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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-12
Reward Growing.
Body Will Be Taken Up.

The body of George Kolmer, a youth who was run over by a train near Leto- hatche last Saturday, and who died later at St. Margarets hospital, will likely be taken up, as q message has come from his relatives in Cincinnati to wait for in structions. The lad had both legs cut off and was never conscious after the ac- cident. It was only by catching snatches of his delirium that it was possible to tell who he was and where he was from.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-12

Today we place on sale thousands of Remnants of good woolen dress goods, all the short lengths left from one season $ selling, and they will go at HALF PRICE!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-12
Havis Parole.

The parole of Glenn Havis, serving sentence for killing a man in Birming ham six years ago, has been extended to February 2S by Governor Conner. It is also understood that final parole will be taken up again by the pardon board.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-12
Officers Commissioned.

G. J. Hubbard the new colonel of the First regiment Alabama National Guard, and Lieut.. Col C. l.. Ledbetter of the Third regiment who succeeds H. b. Ken nedy, have been commissioned. Both are well known in the service and both have had much experience in the handling of strikes.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-25

the rehearsaIs or while Mozart was writing the
overture. They could not have been suggested at
the first performance. Jahn seems to Imply
('The Life of Mozart" Vol. III. page 1927. The
introduction is only thirty measures long and the
Allegro which follows Is made up or material
I quote again from Gouuod: But suddenly. and
with feverish audaCity, the Allegro breaks oat
in the major key. an Allegro fun Of passion and
delirium deaf the warnings Of Heaven. regard
less OF remorse enrapt.red OF pleasure madly In
constant and daring, rapid and impetuous as
torrent. flashing and swift as sword. Overlapping
all obstacles scaling balconies and hewiIderlng the
alguazIls' C'Mozart's Don Giovanni" page 3.
From the tragic introduction through tho impetu-
main section aye led To- peacr ful night
in the garden before the house ot Donna
Anna. There Leporeno. the servant Of Don Gio-
vanni. is awaiting IN GIsconteuted mood for the
Of his master. who Eas entered the house in
quest OF amatory adventure. LeporeIlo Is weary
of the service n which he is engaged. and con-
trasts his state with that OF the Don tAlr. Note
gjorno faticar) lie Will throw OF the yoke and
b. a gentleman himself lie has just Inflated him
self with pride the thought, when he hears
footsteps, and the poltroon In his nature asserts
itself He hides behind the shrubber.. Don Gio-
vanni hurries from the house. conceas1 his feat
with his cloak and impeded ny Donna Anna.
who clings him trying 10 get a look into his
face and calling for help. Don Giovanni com
mands silence and threatens. The Commaudaat.
Donna Annas father appears WIN drawn sword
and challenges the intruder. Don Giovanni hesI-
tates to draw against old a man. but the Com
mandant Will not parley. They fight At first the
attacks and defences deliberate Cthe music
depicts it all with wonderful vyidnessl. but the
last il is thrust and parry, thrust and parry,
swiftly. mercilessly. The Commandant is match
for his powerful young opponent and falls, dying.
A few broken CALCULATIONS and all is ended The
orchestra sings a slow descending chromatic phrase
"as II exhausted by the blood which oozes from
the wound" (GounodJ. How simple the means Of
expression But let the modern composer. with all
his apparatus harmonies and his multitude
OF Instruments point out scene 70 match il in the
entire domain of the lyric drama, Don Giovanni
and his lumpish servant who, with all his coward
instincts. cannot help trying his wit AZ the out
come OF the adventure, though his master is in
New-York tribune., 1909-07-25

