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Musical Courier 1891-02-18: Vol 22 Iss 574, 1891
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1THE MUSICAL COURIER.
2—A WEEKLY PAPER—
3DEVOTED TO MUSIC AND THE MUSIC TRADES.
4ESTABLISHED JANUARY, 1880.
5No. 574.
6Subscription (including postage) invariably in advance.
7Yearly, $4.00; Foreign, $5.00; Single Copies, Ten Cents.
8RATES FOR ADVERTISING: SEE TRADE DEPARTMENT.
9All remittances for subscriptions or advertising must be made by check, draft or money order.
10NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1891.
11MARC A. BLUMENBERG. OTTO FLOERSHEIM.
12BLUMENBERG & FLOERSHEIM,
13Editors and Proprietors,
14JAMES G. HUNEKER, HARRY O. BROWN, ASSOCIATE EDITORS.
15Offices: No. 25 East Fourteenth St., New York.
16WESTERN OFFICE: Chicago, John E. Hall, No. 236 State-st., Manager.
17GENERAL AGENCY FOR GERMANY:
18FRITZ SCHUBERTH, JR., 63 BRÜDERSSTRASSE, LEIPZIG.
19NOTICE.
20Electrotyes of the pictures of the following named artists will be sent, prepaid, to any address on receipt of four (4) dollars for each.
21During eleven years these pictures have appeared in this paper, and their excellence has been universally commented upon. We have received numerous orders for electrotyes of the same, and publish the subjoined list for the purpose of facilitating a selection.
22Adelina Patti
23Ida Klein
24Sembrich
25Christine Nilsson
26Scalchi
27Trinci
28Marie Roze
29Anna de Bellocca
30Bielek Gerster
31Noticca one of two readings
32Notica one of two readings
33Josephine Yorke
34Emile Ambré one of two readings
35Emile Ambr one of two readings
36Emma Thursby
37Teresa Carreño
38Kellogg, Opera L.—2
39Minnie Hauk
40Materna
41Alban
42Anne Louise Cary
43Emily Winant
44Lena Little
45Murio-Celli
46Chatterton-Bohler
47Lance T. Whelan
48Eduard Strauss
49Elenor W. Everest
50Donald
51Marie Louise Dotti
52Geislinger one of two readings
53Geisinger one of two readings
54Fursch-Madi—2
55Catherine Lewis
56Zalie de la Riva
57Blanche Roosevelt
58Sarah Bernhardt
59Titus d'Ernesti
60Anna Bulkeley-Hills
61E. M. Schmidt
62Friedrich von Flotow
63Franz Lachner
64Heinrich Marschner
65Frederick Lax
66Giacomo Catalano
67William Courtney
68Josef Staudigl
69Lulu Veling
70Mrs. Minnie Richards
71Frenet
72Clinton-Sutro
73Calixa Lavallee
74Clarence Eddy
75Franz Abt
76Fanny Bloomfield
77S. E. Jacobsohn
78C. Mortimer Wisker
79J. O. Von Prochazka
80Edvard Grieg
81Eugen d'Albert
82Lilli Lehmann
83William Camadus
84Frank Kinsel
85Alexander Campanari
86Franz Rummel
87Blanche Stone Barton
88Amy Sherwin
89John Ryan
90Achille Errani
91Jos. Brambach
92Henry Schradeck
93J. F. Rhodes
94Wilhelm Ericker
95Frank Taft
96C. M. Von Weber
97Edward Fisher
98Karl Rola
99Charles Rehm
100Harold Randolph
101Minnie V. Vancover
102A. M. Ohe
103Karl Klinworth
104Edwin Klahre
105Helen D. Campbell
106Alfred Barili
107Wm. R. Chapman
108Otto Roth
109Anna Carpenter
110W. L. Blumenschein
111Leander Labatt
112Albert Venzago
113Josef Rheinberger
114Max Bendix
115Helen von Doenhoff
116Adolf Hager
117Jans Richter
118Margaret Reid
119Emil Fischer
120John Hockinson, MD
121E. S. Bechli
122Paderewski
123Stavenhagen
124Arrigo Boito
125John von Janko
126Carl Schuster
127John Lund
128Edmund C. Stanton
129Heinrich Gudehus
130Charlotte Huhn
131Teresina Tua
