The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-13
MUSICAL NOTES.


A choir under the direction of Miss
Laura CASTOR will participate in the
ceremony at the Shiveley-Elmer we'd
ding Wednesday evening. at the st.
Pauls Episcopal church.
AS soon as the season closes at the
Metropolitan opera house, New York,
Nine Semrich will come west for a
few engagements. Some time ago 1t
was suggested that the May festival
association might increase it's scope of
work by securing some of the leading
concert stars for Richmond. If such
an effort is made one of the first cele-
brities that could be iustifiably con-
sidered is this favorite prima donna.
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Mr. Towne, a tenor who appeared
here at one of the May festivals and
sang with credit, is filling some good
engagements in the East this winter.
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Miss Clara Clemens. daughter of
Mark Twain, who has gained some
prominence as a contfalto is forced
to enjoy some of the notoriety of her
famous father, as she is spoken of as
Miss Twain" more frequently than
by her real name.
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Prof. Jesse Wood, director of the
choir at the Fifth Street NJ. E. church
will render cantata during the holi-
days, THE Holy Child" by the COM
poser of THE Crusaders" a number
that was given by the May Festival
chorus during one of the previous sea-
sons.
Signor Caruso has been engaged to
sing at the Imperial opera house,
Vienna, for four evenings. He will
receive $4,000 for each performance.
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One of the famous orchestras that
has been considered by the manage
ment of the May Festival association
is the Damrosch, of New York, the
prohibitive price of this attraction be
ing the only obstacle. The New
York Symphony is to come West for
fourteen engagements this winter and
this organization might be induced to
play Richmond at the May Festival
next spring. While 1t is higher
priced attraction than the Thomas or
chestra, under the circumstances
Damrosch might be secured for the
same consideration. They begin their
western engagements at Cleveland
January ,. The tour is transconti-
mental and the principal cities of the
Middle West and the Pacific coast will
be visited. Over forty appearances
are already booked.
On Monday evening. Oct. 2Sth. Pad
erewsh will open his American tour
at Bridgeport, Conn, and during the
month of November he will fill fifteen
I engagements. There is little doubt
but that at each of these, as during
previous years, the public will insist
that he conclude his program with his
famous little minuet, which has been
thumped out on pianos and ground out
on hurdy- gurdies from one end of the
world to the other. The public re
verts to this little composition in Mo-
zartean style in much the same man
ner that Modjeska is known for her
Macbeth. 1t is said that Paderewski
composed it in a state of jest to prove
to a friend that Mozart could be imi-
tated. 1t is also said that laderewski
long ago became disguised because the
public will many times sit immovable
through some of his finest exhibitions
and then go into ecstasy over this min
uet. His manager Is said to have al
ready received scores of letters from
the cities where Paderewski is to play,
this winter. requesting this rl'@Nher on
his program