Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-22
The Musical w orId
by Genevra Johnstone-Bishop

A NEW oratorio, "Hezekiah," written
IN by j. Truman Wolcott, is to be
IA given later in the season by the
Choral society of New York, OF which
Tall Essen Morgan is the director.
Rose Linde, the contralto, is singing
with success in Halifax, N. 5.
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At the command of the kaiser Berlin
is to hear Massenets "Therese this
month for the first time.
Moritz Rosenthal, the great pianist,
has sued Marc Blumenburg Of the Cour-
Ter for 100000 damages for libel. The
papers were served on Mr.. Blumenberg
last week. The suit Is based on certain
statements made in the Courier regard
ir5 contract Mr.. Rosenthal was salo
to have. had with a piano firm or dis
tinction in New York city.
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Grace Day, a student at the Ithaca
conservatory of music, went to the
class room one day last week to play.
She completed one page of music ana
turned to the next, but could not read
it. She had been stricken blind. Doctors
say her loss of sight was due probably
to tetanus, with which she once suf-
fered.
never heard of so many peculiar
names in my life among the musicians
as now. Here are several samples: De
Gogarza Kaesti, Buhlig, Chaliapine,
kacsy, Junkermann, Zenatello, De Cis-
neros, Jan SickesZ, Ivan Abramsone,
Duce-Merola, Goudekete, Irma Month
Baldini, and many others that 1 might
mention.
Young Albert Spalding, the violinist,
is to play in Paris November 25 with
Cartot, the French pianist
Local musicales are the order of the
day and we'll known singers throughout
Southern California are now turning
their attention to oratorio and recital
work. Abraham Miller, who is consid-
cred one of the best tenors of Pasadena
and Los Angeles, has arranged to give
his first public recital in Los Angeles
at Blanchard hall on Tuesday evening,
November 26.
AS a teacher of music, a singer Of
oratorio and an acknowledged authority
on recital work Mr.. Miller brings to the
music lovers splendid program of bal
lads German lieder songs, Italian and
English numbers and oratorio selections
The program is arranged for versatility
and to present the best in the musical
literature of the day.
Miss Ina Goodwin will act as Mr..
Miller's accompanist. Popular prices
will prevail and students and teachers
rates will be given. The program num-
bers are as follows:
Hearts Delight" Gilchrist.
'Menie' MacDowell.
'Im Wunderschonen Monat Mai,' Hammond.
"How's My Boys" Homer.
Love Is All in ALL Stevenson
Come Wen Wander Alone in the Moon
light" Cornelius.
Lullaby (from Jocelyn). GODDARD.
'salve Dimora Casta E Pura' Faust'
Gounod
Der Gartner." "Elfenied," "Morgantan."
'Er lists ''Verboryenheit," "Gebet," Der
Gruhling Uber's Jahr." 'Mausfalen spruch-
lten," Hugo Wolf. x
''M'appari Tut, Amor" (Martha) Flotow,
''Arioso" (canio) from 'Pagiiacci," Leonca-
vallo.
A writer in the Musical News, pub
lished in London, has the following to
say as to the authorship of the mass from
which is taken the familiar Gloria"
so often sung by newly organized chorus
choirs and choral societies:
1t may be said at once that the mass
is certainly not by Mozart, with the
barely possible exception of the fugue,
Cum Sancto Spiritu," which is more in
Mozarts manner than is the rest. II Is
significant that it was not published until
Mozart had been dead some lnlTIy years,
when the we'll known firm of Simrock
brought it out. In 1926 its authentlclty
was challenged by Seyfried, and Sim
rock announced that he had received the
manuscript, which bore some slight,
though not convincing, resemblance to
Mozart's handwriting, from one Carl
Zulehner, an engraver of Mainz. AL
though it's spurious character was pub
licly alleged Zulehner held his peace,
probably Judging silence to be the best
policy, seeing that he had already dis
posed of the manuscript. This in itself
was significant enough, but the case be-
comes even more suspicious when 1t is
remembered that he had already at
tempted to pass off as a serious compo-
sition a mass by Mozart which was more
or less ingeniously compounded of ex-
tracts from the comic opera "Cosi fan
tutter
Experts are agreed that the Twelfth
Mass is not the work of Mozart, Judg-
ing by internal and circumstantial evil
dence. There is. however, some positive
evidence also on the point, for it seems
that the mass is one known as ''Muller's
Mass in Bohemia, where it used to be
sung about a century ago. Considering
the number of Mullers in Germany this
is pretty much the same as saying in