The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-03

-. Nine. Homer will he on the road
almost constantly during October. No.
vember and January. and her travels
will take her az far west as Denver.
The Ruhel Trio. composed OF Edith
Rubel. violinist Brenda putnam, pianist,
Inc Vera Poppe '%cellist, IL an organize
from Kentucky. the land OF delightful
women. and brings q sheaf Of rompli-
mentary notices from numerous Euro
pean and American cities. Miss Putnam,
has used her def pianistio fingers TO good
advantage in sculpture as well as music.
and her name Is we'll known among the
exhibitors at the National Academy.
Miss Frieia Iiempel. the brilliant 500
prano 81 tn" Metropolitan Opera. is due
TO arrive from Rotterdam early in oc-
toher: she will sing a lumber Of ont
OF town concert engagements prior to
her operate season. In Iittshurg and
chi ago Miss Hempel will appear IN r"-
cital with rasuuale Nmato. IN" noted
BARITONE Of the Metr politar forces.
Heinald W~errenrath. haryton". and
Miss .\ia Sassoli. harpist. have been en-
gagged TO tour with Miss Geraldine Far
RAJ during Dc'oh"r Nov. mber ard Janu-
AIRY. flling upward Of thirty concerts.
Nine. Melbs u scheduled tr give a
concert in Carnegie Hail sunday after
noon. October 81. This will he her only
appearance. in New York this season.
she has Just given four most successful
concerts on the Pacific coast and within
the ext ten days will give two great
concerts in aid Of. the Canadian Red
Cross one TO- Toront, and the Other
In Montreal Hpr npfalrlpsn IL, Car
negie Hall will he one OF her first con
ccrts in an extensive tour she il making
this season under the direction Of =. A..
Ellis II Boston.
In spite II the very great dimyulties
attending the Importation ~ music
scores and pats from Germany and
Austria. where most OF the new SYM
phouic works by the worlds creates;
composers are, published. the Philhar-
monte Society OF New York is able TO
an unusual number Of novel;
ties for the coming season. thanks to the
untiring efforts of its able leader, Josef
S~transky. Throu2h personal connection
with Richard strauss and Max Roger
Mr.. Stransky has se'urcd the rights To
'rst production IN America Of Rogers
rev Variations on a Theme by Mozart"
and - Strauss. latest work. his "Alpire
symphony" which although promised
for several seasons was not completed
by the composer until last spring. Stran-
sky will also produce, with the rhilhar-
monte Orchestra the symphonic poem
"Pelleas a,H MeIisaide.' ,~by Scho-
berg. for the first time in America,
Other novelties which the war has
not succeeded IN keeping from American
music lovers~ will; ats" he produced 'by
tine Fhilharnt. ! 4, amonE them the new
piano concerto by tile foremost Of Eng
lish composers, felius. the piano part
Of viii n will he 'ulhySd hy the Austria
liam. Percy ';raing"r. 'Stransky has
given considerable space In the rhil-
harmonic programmes TO American COM
posers. among them' MacDoweil. Rubin
GoldmarS, Seth Bingham. David stanley
Smith. Cornelius Rubner. Edmund Sew
crn. \. Walter Kramer and Fritz Stahl-
berg. Some of these compositions will
he played from manuscript. Mr.. Stran-
Sky will also appesr on the programmes
AS composer. Two ~ his s%ynlphoni,
ngs first lung at a Philharmonic CON
cert by Nine. Schumann-Heink in 1918.
will he given this srason by Nine. Julia
CUP. The general subscription books
Of the Philharmonic .Soeiety.- are now
open n subscriptions to all OF the
concert series are being received at the
society's box Office in Carnegie Hall.
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After a strenuous summer. during
which time she has seen more or less of
the horrors of war, Julia Culp, the
noted Dutch lieder singer. writes her
manager that she Is anxious to get back
to America, where she will he out of
sound of booming guns. "My husband
she writes, sis attached to the Emperor's
stan' n nave been with him a great