centuries older than either. The Spanish tale Of
Don Juan Tenorio. who killed an enemy in duel.
insulted his memory by inviting his statue 20 din
ner and was sent TO hell because of his refusal
repent him of his sins, but literary form Of
a legend Of considerable antiquity seems likely
that moulded into dramatic form by monks
the Middle Ages; it certainly occupied indus
triously the minds of playWrights in the seven
teenth and eighteenth centuries in Spain, Italy.
Germany and England. The most eminent men
who treated it various times the Spaniard
known Tirza di Molina. the Frenchman Moliere,
the Italian Goldoni and the Englishman Thomas
Shadwell, whose 'Ibertne Destroyed" was
brought forward In 1916 Before Mozart lie Teller
had used it for French comic opera. Righini and
Gazzaniga for Italian operas and Gluck for a
ballet
But concerned now only with the play as
Da Ponte and Mozart gave it TO In the dra-
matte Technology of the eighteenth century Don
Giovanni a drd,nma 9iocoSo, In the better
sense of the phrase. playful drama-a lyric COM
edy. Da POnte conceived it such. but Mozart
gave IL tragical turn 10y the awful solemnity
with which he infused the scene Of the lbertine s
punishment that already in his day It was felt
that the last as written and composed to
suit the conventional type Of comic opera was
an intolerable anti-clmax. Mozart sounds a deeply
tragical note at the outset of his overture The
Introduction is an Anddnte which he drew from
the Of the opera in which the ghosty statue
murdered Commandant appears Don
Giovanni while he is enjoying the pleasures OF the
table. Two groups of solemn chords command
tention and establish at once the majestic and
formidable authority OF divine justice the avenger
Of crime" (Gounod). They followed by a series
Of harmonic progressions In stern. sinister un-
yielding. merciless, mplacable chords. They
like the colossal strides of approaching Fate and
this awfulness is twice raised TO a higher power,
first by searching, syncopated phrase in the
violins which hovers ioweringIy over them, and
next by a succession of affrighted scales ascend
ing cTescendo and descending piano, the change
In dynamics beginning abruptly the crest Of
each terrifying wave is reached. These wonder
full scales begin thus:
New-York tribune., 1909-07-25
n1ozarfs don Giovanni" Is Loved by Composers
First r Representa- tions New York-Eeetures
of Two Great Fine-les
Copyright 1909, by H E Krehbisl)
Opera viEnettes. No. 4.

was sent and the overture was ready Tor MIN
The tardy work delayed the representation IN the
evening and the orchestra had to play the over
ture at sight: but il was capital band, ana MO
zart who conducted complimented it before start
ing into the introduction to the first air Inc per
forrnance was completely successful, ana noa'eu
buoyantly on a tide of enthusiasm Which SET III
when Mozart entered the orchestra, and rose isLer
and higher as the music went on. on May l. 200. 800
tho onars was given in Vienna, where al hrsl II
made fasco, though Mozart had ihser'eu He
pieces and made other alterations 10 hu'Io' ,iIo
singers and add to its attracuveness. Donuoh
heard il first on April y. 1871 at the KING inca
ire whose finances which were almost in an eA-
hausted state Il restored TO a hourlshhs 'o" r
ton IN the company which Manuel CIatCi9 %
70 New York in 1925 we're Carlo Angrisahi "'Ao
Vas the Nssetto of the first London representation
and Domenico Crivelli. son of the tenor Gae co."
Cr,veiu who had been the Don OttaVio' Garcia
was tenor with a voice sufficiently ueeP u en-
able him to sing the barytone part OF 10" N'o
vanni in Paris and at subsequent perlori rihdiOe9 '
London 1t does not appear that he had oohteih
Mated A performance OF the opera in Ne" 1ork
hut here he met Da Ponte. who had been a resi-
dent of the city for twenty years ana receI'lS
been appointed professor Of ltahan H'eIa'uie a
Columbia College Da Ponte, as may ne linasheo
lost no tire in calling on Garcia ana se'liiis ''
foot scheme for bringing forward my Don
Giovanni - as he always called it. Crivelh was
q second rate tenor. and could not be trusted WIN
the part of Don Ottavio, and trehchIuah haii'eA
Milon whom l conclude 70 have been q NloIpii-
cello player afterward identified with the founda-
ton of the Philharmonic Society was engaged for
that part. A Nine Barbisri was cast Tor the part
OF Donna Anna. Nine. Garcia for that OF bohha
Elvira Manuel Garcia, Jr. twho died TWO years ago
in London at the age of l0l years. for that or
I.eporeo Agrisani for his old role Of Masetto ana
Maria Garcia afterward the famous Malibran. for
that Of Zeriina. The first performance took place
on MAY o. 1925, in the Park Theatre ana the opera
was given eleven times In the season. This sue
cess coupled with the speedily acquired popularity
os Garcia s gifted daughter was probably the
reason why an English version of the opera which
dominated the New York stage for nearly a quar-
ter Of a century appeared at The Chatham
Theatre In this version the part Of the dissolute
Don was played by II. Wallack, uncle of the Les
ter Wallack long theatrical favorte in the
American metropolis. 4 Malibran the Signorna
Garcia took part in many of the English perform
ences Of the work. which kept the Italian of the
local stage till 1880 when II was revived by Max
Maretzek at the Astor Place Opera House
I have intimated that Bertats opera book was
the prototype of Da Ponte's. but the story is
New-York tribune., 1909-07-25

