Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-03

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already sending for tickets for Bay
- reuth next summer. Wonder how
many foreigners will attend our "Bey-
reuth on the Hudson when ready?
Kathleen Parlow is the name Of a new
violinist whose fame will soon penetrate
TO the four corners of the musical world.
She is a positive violin genius and she
took Berlin by storm. She was heard at
a special matinee given for the critics and
connoisseurs at Bechstein hall. She
played Tartini's Devils Trill," the Cho-
pin-Wilhelmj nocttifne in d. Bazinfs
tRhonde de Lutins'' and the Ernst
"Othello" fantasie. Miss Parlow. al
though only II years old, Is today grand
ly gifted violinist. Her technique is pro-
digious, her tone is remarkably broad
and virile. her style manly" and she is
overflowing with temperament. Bravour
pieces like the Ernst and Bazini numbers
could not have been better played. Such
left-handed strength, suppleness and
agility In one so young must, even in
these days Of virtuosity, compel the adj
miration of all Miss Parlow has the real
grand mastery. She is violinist of mu-
sical power, and she is bound to make a
career. She will be heard again at the
big concert to be given In celebration of
Ino OPclAnk VI Lnc new I4uclAlACk nan
and in concert of her own in the
same hall. Miss Parlow is native of
Canada and first studied with Henry
Holmes of San Francisco and later with
Leopold Auer.
''The Bells of Corneville' is being
played as ballet at the Alhambra this
week, a great favorite with the public
still, In spite of the number of perform
~, hat ha1 Hanr <rfxr Nf IN
don during the past thirty years.
There is always plenty of music in
London on Sunday evenings. for. in addi-
tion to the regular concerts given, every
large hotel and cafe has q musical pro-
gram, with soloists, both vocal and in
strumental. the respective hotels and
cafes making special advertisements as
to the singers and instrumentalists who
will appear. Often the names are Of those
well known in the musical world, and the
music that is furnished Is Of a high
quality, so that the Sunday evening con-
cert is q real attraction.
LA Forza del Destino" was recently
given at Lecco, Italy, with great sue
cess. wonder why italian opera COM
panies never give us this beautiful opera
in America? Only once did hear 1t in
New York.
Eugen Johannes, well known musical
author, died October in Munich
The recent opening at Brescia, Italy, of
the operate fall stagione was attended by
large and brilliant audience The or
rhestra. under Mascagnis baton, executed
In an exquisite manner the intermezzi
from "Amico Fritz" and "Cavalleria Rus
ticana," also the Hungarian March
from 'Damnazione di Faust" by Berlioz.
At the close of the performance a depu-
tation of the artists presented bronze
statue and gold medal to Mascagni.
Sergei Kussewitzky. the great double
bass player, is having great success in
Vienna. A criticism fom the Die Zeit
says: ''Kussewitzky is indeed an emil
nent contrabassist, with enormous technic
and q round, full tone, free of the hum
ming sound the unwieldy instrument SO
often possesses. And he is, above all else,
an artistic musician this was not only
proved by his play, but by his own very
pleasing, forceful and well sounding COM
positions as well, which fill up a decided
want in the literature of the contrabass."
Nine. Louise Homer, the Metropolitan
contralto, now has five children and ex-
poets to sing in opera this season. She is
booked for an extended concert tour
west in the spring. Madam Homer is a
remarkable woman, and when I heard her
last season in opera in New York she
looked not over "a years old.
Suzanne Adams will make her debut in
vaudeville November 1s in Chicago.
Lillian Nordica has taken a house in
New York city, at 81 West Forty-eighth
street, for the season
En- route to America aboard the Kali
serin Augusta Victoria are Mary Gar
den, Ancona, Dalmores and Gilbert.
Calve had a long e-remembered
ovation In Boston at an opening concert
there October IS. The standing room
only sign was up several days before the
concert.
Madam Schumann-Heink established
a new record at her concert in Chicago
October q. The house was packed, 200
music lovers occupied seats on the stage
and thousands were turned away, saws
the Courier. Talk about hard times in
the eastl
A Buffalo audience cheered De Pach-
mann at his opening concert there last
week.
J. Edmonde Butler is giving organ
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS