Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-13

u listened yesterday afternoon In
II Simpson auditorium to the second
and last of the Becker piano and violin
recitals a recital which ranks with the
best in music that has been offered in
Los Angeles this winter
So thoroughly artistic concert is a
most happy finale to the season of 1908
1909
A charming compliment was EXTENDED
Mr.. and Mrs Becker by a company of
sixty little girls, piano pupils of Miss
Kock. who were present with their
teacher. The children were all dressed
in white, with pink ribbons, ana at tne
close of the first selection ten OF thell
number stepped forward and each pre-
scented the artistes Win pasNe' "a
pink sweet peas. e.,
THE nrogram rendered was the fol-
lowing. with the addition OF seVeral
encores:
Sonata in major for violin ana pi1to
(Brahms); allegro amabhe, ahuai'e
Pastorae Csearatti-Tausig); lie Coucou
CDaouin1: Romance CMozar0; Saraoand anu
Fe e9 an% last movements of Mendelssohn
Romance, op. IS, No. /, "Des Attends. oseh4 n
MANN; I'm der Naehti etuue ue N'ii0U'
fat major Q4iszD.
Romance in F major beethoven ..,,.i-+o-
walther's Prieslied from the Meis'e'-
singer OWagner-WilhelmD' by request
G. 6. De Lano presents in recital in
blanchard hall Friday evening ms
graduating class of guitar, banjo and
mandolin pupils. The public Is III
The graduating calss includes Mrs
NJ. 70. Burke, Mrs. Helen e. Behymer
Misses Ruth M. DAILY, Sophie cave
Ruby S. Dunn, Kate Wren, Edna L;
I,utnesky. Sgrid E. johnson, cara -
Rodekohr, Mildred e. Fuller, cara L.
Kelly. May e. Rose, Cora j. GLASS
Helen Mae Reynolds, and T. H. Lips
Mrs. Chester Bryon Scovill of West
Fourteenth street will present her
piano pupils in recital Tuesday AFTER
noon.
Vernon Bettin, the boy soprano OF
Christ church choir, sang a SOLO III
Grace Episcopal church. Chicago Jure
6, his selection being Praise Thou the
Lord" (Allitson).
Lillian Adams, pianist, gave a MO-
zart lecture and recital Monday AFTER
noon at her studio in the Ma1estlc
building. Compositions were played by
Miss Adams pupils
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DO not forget the concerts to be
gwen Tuesday afternoon and evening
in Simpson auditorium by the corona
do band under the baton of Director
Ohlmeyer.
Among the soloists carried by TINS
organization is Franz Halle a norm
soloist who for nine consecutive sea-
sons was soloist with Sousa.
Invitations may be exchanged for re-
served seats at the office of the Bart
lett Music company tomorrow morning
al 10 o'clock.
Mrs. Mattison B. Jones will present
ten of her pupils in ehildrens re-
cital at Choral hall, Temple audito-
rum, Tuesday evening.
For the first time on any stage "Ho-
shi-San," the creation of a Philadelphia
composer and author, and the produce
tion of a Philadelphia organization,
was presented at the Academy of Mu-
sic May q, 1909, by the Philadelphia
operate society, says the Music Lead
err and Concert Goer This novelty,
part of a double bill, which included
"Cavalleria Rusticana" (also given its
American premier in this city,. was
warmly received by large audience
that was composed in equal parts OF
music lovers and the social eclat. 1t
was a triumph for Composer Wassi!i
Leps, author of In the Garden of the
Gods and other symphonic works
played by the Philadelphia orchestra,
and .librettist John Luther Long, au-
thor of MADAME Butterfly" The Oar
ling of the Gods" etc.
s.
One of the reasons assigned by Mime.
Sembrich for her retirement from the
operatic stage at the height of her
popularity was the lack of new operas
composed for the lyric sopranos.
IAN artist" she said, cannot live
now on a repertory of Gildas, LUCAS
and TraViatas, for the taste of the
public has advanced beyond such
works. The composers are writing
nothing new for lyric sopranos. The
last new role I created was Mimi in
La Boheme' and Immediately after
that opera Puccini turned his attention
solely to dramatic roles. When l first
became a singer, the old italian roper
tory was already losing its hold, and
the operas of Wagner were beginning
to have an influence Think, then, how