132Lucca
133Ivan E. Morawski
134Leopold Winkler
135Costanza Donita
136Carl Reinecke
137Heinrich Vogel
138Johann Sebastian Bach
139Mrs. A. A. Taylor
140Julia Perotti—2
141Adolph M. Foerster
142J. H. Hahn
143Thomas Martin
144Louis Gautreau
145Louis Gage Courtney
146Richard Wagner
147Theodore Thomas
148Dr. Damrosch one of two readings
149Giacomin one of two readings
150Guadagnini one of two readings
151Constantin Sternberg one of two readings
152Dengremont one of two readings
153Galea one of two readings
154Hans Balatka one of two readings
155Mathilde Wurm one of two readings
156Liberati one of two readings
157John Strauss one of two readings
158(no line here) one of two readings
159Anton Rubinstein
160Del Puente
161Josephy
162Julia Kivé-King
163Hope Glenn
164Louis Blumenberg
165Frank Van der Stucken
166Frederic Grant Gleason
167Ferdinand Hiller
168Rudolf von Zeymann
169Julius Rietz
170Max Heinrich
171E. A. Lefebre
172Osvaldo
173Anton Udvardi
174Alcuin Blum
175Joseph Koegel
176Carl W. Peters
177Carl Retze
178George Gemünden
179Emil Liebling
180Von Zande
181W. E. Howard Heimendahl
182Mrs. Clemelli
183Albert M. Bagby
184W. W. Lauder one of two readings
185W. W. Hugh Lauder one of two readings
186Mrs. W. W. Lauder one of two readings
187Mrs. W. Hugh Lauder one of two readings
188Hans von Bülow
189Clara Schumann
190Joachim
191Samuel S. Sanford
192Franz Liszt
193Christine Dossert
194Dora Henninges
195A. A. Stanley
196Ernst Katzenstein
197Heinrich Hofmann
198Charles Fradel
199Emil Sauer
200D. Burmeister-Petersen
201Willis Nowell
202August Hylested
203Gustav Hinrichs
204Zaver Sankova one of two readings
205Zavier Sankowa one of two readings
206Heinrich Boetel
207W. E. Haslam
208Carl E. Martin
209Johann Schumann
210Walter J. Hall
211Conrad Ansonge one of two readings
212Conrad Ansong one of two readings
213Carl Baermann
214Emil Steger
215Paul Hirsch
216Lou.Svecenski
217Henry Holden Huss
218Neally Stevens
219Dyas Flanagan
220Vladimir Rachmaninoff
221Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hild
222Anthony Stankowitch
223Vicente Herbert
224Martin Ritter
225Joachim Raff
226Felix Moser
227Amanda Öhrström
228Minnie Kunke one of two readings
229Minnie Kunkel one of two readings
230Dr. F. Ziegfeld
231C.F. Chickering
232Villiers Stanford
233Louis C. Elkin one of two readings
234Louis C. Elson one of two readings
235Anna Money-Burch
236Mr. and Mrs. Alves
237Ritter-Goetze
238Adele Lewing
239Pauline Schöller-Haag one of two readings
240Pauline Schöeller-Haag one of two readings
241Marchesi
242Henry Mason
243P. S. Gilmore
244Neupert
245Hubert de Blanck
246Dr. Louis Maas
247Max Bruch
248E. Gottschalk
249Antoine de Kontski
250S. B. Milne
251E. M. Bowman
252Otto Bendix
253W. H. Sherwood
254Stagno
255Victor Nessler
256Johanna Cohen
257Charles J. Tretbar
258Jennings Dickerson
259E. A. Macchell
260Theodore Reichmann
261Max Treumann
262C. A. Cappa
263Montague
264Mrs. Helen Ames
265S. G. Pratt
266Emil Scaria
267Hermann Winkelmann
268Dionetti
269William W. Gilchrist
270Ferranti
271Johannes Brahms
272Meyerbeer
273Moritz Moszkowski
274Anna Louise Tanner
275Filoteo Greco
276Wilhelm Junk
277Friedrich Huch
278Michael Banner
279Dr. S. N. Penfield
280F. W. Sussberg one of two readings
281F. W. Wesselberg one of two readings
282Emil Mahler
283Otto Sutro
284Carl Falleten