little mood for sportveness, steal away they
see lights and hear a, commoton In the palace.
Donna Anna comes back to the garden. bringing
her afnanced lover. Don Ottavo, whom she had
called 10 tho help Of her father. She finds the
Commandant dead. and breaks into agon.zng cries
and tears. Only accompanied recItative, but
every ejaculation a cry of naturei Gounod is
wrought up to ecstasy by Mozarts declama-
ton and harmonies. He suspends his analysis to
make this comment:
But that which one cannot too often remark
nor too often endeavor TO make understood. that
which renders Mozart absolutely unique genius
is the constant and indissoluble union Of beauty
of form with truth OF expression BY this truth
he is human by this beauty he is divine BY truth
he teaches us, he moves US. recognize each
other in him and we proclaim thereby that he
indeed knows human ma ture thoroughly, only in
its different pa ssions but also In the varieties OF
form and character that those passions may as
sume. By beauty the real is transfgured. although
at the same time II is left entirely recognizable he
eievates 1t by the magic OF superior language and
transports II N that region of serenity and light
which constitutes Art, wherein Intelligence repeats
with tranquility OF vision what the neart has ex-
perienced E the trouble of passion. Now the
union OF truth with beauty is Art itself
Don ottavio attempts TO console his love. hut she
Is insane with grief and at first repulses him. then
pours out her grie. and calls upon him to avsnge
New-York tribune., 1909-07-25

new melody. bHther happier but always the
vioIonceIlo murmuring In blissful harmony with
the seductive voice and rejoicing In the cunning
vtcheries which Iull Masetto's supicons TO sleep
Now all go into Don Giovannis palace. from Wnlcn
the sounds Of dance music and revelry are floating
ont Donna Elvjra Donna Anna and Don Ottavio
who come 10 confront him who has wronged them
all are specially b.dGen was the custom. be-
cause they appeared in masks Within gayety Is
supreme. \ royal host, this Don Giovanni Not
only are there refreshments for all. but he has
,lrored both classes OF guests in the arrangement
Of the programme OF dances Let there be min
uet a country dance ana an AIlemande, he had said
to LeporellO in that dizzyfng song OF instruction
which whirls past senses Ike mad wind:
Finch han dal vino" 40 happy as Mozart
when IL came 10 providing the music for these
dances. Would you connOisseurs in music like
counterpoint? We shall give IT TO you-three dances
shall proceed and together despite their
warning duple and triple rhythms:
New-York tribune., 1909-07-25

