October: 4, 191;3" MUS 1 C A ·L AMERICA- 15 -. - - p . 2 ~- ton, is back for another year"s work with .. Va" valued at $17,000 and mortgaged for $5,000 A NIOflT FOR CARUSO Sevcik. $9,000 and now in process of foreclosure.: .. C. M. Ziehrer, one of Vienna's best liked The schedules also ' showed claims of " That Is What Vienna Pays Him This Season- Johann Strauss's Life co mposers of the li ghter class of music, . $5 ;7,673 against the F ritzi Scheff Opera was much honored yesterday orr the oc~ Company. Miss Scheff was at the meeting and Music to Be Reproduced on Latest Edison Invention­ casion of his seventieth birthday and the actcimpanied by her counsel, Nathan American Pianist in Vienna fi ftieth anniversary of his activity as mu- Burkari. VIENNA, Sept. 14.- The event of the - weeks ago at the Beethoven Saal in this E; dwin E . Wilde Appointed to Organist's coming week at the Hofoper will be the city, was subsequently demonstrated before Post in Providence the E mperor at Ischl and called forth his . PnovIDENeE, Sept. 23.-Through an error three Caruso appearances on the 15th, 18th most sincere admiration and interest. A and 21st in "Carmen," "Boheme" and in the P rovidence n otes of . September 20 particularly inte resting production of the ii was stated that A. rnold Block had suc­ "Rigoletto," the last opera to be sung in kind in the coming season will be entitled ceeded William Harkness Arnold, who re­ the Italian language. The famous tenor "Johann Strauss on the Beautiful Danube" centlYdi.ed, as or-ganist at St. Stephens1s . will receive 15,000 crowns (about $5,000) and owes its origin to the Johann Strauss Church. Mr. Block has been at the organ ' Memorial Committee, whose active and for each appearance. T he proceeds from sirrce . Mr. Arnold's death and aLso during energetic founder, the well -known j our­ . his illness, but Edwin E. Wilde, of Fal­ the sale of tickets, which have been very nalist, Siegfried Loewy, has made possible mouth, Mass., will be the permanent or­ co nsiderably raised in price, will go to th e accomp li shment of t his gigantic un­ ganist '!t St.Step·hens"s. M~ . W ilde is a swell the pension fund of the H ofoper. dd taking. The actors are many of them .' pupil of· .Edgar A. Barrel! ' of New Bed­ taken from the Court Theater, havi ng re­ For the fi rst performance there is already ford, Mass., and Dr. A. Madeley Richard­ ceived exceptional permission, and for the son of New York. H e will take up his not a seat to be had. apotheosis Vienna's aristocracy, its social, new 'work here October IS. . . Caruso is already in town, looking ex­ scientific and artistic lights, have posed be­ Another new organi st has just been en­ ceedingly well and sunburned, in the best fore the .camera in the act of doing homage gaged by the Beneficerit Co ngregational of spirits and, as he avers, in the best of to the '.'\~ a1t z King." The fi lm begins by Church in the person of J ohn B. Archer, voice. .tIe comes straight from Signa, his showing Strauss as a small chap col1J ­ of Fort W ayne, Ind: Mr. Archer has been estate near Florence, where he rus ticated posing against his father's will ; then 'organist and choirmaster at the F irst Pres ­ in quiet with his two boys, receiving only comes his 'fir st concert at a popular sub­ byterian ' Church in Fort Wayne for sev­ a few very intimate friends, Puccini urban . tavern, and after intermediate eral years and was also conductor of the among them. As usual he voices his pre­ stages his final triumphant successes. T he Apol!o Club in that city. dilection for Vienna, a city to which he scenes are all faithfully reproduced from Mrs .. H. M. Owsley, soprano soloist at ascrib es a peculiar charm. fam ous Old Vienna sites. Inci dentally the Maple Avenue Church in St. Louis, Edi so n's latest wonderful invention, the P rofessor ·· Alfred Grunfeld will play his who is also a former member of the Mon­ arrangement of the "Friihlingsstimmen" treal Opera Company, having sung the and Selma Kurz will sing another well - leading roles in "Madama Butterfly" and kn own Strauss waltz. . "Louise," was the guest on Thursday of . Between a strenuous concert season in Mrs. Annie L. T . Jenks, who was formerly th e Uni ted States last Winter and that ar­ contralto soloipt at the Church of Our ranged for in the Winter that is coming, Father in Pawtucket. Mrs. Osley, who is Charles de H arrack, the American pi anist, a pupil of Signor Massell, the husband of took a fl ying trip to Norway and Sweden, Nina Dimitrieff; will be under her teacher's p'aying at Summer resorts there, in Den­ management this season and she will prob­ mark and in Germany, and has settled ably be heard in rec ital either in Provi­ dow n for a short space of quiet study in dence or Pawtucket. his favorite Baden , the lovely watering 1n recognition of the Verdi centenary place within an hour's distance f rom the Arion Club, under the direction of Dr. Vien na. He found time, however, to take Jules J o'rdan, wil! give Verdi's Requienl prominent part in a benefit concert on Sep­ Charles de Harrack, Pianist, of Cleve- Mass at its fi rst concert. T he other works temb er 7 for raising a fund wherewith to land, 0., in the Kurpark at Baden to be given during the year are- Sullivan"s erect a memorial to the recently deceased sical conductor. At the Carl Theater in "Golden Legend" and