Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-26
The Musical World

MISS IDA LANCE, a prominent
WI singer of San Francisco. is in
AA Los Angeles for weeks visit.
Miss Lange's voice is a pure contralto.
We hope she will be heard in a public
recital.
Mrs. Ruby Campbell, one of the
young sopranos of Los Angeles, sang
at the Bethel Evangelical church, Fifty
third and Central avenue, last Sunday,
and had good success. Her voice is
sympathetic and well adapted to sacred
music.
Nine. Schumann- Heink will sing at
the Munich Wagner Festspiele during
the months of July and August
Bernice de Pasquale, an American
singer, is having great success in Mex
leo, singing the roles of Lucia, Gilda
and Marguerite. Nine. Pasquale is a
pupil of Oscar Saengar of New York
Max Bruch has been made knight
of the order Pour lie Merite of Science
and Arts.
What has become of Bayreuth-on-
the Hudson?
Mile. Farrar is engaged for the Met
ropolitan next season, but Mary Garden
is not to return. No tears are shed
over that fact.
George Sweet, the baritone and vocal
teacher, who went to Italy (Florence)
to live forever, is coming home again.
Not enough money in Italy.
The death of Miss Frances French
at Boston last week was a shock to
her musical friends. Miss French has
been president of the Thursday Morn
ing Musical club for twenty years.
Eve Simony, the colorature soprano,
made a hit recently in "Lakme" at
The Hague.
An interesting letter from a we'll
known artist and teacher in Philadel-
phia will be of interest to our musical
public. I am sure. I give copy below:
my Dear Madam Bishop: 1 want to
thank you for your article in regard
to Miss Mary Gardens remarks about
music in America. 1 saw your al ticle,
copied from The Herald, in the Musical
Courier of February IL. Having heard
Miss Garden several times this winter
in her great roles CD of That's and
Louise L Ieel safe III SdylnS III WOiiidil
on the grand opera stage in America
today has less voice or art. Her voice
is really unpleasant at times and strikes
the listener with no feeling of wonder
at any time, except that she has the
audacity to criticise the people of any
country courteous enough to listen to
her. If a few more critics would be
true to their convictions and not adore
blindly anything from Europe we might
g.. fIof fIfn $50 10
would enjoy. Very truly yours
ELLEN Beach Yaw, the colorature
soprano, has been engaged at the Met
ropolitan to sing the roles formerly
sung by Sembrich," says New York
paper.
Madame Teresa Carreno played at
San Diego last night under the aus
pices of the Amphion club to a capacity
house at the Garrick theater. The
Amphion women rendered the noted
pianist a reception at Hotel Coronado
at luncheon, followed by an auto
mobile drive over the island and San
Diego Nine. Carreno will return to
Los Angeles tomorrow afternoon and
will be the guest of the Dominant club
at a dinner Wednesday evening at
Hotel Hollywood. She will rest quietly
Thursday and Friday, appearing in
farewell recital at Simpson auditorium
on Friday evening of this week. This
will be the fourth event of the great
Philharmonic course and season ticket
holders who have not used their seats
for the matinee will use their same
locations as heretofore during the pre-
vious numbers of the course.
This is positively the last Carreno
recital in this city. Students rates
will be given for this event. The pro-
gram is an exceptional one and entire
~ in keeping with the high grade work
of this talented artist, and includes the
following numbers:
Sonata. op 81. No. 2.......,.. Beethoven
Adagio
Allegretto
Presto con fuoco
(a) Two Preludes. Oh. rs. Nos Fl and
(b) Nocturne, Op. IS. ............,....
(c) Scherzo, OPP. u. ..,.........,..- Chopin
(a) Rondo, OPP. -, No. 2...... Beethoven
(b) Impromptu. op 142. .......,,.....
Co Erlkonig ........s..,........ schubert
fal Nocturne ............. Tschaikowsky
(b) Etude am Seegestade. ........ Smetana
Co Etude de Concert. .......-. MacDoweii