the Vienna Opera. The ante.
s-.0 IIsei'ious conceit was wholly No. ss'sss
"ho wrote the words with re-. {
.ne nleIooles from Una cosa - - IN
11..IsanI ana Le Nozze di Firaros
elo HdAeu tne tune Non Din I'D sN
l-4e i@S' opera with the words "Ous.,- y
nosoo pur troppo C'This we know - - ~
ne oouOuess scored point with HI. % y
IiI rasue "rlleh the German trs,.r-s a'sa
opera never dreamed OF. Even the 60 c-.-'o' {
Vi to-uay seem dense in their un,s,r Z
credit Mozart with a purely ani.b1. ns'ss
quoting the operas OF his rivals ~, pa'psa
Inc latter showed himself unzrat.s.1 s't
hesses received at Mozart's hands -. -. " II
houncins an harmonic progression = P-'-
Famous six quartets dedicated >. oas
oaroarism. but there was no IN m, ,'asaa
OF the air from Il due Litiganti,. II !,
Ior the delectation OF the Don NrpF \
melody. and had written variatio,. - - i1s. !
planoforte % =
me supper is interrupted BY Dam.
comes TO plead on her knees ui,L 1''7 n
to change his mode Of life. He r,..,,o IN sl'ps
hcitude and invites her 70 sir vritb -, a =
Sne leaves the room in despair b,, - &
piercing shrek from the cor-ido- -l's
sent out 70 report on the cause OF -. p'ss
turns trembling as with an srus a. -" y
tnat ne has seen a ghost-a zhost ~ -
footsteps. Ia. IA. ia" sounded us.
hammer on the floor. Don Cyiovan,, - e
70 learn the cause OF the disturba1.. - -
relic hides under the table. Tba 80 a- =
opens the door. There is a clan 40 -
there enters the ghost Of the Conr,,.s---s
form Of his statue as seen in the -
The music which has been Describes
ton with the overture accompanies M.
tion OF the spectre and mis- amazed hos,
vannfs repeated offer OF hospitality ia -.
IN turn he Is asked II he will return -.
Will Your hand as a pledge" saws -.
All unaoashed, the doomed man placs. =.
In that Of the statue, which closes uno,
wise. Then an awful fear shakes the bcs-.,
Giovanni and cry OF horror is fors.d n.
lips. Repent, while there is yet time -
the visitor again and again. and still ,,,.
Giovanni remains unshaken in his Efek.5 -
At length he wrests his hand out OF thA s,,,-
and a the moment hears his doom f-or, 81
lips: All the time for you is pastr' Da-s-.,
wraps him; the earth tremblss: superuahp.l
proclaim his punishment in chorus. a :.
before him, from which demons ersrza ,-s
him down tc hell
Here the opera ends for Us. but orirnsu7
the catastrophe the persons Of the play. all =,
reprobate whom divine justice has vistsd. W,
20 the scene TO hear a description Of TIA
happenings he had witnessed from the bu-5~s
had hidden under the table. 70 dispose ts.-,,
for the future tfor Ottavfo ard Anna -ar-sv
year; for Masetto and Ze-lina, vssz.
stsnter: for Elvira. a nunneryl. and Dlztua,z
TO moralize that, the perhdious wretch hav-s z<
carried 20 the realm Of Pluto and Prospsrns
remained to do save 20 sing the old song
do the wicked find their end, dying as as
lived" H.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-25

the death OF her father. Together they register a
VOW and call on heaven for retributlon.
1t Is morning. Don Giovanni and Leporeo are
In the highway near Seville As usual Leporello IS
dissatisfied with his service and accuses the Don
OF being ii rascal Threats II punishment bring
back his servile manner, ana Don Giovanni Is
ahou; 20 acquaiut him Of "A new conquest. when
"a lady. Donna Elvira. CONS upon the scene She
utters woful complaints of whapplness and re-
sentiment against one who had won her love.
then deceived and deserted her. A!r. All. chi
mi dice maL'D Don Giovanni C'aHame already
New-York tribune., 1909-07-25
CAUGHT BY HIS OWN s"I, !,

