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WHERE WOMEN FIGURE.
A T Salzburg, the birthplace of Mozart,
great fetes have been given in honor
of the master. The city was richly decorated
and illuminated. "Don Juan" was given with
such singers as Lilli Lehmann, of Berlin;
Edith Walker, of Vienna, and Mme. Wede-
kind, of Dresden, in the cast.
Boston is the home of many of the best
known women in America's musical world,
including Mme. Helen Hopekirk, Mrs. H.
Ii. A. Beach, Margaret Ruthven Lang. Bos-
ton was the home of Emma Eames and Lil-
lian Nordica.
At St. Cuthbert's (Millwall) London,
there has been a change. The Rev. R. Tree,
who is his own choir master, having failed
to secure a sufficient number of boys, has
organized a ladies' choir, members of which
sit robed in the chancel. The dress consists
of black skirt, surplice, and black velvet cap.
MISS BERTHA PARKIN.
J\J\ ISS BERTHA PARKIN, soprano, who
is one of the pupils in the Charles L.
Young School of Music, 305 Fifth avenue,
is to appear in a concert at Bridgeport, Conn.,
on Oct. 19th. Mr. Young has arranged for
Miss Parkin to appear in several other con-
certs during the season. The Jacksonville
(111.) Journal speaks very highly of Miss
Parkin. Referring to a concert given in that
city last November, it says: "The first vocal
selection was by Miss Bertha Parkin, who
sang an aria from Verdi's 'Nabuco' most
acceptably. She has a rich dramatic soprano
voice, one of power and of wide range, and
she uses it to the very best advantage." The
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Mrs. Franz Rummel, widow of the dis-
tinguished pianist, is a daughter of Professor
Morse, of telegraphic fame.
Lotta Mills, a well-known pianist of New
York, has married and gone to reside in
Italy.
Mme. Bonheur-Chais, a French contralto
to appear in America this year, is said to be
a relative of the noted Rosa Bonheur. They
cannot be said to resemble one another, for
Mme. Bonheur-Chais is extremely beautiful.
Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler, the pianist, who
last spring was heard in Mendelssohn Hall,
for the first time in several years in this city,
is to give two more piano recitals here early
in November. During the month of Janu-
ary Mrs. Zeisler will also be heard at an
orchestral concert.
Mme. Labori, wife of the celebrated French
lawyer who defended Dreyfus, will visit
William Churchill Hurry, the well-known pi-
anist in Montclair, N. J., this fall. Mme.
Labori is herself a pianist of remarkable at-
tainments, and, it will be remembered, was
formerly the wife of Vladimir de Pachmann.
Marie Titiano, the remarkable high so-
prano, who is to return to this country in
November, will make her first appearance
at the Waldorf-Astoria in an orchestral con-
cert. Esther Fee, an American violinist, will
be heard at Carnegie Hall in November. She
has studied in Paris for the past three years.
A new work of Massenet's will be given
winter at Monte Carlo. It is called "The
Juggler of Notre Dame," upon a poem of
M. Lena. A strange fact is that it contains
no woman's role except in symbolic state.
A young pianist soon to dawn upon the
musical world is Teresita Carreno Taglia-
pietra, Carreno's eldest daughter.
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MIL PAUR, conductor and solo pianist,
with a symphony orchestra that bears
his name, is the star attraction in a list of
those that Anna Millar will manage this sea-
son. Another is Esther Fee, violinist, who
will make her debut on Nov. 18th, with the
Paur orchestra at Carnegie Hall. Miss Fee
is by birth an Illinois girl and before going
abroad, five years ago, had always lived in
the West. She will make a concert tour as
soloist with the famous Colonne Orchestra
through the Southern part of France this
month, and will then come directly to this
country. Arthur Hochmann, pianist, who
has been studying under Scharwenka, and
D'Albert, in Europe, is another soloist under
the same direction.
MISS BERTHA PARKIN.
Springfield (111.) State Register says: "Miss
Parkin has a fine dramatic soprano voice,
rich and vibrate, and sang with refined and
intelligent taste and perfect execution."
Many other exchanges give Miss Parkin
credit for her ability as a concert artist.
A LREADY the program for next year's
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Wagner festival at Bayreuth has been
arranged. It is said that the "Ring" will not
be performed. "Parsifal" will be given as a
matter of course, and among the revivals
will be "The Flying Dutchman," "Tristan
und Isolde" and "Tannhauser," which will
be sung with unusually strong casts. Richter
will take the prominent part in the prepara-
tion of "Tristan." It has been resolved to
give opera at Bayreuth every autumn,
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New Orleans is again to have a season of
opera in French. The principal singers will
be MM. Henderson, Dupreyon, Zocchi, ten-
ors ; Ceste and Villette, baritones; Boux-
man and Karloni, basses; Mmes. Foedor,
Brietti and Chambellou are the sopranos.
Sir Alexander MacKenzie has been work-
ing all summer on a cantata entitled "Bal-
dur," which may be heard in one of the lead-
ing English festivals next year, and a light
opera on the subject of Dickens' "Cricket on
the Hearth."
DOROTHY HARVEY.
JVA ISS HARVEY, whose portrait occupies
• . * the place of honor on our cover page,
this issue, is one of the most successful so-
pranos heard in New York in recent years.
Her vocal attainments and charming person-
ality have won her a foremost place in the
affections of the public. She is a Canadian
by birth, and received her musical education
partly in Canada and in London, Paris and
Berlin. Last year was her first appearance
in this country, and through the efforts of
her manager, Henry Wolfsohn, she was
heard in many of the prominent musical
clubs. This season she is engaged to open
the regular concert season of the Pittsburg
Orchestra in their home city on Nov. 7th
and 8th. In addition, she is engaged for nu-
merous other concerts in various parts of
the country. Miss Harvey's versatility is
quite remarkable, and the young soprano
seems equally at ease in French, Italian or
English arias and songs.
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THE LATE EDMOND AUDRAN.
C D M O N D AUDRAN, whose death re-
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cently occurred in France, was a victim
of theatrical managers. The enormous suc-
cess of his "Mascotte" caused the managers
of operetta theatres literally to fight for him.
Orders poured in from all sides, and the re-
sult was hasty, slovenly work. He made
money, but never wrote another "Mascotte."
During the last years of his life he lived in
retirement in Paris, sad, suffering, and pessi-
mistic; and a few weeks before his death
he left the city, a complete wreck. He was
fifty-nine years old.
The Philadelphia Orchestra, under the di-
rection of Fritz Scheel, is to give during the
present season fourteen concerts on Satur-
day evenings, preceded by the same number
of public rehearsals on the Friday afternoons
before. The new permanent orchestra is to
give its concerts at the Academy of Music.
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