The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-08

are Madame Butterfly With a Japanese
setting: LaRoheme. French: LaTosca.
Italian: and his latest. The Girl of
the Golden West" American. 1t has
been said that this is distinctively a
Puccini age as his operas are produc-
ed three times as often as those or
any other Italian composer.
Mrs, Homer NJ. Cook spoke on Don
Lorenz Perosi and gave much of in
terest on the early life of this famous
composer of church music. AS a
Catholic priest Perosis schooling had
muc influence on his future work as
a composer though he did not begin
the study of music until he was twen-
" Years of age. Perosi soon became
director Of music at St. Marks cathe-
dral in Venice and from there went to
the Sistine chapel in Rome where he
attracted the attention of Pope Plus y
and still holds that position. Perosi'S
most afmous work is The Last Judg-
lent" written for the Gregorian cele-
bration and he is now working on ten
symphonies To he named after ten
cities of Italy. Only sacred music has
been written by Perosi and it has been
said in Italy that. ne. being a priest
without a charge. has been forbidden
To write any other,
Ermanno Ferrari who is famed for
his production of The Jewels of the
Madonna" was taken up by Mrs. J. s.
Hatcher and after a review of his his
tory Mrs. Hatcher gave a synopsis of
the opera which was SUM in Chicago
last spring. Following Mrs. Hatcher's
talk Miss Jennie Anderson with Mr..
Rowland at the piano sang very beau
tifully The Prayer" from the
Jewels of the Madonna which is one
OF its most attractive solos.
Mrs Louis ROWLAND ljSc1lSSe6 AL.
hertp Franchetti and Ruggierio Leon
cavallo. TWO less famous Italian writ
ers. Franchetti. she said. had six COM
positions to his credit and though he
has not any wide recognition his work.
manship is sound and he has many
qualities .of style deserving of praise.
~Leoncavallo,s works number nine and
his last The Gypsies" produced in
London. September II of this year
has been his greatest success. Leon
cavallo is noted for writing his own
librettos.
Mrs. Paul B. Griffith took up Arrigo
Boito and Petro Mascagni. Boito's
most famous work, she said. was his
"Meph!sto' which savored much of
Wagner and was based on Goethe's
legend Of Faust. 1t was a great sue
Gamma is the work which ha. re-
nowned Mascagni and it made him
both famous as a musical composer
and rich as Well as giving him the IT,
tie of Nerdi's successor. Mascagni is
also a conductor of unusual ability.
Mrs. ". r. Nanderhoef gave the
concluding paper on Giovanni Sgam-
bait and he has been called the great
est instrumentalist Italy has ever pro-
duced. Mrs. Nanderhoef stated that
Sganlhati was. the apostle Of ella ssical
music in his home city and at six
years he played in public. sang con-
tralto in church choirs and directed
small orchestra. He was a pupil Of
List from childhood and his best
known work is his Quartet for Strings.
Sgambati is o court pianist in Italy.
The rendition of two violin numbers
from Sgambait's works by Prof. c.. A.
Lampert added unusual interest to
Mrs. Eanderhoef's talk. The numbers
were beautiful and Mr.. Rowland play
ed the piano accompaniment.
Another vocal number Of the after
noon was the aria, "One Fine Day"
from Madame Butterfly by Miss
Jennie Anderson. At roll call the
club members ga grief musical cur
rent events and joined in a general