Show MUSIC IN CHICAGO chicago march and 2nd 1898 perhaps no people tu in the world orld a are more fond of music than are we of the city of the great salt lake and k inov faig the love which exists in the hearte of my fellow utahna for the divine I 1 send herewith a sketch of the muni cal world of chicago there is so much of a musical nature in the windy city that my letter will be necessarily what lengthy A the first season of opera in chicago was in 1850 at rices theater la sott bambula was the opening bill with of chestra and chorus A good audience assembled music heavenly maid wa vre having full sway and all went well ivr til the third act when an alarm of aft ftp was given and an hour later the place was burned to the ground after many disappointments chieft chicago heard her first opera in 1853 bhea lucia was produced adelina patti ole bull made their first appear appearance acm here during the same year tn in concert concer L in 1854 the new york italian company appeared playing a brief sa ga gement limited in fact to one since that time artists almost innumerable have been heard in chicago the apollo club of chicago assa is 16 be the leading choral tibb 41 of the united states in 1872 gehret JP P Upton the eminent critic of the chicago tribune formed the choral society which has since assumed such an important position it consisted at that time of thirty male members with still G pratt as musical director directo who wak shortly succeeded by N W dohn ft 1875 william L was secured as musical director and when opportunity afforded he instituted a chorus the apollos have produced a great many oratorios they have hare presented the messiah over twenty and have a record of about fifty and other selections pro produced AUd many of which have been givon given gw oral eral times the apollo club is a me aeto sustaining institution and its for the year 1896 were william L To tomiline milne conductor mr teacher and rit jr je of iff t ap acho club is a nian rf nf cicat pera arn rifel magnetism As a chorus master be possesses great genius and the degree of excellence attained by the to is due to his work of the past twenty years the chicago conservatory of MUM and dramatic art is located in the magnificent auditorium building with steinway pianos for the teachers and students perhaps no institution te ft america can boast of such a nucleus at rf noted instructors and still it Is an tm endowed school of art tile conservatory 6 numbers among its instructors leopold godowsky pianist CI clalence Clale i noe N eddy dy organist max bendix violin ie arturo marescalchi baritone and 8 IL BL jo jacobsohn Jacoba cob ohn sohn F E gleason anna morgan edward dvorak and other mum musicians of less prominence the artistic strength of this institution can be immediately seen when it Is remembered that godowsky is one of the for erso pianists of today that eddy ta in the th great greatest american organist that marescalchi is a great baritone bari tons of ac operatic fame not to mention the lie j names of dvorak jacobsohn heison Hei sou and the several others who this cluster of conservatory ike chicago orchestra eighty men artists artiste pouring forth a flood davirro melody under the masterly of the great theodore thomas xe most delicate tones of a singer can heard with the entire ortra filling in an accompaniment nty trot first violins and every wrist ajr arm bends together concerts driven frequently in the Audit auditorium oriu M ua although the most classical music ed the building is nearly always c 1 I the chicago orchestra is a p per er institution and the idea of lyte awing ng it such was conceived by a of public spirited and wealthy 1 I ene ris who pledged their support to prospective institution for three in the sum of 1000 each per the orchestral association was i incorporated under the laws of ote and theodore thomas installed Install id reb ductor the object of the g organization was to afford th the e of chicago an opportunity of S the standard works and in way way educate them to an of classi classical calk music and also to before etore them the creations of the iced composers of today it Is 18 ble able fact that the bu business hiness depre yve ve of this great organization is nan an miss anna miller the busi nager is partially responsible be success of the orchestra par irly in the eastern cities such as york tork boston boston buffalo and phila she travels considerably are many vocalists prominent he musical world of chicago of the people of other cities rarely there are others who are wide awn in the states and even some ajaye great prestige in europe rf the latter class may be men f george ellsworth holmes the e who is ap ao popular it is said idon don as he is in chicago mr i has hao a noble voice broad style ehly ay artistic and is a true mu besides teaching in the au jn building mr holmes is to be very sunday at central church 1 tie he has charge of the musical af the exercises a genevieve Genev leve dark clark wilson to is per the foremost soprano of tae the win atty mrs wilson has a full or voice of great volume and which makes her such a power orio rio music