announces that his expert
ence of thirty years had led him to believe
that he could afford to pay Patti 5000 a
concert on her American tour this season.
He made mistake, which, however. he
says. cost him only 5000. Next season he is
going 10 reverse matters by bringing for
ward Miss Nina David. singer totally un-
known. but who, he AYERS, has voice
with the greatest range in the world" and
who will bring forth many dear works of
| the old Italian and French schools that
| have had no exponent In their proper key
| for years. The debut Is to be at Carnegie
Hall, New York. on Oct II.
Ysaye returns to this country next season
to play fifty concerts under the direction of
his former manager, r. E. Johnston His
| first appearance will be at Boston with the
! symphony Orchestra, Dec. 2.
|
The Metropolitan School of Music has
outgrown its present quarters, occupied so
| long by this institution, and on the first
of next month will remove to the building
at the southeast corner of Illinois and
! North streets. The board of directors of
this school is made up of the following
members of the faculty: Oliver Willard
Pierce a and Mrs; Flora 9i ran; M Hunter of the pi;
| of the vocal department; Leslie +. Peck. the
new teacher of band instruments, and Hugh
! McGibeny, at the head of the violin de-
/ partment. The Metropolitan School was
established In 1885 and is the oldest school
| of music in the State. 1t has a faculty of
twenty-one teachers, all branches of music
| being represented. The new quarters are
! ideal and the school bids fair to continue
/ its old success.
The annual public concert of the Musk
verein will take place at the German House
on the evening of May 1S. The Musikverein
will be assisted in this entertainment by the
/ Apollo Club of Muncie, which will aug
! ment the male chorus 10 100 voices The full
| orchestra of ffty-five inStrumentalists will
| be heard and there will be two good solo
| lists, who will be announced later on.
The Central College of Music announces
that the next artists recital under the aus
pices of that institution will take place on
| the evening OF May IL, instead of next Tues
day night, as had been originally planned.
| The visiting artist will be Miss Anna
Nichols. the celebrated violnist.
\
The beautiful Easter cantata, ''The Risen
King" by Schneider, will be repeated at
st. Paurs Episcopal Church this morning
under the direction of the organist and
choirmaster. c. H. Carson. The vested
choir OF forty voices will be heard and the
soloists will be Mrs. Josephine Bremmer-
man Edmunds. soprano; Paul Jeffries, ten
or; Mrs. Aquilla Jones, contralto; Eversor
| Mediation, baritone. and Miss Grace Cum
ningham, alto The violin Obligato TO the
| principal soprano solo will be played by
Miss Edith Stanton Brown. At the evening
services special programme will also be
| given
d. III. Baldwin & Co.. the piano dealers
have arranged to give piano recital next
Friday evening in their new warerooms
which have recently undergone many i'm
provements. The recital will be in charge
of Hugh McGibeny, the violinist, of thi:
city; Miss Mary Conrey a leading soprano
of Cincinnati. and E e. Roberts, Gin
cinnati pianist. The programme will be
very attractive one
a feature of the special musical service
at the Second Presbyterian Church thi
evening will be the singing of the aria
With Verdure Clad" from Haydn's Gre
ation," by Mrs. Herbert Thorner, the gift
ed soprano who has recently come to In
dianapolis from New York. .
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A piano recital will be given at the Propy
laeum next Wednesday evening by Ciarenc
Veeder Nixon, under the auspices of tn
Metropolitan School of Music. Mr. Nixon
tions by Chopin. Handel. Mozart, Mendels
| sohn. Won Weber, LisZt, Homer y. Bartlett
and Henry Holden Huss.
A piano recital, under the auspices of tn
Sprankle Studio of Music. will be give
at the German House next Friday even
ing. Many of the students of the schoo
will participate in the interesting pro
gramme that has been prepared. Mrs
Lepah Lovejoy Howard will be the specia