When IL comes to doupts. ,.sSsr Va, :
seems worthy OF special mentio1n':s o1n':sroSsr over - y
market the other morning ~ 80 an Ct >. =
box had been broken open an, s,le,ns s vnsrs y
stolen. While he was wonus,, s,,-sSe . ross'-.
lay in a supply for the GAY = and asssss ~ Z
wanted to bcy any chickenSS- -s-sIv pcs =
one hundred and twenty, Al n.rts Its a po..sss 9
butcher bought the lot az ~ - 5rst ons. - 2.
v who % had bought It came IN ana 9ss 'cesnis.
a svindier and poured out on Itorud y =
quart Of bird shot she had 7, IRE ne sacs,,s
the bird other customers IN axe ~st
purchased chicken began C.--3-F, shof.-~.rf u
crop Of every bird was sled T,.saes. - s,
the birds In the ice chest ~ trs o.
EN-. And what made Y 81 80, we're !. !. y z
butcher was the. fact tnai 49,, -. I'm ~
birds that had been stolen iA'
Utica Observer.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-25

Of his coat The is jealous, and Zerlina knows
we'll that he has cause She protests, she cajoles;
he is match for her. She confesses 10 having
been pleased a my lords 1attery, but he had not
touched even the tips OF her fingers" II her
fault deserves IL he may beat her II he wants to,
but then let there be peace between them. The
artful mink! Her wheeling is irresistible. Listen
TO II:
New-York tribune., 1909-07-25

in the last scene OF the opera. They were sn af-
terthought OF the composers They did not ap-
pear in the original score of the scene. as the
autograph shows, but written In after the
music had once been completed They are crowded
into the slaves in tiny notes which sometimes ex-
tend from one measure into the next This cir
cumstance and the other that they are all f7irly
written out in the autograph OF the overture in
dcste that they were conceived either at one Of
New-York tribune., 1909-07-25
STUDIO NOTES.

Henry Lift and his orchestra are still az asa
Avenue Hotel pleasing large audiences sc :
ing on Sunday evening "Agnus De-" vas
sung by Miss Brackman, accompanied b =
piano and the obbligstos OF cello and Voi.
LIZ played as violin solo the Prize so-s' :
''Melstersinger'
New-York tribune., 1909-07-25

The announcement OF the opening in Pars z
Lamperti-Valda School OF Music on Oct1asrl 9
to be attracting no little attention IN muEod :
here The school will be IN charge Of IN. =
perti. the widow. and Mime. Giulia VadA 2 Z
ter a pupil for ten years OF Lampert, II e
sonalIy superintenGed her operate deci q
prfma donna Nine Valda, who has sung =
ly all the large cites Of Europe, has H1-
take up teaching according % the Lanpsrr =
Those interested would DO well 70 write ns x
New York studio. No s15 West sd street
New-York tribune., 1909-07-25

Miss Grace Fee. well known among ne -
OF the Russell methods in the Normal l-'~-.
Carnegie Hall. has opened a daily sanl.
for teachers Of these methods AZ = Mar
near Columbus. Ohio. Among the nel.s'
class are the teaching members OF ne
order Of Northeast America, this orass =.
Gently adopted the Russell systems u
music departments AT the Normal lis.
summer a number Of leading teachers ilD.
parts OF the country are enrolled II " :.
normal class. these processes cf stuls -. -.
IDENTIFY become popular among studiou' -
many music centres
New-York tribune., 1909-07-25

Mrs. Josephine Zipperlen. contrai'o =. - "A
teacher. Of Irvington. y J.. sailed ol =. =
washington July for Europe. sne W., u
and August in Paris, where she VIII 'as "A
teachers course with Frank King ClalA -
also study and coach every day VIII =. "a.
and the well known young accon'9
Pauline Numbergcr-
New-York tribune., 1909-07-25

The most insinuating of melodies floating over an
obbligato Of The solo violoncello like a love
charm" as Gounod says. Then the celebration Of
her victory when she captures one OF his hands
and knows that he is yielding:
New-York tribune., 1909-07-25

William Rittredge. tenor and teScH~ -,
who recently returned after two yeai' -
I.oulbardi in italy. Is spending us =
Little Boar's Head. N H Nj kl'u' -
turn 10 New York late IN septsn0sf
new studio in Carnegie all
New-York tribune., 1909-07-25

