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ENTIRELY ABOUT WOMEN.
AA ME. ISABELLE BOUTON, who last
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of the Grau Metropolitan Opera Co., and dur-
ing the spring was the leading contralto of
the Boston Festival Orchestra tour, will be
one of the prime favorites in the concert and
choral society field this year. She sang then
with the greatest success in all of the spring
musical festivals, such as Richmond, Louis-
ville, Ann Arbor, Toronto, Montreal, etc.
Miss Bouton was recently heard in the
Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont Festi-
vals, and also in St. Johns, N. B. Henry
Wolfsohn, her manager, has arranged for
her to sing with the St. Louis Choral Society
MME. ISABELLE BOUTON,
and with the New York Oratorio Society
in the "Elijah" in Carnegie Hall in Novem-
ber. Her repertoire includes the contralto roles
oi many of the leading operas, all of the
standard oratorios, and a countless number of
English, French, German and Italian songs
and arias.
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Mme. Bonheur-Chais and M. Georges-
Chais, the eminent French contralto and bar-
itone, reached New York last Saturday, both
glad to arrive "anywhere so it is on land,"
to use M. Chais' own way of putting it. Both
are very distinguished in appearance, and
Mme. Chais is beautiful to a marked de-
gree. It is not difficult to predict great suc-
cess for them, as the reports from Europe
are such as to make that an assured fact.
They have some important bookings already.
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Geraldine Farrar, the soprano who recently
sang in "Faust" at the Royal Opera House
in Berlin, is a daughter of Sid Farrar, the
former baseball player, and was prepared for
the operatic stage by Emma Thursby. She
sang in Berlin in Italian, although the rest
of the performance was in German. She
has been engaged for the Royal Opera.
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Mme. Lehmann is to sing here first on
the afternoon of Nov, 8th at Carnegie Hall,
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and will later be heard in "Elijah" with the
Oratorio Society. She will then begin a
long tour to most of the larger cities.
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One of Boston's most talented singers,
Miss Aagot Lunde, visited New York last
week. Miss Lunde has been offered induce-
ments to live in New York and it is possi-
ble that she may consider the matter. She
is a contralto of great ability, but her par-
ticular charm lies in her singing of Nor-
wegian lieder, in which she is unexcelled,
being a Norwegian by birth and a pupil of
Grieg.
Vocal and Instrumental
Successes
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English Songs and Ballads.
" O Dry Those Tears," by Teresa del
Riego, with organ and violin accompani-
ments; " A Land of Roses," by the same
composer, words by E. Teschemacher.
This song is being very successfully sung
by Clara Butt. A dainty chansonette en-
titled " A Japanese Love Song," by Clay-
ton Thomas, has received much vogue
in London during the past season. " The
Sweetest Flower," by John Lee Lewer
and Robert Batten, promises to be a favor-
ite while Stephen Adams' musical setting
of Lord Tennyson's lovely poem "Sweet
and Low," will decidedly win many ad-
mirers. A song which undoubtedly will
be the popular ballad success of the sea-
son is by Ellen Wright, who has set to
music the beautiful German words " Mor-
gens send Ich Dir Die Veilchen," by H.
Heine, Julian Fane having translated it
into English under the title of "Violets."
Sidney Barraclough is singing it nightly
in " T h e Little Duchess" with enormous
success and already the song has had a
large sale.
When Handel was a young man he applied
for a place as successor of a famous organ-
ist. But when he heard that the new organ-
ist must marry his predecessor's daughter,
the rude fellow (he remained a bachelor all
his life) took to his heels and fled precipi-
tately. To-day women are no longer thrown
in with an organship, but take it themselves.
At any rate, Fraulein Holler, the gifted
A Great Christmas Song.
" Peace on Earth." by Gerald Lane. Sing-
daughter of the late organist of the Wiirz-
ers who are looking for a song appropriate
burg Cathedral, has been appointed in his
for the approaching Christmas season
should obtain this beautiful song, " Peace
place by the unanimous vote of the chapter.
on Earth."
The time is apparently approaching when the
Cycle
Songs.
performance of music will be monopolized
" Hawthorne and Lavender," by C. Will-
by women.
eby for soprano and tenor. " A n Irish
Idyll, by C. V. Stanford, for baritone. " I n
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Springtime," by Arthur Somervell, for
Emma Nevada is to arrive in this country
soprano.
in November and will remain for six months
"Summertime," by Landon Ronald, for
soprano, tenor, alto and baritone. This
giving concerts here and in Mexico. She
cycle which consists of four songs was
will be accompanied by Pablo Casals, an
sung by Ben. Davies at the Philharmonic
Concerts in London, and is now being
adolescent Italian violoncellist; M. Mag-
used by George Hamlin and Evan Willi-
narre, a flutist, and Leon Moreau, a pianist.
ams at all their important engagements.
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" Cameos," is Liza Lehman's latest work.
Mme. Nordica, who is due this week from
It consists of five Greek love songs, This
is her most important and classic work.
Europe, will be heard in song recitals and
"Four Lyrics," by Edward German for
concerts with orchestra. Gregory Hast, the
high or low voice.
English tenor, who is coming here to be Pianoforte Music.
heard in concert, is expected on the same
" Trois Morceaux." by Gerald Late. 1.
" Bonsoir." 2. " Tous les Etoiles." 3.
steamer.
" Joie de Vivre."
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" AMOREUSE," valse b y Berger. His
greatest success. This waltz is the rage of
Minnie Tracey has been singing with suc-
Paris and London, and already is in great
cess in Stockholm. She appeared in Lon-
demand in New York. It is played as the
introduction to the second act of " The
don with Sousa's band and enjoyed a part
Little Duchess," and as incidental music
of the triumph of that occasion.
in the third act.
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Important Notice.
Mme. Melba has been singing in Scotland,
BOOSEY & COMPANY have acquired
and will give concerts on the Continent after
the sole agency for E. Donajowski's Mini-
ature Scores. These are full orchestral
January.
scores, pocket size, and printed clearly;
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most useful for patrons of Symphony Con-
Helen Henschel, a daughter of Mr. and
certs and Students of Orchestration. The
list embodies the Symphonies of Beet-
Mrs. George Henschel, is soon to make her
hoven, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Schumann,
debut in London as a singer of national songs
Schubert, Tschaikowsky, and nearly all
of the principal Overtures. Also Con-
and lieder.
certos
for Pianoforte and Orchestra and
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Violin and Orchestra. The prices are
Henry Wolfsohn announces that he has
very moderate—from 25 cents to $1.50.
arranged with Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler to
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noon of the 19th.
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Method.
Miss Hildegard Hoffmann is spending a
Exercises on Intervals and Vocalises, is
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few weeks in Boston, where she is coaching
of the great teacher and contains many
in Oratorio with E. Mollenhauer, who ex-
new and copyright hints and exercises.
TOSTI'S FAMOUS 5 0 SOLFEQOI in t w o
presses himself as keenly interested in her
books.
voice.
BEHNKE & PEARCE Studies and Ex-
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ercises for all voices.
The new publications of Mons. Eugene
Alice Verlet, who since her return to Paris
Ysaye, the famous violinist. T h e first
has been singing in opera, has made a "hit"
number is now in press.
in "La Traviata" at Theatre de la Monnaie
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Miss Hussey has just returned from Europe,
where she spent the summer.