The San Francisco call., 1910-01-03
new PLAN FOR
KOPTA CONCERTS
Manager Greenbaum Purposes
to Have Women instruments
alists Only This Season
Many Attractive Musical Enter
tainments Offered for Early
Months of New Year

Very little reward, it must be ad-
mitted has been Greenbaum's portion
for his seven years of devotion TO
chamber music; nor, indeed, to any of
the quartets which have been some
what submerged but worthy features
in San Francisco's musical existence.
Minetti, for instance, has been even
longer in the chamber music field than
Greenbaum, and he, too, still keeps at
it, like Schubert's mournful musician
whom everybody passes by.
1t is certain that an appreciation OF
music is best tested in the attention
paid to this intimate form of compo-
sition, and it is the next best thlng
to a symphony orchestra. 1t is, at
least, the beautiful etymon of the Ian
guage of tone
When Greenbaum began his Kopta
quartet concerts seven years ago
he said he proposed to keep them up
every year regardless of the slight at
tention that was given them-more
than slight, cruel, even, in view OF the
excellence of their offerings. And so
for the eighth consecutive season
Greenbaum is out with his announce
ments of forthcoming Pop" concerts.
This year he will try an innovation.
The players will all be of the fair sex.
They will be, it is needless to say,
professional instrumentalists. The
combination, in brief. will be composed
of the Pasmore sisters, who just now
are in Chicago earning critical praise
for their musicianship, and Misses Ehr-
man and Furth.
subscriptions for season tickets are
now being received at Sherman, Clay
& Co.'S and at Greenbaum's o;ce, 101
custom and to prove that the artistic
advancement of the city's musical
culture is mis- aim, rather than his own
financial profit, Greenbaum announces
that prices for admission to all the re-
citals of the quartet for the season will
be from 81 to 81.
Three recitals of much interest will
serve to open the new concert hall in
| the Kohler & Chase stores next week.
| The first will be Monday evening, when
| Hermann Genss, pianist will be the
soloist; the second will be Wednesday
evening, when Nine Eileen O'Moore,
| violinist, and Mrs. Nellie Widman- Blew,
mezzo soprano will supply the pro-
gram and the third will be Thursday
evening, when the Minetu string quar-
tet will supply the program. The mem
berS of the chamber music organization
| are well known artists-Giulio Minetti,
Hans Koenig. Louis E. Schoeniger and
Arthur Weiss. Mozarts quartet, No.
Is in B flat major, and Beethovens
quartet. op. 1s. No. 6. will be given by
the excellent organization.
All of the recitals are invitational
affairs.
| 1t is promised that the Kohler &
Chase hall. occupying the entire second
floor of the new Kohler & Chase build
! ing in O'Farrell street near Grant ave-
visiting artists Following the open
! ing of the recital chamber. to the pub
! lie with the reception New Years day
there will be a week of invitational
/ concerts beginning today.
| During the months of January Feb
ruary and March the Minetti string
| quartet recitals, the Lyric pop con-
certs and the De Grassi Ma nsfeIdt-
| Villepando trio musicales will be given
! in the new hall, and interspersing these
| series Will be a number of individual
| rectals.
The invitational recitals will be-
gin this evening with Hermann
Genss, solo pianist, assisted by Miss
Grace Brown, contralto. On Tues
day evening Arnold Won der Aue, dra-
matte tenor, and c. A. Neale, flute soloist.
| Will render an attractive program.
Nine. Eileen O'Moore. violinist, and Mrs.
Nellie Widmann- Blow, mezzo soprano,
will be heard at the Wednesday evening
! concert.
| On Thursday night the Minetti guar
tet will give one of its best programs
and on Friday afternoon and evening
the Wurltzer Plan orchestra will be
| the attraction.