Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-22
Musical World

The reserved seat sale for the Phil
harmonic course, the Symphony or
chestra programs and the Lott-Kraus-
chamber concerts opens this morning
at 10 o'clock at the Behymer ticket
office in the Bartlett Music store.
For three days, Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, these sales will be con-
tinued for subscribers only and Will
be opened to the general public Mon
day morning, October 26. Mail ana
telephone orders will be accepted and
those subscribers who desire to retain
the same seats held by them last sea-
son should communicate at once with
the box office.
The prices this season are exception
ally low, as 1t is the idea of the man
agement to make each of the series
popular" with the public.
The artists include some of the best
known of the American and European
vocalists and instrumentalists.
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The winter music season will be IN
augurated tonight bv Wenzel Kopta,
the local Bohemian violinist, who will
be heard at Simpson auditorium. Mr..
Kopta will be assisted by Nunc1e Sa-
bini Bitman, contralto, and Mrs. M.
Hennion Robinson at the piano.
Kopta is a genuine violinist whose
execution is especially adapted to the
Interpretation
Schumann, and his program for this
evening is a particularly happy one.
Mr.. Kopta was a member of the Bo-
hemian colony in Berlin and Vienna for
many years, proving himself q wizard
of the violin in those cities. When
| first coming to the Pacific coast he
chose San Francisco, where he secured
position as q teacher of his chosen
| instrument, but soon after listened to
the lure of Los Angeles and for two
seasons has been at the head of his
profession in this city. This is his first
public appearance this season and the
numbers on the program promise de-
lightful evening of music.
Until last night the Gamut club,
protests of the members to the con-
trary Notwithstanding, lacked the
eighth note in their signature, but hav-
ing regularly inaugurated the feature
of Ladies' Night" the members can
now honestly claim that their gamut
of good times is complete.
There was one event on last years
calendar called Ladies' Night" but
that was a formal reception, while last
evening the club was at home infor-
mally, and dispensed their "oSpitality
around the banquet table-or tables,
for there were four of them, and 1io
member was admitted unless he
cording to the genial president, Charles
Farwell Edison, there are going to be
many other similar occasions.
Following the course dinner n pro-
gram was rendered which included the
following numbers.
Songs-Alex. Hannum; Fantasie
Brillante on Carmen, Jens HUBBY;
Herr Oskar Selling, Mr.. Strobridge at
the piano; Songs-Chas. Farwel Ed
son; Quintette in B fiat, John Field.
First violin, Clyde Harshman; sec
ond violin, Osmar Dietz; viola, e. e.
Carter; cello, G. Allen Hancock; piano,
William Edison Strobridge.
Guests of the club last evening were
thee PaSemore Trio, three sisters, Miss
Mary, Miss Suzanne and Miss Dorothy,
who have recently returned from sew
eral years of study abroad, and while
making their headquarters in San
Francisco, their former home, are con-
certizing. They have been to Clare
mont this week where they gave con-
cert at the college, and have been
heard several times at invitation af-
fairs the past two days in Los An
geleS.
Their work is above criticism and
the enthusiasm and delight shown by
the musicians who heard them last
evening was a genuine testimony from
workers to other craftsmen in the
same field. They graciously acceded
to the desire of their entertainers for
more" and still more, until they had
contributed six numbers.
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Long Beach music lovers have two
good programs to choose between for
tonight. At the Majestic hall, the Or
ganization composed of Victor Schert-
Finger, violinist; Fred L. Wilson,
tenor; Miss Esther Bedell, soprano;
and Baby Hazel Schertzinger. harpist,
will appear in concert. AT the Ebell
clubhouse Madame Elsa Russell will
sing. Miss Theodosia Longenecker
will nlav a concerto by De Beriot and