The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 6, 1904, Page 19

SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 6, 1904 | | | | | & | e . | — _— — - + F Falas 3 Here is the Boston Transcript on our r suspect Mr. always practiced his concertos Wl(!l him old friend Creatore, who, by the set f being a great In London. Of course I went. Natur- " 3 S0k Giveaticl duanes : e -epared to ally, Paderewski assumed that I was of preas notices in this direction. seer est man is another story. > Planist, and asked me afterward to to be heading -this way. It will nes . s ~~ play some solos for him—just out of surprise to learn that he appears Anist’s local man- yingnegs I told him I couldn’t, of to be creating just the kind and size sented to chat With course, and then told him I was a vio- of furer in the East thet he crested & linist. He was interested, and asked " me to come over to Paris and play s Do n N oralgn el radmion: for him if I decided to leave the vio- glad to see him. But here is the in for the piano—and he rather advised Transcript, most conservative of jour- it & nals, on the volcanic conductor And so it was decided? “No conductor who has yet appeared “Not at all” the pianist laughed. “I 11 never thought of it then. But I went S S ony el oo ‘itie: sdcuned to Paris soon afterward and decided | S S of thw s B R forty-eight hours after I got there that variations of r! o, as has M should be my home forever. That tore. He is likely to set Boston mus . int starving just then—those garret mad, as It is stated he did in New s ¥ her are occasionally true"—they | g p ey r - & ; Plerpont Might be as humorous ae true from SOXRLSS S apt culv thy sl Slatur- 2 2 e N uer's keenly apparent delight | esque of conductors that ever was seen . . in the memory of his own garret days. here, but he is, besides, a masterly 2 He looks backward, not unimportantly, | leader of men, who-has his music over a goodly ‘h"}{IdeT- | under perfect control, insomuch Latin quarter?” I asked. 1 “Latin quarter,” he nodded. “I everything is played with wonder: wouldn't have missed it for anything. effectiveness, with force, sympathy a - You mustn’t take the starving too se- I nice discrimination. It leans to cli- riously; we spgnged on our friends | maxes of the most abrupt, fearful sort when we were hungry—and when they i After you get used to them you learn were not sponging on us.” { to anticipate them with a sort of joy- “Oh, Colline, and Schaunard, and Ru- ousness. It would be hard to imagine dolf!” I laughed. a band playing the ‘Willlam Tell’ and “But we did starve for cigarettes. ‘Tannhauser’ overtures in a more That is why"—he looked with droll spiring fashion. In these and the s tend. at the ome in his hand— | eratic excerpts Creatore and his band “that is why we value them so highly , are in their element, and falrly lift St ¥ w. We used to keep the ends in one off his feet.” f ge a box and smoke them. Got them | “p ahtite 4 strong to make them go further. But | Will Greenbaum announces four it was really a very happy time. | ‘Wagner lectures for the near future by Achille Rivarde, the violinist, he has | Mrs. Raymond Brown at Lyrie Hall b here—"" | There will be musical Hlustrations by I remember him." Mrs. Brown—well known as a planist Lived with me. I gave violin les- as Gertrude Foster—and her subjects sons for the pot-au-feu, and studied | will be “The Ring,” “Die N & the in steadily for a year; the piano | singer,” “Tristan and Isolde” ana also for fun.” | “Parsifal.” With Paderewskl?” | S gty . 0. 1 saw tle of him that : On his way to San Franclsco Harol He was aw u,\"«n tour a great Bauer was by way of giving a - e d for him cert in the wilds of, Arizona h 5 nix, to be par st's o ' programme, it is related, was to A 2 o | | request onme. Naturally the v o s a pianis | aroused large interest among th al ving _disappearec : musicians, who how 3 g anything, you know, are small compared with t 2 . There were fitty | Indian and burro. Of which mor: S ! But the musicians, as th k < porters say, made s what they lacked i Lamoureux orches | pared to do their swellest. The ‘ and that I should play | chief after much pondering preferre sert . Then the leading Lamou- | * the following request, the Fifth Sym- cellist invited me to be the pianist | phony of Beethov 4 > ; f his. I wanted to | from “Cavalleria R B ut he insisted on my | Schubert-Tausig “Marche s Some are born pianists, the tag end of the ¥ y others have the