Pierne's. "The Chil- musical conductor at Baden, Hans Maria dren's Crusade." G. F. H . \I\fallner, and before leaving for home will thi s city, where most of his operettas have first been heard, an informal celebration he soloist at a concert in Baden of the Tenor Bard ~ ley Makes Debut in T onklinstler Orchestra under Oscar N ed- took place in the forenoon, at which most hal. . of Vienna's musical and journalistic lights Century Opera's " Gioconda" Another Amer ican pianist, Henry Foote were present and a number of deputations Still another of the Century Opera Com­ Perrin, of Atlanta, Ga., has come to from prominent musical societies made pany's force of tenors made a debut last Vienna for some months of earnest work congratulatory speeches. In the evening, week in J ohn Bardsley, who was heard at in which he hopes to fi nd solace for the at the same theater, the fi rst production the vVednesday evening performance of . recent loss of his mother. took place of his latest work, "Furst Cas­ "Gioconda." T he quality of his voice The enrollment for the coming season at imir," under hi s personal direction and was proved pleasing, but owing to his nervous­ the Conservatory of Music has begun, but received with great favor. ADDIE FUNK. ness the general attitude of the press as yet only a few new American students seemed to be that critical judgment should have co me under .my notice. Some of the Paderewski's First New York Recital to not be passed until the, singer had a fur­ old students will not be back this Winter, ther hearing. having gone into the serious work of life Be in, iEolian Hall John Powell, A merican P ianist and to show what spurs they. have won here. Paderewski sailed from Cherbourg last Mme. Rider-Kelsey and Mr. Cunningham Composer, in Vienna-Mr. Powell I s Among those who will be specially missed ' Wednesday by the North German Lloyd in New York Recital . an E xpert Chess P layer are Ina Goodwin, of Los Angeles ; Bess steamship Kaiser W ilhelm der Grosse and Bradford, of Chicago ; Albert Cbrnfeld, of is due to arrive here next Tuesday. His Mme. Corinne Rider-Kelsey, the eminent "Cinetophone," an exact combination of P hiladelphia, and' May Lang, of Albany, work of the year will begin on Monday, soprano, arid Claude Cunningham, the dis­ mu sical expression by the phonograph with who were heard with great pleasure now October 13, when he gives a recital in tingui shed baritone, will give a joint re­ the r e'production of pictures on the fi lm, and then at the gatherings of the Musical Trenton. The fo ll owing night, October 14, cital at Carnegie Hall Sunday afternoon, after a successful trial performance some Club last Winter. Ralph Lewando, of Bos- he will play in Jersey City. rtis first New November 2. The program will be most York recital will be in }Eolian Hal! Satur­ interesting, consisting of selections by day afternoon, October 18. Not since his French, German, Itali an and English co m­ ve ry fi rst recitals in New York in ISg1 has posers. CONCERTS it been possib le for the musical public of CECILE RECITALS this city to hear Paderewskiplay in the The Stuttgart Court Opera is to hold back more intimate space of a small hall, for its "Parsifal" premiere until Go'od Friday. all his re<;itals have been in Carnegie Hall. In order to accommodate the public which will wish to hear him his later recitals in I New York will be in Carnegie Hall, ' but N. VALENTINE AYRES his fi rst recital in }Eolian Hall should be PIANIST something decidedly out of the ordinary, PEAVE Y- For Engagements; Season 1913-1914, Addreaa Fritzi Scheff in Bankruptcy Proceed­ Piani~t HAENSEL & JONES AEOLIAN HALL NEW YORK ings Concert F ritzi Scheff, the light opera prima donna, attended a meeting in the office of John J. Concert Direction Townsend, referee in bankruptcy, No. 45 MORTI ME R KAP HAN New Opera School' Cedar street, New York, September 19, .1328 Broadway. N. Y. and said that the liabilities of $149,856 Marbridgo Blug. CONNECTED WITH scheduled against her were partly per­ T0 1. 527 Gr.oloy sonal and partly professional deb t~, and A Stage for Beginners, Potsdamer str. 39, Berlin W. included some of the Fritzi Scheff Opera DIRECTORS : MAXIMILIAN MORIS AND MARY HAHN Company bills. None of the creditors of MAl)AM~ A. ~. Instruct io n In a ll branches of Vocal a,nd OperatiC Study Mi ss Scheff appeared in person, and only Chief Aim of T uition : F a ultless voice culture. Repertory knowledge, and perfect Stage confidence. a few were represented at all. Only four Dramatic Instruction : Maximilian Moris. Hermann Gura, GrosBh. Kammerea nger ' claims were fi led, the amount of them be­ H einz Sat tler, Regisseur of Duchy of Mecklenbur g ; Maria. Raula.nd-P et &rson, la t e o! ing $3,161 for gowns and jewelry held by Deutschee Theater. Berlin. . . SCHOEN-RENE Vocal Classes : Ma ry Hahn. Miss' Scheff . The schedules showed an BE RLIN ADDRE SS : Opportun ities far pub\!c Operatic appearances, with urcheetra; Concert classes; cl81lse. t. interest . in real estate at Big Stone Gap, Artist.. to .. turlV rill" ": l'1"h onl f nr ODer", r.h oru... Prol!!oectu ~ : TeJ. .N.n!Jllndor f . ••• Berlin-Wilmersdorf 43 Eisenzahnstrasse COMBS CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC BEATRICE "",SOPRANO"" Develops artl. tlc players and singer.. 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