285Belle Cole
286Carl Muckeber
287G. W. Hunt
288Georges Bizet
289John A. Brockhoven
290Edgar H. Sherwood
291Ponciano one of two readings
292Ponchielli one of two readings
293Carrie Hun-King
294Pauline l'Allemant one of two readings
295Pauline l'Allemend one of two readings
296Verdi
297Simmel Monument
298Berlioz Monument
299Haydn Monument
300John Svedsen
301Strauss Orchestra
302Anton Morak
303Saint-Saëns
304Pablo de Sarasate
305Jules Jordan
306Albert Parsons
307Thee e Herbert-Foerster
308Bertha Pierson
309Carlos Sobrino
310George Nowell
311William Mason
312Pascalou
313Anna Lankow
314Maud Powell
315Max Vary
316Josef Hofmann
317Händel
318Carlotta F. Pinner
319Marianne Brandt
320Gustav Kerker
321Henry Duzenski
322Emma Juci
323Fritz Giese
324Anton Mil
325Max Leckner
326Max Spicker
327Judith Graves
328Hermann Ebeling
329Anton Beckner
330Mary Ewe
331Attalie Claire
332Mr. and Mrs. Lawton
333Fritz Kreider
334Madge Vickham
335Richard Burmeister
336W. J. Lavin
337Niels W. Gade
338Hermann Levi
339Edward Carfield
340James H. Howe
341George H. Chickering
342John C. Fillmore
343Helena Livingstone
344M. J. Niedzwicki
345Franz Wilczek
346Alfred Sormann
347Juan Luria
348Carl Busch.
350(no line here) one of two readings
351ZUR GEFÄLLIGEN NOTIZNAHME!
352DENFENIGEN deutschen Musikinstituten, welche auf eine grössere Anzahl von amerikanischen Schülern reflextiren, empfehlen wir das Verfahren des Fürstlichen Conservatoriums der Musik zu Sondershausen und einiger andern deutschen Musikschulen, welche durch Erfahrung gelernt haben, dass eine Annonce im MUSICAL COURIER deshalb von Erfolg gekrönt sein muss, weil das Blatt in den meisten musikalisch gebildeten Familien, von Dilletanten und professionellen Musikern gleich stark gelesen, sowie von allen hiesigen Conservatorien, deren grössere Schüleranzahl sich behufs ihrer musikalischen Ausbildung schliesslich doch nach Europa geht, gehalten wird. Ausserdem ist der MUSICAL COURIER die einzige Fachzeitung, welche als musikalische Autorität in den Vereinigten Staaten allgemein anerkannt wird. one of two readings
354DENFENIGEN deutschen Musikinstituten, welche auf eine grössere Anzahl von amerikanischen Schülern reflektiren, empfehlen wir das Verfahren des Fürstlichen Conservatoriums der Musik zu Sondershausen und einiger andern deutschen Musikschulen, welche durch Erfahrung gelernt haben, dass eine Annonce im MUSICAL COURIER deshalb von Erfolg gekrönt sein muss, weil das Blatt in den meisten musikalisch gebildeten Familien, von Dilletanten und professionellen Musikern gleich stark gelesen, sowie von allen hiesigen Conservatorien, deren grössere Schüleranzahl sich behufs ihrer musikalischen Ausbildung schliesslich doch nach Europa geht, gehalten wird. Ausserdem ist der MUSICAL COURIER die einzige Fachzeitung, welche als musikalische Autorität in den Vereinigten Staaten allgemein anerkannt wird. one of two readings
355IN order not to mar the appearance of the artistic half tone cuts in this issue of THE MUSICAL COURIER there is no printed matter on the reverse of the two pages. In fact, the whole edition of THE MUSICAL COURIER is for this particular occasion printed on extra heavy coated paper, with special compliments to their highnesses, the Prince and Princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.
