Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-20
Musicians and Their Work
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| the Damrosch concerts in Philadelphia at
the Academy of Music next month This
will be the first American production in
concert form of any selections of the
operas of this great Slavic modernist,
whose symphonies are so extremely pop
ular here.
| Max Bendix is very popular, not only
as teacher, but an artist and concert
master. A personal letter to Mr.. Bendix
with an invitation to spend his vacation
| In Los Angeles next summer has been
accepted, 1 hear. He certainly will re-
ceive a hearty welcome from the musi-
clans Of Los Angeles. many Of them being
old and true friends of his.
| A Toronto paper has the following: The
great popularity of Max Bendix as a
teacher is attested to by the fact that
one of his pupils leaves Toronto, Canada,
every Friday, reaching Chicago Satur-
day In time to take her lesson, then rec
turning to Toronto, reaching home Sun
day morning. Each lesson costs this lady
! the sum OF $40.
The Bendlx orchestra is also having
great success en- tour through the mid
die west.
An American Guild of organists has es-
tablished chapter in Chicago. Harrison
| M. Wild Is the dean. Arthur Dunham,
| sub-dean william zeuch secretary, and
Tina Mae Haines treasurer.
| At a ratification meeting held subse-
| quently these officers were duly elected
| by the chapter, with this executive COM
mittee: Clarence Dickinson. Eric De
Lamarter, Peter c. Lutkin and the Off
GERS. The members of the new chapter
are w d. Armstrong, G. A. Barry, Will
lam X. Beiknap, Allen w. Bogen, Palmer
Christian, Alice R. Deal, Eric De La
marter, Charles H. Demorest, Clarence
Dickinson, Arthur Dunham, DR.. Louis
! Falk. F. III. Griswold, Tina Mae Haines,
| Irving G. Hancock, Francis Remington,
| George j. Hochleuter, Katherine Howard,
Herbert Hyde, Carl D. Kinsey, Calvin E.
Lambert, Peter G. Lutkin, F. A. Mackay,
Grace MacMurray Mrs. William Middel-
echute, Frances Moore, Effie q. Murdoch,
Anne l.. Pearson, Mary q. Reynolds,
Mason S.ade. @. F. Stewart, Abram Ray
Tyler, Bertram s. Webber, Harrison M.
Wild, Sarah E. Wildman and William E.
| Zeuch.
Why not establish chapter In Los An
| geles? With our beautiful organ at the
Temple auditorium and so many good
organists in Los Angeles. we ought to
establish a guild here with Mr.. Kingsley
| as dean. With our Symphony orchestra,
our Dominant club. Gamut club Woman's
orchestra, Crpheus club and Monday
/ Musical club We are doing beautifully,
and the eyes of the eastern musical world
are turned toward the golden west and
| Los Angeles, we want everything we can
have in our musical world here. Why
not now chapter Of the American Guild
| Of Organists?
Abraham Miller, the prominent Los
| Angeles tenor is booking engagements
| for the season-both in concert and ora
| torio. Mr. Miller Is one of the best tenors
| west Of New York. An amusing joke
happened at Phoenix Ariz., last spring
when Mr.. Miller was singing the part of
Adam In the oratorio of Creation" A
lady remarked she always wished to hear
a blonde soprano sing the part of Eve, as
she has always been pictured as fair
Turning to look at Mr. Miller, she said;
"Mr. Miller eings the part superbly, but
| he looks like the Flying Dutchman OF
Wagner more than like Adam
Walter A. Campbell. musical editor
Of the Toledo Blade, died suddenly last
week at his home in Toledo, Ohio. Mr.
| Campbell was an ardent student ant
4 one of the best younger writers in thi,
/ country. He was born at Paisley
Scotland, graduated at Glasgow in 1881
and his death is great loss to the
musical circles in Toledo. Toledo is 6
i very musical city.
Our Local Artists
| Below 1 give an article from the Mu-
! sical Review, written by the editor, AL
fred Metzger:
| During the ensuing season several of
our local artists will make their appear
ance before the public Somehow the
musical public Of San Francisco, like that
OF nearly all American cities, does not
seem to be willing to regard artists re-
siding in it's midst with the same respect
and admiration that it bestows upon
travelling artists who stay only from one
day to another. Indeed, the public does
not consider resident artists as great as
visiting artist simply because they hear
and see them oftener. Now, here Is a
whimsical discrepancy that should be
remedied. and while the task to improve
| the public's attitude toward resident
artists is most tedious one it could
be made much easier If the resident
music teachefs and artists would assist
| in this noble cause.
| AS the matter now stands there seems
to be hostile attitude among the music
! teachers and artists of San Francisco.
Personally, we know of but very few
resident musicians who would say kind
word of their colleagues If they appeared
| IN concert Now if these resident teach