Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-09-20

to the dainty little lyrics written and
set to music by Miss Peycke, who Is
an accomplished accompanist, subor-
dinating herself wholly to the rights of
the person she is accompanying. Miss
Peycke rendered several piano num-
bers from modern composers. Her
touch is exquisite, and her personality
reaches out into the audience and
draws one like q magnet. Her recep-
ton the night she played before the
Gamut club was triumph.
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Oscar Hammerstein announces that
at the opening of his Philadelphia op-
era house November II he expects to
give Carmen on scale surprising
any previous production. Seven or
eight hundred persons will appear upon
the stage when the splendid Bizet work
will serve as the vehicle for the auspi-
cious event, says the San Francisco
Chronicle. 1t certainly will seem on
that night of November II that Seville
has grown wonderfully these recent
months; and, as for the band of snug
glers, nothing short of a real army
could cope with such a gigantic party
Of law breakers.
At the Van Ness theater in San
francisco this afternoon will be heard
15-year-old girl, Gertrude Fleming,
who is leaving within the month with
her mother to study with Jean de
| Reszke of grand opera fame. who is
now perhaps the foremost music teach
er in Paris.
This young girl, whose voice is said
to be a soprano with r above high in
her compass, and with tones of a fine
timbre and bell-like quality, sang for
Tetrazzini when she was In San Fran
cisco the winter before the fire, and
that world famous songstress prophe-
eli cd thak t1aA -rsf Ill i
come the worlds next great primA
donna.
Miss Flemings people are not in af-
fluent circumstances, and the Califor-
mia club, the Forum club, Laurel hall.
the Century, order of Elks, Native
Daughters and many other societies
are interested in today's benefit.
Miss Fleming goes at De Reszke's
personal invitation, and on Tetrazzinis
recommendation, for course of three
years.
Alfred Metzger, editor of the Pacific
Coast Medical Review, spent the week
of September 7-12 in Los Angeles, and
last weeks Review has an "apprecia-
ton" of the musical culture in the
public schools of Los Angeles, and in
cidentally of the work done by Miss
Kathryn Stone, supervisor.
Two columns are given to the subject
anu among otner PHEASANT words are
the following:
"A rare work has been going on
quietly during the last few years in
the public schools of Los Angeles. Few
people know definitely of 1t or realize
its significance. If in all the cities and
towns of our land such work could be
done it is conceivab le-nay, even pro-
bable, that the next generation of
Americans would be lifted above the
desire for the sickening inanity of
'Whirl Me Around Again, WILLIE ands
all other like atrocities For the pub
lie schools reach very nearly all of
the people all of the time. And when
the children are educated to an appre-
citation of real music, there is your
next generation of music-lovers ready
made.
when an adult and cultured Los
Angelan meets a crowd of children
going somewhere with a teacher or
two along, he takes, off his hat and
takes courage for the future-or, at
least he should! For young America is
being educated unsteady"
s.
The catalogue Q908-9) of the De
Chauvenet Conservatory of Music and
Dramatic Art has been received. The
prospectus of this ambitious young q
year-old aspirant for place among the
older musical institutions of Los An
geles is full of promise.
s.
The Euterpe club held the Septem-
Der meeting with Mrs. A. V. Carter in
Garvanza Monday evening. a program
of ensemble work being given.
q
The composer of the first setting of
the poem, "Oh, Little Town of Beth
lehem," Lewis H. Redener, died re-
Gently in Philadelphia. He was or
ganist at Phillips Brooks church in
1868 when the noted pastor was ar
ranging a Christmas program. Lack
ing a suitable choral, Brooks wrote the
words of the now famous song and
Redener gave 1t musical interpreta-