357(no line here) one of two readings
358IT makes one smile to read in the Mannheim papers of the extraordinary success of the newly engaged heroic tenor, Albert Mittelhäuser, who appeared at the Court Opera House of that city as "Siegmund" and as "Fra Diavolo," and whose voice, method, dramatic verve and several other fine qualities are praised up to the skies by the local critics. Either the critics are not worth believing or Mittelhäuser must have improved miraculously since his pleasing departure from the Metropolitan Opera House, or yet—and this is the most probable solution of the mystery—Mannheim is not New York.
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361THE young Emperor of Germany seems to take a most pronounced interest in Wagner's works. He attended the hundredth performance of "The Flying Dutchman" at the Berlin Court Opera House, and through Count Hochberg expressed his highest satisfaction to all the artists concerned in the cast, especially to Betz, who sang the title rôle. Two days later, on a Sunday, he again attended the repetition of the same work in company of Prince Henry and of the hereditary Prince of Meiningen and his wife, the whole royal party remaining from the overture to the very last note of the opera and the Emperor leading in the applause. William II. evidently is a Wagnerite of the most enthusiastic kind.
363(no line here) one of two readings
364IF there be any who think that we are alone in our estimate of young Mr. Damrosch's misdirecting of "L'Africaine" at the Metropolitan Opera House last Tuesday night let them read the following clippings from our daily contemporaries, and hold their peace forever after. The "Herald" says:
365"Young Mr. Damrosch lost control of his band early in the evening, and by 10 o'clock the players were in a kind of musical riot."
366The "Evening Post" says:
367"Reichmann and Dippel both sang admirably, although much of their work was marred by the slovenly orchestral accompaniments."
368The "Sun" goes a little deeper into detail and remarks:
369"There was last evening in the unpardonably bad orchestral work sufficient reason for an almost complete failure of any or all the singers.
370"At least during one-third of the entire performance the orchestra was a half beat before or behind the people on the stage. Indeed there seemed to be three minds at work, and all of them at variance—the conductor, the orchestra and the soloist.
371"Never in the course of many years has there been so disjointed a rendition, so slovenly an ensemble, as was heard from beginning to end last night."
372They are all gradually but surely coming to THE MUSICAL COURIER's long ago and quite frequently expressed conviction that young Mr. Damrosch is not a capable conductor and is consequently out of place as the head of any orchestral organization. That he should become the representative in musical affairs of some of our leading citizens is unfortunate, as it conclusively shows that they are either unable to discriminate in so vital a matter or that they are willing to sacrifice art for the purpose of satisfying a stupid society whim.
373Young Mr. Damrosch will in the long run reach the finale of his career, in accordance with the laws that govern all our relations with the environment in which we exercise our particular and general functions. The superficial aid he is receiving is a mere temporary makeshift as compared with the everlasting pandects of truth, according to which it is recognized that he is unfit for the work laid out for him by caprice and speculation. It is not necessary to do more than permit him to conduct; the direction of affairs lies in other hands.
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376THE proposed first performance of "Lohengrin" in Toulouse has become the cause of a lawsuit. The city council of that town acquired from Lamoureux for the sum of $2,000 the scenery and stage apparatus used at the only Paris Eden Theatre performance. Now, however, as there are prospects of an early attempt again to produce Wagner's most popular lyric drama in Paris, Lamoureux does not want to recognize the bargain he struck with the aldermen of Toulouse, hence the lawsuit and hence the postponement of the first production of "Lohengrin" at Toulouse until the settlement of the lawsuit.
