The San Francisco call., 1910-06-12
WULLE Will lead
"ANTIGONE" MUSIC
big Orchestra and Chorus Soon
TO Be Rehearsed for Most
Notable Production
Miss AngIin'S Manager AM
rOunces Choice of Berkeley
Man for Great Effort
By WALTER ANTHONY

The wonderful effect of fine music
reinforcing and Illuminating spectacu-
lar and poetic drama was felt by every
one who was fortunate enough to hear
-1auue Adams memorable presentation
ot AS You Like It. a week ago at the
.Greek theater- 1t viii be good news
70 them 10 learn that Margaret Anglin
Us TO be surrounded with an equally
d effective tonal environment when she
plays Sophocles "Antigone" Thursday
evening, June 80, at the big Berkeley
amphitheater.
Louis Nethersole, Margaret Anglin's
manager, has arrived rrom New York
and has already mapped out the musi-
cal scheme which is to frame the ac-
ton Of the sOmber tragedy wherein
The VIII of a woman clashes with the
tyranny of a king and fate gave the
victory to her who feared not death.
g WOLFE WILL DIRECT
A wise choice Of director for the
music was Nethersole's first act on ar
riVing here. Dr. J. Fred Wolfe. whose
scholarly attachments and poetic quail
ltles Of mind were given splendid real
ization at the recent performance of
Bach passion music, has been chosen
10 lead the musical portions Of the
1oophocles drama, and Mendelssohn' :
music has been chosen as the medium.
The incidental music to "Antigone"
and 'OedipuS' of SophOcles. Racine S
iAthalie' and Shakespeares ''Midsum-
mer. Nights Dream" is regarded as Of
p the best that MendeIssohn penned.
That 10 "Antigone" was written by
. royal command when the young COM
poser WAS kapellmeister to the king,
: Frederick William ". 1t is marked
by a nobility and depth which reflect
in great measure, the composers init
7-7 ,,1-,
gained during university days and cul-
tiVated by subsequent study. Mendels-
sohn himself regarded the "AntigOne
music as the artistic match of any
thing he had ever created. He wrote
10 his friend, the great Violinist, Fer
dinand David: The noble style CT the
drama fascinated me so much that the
music came to me easily and from my
heart. The tragedy itself, with its
beauty and grandeur, drove everything
else from my mind"
LARGE CHOIR ORGANIZED
The choruses will be sung by a large
choir Of male voices. Doctor Wolfe has
already organized his vocal forces. The
choruses throughout the drama are di-
yided into strophe and antistrophe
MeudelssOhn's music follows this form
exactly, one strain being the echo or
answer to the one with which il is
as one person from a dramatic point
OF view, whether the chorus sings as a
whole or is represented by the cory
phaeus in dialogue. Commentators
have said that the chorus may be sup
posed to take the place and represent
the sentiments of an Unprejudiced but
interested spectator. In that spirit
Mendelssohn has written the choral
music. An orchestra which, it is prom
ised, viii be Of symphonic size, is be
ing gathered by Doctor Wolfe and re-
hearsals viii begin at once on the In
strumental score.
George Riddle Of Harvard university.
who is now on his way to California
To complete the preparations fol the
performance, is due in San Francisco
tomorrow morning. He has wired Fro
fessor Armes of the music and dra
matte committee of the University Of
California that Miss Angl.a viii con-
fine her performance of the Sophoclee
tragedy 10 the stage proper at this
Greek theater
Many music lovers gathered at tho
residence Of Hugo Mansfeldt losr
Wednesday evening to attend the debut
OF his pupil, Miss Lorraine Ewing
whose pianistry shows great promise
She plays with deep expressiveness fol
so young an artist and with a security
p of technic beyond the powers Of manS
an adult artist
The concert given last TUESDAY even
ing by Louis II. Eaton al kohler 8
Chase hall was wei attended and re
ported "A big success. He presented
Miss Virginia Fischer. soprano; Rober
n. Battison, tenor, and L. X. Rhodes
bass. in d pretentious program OF Sc
lcctions.
Mrs. Richard Rees, who is making
g her vaudeville debut this week a th'
Orpheum theater, has the distinction
Of being one of two singers who, ap
pearing on the Orpheum stage, have
reached the altitude of a hign d. ny
Rees scales those vocal heights ever.
afternoon and evening. Few prir1;
donna sopranos wandering for a sea
son into vaudeville care to eXtent
themselves SO altitudinoUsly and fre
ouently.