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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 3, 1896)
THE COUKIBK. . " - I MUSICAL MENTION i JOBK KAXDOLH J ti4nMki4iiMMM' On Thursday evening, September 24, the first orchestral coucert of the season was given at the Lansing theatre by the Chicago Festival orchestra, assisted by A. Sophia Markee, announced as "The New American singer." This concert, as I stated last woek, was the first of a series of popular musical performances to be given during the winter and of which due notice will be given in this paper. The next attraction, by the way, in this series is the appearance of Fanny Bloomffeld Zeigler iu a recital or coBpoaitions for the piano forte. The coning of this great "pianotst" (as the program of Thursday put it) is in deed an event in musical circles. She is fresh from her recent triumphs at horns and in Europe, and I, for one, am anxious to hear her again. But to re turn to the "Chicago Festival orches tra.'' This organization is under the baton of Adolph Rosenbecker, the vio linist teacher and some of his pupils are in its ranks. - The orchestra was heard in the well known "William Tell" and "Tann hausor" overtures, in a group of dances (presumably incidental music to some Shakespearian revival. as "Henry VIII" is mentioned upon the program) by E. Gorman a composer unknown to me and in a march by Mr. Rosenbecker en titled "The Burlington Route," besides playing a group of three short pieces. The performance of the orchestra was, to toll the truth, very uneven. The overture to "William Tell" went well, the ensemble was goal and the solos for 'cello and oboe crisply given. Nor were the dances of E. German badly played, and at the first hearing I liked them much. But as the evening wore on with a dispiritingly small audience the orchestra played ill, for the "Tann hauser' overture received an indifferent reading and among the shorter pieces a transcription of the Bach Gounod "Ave Maria," and one or Mendelssohn's "Spring Song" from the "Lieder Ohno Woerte," went very badly indeed. Ernst's "Airs Hongroise for solo violin with orchestral accompaniment was played by a young and gorgeous violin ist billed as Mr. Harry Dimond. The youth, for he seemed scarcely more, was seemly .to look upon and his technique was ample for the brilliant number chosen. Madame A. Sophia Markee. "The New American Singer,"' is certainly a new singer to me, but she is a very com petent lyric soprano with an even voice of good range if not especially beautiful quality and a magnificent low breath. In these days when sbouting and wrong breath control have caused a deterior ation of vocal art so that a really well trained voice is a rare thing it is a de lightful experience to hear so compe tent and well schooled an artist as this stager. Personally I do not like to hear augers bark; I am so constituted that I would rather for my own pleasure Jjear them Bg, and this artist certainly has attained to the M canto so rarely heard nowadays. The singer was heard in Fiiina'sair, the Polonaise "Io Son Ti tibia" from "MigBOB," and in a portion of the same masters "Mad Scene' from "Hamlet" The cosclueion of the mad scene was f Brushed by the audience which sat sad patiently waited for a while for Madame Markee to appear in costume as Ophelia. It seems that the sieger was indisposed (O useful word) and sang merely a portion of this number as a concert excerpt instead of performing it with operatic accessories. But on the-, whole, after seeing Melba go threagh the "Mad Scene1 from Lucia di Lammermoor,' in fioatiBg hair and white robes on an otherwise empty JfJ stage I am disposed to extend to Ma'dame Markee the thanks of oue humble individual who is liable to be bored by long drawn out mad scenes. But! hope that this singer will come again even if she does dote on maniac music. In the death of Madame Katharina Lohse-Kiafsky which unexpected event occurred in Hamburg a few days ago, the Wagnerian sisterhood has lost one of its most brilliant members. The great days of Materna and Rosa Sucher are over, Brandt and Mielke and Walten have gone the way of all cantatrices. even the mighty tame of Lillie Leh man, in my opinion the greatest dra matic singer of this generation, is no longer one to arouse unqualified praise. Some of us remember Klafsky as "Bruonhilde the Vulkyrie last winter; and we found her then a woman of powerful physique, unlimited voice and unstinted temperament, an ideal heroic soprano. She looked as though she might live forever. I don't tee how such a fiery human engine could burn out How she dominated the finalo of the second act or "Tannhaeuser!" Over chorus and orchestra and the ensemble or soloists her calliope upper notes rang with really impressive vigor. But it was as"Brunhilde"("Valkyre") and Brunhilde ("Siegfried") and as "Isolda" in "Tristan and Isolde" that she was most highly esteemed. About her death we have as yet no particulars. It must have been very 6udden for she had recently signed a contract to sing in this country the coming winter in Wagnerian roles with the Metropoli tan Grand Opera Company. To havo seen her as Isolde" with Jean de Rszko as "Tristan would havo besn worth a pilgrimage to New York. I never fully enjoyed Nordica's pale "Isolde", good artist though she be Klafskys would have been a study in scarlet. Well peace to her ashes. A'ter three hus bands and the nightly storm and 6tres of intcrpeting Wagner's passionate hero ines she should sleep well. aam'ma m. ams ami Usk now dixBu ' 9 He will tell you that Scott's Emulsion has j& been endorsed by the medical profession for 5 twenty years. This is because it is always Jdicxmuie mi ways uimorm always contains ftiie puicsu Norwegian XHa-uver kju and Hypophosphites. You shouldtin v sist on Scott's Emulsion, with trade mark of man and fish. Put up in 5o- cent and $1.00 sizes. The small size may be enough to cure 3rour cough or neip your oaoy. But in no case is -.I l . f- V. "just as good " tfiAJ WO tHMMStUI THE PALACE BEAUTIFUL Has c ate-w- Line of BI6YCLE CURLS AND SOME FIRST CLASS SWITCHES At Half Price Hair Dressing, Shampoos, Manicuring and AH Kinds of Massage a Specialty. 131 NO. BIL 131 NO. 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