piano thrust reno holiday doub ur as the same afterward, - atiniid Nt 1ha r ger, then another violinist.” (\a”y:bu[ m.,' Fifth tlemen must have As Mr. experience, caped with his boots he | found s er means | the symphonic passion of Phoen . N Here is the prog: with 500 Indian ck | ence. The hall pr | o| for the two mu: » then I began | Mr. Bauer invited . gr r - | | Jjoy the feast. I the . S near- Wate Lyl She other classical programme. “No other kind s s s ying into a sen- would have been any fun,” he said. 1 | s )- interesting,” the | s g P s ed ward to look | + impersonal scrutiny at the 1that there IS an | g else,” I ventungd. . . . s ugliness of the me- An announcement of much interest to B musicians and music lovers is that of hing else,” Mr. Bauer the three concerts to be th e r mor nt to the pi e Minetti string quartet in tk r fu note and its neighbor &———————— ture. They are dated for the afternoons . iy = € mm“m}:dl PIANO ciating modestly that his theories were Chief Justice,” with Daniel Sully in | of March ,\;,m‘ $ &t Apuit by > ;o , from the tc merely personal, but curiously well the leading role.- Frances Rock will be pianist of the bernerdul i e teeta et | ries, and the following interesting pro- T 2 “What do you notice, for example, For this week the Alcazar an- grammes have b arranged They here2” he asked, playing a measure or nounces “At the White Horse Tavern.” | wist e Siven ot the you 2. e ez o=y GRS wi Friday afternoon, Ma ng x botto two of the Chopin march, the Beetho one of the prettiest comedies ever ma i i 2E pes, . - 4 v 5 gl ven C flat one, a measure of the e M (o S JONESE 183N inok o0 ramish B I R R Mendeisachin, "Hlink fhiy coisist Jarkaly .. Toha - Brao T s doies dhes tot B or R Y S N ST ~ 177y | (8) lento from quartet in F major S Sare hms MU SCri ok OO, aatan AR ABeC the mlnr\'d]:; the week, .mnnu';(-es Mrs. Fiske's en- | BAUER TELLS WHY HE GAVE UP THE VIOLIN. 9 (Dvorak), (b) Sehr lustig, moeglich LL WEIGHT. f repea < iiegenA ! o Mo & ey 2 s - h, from quartet in D- minor. cofter. Give the are small, the time siow, the key minor. gagement of March 21, in “Mary of 4 - - hNgtay .4 o gy > To me there is a very subtle physical Magdala.” e ; i L (Raff); piano quartet in B flat, op. 41 Be e, il e o it e By e whatsoever to the author of t actors taking part in it ar A gyl e wour cemilt. would . & e hody? The et U's Aution ThiE svebing Wil be 5. shin A funs: . otstinl Dlay. : 3 heln ying engagements Fritsy . aftetioon. Al . 3-"Death 5 the walk depressed, the head eral affair combined at Fischer’s, with _"Out of the whole number of plays b u;m- 9% 1t and the Maiden,” quartet in D minor, Y vn. There is very little inflec- the farewell performance of Kolb and Sent In seventcen were selected for me vl i o }f the minop OP- 14 (Schubert); “Chaconne,” for vio- i it is shocking to say that the voice—exgept in .violent de- Dill. The little house will be cram- t© read; and I read them with the ut- for some ¢ : i tice 1N alone (Bach): piano trio in G miner, 1 ik there is nothing immaterial ..., our ghort intervals. - The cry med to fits utmost, for the two fun. Most care and impartiality. Of these wo or ‘h""‘x s 1og ror op. 15 (Smetana) SEONS SIS gabyios)”: Snfl. My Beuer .o - our | stops Shnrk in . the, Bohle.” makers wke AR ity praat TRRCHL seventeen Mr. Seymour and myself set Whe g Iy callea Friday afterncon, April 22—Plano and ok back his . bronze locks and gy, .04y 15 in the bass very morrow evening “The Rounders™ aside five, which we considered to be B ey o ey violln sonata in G = 30 (Arthur aughed most Infectiously. “It is exact- q,.n(y_think of the many marches will be put on, With the new come- distinetly the best: of these five, which & 7. properties, Foote): plano solo NS TR Sha o ly What you sy, ‘the-right. notes, the know. Now the repeated note— djans, Richard F. Carroll and John P. we then read over the second time, we fesi WHED Sesretys ROV iR et 10 1) mine; oy Souvenir de ht time and the right weight. One the geometrical idea of death? Kennedy. selected two as being distinctly bet- nd the like, have fo he g0t together g, 000’ (p. Techaikowsky) Is that it is derogatory to the art to thite. TOE yois tHAE e ihewere: 5 o ter than the other three; we then reaa § . ety st f‘"‘l,“,,n"" i s ok - away some terlous magic fluid the straight line, the only certain The Central has a more than com- these, two a third time, and sed R '\“”'";';'"“'Im';,' otes the Aetenk't f Pearson’s Magazine tever you like to call it. Not s0; 4pine Only go can it be suggested, and monly inte ng bill this week in without the slightest discussion that Ui e o s B g g et »wing express m he further you can go in analysis the | the repeated mnote Is its “Rip Van Winkle,” the famous old the one which most nearly filled the S ST theatrical plenic.. It Charles B n the - more respect one should have for the o =", comedy-drama. ~ The piece will be required conditions was ‘The THumMph o b oot e rear of “any auestion, Shakespeare ap- art. Such bricks from such straw ‘Do you think the composer is con- staged with particular care. of Love.’ I say this to show that the ., o ciremey f 4081 harvih peal to actor and audience? i Somehow, then programme musi¢ i AR SR A 59) iAo . dramatic performance; anc ave no PO SR s -5 hich 1= voice and 48 . scious of these things ¢ ¢ selection was not made hastily. ation in saying that, on the pres- To my mind potency 1. )ensable to Came up, with the question of whether ot necessarily at all. It is prob-° he Orpheum retains the latest No one will venture to say that Mr. ent occasion, the actors and all con- Shakespeare appeals both to actor and ere is_something dry, it was possible f"’_‘|‘ g of "‘":‘)" ‘l” bly Wwholly i& “subcophcious \assocla- vahdeville Baisstion: fn. Nistion! i oo Seis (binor o clmbieiind’ Jodge' o0 e ica . Heads o Mgk praise for the audience « amalysis; 1t is & St s *PEREeSt ¥ Gsluiie Men. EREES Poe= tiom. > her statue horse, Loki, and the new- v ral smoothness of the production. Something ame appeal which P i The Breath of lite Motif, of course, suggested itself. Then a knock at the door introduced comers include the ciever Barrows- duty, T un- . “Some 0f the. critics have exptedsed, the beauty of & iscap he bril- saving Buman im OF compes. MRS '“"l_t‘“_“ 12T8€ , man and a new trunk for Mr. Bauer. Lancaster Company in “When Geor- derstand, to judge of the literary mer- more or less wittily and ironically, a liancy of the star-lighted heavens or part \‘\hr ,.y:nrnvn:\nkm\x.:;_ mnn‘!;df"‘] This was not at all remarkable, but in gina Was Eighteen. ite-of m'P work chosen. With regard certain amount of pity for me, as hav- ing magnificence of a sunset rae. SR ple—Why does the king theme in ‘Loh- _ o0 o' 00" 14 ones that had been R TR . . 4 eesb bgeiudim ey e so sky exerts. Yet this much is sure engrin’ suggest a king? It'is the com- :zn a hzm:znzf-rsmashing plenie the pian- . ;0 a0 Violette are among the ‘0 'his1 have SR Sy e iy ;?ir-r-h”rrx?:’vhz.rd hl:fnfp) x:;:::z (: human beings feel the closest and most . mon chord, with trumpets, and the her- 'y, yce1¢ carried one to the door. Chutes entertainers with other good °WD competency. cholce. In expressing my thanks to Intense ingerest in the doings of one alds never play anything but common .. ;¢ that hurt your hands?’ I s “Iwould draw attention fo the fuct ¢ 2t ol Lt illy livcere’ it thik suoilier” The seiie curioaity which - . chords on trumpets. The Elsa theme is o 0 0 ooy < Pawie; S e e that there was never any difference of ;nz this view, I should like to say that spirés humbler minds to wonder what re s rtle, ¥ : also \\nn_'a phy ‘fm “Will it?" he .askpd. simply; 1 INTERESTING BITS opinion hotwficf} Mr. Sp,\'mm_xr and my- 1 ad n’m "” to be pitied. It is not the neighbors are having for dinner sis.” He sprang to the piano, played never thought of i * A self. Our duties, voluntarily under- sy task, as I have said, but it moves the student to apply himself to it, then sang it, dropping his head with "0, "rhay 1 know whether you com- OF GOSSIP ABOUT taken, undoubtedy ended when our m-n} Batically “4n ‘invnrol!i‘n! one, the folk-lore of savages and the deci- yet, Mr. the despairing last notes. “Is any one pose or not before I go?” PLAYS AND ACTORS choice was made. Those who doubt . \sh: ,,r;—-vblt‘ (nr;"-—a thals which' sy phering of cuneiform inscriptions. It is piano— coming to my defense? No, there is mo " 40 "B ar looked quizzically at me that this cholce was wise may possibly o’ ooz o o Bme® wary glad to un- Shakespeare's close and truthful inter- t"—the one.” he quoted. and'replied: “T amoke and drink only. . Mation Crawford, Who was judge in obtain, the privilese of reading between uitave. both for itself and for what pretation of humam nature, eves more The Rheingold prelude suggests ;... no other vices.” the Theater Magazine's recent play 200 and 300 plays for themselves, iu p. muct learn in fulfilling it conscien- than' the