DIT. J. y. Elsenhsimer. studio NO % -
street. is preparing a number OF n' -, y
for public Perforrnsnc7' --.s,ss
among them a number OF songs ior -, !, -
piano. DR.. Elsenheimer has nHllos-
piano students studying recital
tho coming season.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-25

Reinald Werrenrath. bsrytons =, r
concert given In the Ocean Grows -s
torium on saturday evening. July =, ~
engaged for a return date IN Cos'1s s''-..-..s .
will be sung August 2i. Mr Msi...vs vsssl
pates q busy season, starting Win -
tival in October.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-25

At the North Shore Grill Olue, -T,gIg~sss 7
Miss Amy Grant will present tn' ,or y J ,
as readings, with the music arsaiissJl i.S.lors
on the following dates: July ~. ,-ra,s 4 I,
Q. ..PelIeas and Melisande. ana - - raks ~
ira" The recitals are announces
o'clOck n m
New-York tribune., 1909-07-25

Miss Evangelins S. Adams. 0' 4. y
sailed for Europe Saturday 10 y, ..f,s
with friends in England. she W. ..,osf 3
York to reopen her studio on s'p'
New-York tribune., 1909-07-25

sigmund Grosskopf. violinist AH1 IL, u;
Carnegie Hall. is playing Win So ss-cs
Grosskopf Trio. OF which he Is - 7sss
the Rexmere. Stamford n \. .,-s,n1s
violin solos are a feature OF the p'
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-03-31
JULIO ACHA.

refugiadas sobre London Bridge, trl-
tan de friol
Estos pajarracos cenicientos son
aouf las gofondrinas tristes del in
vierno. cuando aparecen entire la
niebla y caen como espesos copoe de
nscve sobre "a coraz6n dc la metrdpo-
Ii, dando sus buques aspecto de pc
qwehas islas polares, saben los ham
briesntos" del Tamesis La tortura que
les espera.
Tanto - habla de estes horribles
andrajos humanos que resolvi visltar-
ioe dmante unas horas para dar los
tectorcs mejor cuenta de 10 gran mise
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-03-31
VILLA ESPESA)

Neya. nicva nicva... hoy mi me place
yer desccndcn de IA gris esfera,
los frgidoS copos que en- los aires teJen
no 81 qu6 fani;sticas ocaS lanzaderas
rs que cuando MIRO copos
que ptialos Sucos tai asemejan
de azalarcs niveos. pienso los naranjos
florios de aqucIlos boSques de mi TERRA.
picnso los copos de espumas brilantes
lei que ba1a Ia natal pradera;
v en- floraciones de los jazmneros
que de eios smuIan esirclas
penso mi amada que ms negras horas
de su ,iulcc afecto la luz blanquea,
y en- sus sleHos nnbies De candor nimban
de lia blancura frente
Y pienso q albo traie que llevaba
Ia nocIc en- que a darle mi adios trste fuera;
Y en- aoucl panuelo que agitaba ansiosa
flasse Fl puerto cuano iba lejos de ella
Recucrio asi mismo casit blanca;
v los peniunos de las noches belas,
cuando en- efusiones de me arrullaba
con 81 blando ritmo de confdcncias.
Y ALI la contemplo... que vision bendtat,
sn su blanca acoba conmovi'ta, tremula
leynnlo eI mensaje donde habla el alsente
de sls esIersnzas dc qnimeras
Neva nieva \ miro desoender los copos
easi sin risteza que acuerdo de ella,
as sucTos de candor dc su alma,
,aue nimban freIte de lial pureza l
" RODRIGUEZ RIVERA
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-03-31
.ScreIqs DE-. .tSladg vaIIpSSinlOS
LOS millones que valdrian y los riesgos
que ofrecen
L. Tulio Bonafoux.

Con motivo del asesinato del pintof
Steinhoil Sc ha dicho que los crimina-
les eometierOn el delito para recupe-
rar ciertas cartas comprometedoras, es-
critas por el presidente Faure a los
Steinheis. las cuales no han sido en-
contradas por los asesinos. porquc 81