The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
GADSKI To Sing
FAREWELL TODAY
Soprano to Add 'Der Armer
Peter" Cycle of Songs
to Program
De GOrgOza, GerviIIe.Reach,
KOcian and Hoffman to Be
Heard Here
By WALTER ANTHONY


Madame Gadskl viii say goodbye"
10 us today. She viii return to her
enlargement at the Metropolitan grand
opera house. New York city, at once.
and this afternoon win afford US
the last opportunity or hearing the
regal soprano" BY special request
Nine. Gedsh viii sing scnumann's
Der Armer Peter" cycle Of songs
II viii be pleasurably remembered
that Doctor Wullner interpreted
this series Of lyrics last season. Nine.
Gadski's program for this afternoon al
the Columbia theater viii consist OF
the following numbers. plus the added
cycle OF Schumann:
Itch Wandre Nicht." Die Lotusbume,"
''stiue Thrsnen.' '.wenn 1eh Fruh in den Gar Car
a -ends wsrum' l2o5ert Sehumsnnl; .Dort in
5ea Weiden.' Die M2Aaseht h. -, sgohsnnes s.Ssna
AfacDoweID; zone Gave Ne Rose" edwin
Schneider; ''Isola,'' "Nimm Mich Hin Max
5FranE Lisztl: ''Gotterdsmmerung' Wagner.
--Brcnhilde's Farewell 10 Siegfried' ''Brun-
lhndr's Closing scene"
Nine. Liza Lehman, one Of the
most exploited composers Of the day,
follows closely after Nine. Gadski. She,
with her quartet Of English singers.
viii appear next Thursday night, No
heTlOeE ]
e concert which viii be devoted exelu-
sively- TO Nine Lehmann's compost
tions A later recital viii be given
bv the composer and her quartet for
the exclusive hearing OF the Pacific
musical society on the following Tues
day night and the second and last
public concert viii he heard Sunday
afternoon. November %, at the Colum-
bia t1eater.
The following compositions from the
pen Of Liza Lehman will be heard
next Thursday night at the Novelty
theater:
Part Song cycle for quartet and soloists
'In Persian Garden this work is composed
of p number from the 1Rubaiyatl
Part I-Contralto solo. "Abou Ben Adhem
Leigh Huntl. Miss Pagrave-T Turner; tenor So
los-"Five Little Love S6ngs'-la) There's
Bird Beneath Your window" tb) Along the
tdl IT I Were Bird. Would Sing All Day"
te) clasp Mine Closer, Little Dear, White
Hand" Hilbert Eisdell baritone solo, Incl
dent Il the French Camp Robert Browning).
Julien Henry; soprano solos-(s) Pearl and
song" d. ''Everybody's Secret" Miss Blanche
Part II-song cycIe. The Nonsense Songs
from Alice in Wonderland"
During the week Of exposition Of
motor cars at Idora park Paul Stein
dorf viii be very much in evidence.
He has charge of q big band which
VIII dispense much music. From Sousa
TO Strauss and from Mascagni to Verdi,
Ste5ndorff's program viii romp over the
fields Of melody and through the forests
0f harmony. Steindorff's ability to di-
rect has had SO many evidences that
Il is not bold TO say that one Of the best
things about the Oakland automobile
show at Tdora park viii be the music.
not OF motors but Of melody. This,
|. 55r a sample. is the program for Sat
urday night November 1s:
March The Stars and Stripes Forever"
lSouss B. overture. Morning. Noon and Night in
Vlenns" CSuppel; waltzes- Tales From Vienna
woods fStrauss): novelette,. a Southern Rev
,-aUor.a Rusticana" (AIascagni): paraphrase
> Pilsen" Luders): Songs Of the Nation
iarranged by Lsmpe); march. The Iron King
Emilio de Gorgoza has spent FIVE
months abroad. studying the works of
French and German music. AS a re-
suit he has added 50 numbers to his
slrea dT extensive repertoire. While in
Paris he attended the 'encours" at the
-corservatoire and heard the work Of
p Young soloist and accompanist. Rob-
erf SchnlftZ. whom Gorgoza engaged for
t1e forthc0ming season. Schmitz VIII
appear as pianist and accompsnist with
t-orgoza in this city when the latter
appears al the Columbia theater Sun
day afternoon. December Il
t1erville-Reach. who was enga ged by
HammerSein for his recent produc-
tion Of Samson and Delilah.' and who
caused some considerable stir for her
acting and vocalism in Strauss
Electra" viii visit.Us at the beginning
Of the new year.
After Gerville- Reach. the vocalist.
comes Kocian, the violinist. and later
Josef Hoffman. the pianist.
Mrs. Edith Simonds. now in Chicago.
has met Nine. Schumann-H -Heink. who
writes TO Charles Keeler and other n1u-
tual friends in this city that she is go
ing 10 have the composer with her in
Kew York next month, and plans to
present some Of her songs during the
next season. Mrs. Simonds is a product
Of san Francisco. She studied inter
pretation with Henry Holmes and COM
position with Wallace Sabin. She
studied piano and musicianship with
Hugo Mansfeldt
The following is q literal translation
. Of Nine. Schumann- -Heink's letter TO
n 1srles Keeler concerning Mrs. Sim
-e16s:
''I have Mrs. Edith Simonds in Chi
csgo seen and viii in December have
her at my home in New York Very
often 1 think Of you and OF your
poetry. Next year, 1911, come again
10 Gods land-CaIfornia. Yours.
''SCHUMANN- -HEINK"
Doesn't that sound like the dearest
Of singers and the finest of artists?
The second OF the series Of chamber
music recitals by the Minetti quartet
viii be given next Friday afternoon at
Kohler & Chase's hall. Mozart, Tartini
and Schumann viii be the composers
whose works will be presented The