splendid poetry with which hted another cigarette to the water amasingly,” I recall, “only ome iy competition, answers in the Morning order to form an opinion; but no one joysly.” his thoughts are expressed, that stimu- d first repeating his question: "h‘wd 3 d . DRAMATIC MENU Telegraph of New York the criticisms has the right to doubt that it was s L lates the enthusiasm of the actor and ant to know? It is a “Only one water,” Bauer phrased it; VEXT WEE] conscientious and impartial. Robert Edeson is not coz.ent to be calls forth the rapt attention of the g ¢ tale. But I always “one water, with the light and play on FOR NEX TER WHiSh g perfmmiange Of thS. e | o7 Mavs-ob hewshuison i iaiing e a merely successful star. He has been suditor. Shakespeare's appeal both to piano, you know. My the surface; the melody”—he played it AT LOCAL THEATERS drama drew forth in some quarters as . ;8%° 10, T80 0 0% 'n Saving for taking a chance at playwrighting now actor and audience rests upon the fact 800« anist, and there was —then some measures n(_thel Marchen Tt follows: in saying for Mr. Seymour, that if we for some time. He produced at the that he has written himself as one who 1 sorts of music round at von der P«mnn Melusine,” ‘of Men- At the Columbia to-morrow night the “In the matter of the prize play, had to choose again we should main- A(to‘rs‘ Church Alliance benefit in New loved his fellow men.” cher 1 knew used to give delssohn; “the same subject, same . ... nyugical comedy success, “The, ‘The Triumph of Love, I do not feel tain that our final selection was the york a one-act lay piece entitled “A T AR saw him only irregularly— treatment. dT“!‘sme&fi:‘“ m‘jrp‘,"‘“‘;“; Stiver Slipper.” will be produced with that I am in any way called upon t . o)y one possible under the condi- New Alliancer which was well liked Richard Mansfield has just produced urageously tried everything clation, & S the -Siectried~ all the New York appointments, and a defend the choice made by Mr. Wil el by the critical professional audience. “Ivan the Terrible." He is presenting 1 serious though. went on, ¥ g any numbering more than a hun- liam Seymour and myself. The task ywitn regard to the performance at In addition Mr. Edeson is also collab- the piece at the New Amsterdam Thea- the violin, play- sword theme. ‘;n;" Fgimes fh;"d “’";" we accerjted was not an easy one. Be- yho Criterion Theater, it would be orating with Byron Ongley on a dram.- ter, New Yorl His metropolitan - ic, and without the slightest gives the fi:zc;iz,,,i:,;‘e;m:;_:fi, ekl o e tween 200 and 300 plays were sent In mogt unbecoming of me to make any atization of Stewart Edward White's Sagement is limited to e e - T YO et ot ot s talk Of these thinga: It - 1Tha Tivoll hds an. éxosilént hiry 4y J9T ‘AlA Pheater's ‘cimpatitian, ~ from, srtschin oF the piay, Bod THIEE ther. e O A s o the wpecial tour pleaned for the # f““”' n A s i which we were expected to select the (phe performance itself was extremely goon be produced by Manager Harris. West. vere you studying? is my hobby “The Gypsy Baron,” in which Signor h, the whole, st d intedl w it E. H. Sothern after a very prosperous . = g — - what T want, Mr. Bauer.” y one which, on » Seemed most creditable. No one unacquaintet with £ cas “Tha n, my home, with Pollitzer Exactly W a subtle fashion the 1SS0 has made a triumphant debut . y.ple for production, precisely in the practical side of theatrical mat- Fay Templeton has gone to St. Aug- New York run In his great success the most successful violin Then in keen and subtle the ceasee in English. the state into which it came into our ters can understand how very hard it ustine, Fla., where she has taken a Proud Prince” has started on a tour Well, then"—be suillell pispist Sneiyaes So s oy VAt e . hands. It is obvious. that after our is to do justice even to the best play cottage for the rest of the seascn. It and is meeting with even more pro- ’ h msricn”‘; r\mp dfy ;ny Tm;—:::g:n‘;::l:lae] r:ll:vcngve‘n:e;;o:hy l; The California will have an attrac- choice was made it would have been in the world, when a single perform- is probable that she will not appear nnfl:“$ o ;‘;'m'f‘e gl otk B riend of the piano sent me to play ily “ é o " 5 in i il “ ere 2 & second ng for Paderewski, l:vhz is so singularly similar in character, tive engagement this week in “The unfair for us to make .any suggestion ance of it is to be given; when the again in public until next September. §id ng.