dame ae ragna linne I 1 pupil of is said to be the represents aya hamat abic lc soprano of chicago hei he t te is of a rich dramatic quality remarkable carrying power mas tanne is tall and stately and vh a norwegian by birth she sings betly aly in Italia italian iq german french english lna Sw albacker is one of the lead sopranos of this city and ate ler her voice is not very powerful it Ott remely ely melodious she has re afy returned from paris having with marchesi marches and appeared appe areda a evenings enines ev ago before an immele immense in the auditorium with the orchestra at A johnstone bishop another soprano is spending the win H california L pe de pasquall pasquali is a native of she has a coloratura soprano of great range and excellent in addition to an exquisite she he has youth and beauty with ed manner clelen buckley swale nie osborn are two young sow X of great promise mrs 0 L who w 0 has taught vocal music for yeara or is another soprano of ence se afe hamlin is a sample of home y A hard worker always re ath th a splendid natural tenor mr hamlin has gradually ame come foremost tenor of this great city and his entire musical education has been received here in chicago while yet a young man mr hamlin is a capable artist and it is a pleasure to see the ease and grace with which he conducts himself before large audiences dien ces F W carberry is a tenor of prominence in chicago and Is the possessor of a rich voice of great sweetness signor signer de pasquali Is a singer of the dramatic school and has a magnificent tenor voice of great power he is quite a young man but has won much distinction having been the tenor of the royal theater bellint bellini at palermo italy and has traveled with damrosch emma juch the schirmer mapleson company sousas dousas band and other organizations bickwell young a salt lake boy known in utah as B B Is located in kimball hall mr young is in the front rank of chicago artists and being progressive and a deep student has come to be looked upon as one of the best vocal teachers here he and his talented wife fill numerous engagements in this and neighboring states giving song recitals and lectures upon opera Us its origin and development perhaps it is not generally known that jesse bartlett davis who has sung her way into the hearts of the people received her musical education in chicago I 1 mrs katherine fisk Chi cagos leading contralto has been fulfilling engagements gage ments in England since ber she returns soon to her home here other contraltos altos 04 pro prominence prominent minene are helden goodrich clara murray and mrs annie thacker some of whom hold excellent church positions while others are teaching or filling concert engagements mr william H sherwood Ameri americas cao greatest pianist is too well known to need any introduction here having a wife and two lovely daughters he to is very fond of his home and his family attachments are even more dear to him than his artistic career madame johanna hess burr is said to be the greatest accompanist in america and is also ft a thorough vocal instructor emil Lip Ll ebling bling another pianist of muck much repute is located in kimball hall frederick W root is a luscian mu lecturer author with the ability to express in clear language his deep and earnest researches in the musical field mr root is recognized as being among the best vocal teachers of chicago among the composers of note may be mentioned jessie L gaynor and albert kussner who as song writers have had great success the field for artists and composers in chicago is so large that your correspondent has been able to give but some of its brightest stars it would be unjust however to close this sketch tat without making reference to earl drake joseph wilfred A krauss krausa and catherine hallo hall the lead leading violinists ilig am among I 1 ng the singing teachers should be mentioned prank frank baird clement Tete doux elena blena mrs helen lester L A cheeps mrs S duff thomas T drill A E ruff mrs magnus miss eva wycoff miss marie lewandowska J A burritt J H cowalski Vo nallie B skelton and D A clippinger 0 f I 1 have made no detailed mention of the string quart quartette ettel and nd the chicago marine band two w well I 1 known organizations of chicago the latter gives a concert each sunday afternoon at the great northern theater the damrosch ellis opera company begins a two weeks engagement at the auditorium on march and the list of artists comprises such names as melba nordica gadski solignac balignac Bal Sal ignac I 1 bos vanni bispham fischer nl campanari and a number of artists of equal rank with damrosch and sig big bimboni as conductors the scale of prices is from one to three colars do lars boxes twenty five dollars the i reper aci toire of the first week will be monday traviata tuesday wednesday barber of seville ceville thursday die Wal kure friday siegfried saturday matinee faust the second weeks bill has not as yet been announced noun ced applications for seats have been on file february you may hear about this organizations appearance pe arance in the worlds fair city at some future time ean I 1 |