First Public Concert by Mixed Chorus and Orchestra
The Musikverein will stage its first public concert at the German House next Wednesday to showcase its work and raise funds for a St. Louis concert trip. A special train will carry about 150 performers including a hundred vocalists, an orchestra of fifty, and passive members. The St. Louis Liederkranz invitation prompts the visit, with the return from Indianapolis planned for Sunday. Conducted by Alexander Ernestinoff, the program blends German and international works, including Mendelssohn overtures, Gounod choral pieces, Weber arias, Massenet studies, and selections like Annie Laurie and American Fantasie.
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Musikvereinn
St. Louis Liederkranz
St. Louis
Musikvereinix
Liederkrane
Indianapolitans
Alexander Ernestinoff
Seach Wingr
Musikverein
Mendelssohn
Gounod
Beene
Weber
Fremont Swain
Metropolitan Opera to Stage Cyrano de Bergerac Next Season
The Metropolitan Opera Company plans Walter Damrosch's Cyrano de Bergerac in English next season with libretto by W J Henderson from Edmond Rostand. David Bispham and Marcéla Sembrich are likely Cyrano and Roxane, and Roxane’s fate differs from the play. Ruth Elston, 14, will recital at Sprankle studio with Miss Ethel Nickerson.
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Metropolitan Opera Company
Walter Damrosch
W. J. Henderson
New York Times
Edmond Rostand
David Bispham
Marcé¢lia Sembrich
Cyrano
Roxane
Christian
Metropolitan Company
Ruth Elston
Walter 8. Sprankle
Mr. Sprankle
East Eleventh Street
Ethel Nickerson
Alexander Ernestinoff
Park Church Choirs Unite For Evening Concert
Roberts Park M E and Third Christian churches join for an evening service at Roberts Park Church directed by George Eckert. About eighty voices sing selections from Glorias to The Messiah of Nations with solos by Ida Sweentie Katherine Gibson and Frank Taylor and accompaniments by Harriet Hosmer.
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Roberts Park M. E
Roberts Park Church
George Eckert
Roberts Park
Schalk
Gouned
Mozart
Haydn Beethoven
Chicago Orchestra Faces Large Season Deficit Amid Critics
Notes of music review the Chicago Orchestra reporting a $9,000 deficit for the season and noting that the Auditorium’s size and bad weather deter season ticket sales. The piece defends Theodore Thomas's programming as too classical yet highlights the orchestra’s international standing and compares it with the Boston Symphony. It also mentions a forthcoming tour by Bohemian violinist Kocian under Rudolph Aronson with a $100,000 price tag and Jean Gerardy planning another tour of Australia and New Zealand.
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Chicago
Theodore Thomas
Thomas
Chicago Orchestra
Boston Symphony Orchestra
New York
Philadelphia
Rudolph Aronson
Kocian
Jan Kubelik
London
Daniel Frohman
Kubelik
Aronson
Ike Frohman
Painting an Empress by ainstec miniaturist kuessner coudert
Frank Arnett describes Amalia Kuessner Coudert visiting the Winter Palace and meeting the Empress in St Petersburg. He notes the massive police presence, precise timing of the Czar and the Empress's routines, guards and Nubian attendant, then details the Empress's beauty, youthful demeanor, and changing, expressive face during sittings.
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Frank
Arnett
Ainstec
Amalia Kuessner Coudert
The
Czarina
Winter Palace
St. Petersburg
Neva
Kussner
Echoes of Zion in Nature's Great Hymn
Meredith Nicholson writes of nature’s chorus across valleys plains and mountains. The poem links wind and cattle and shepherds to a divine message, declaring Zion’s heart singing from lone heights the cry of God to man amid triumph and lament.
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Zion
Meredith Nicholson
Vaudeville and Park Theater Summer Season Notes
The Holden Comedy Company will present Under Two Flags at the Park Theater this week, with Sapho and Nick of the Woods to follow. the season closes May 21. A summer vaudeville at Newby Oval opens June 2 with acts from Cain’s dog circus to Kilpatrick’s cycle dazzle and child amusements, run by the Burt circuit. Mary Mannering’s company leads The Lady of Lyons at English’s June 10. plans include Martin Harvey’s American tour later in fall with The Only Way and The Cigarette Maker's Romance. A discussion on stage life contrasts with its dangers and rewards, praising health, vigor, and dedication of successful actors.
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Holden Comedy Company
the Park Theater
Outda
Egypt
Cigarette
the Park
Sapho
Newby Oval
Cain
Dunhams
D’aces
Kilpatrick
Burt Circuit
Mary Mannering
Bulwer Lytton
Lyons
Kyrle Bellew
Claude Melnotte
Mrs. Potter
Stanley Weyman
France
Edwin Arden
Maude Adams
William H. Thompson
Annie Russell
Captain Marshall
Maclyn Arbuckle
Marsac
Miss Mannering
Edward Abeles
Brandon Tynan
Martin Harvey
New York
Eugene Aram
Mr. Harvey
London
Sydney Carton
Henry Miller
Edward Morgan
Carter
Mr. Morgan
Dramatic Mirror
Gentry Dogs and Ponies Show At Sixteenth Street
The Gentry Brothers bring a family friendly animal revue to Capitol Avenue with ponies dogs monkeys and elephants plus the Yamachi Japanese acrobats. Forty ponies perform military maneuvers the burlesque of Mexican riders and a playful medical monkey act. The two hour show includes a parade each morning and a unique steam caliope car.
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Gentry Brothers
Capitol Avenue
Sixteenth Street
J. D. Newman
Indianapolis
John Philip Sousa
Murphy
Henry Shone in Procession Amid Shabby Scene
A fragment describes a May Day procession with Henry wearing patent leather ties and a white blouse, walking past a woman with shining eyes and crippled hands wrapped in a shawl. It hints at discussions of 47 percent and the narrator’s scruples about study and street life.
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Henry
Marseilles
A Teacher's Story from the New York Evening Sun
A pupil confesses to forging a parent’s signature on two report cards after the teacher detects the discrepancy. Jacob Haupt explains that his mother signed April’s report to help his younger brother and describes hardship at home, revealing a moment of family strain and deception.
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New York Evening Sun
Jacob Haupt
Jacob
Bar of Justice
Miss Black
Brudder
Henry
Flossie Quinn
Jan Kubelik on Love and Art in Collier's Weekly
The violinist Jan Kubelik discusses love, saying he has never loved a woman and has spent his life in art, travel, and concerts. He notes the difficulty of finding an ideal partner among hurried encounters in the United States and anticipates recognizing the right woman when he meets her.
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Collier's Weekly
United States
Three Buttons Jubilee Lesson Causes Confusion
In a Philadelphia school a pupil misidentified three commander buttons from the 1895 jubilee. The boy correctly named Schley and Sampson, but the third button, Dewey, had been sewn onto his father's pants, leaving the misidentification humorous and revealing in class.
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Philadelphia Times
Spain
Schley
Dewey
Sampson
Pop
Moral Button Mischief in Philadelphia Office
Stanley the office boy in the Philadelphia Record art department wears a Christian Endeavor button. The cartoonist jokes about moral life as Stanley explains he lent a feller cents and used the pin as security, insisting there is no upright life in the deal. The conversation turns on the button's value and mischief.
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Philadelphia Record
Stanley
Christian Endeavor
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