The San Francisco call., 1909-02-15
With The Musical Folk
BY Walter Anthony

u ulary band of Sc Filipinos will
\ make it's musical debut in San
Francisco tonight. Much has been
said and written about the musiclanshfp
of this unique company. organized by
Taft when he was in the Philippines,
which now comes to this country 10 take
part in the inaugural ceremonies that
will place the White House latch key In
Tafts pocket. That the players are
versatile can not be doubted. for they
transform their organization from a
huge military concert band into
symphony orchestra with the greatest
ease. Every member of the band plays
more than two instruments. The SYM
phony department will be heard at each
concert to be given in this city.
The band will play tomorrow after
noon in Oakland at Ye Liberty theater;
tomorrow night it will be heard for
the second and last time at Dreamland
rink, and Wednesday night Sacramento
will be visited Then 1t goes on to
Washington under the command of
Colonel Mark Hershey. L. S. A. the
band being the only large musical ag-
gregation in the service of the United
States government. except the Marine
band which Sousa used to direct
Local singers and players are to be
congratulated upon the success of Mac
this city and in Oakland, the last con-
cert of which was given yesterday
afternoon at Christian Science hall.
They were a success financially and
artistically. and they proved to Man
ager Win Greenbaum. 1.-THE local and
sometimes coy impressario. that when
the right artist is secured it does not
matter to the music patronizlng public
whether he happens to live in San
Francisco. or in Odessa or New York.
A community indicates its musical
fertility not so much in what it i'm
ports as in what ii raises. just as
a farm discloses its possibilities In
what the farmer does not buy. We
need. it seems to me, a little more cul-
tivation. little more attention paid to
our own artists and a more generous
support of our own musical institu-
tions; then, when the great visiting ar
lists play and sing for us. we will have
well established standards of compari-
son and we Will know better how to
appreciate the foreign imports and pos
sibly Will learn to measure our own ar
lists in a juster and more appreciable
spirit. We may find out that the best
is not always the imported.
Mackenzie Gordons final concert yes
terday afternoon was, 1 am informed,
well attended and the audience was
appTecl3IlNe OF the tenor offerings.
Eugene Blanchard also was we'll re-
ceived for his piano numbers and the
recital in spite of unkindly skies, was
big success.
Nine. Frieda Langendorff. the noted
mezzo soprano. will sing at Christian
Science hall Thursday night and sun
day afternoon. A novelty on her first
program will be THE Cry OF Rachael
by Turner Salter, young composer
whose works are attracting much at
tention just now.
Mime. Flora Karp HeiIbron's piano
numbers will include Chopin's varia-
tions. opus IL, work rarely IL ever
heard in this city. The Oakland con-
cert has been postponed from Friday
afternoon until Tuesday afternoon
February %. Wednesday night Nine
Langendorff will supply the program
for the third concert of the ST. Francis
musical art society. She will be as
sisted by the Lyric string quartet.
Soon we will hear in America an
other violin prodigy. Since Miseha Ell
man, the IS year old Russian violinist
flashed across the continent in stream
OF beautiful tone. we have been wait
ing for another rising comet 1t has
come. Its head is Just above the
horizon, and the critics of Vienna and
Prague are the muSlcat astronomers
who made the discovery His name is
Sascha Colbertson. His given name is
Russian. and his Christian patronymic
is American; that is to say. he is
Russian American and he has been
studying in Prague and growing in
mental and physical stature. Already
enthusiastic critics have called him "a
Paganini come to life, "a second ku-
belik" and so forth. He may be Ell
mans twin soul. He plays everything
and anything and all with the ease, so
tits said. of the virtuoso born and bred
and of the violinist by divine right
concert tour OF Europe is being planned
for him. and after that we shall hear
him. IL the fire OF his precocious genius
is not burned down to the ashes of
mediocrity before then.
The song recital to be given to-
morrow night by Caroline Ealstead
Little under the auspices of the Berke-
ley piano club at wilkins hall in the
college town promises to be well at
tended and interesting. The singer will
be assisted by Gyula Ormay. pianist
Another interesting recital is prom
ised By the friends and admirers of
Miss Edith Mote Smith. who will make
her debut as q soprano tomorrow after
noon at Sherman. Clay q Co.'S assembly