Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-14
The Musical World
By Genevra ,Johnstone-Bisho,

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BY Genevra Johnstone-Bishop
HNHE COURIER gives beautiful pic
beautiful villa at Grass-Lichterfeld
Il beautiful villa at Grass-Lihterfeld
est, near Berlin.
triple debut at Carnegie hall last
Tuesday created great sensation in New
York. Pohlig. the conductor of the Phil
adelphia orchestra, Bulig and Klein were
the SoloSts.
Poor Edward Mcdowell, the composer,
returned to New York last week from his
country home-against the advice of the
doctors and friends, who considered him
too weak to be moved. They say he can
live but few months
Leo Schultz the we'll known cellist, has
left the Damrosch orchestra.
Calve and her company appeared at
Orchestra hall in Chicago October 30 to
one of the largest audiences of the season.
Hugo Kaun's three small pieces for
orchestra are to be played this season by
no less than twenty-six orchestras, says
The Courier His Festival March" will
pe playedsby the Los Angeles Symphony
orchestra on Friday afternoon next at
it's opening concert of the season.
The Treble Clef club will give a recsp-
ton at Blanchard hall on the afternoon
of November 21 in honor of Leander Cam
panari.
The musicians of Los Angeles are ex-
pressing regret at the death of Charles j.
Ellis. the founder of the Ellis club, and
are preparing memorial in his memory.
Adela Verire, a pianiste, late from Eng
land, made tremendous hit in San Fran
cisco last Saturday afternoon, says Mr..
Metzger. She possesses good technical
force. and he assures us that some day
she will be recognized as one of the
greatest pianists of the day.
Miss Margaretha Bruntsch, California
singer, has made a great success as Mer-
cedes in Carmen and Niklaus in Hoff-
mans "Erzahlungen." Miss Bruntscl
was formerly from Alameda.
One of the most imposing features of
the funeral of Edward Grieg, the great
composer, was the crowd, which amounted
to between 10000 and $4,000 people. Ac-
cording to the Norwegian papers there
was no cold curiosity. no fighting for
places. no stretching of necks to see bet
ter; from old man to urchin, all had the
game grave expression of face which
showed that they felt their loss.
The program of the ceremony which
began at noon, was as follows: "In
Spring" by Grieg, played by the string
orchestra; Folk-song by Grieg, sung by
the male choir; the laying down of the
wreaths; song for male voices, sung by
the same choir, also composed by Grieg,
and Funeral March" for orchestra, by
Grieg. The orchestra was gathered from
the theater, music halls and amateurs.
Halvorsen conductor of the National
theater. Christiania, conducted. He is
the husband of one of Grieg's nieces. The
Funeral March" was composed by Grieg
ebout forty years ago, on the death of his
friend Nordraak (who had such q great
influence on Grieg as composer), and is
written for military band only. But the
only available military band in Bergen is
so miserable that Halvorsen at the
orchestra. And he did it so well, and the
Instrumentation was so completely in
Griegs manner, that it sounded as If It
had been done by Grieg himself.
There were fifty-seven wreaths, which
had to be laid down. by nearly as many
delegates; and the kaiser's delegate, Shell
Ter Steinwatz (himself personal friend
o
beautiful one. The German emperor S
wreath came next after the wreath of
the king and queen of Norway, which was
laid down" by Gen. Nissen.
The procession consisted of hundreds Of
deputations with standards inscribed with
the names of the societies to which the
deputations belonged. There were about
10000 people in the procession.
No rain fell, although it looked very
~. A f1,n
schools, all the shops and all the mills
were closed. Outside the town the pro-
cession passed through an alley of trees
surrounded by the fjords and mountains;
the view was overpowering. At certain
spot the hearse stopped, and the pro-
cession, with their standards, passed be-
fore the hearse, and every deputation
lowered their standard before the coffin
and passed on, 1t was nearly an hour
before the last standard was lowered
Musical America.
Hugo Mansfeldt must be a fine teacher
and well he may be proud of his pupil
Cecil Cowles, who gave recital here on
Monday night at the Women's club house.
1t is now a scientifically proved fact
that music exercises a great influence
on the growth of the hair. 1t is with
good reason that great musicians, such
as Paganini, List and Paderewsh are
represented with growth of hair
which Absaom might have envied.
Science has proved that stringed in
etruments have favorable influence on
the growth of the hair. while brass in
struments act in the opposite direction.
Everyone has probably observed that a
bald violinist is as rare as bald horn
player is common. Wood instruments,
such as the flute, seem to have no pro-
aounced influence either way.
Mrs. Harry Dow Kirk sang at the
dependent Church of Christ.
Another California violinist, Kathleen
Parlow, is taking Berlin by storm. She
ia only II years old, and Abel says, Her
ttchnic is prodigious, her tone remarks
ably broad and virile her style manly
and she is overlooking with tempera-
ment.p