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379A RATHER interesting pamphlet has just been published in Leipsic regarding the theatrical activity in that city during the last eight years. The two theatres of whose repertory the publication treats have been under the management of Director Staegemann since 1882 and will remain so by contract until 1895; during this period of thirteen years he has therefore no rival.
380In the last eight years 6,119 works have been performed, which number is represented by the following per centages:
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383<table>
384 <tr> one of two readings
385 <th>Classics</th> one of two readings
386 <th>Wagner operas</th> one of two readings
387 <th>New operas</th> one of two readings
388 <th>Classic dramas</th> one of two readings
389 <th>Modern dramas</th> one of two readings
390 <th>Comedies, vaudevilles, &c.</th> one of two readings
391 <th>Ballets, fairy scenes, &c.</th> one of two readings
392 <th>Operettas</th> one of two readings
393 <th>Total</th> one of two readings
394 </tr> one of two readings
395 <tr> one of two readings
396 <td>5.30 per cent.</td> one of two readings
397 <td>5.39</td> one of two readings
398 <td>17.85</td> one of two readings
399 <td>8.67</td> one of two readings
400 <td>21.16</td> one of two readings
401 <td>22.96</td> one of two readings
402 <td>7.09</td> one of two readings
403 <td>11.60</td> one of two readings
404 <td>100.00</td> one of two readings
405 </tr> one of two readings
406 <tr><th>Classic operas</th><td>5.30 per cent.</td></tr> one of two readings
407 <tr><th>Wagner operas</th><td>5.39</td></tr> one of two readings
408 <tr><th>New operas</th><td>17.85</td></tr> one of two readings
409 <tr><th>Classic dramas</th><td>8.67</td></tr> one of two readings
410 <tr><th>Modern dramas</th><td>21.16</td></tr> one of two readings
411 <tr><th>Comedies, vaudevilles, &c.</th><td>22.96</td></tr> one of two readings
412 <tr><th>Ballets, fairy scenes, &c.</th><td>7.09</td></tr> one of two readings
413 <tr><th>Operettas</th><td>11.60</td></tr> one of two readings
414 <tr><th>Total</th><td>100.00</td></tr> one of two readings
415</table>
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418These authentic figures demonstrate the overwhelming success of Wagner's works. They are given more frequently than the operas of Gluck, Mozart, Weber and Beethoven ("Fidelio") together. On the other hand, new operas occupy almost too large a place, as most of them fail after the third or fourth repetition. Very few operettas have been given, but most of the few had a rather long run in spite of the fact that they did not draw big audiences. The only operas which drew large houses were those of Wagner, and the first representations of well advertised new works or when given with some renowned star in the cast.
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421THE following are the official dates just received by us from Bayreuth for the festival performances which will take place there next summer during the period from July 19 to August 20. Twenty representations will be given in all, of which "Parsifal" takes the lion's share with ten performances on the following days: July 19, 23, 26, 29, August 2, 6, 9, 12 and 19. "Tannhäuser" will be given seven times: July 22, 27, 30, August 3, 10, 13 and 18, while "Tristan and Isolde" will be heard only three times, viz., on July 20 and August 5 and 15.
422Hermann Levi, of Munich, will conduct the "Parsifal" and Felix Mottl, of Carlsruhe, the "Tannhauser" and "Tristan" performances. Anton Fuchs, of Munich, will, as he did so satisfactorily two years ago, assume the stage management.
423The choreographic scenes in "Tannhäuser" (of course the Paris version) will be under the supervision of Miss Virginia Zucchi, of Milan.
424Tickets should this year be secured even earlier than usual, as we understand that the Cook Traveling Bureau is going to monopolize a good many of the seats and may possibly introduce in Bayreuth that hitherto there unknown nuisance, the ticket speculator. The price of seats will remain as heretofore, 20 marks ($4.85), and letters containing advance orders for seats should be addressed to the Bayreuth Festspiel Committee, Banker Feustel president, Bayreuth, Bavaria.
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