The San Francisco call., 1909-10-17
PORTLAND GIRL TO
APPEAR HERE SOON.
Mary Adele Case Will Sing at
Novelty Theater, the New
Home for Music
Maud Powell, Best ViOlinist OF
Her Sex" Will Fill Dates
Given Ysaye
By WALTER ANTHONY

By WALTER ANTHONY
Mary Adele Case will be one of the
first TO appear at the Novelty theater
after ii has been converted into a home
for music. The young lady from Port
land is said to have developed splen-
did voice and to have cultivated an eX-
cellent technic After studying with
Mackenzie Gordon in this city she went
10 Paris. where she became a pupil of
King Clark Returning to this coun-
try she received fattering notices of
her singing. and her recent recital gin
Portland. her home town, was social
and artistic success, it is reported. Her
san Francisco appearance viii take
place at the Novelty on the 18th and
2lst Of November. Miss Cases voice
Is described as deep contralto. reso-
nant and colorful. The program which
she will sing will be announced later.
Maud Powell. the best violinist of
her sex" viii fill the dates in America
which were Cancelled by Nsaye. who
says he viii not cross The Atlantc
this year with his fiddle and his bow.
Art, like nature. is compromising, and
II we can not hear Ysaye in San Fran
cisco we can at least hear Maud Powell,
who plays like a goddess. Miss Pow
ell opens the season in Chicago with
the Thomas orchestra, then she goes
east to play with the reorganized
Philharmonic in New York under Gus
tav Mailer, and then her tour to the
west begins.
Miss Powell is a native of Illinois.
Her father was an American and her
mother was German. The influences
10.
become energetic and eloquent in the
temperament of the Illinois girl, and
her playing has won for her the title
Of the best Violinist of her sex
At the age Of years she took up the
study Of the violin and five years later,
when she was taken TO Leipzig, she
was accepted by Schradeick and re-
cefved her diploma within a year.
THen she was q soloist of the Gewand-
haus. out of so applicants that beat
their fists against the doors of the
Paris conservatoire, she was the first
admitted. Miss Powell is like Madame
Carreno, the pianist She has the
power Of tone that is usually ascribed
only to masculine players, and she has
the delicacy and f1nesse Of the woman
artist.
At the Century club Thursday even
ing. October IS, Mary Pasmore will
give a violin recital assisted by her
sister, Suzanne Pasmore, pianist. The
following program viii be rendered:
La Fola'' ..............-.... .CorelIi-Leonard
..-,--.. Variations serieuses)
5For violin alone - i'a'H
coneerto IN 6 minor op 2o----.----- Bruch
%, .Scherzo Tarantelie' Wieaistrski
Sir Henry Heyman viii conduct his
own orchestra of 25 instrumentalists at
ae st. Francis hotel next Tuesday
evening, when a Portola reception will
he held.
Manager Win Greenbaum announces
that he has received word from John
Philip SOusa that he has composed two
new works especially for his tour, one
being a descriptive suite entitled 'Peo-
pie Who Live in Glass Houses" and
the other a typical Sousa march called
To the Honor of the American Navy"
He also states that his eight programs
for this city viii be selected from the
gems of the 20 concerts already played
by the band this season.
A great novelty with the band this
season viii be the singing of Misses
- Frances and Grace Heyt, sisters, who
are gifted with beautiful voices. Miss
Florence Hardeman. violinist Will be
one Of the special attractions and
Herbert L. Clarke is still the cornet
virtuoso Of the organization
The concerts viii be given at Dream
land rink commencing Thursday after
noon. November T. The following day
the organization viii play at Berkeley
for the University of California and
Wednesday night concert will be
given at Stanford.
The band this season numbers 50
instrumentalists.
A new opera by Sousa entitled The
GIassblowers" viii be produced by the
Shuberts this season.
With Nine. Jomelu, the dramatic So
prauo from the Manhattan opera house,
who viii be heard here ii November,
viii appear Miss Marie Nichols, an
American violinist who has achieved
fame in her own country and abroad.
II is but necessary to state that Miss !
Nichols has played six times with the
Boston symphony orchestra to establish
the fact that she is worthy the atten
tion Of music lovers. Abroad Miss
Nichols played with the Berlin, Dres-
den and Leipzig philharmonic. Lam
oureaux Of Paris and Queens hall or
chestra of London, and she IS consid-
cred one Of the most gifted woman vio-
linists that the world of music has yet
known. Another artist who will assist
at the Jomelli concerts is Miss Magda-
len Worden, pianist-composer
When George Hamlin. the American
tenor, sings here in December he will
have the assistance Of Edwa I'd Schnei-
der another young American who is
gaining fame as a composer. Schneider
has Just finished a tour of Europe with
l8amlin and they met with the greatest
success. Hamlin is one of the finest
tenors on the concert stage and his
beautiful voice was one Of the leading
features OF the recent performances
given by the Lambs club on its travel
gambOls.
DR. Ludwig Wullner. the famous
German singer. has broken all records
Of visiting artists. He came to Amer
fca last season for 20 concerts and
gave more than 100 before returning.