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Musical Courier 1891-08-19: Vol 23 Iss 600, 1891
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1Günther, presented by the teachers of the institution. The façade of the main building is in excellent taste, and the eye rests with pleasure on the flight of stairs and the numerous pillars of blue gray granite which support the corbels and vaulting. Near the entrance of the main hall a black tablet bears in letters of gold the names of all the teachers, male and female, who have been in the conservatory from its foundation, to hand them down to later generations. As their names and the dates of the appointments are a part of history, they are here subjoined. The star indicates that the person opposite whose name it is placed is still engaged in the work of the conservatory:
3Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdi… 1843
4Carl Ferdinand Becker… 1843
5Ferdinand Böhme… 1843
6Henrietta Bünau, née Grabau… 1843
7Ferdinand David… 1843
8Giovanni Battista Ghezzi… 1843
9Moritz Hauptmann… 1843
10Ferdinand Hiller… 1843
11Moritz Kleugel… 1843
12Louis Plaidy… 1843
13Ernst Friedrich Richter… 1843
14Rudolph Sachse… 1843
15Robert Schumann… 1843
16Ernst Ferdinand Wenzel… 1843
17Niels W. Gade… 1845
18Franz Beende… 1846
19Ignaz Moscheles… 1846
20Wilhelm Neumann… 1846
21Friedrich Albert… 1846
22Friedrich Hermann*… 1848
23Julius Rietz… 1848
24Josef Joachim (now in Berlin)… 1849
25François Vitalé… 1849
26Raimond Dreschcol… 1851
27Franz Schäfer-Hofer… 1851
28Robert Papperitz*… 1851
29Friedrich Grützmacher… 1853
30Franz Götz… 1853
31Engelbert Rüntgen… 1857
32Carl Reinecke*… 1860
33Carl Davidoff… 1860
34Theodor Krumpholz… 1862
35Louis Lübeck… 1863
36Theodor Covisus*… 1864
37Emil Heger… 1866
38Giovanni D. Pozzali… 1866
39Carl Gloggnzer… 1868
40Oscar Paul*… 1868
41Friedrich Werder*… 1869
42Albert Korewka… 1870
43Hermann Kretschmar… 1870
44Salomo Jadassohn*… 1870
45Alexander Kammer… 1870
46Leo Gisle*… 1872
47Johannes Werdenbach*… 1873
49This list shows sufficiently what artists have placed their powers at the service of the institution. All existing instruments are taught by masters in that special instrument, and the pupil pays no more than 360 marks ($90) a year for instruction in all branches (there are no special fees). Besides, opportunity is given him to perfect himself in orchestral playing or, if a singer, for the stage; for the glory of the Leipsic Conservatory, for which all rivals envy it, is its grand complete orchestra, which has been in existence for years, and by whose aid operatic performances are possible. Up to date "Le Nozze di Figaro," by Mozart; Verdi's "Trovatore," entire acts from Weber's "Der Freischütz," Nicolai's "Merry Wives of Windsor," Gounod's "Faust" have been given. The Leipsic Conservatory is indebted for the creation of this grand orchestra and theatre to the present director, Dr. Otto Günther, who has thus erected for himself an indestructible monument, as well as by his qualities as a man, the kindliness of his disposition and the benevolence with which he cheers and encourages pupils and teachers, for he is to all a faithful friend and a careful father, dear to the hearts of all without exception.
51"The Story of a Musical Life" is the attractive title of George F. Root's autobiography (the John Church Company, Cincinnati). Mr. Root is one of the landmarks of music in this country, and the book covers a period of fifty years, full of interesting reminiscences of the veteran composer whose "Battle Cry of Freedom" and "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp" furnished the musical pabulum for the war times. It is a most readable volume.
53Last Sunday night Theodore Thomas made his farewell bow, for the time being, before a New York audience at the Madison Square Garden. His engagement there has not been a success in the popular sense, for nobody ever dreamed of Thomas competing with P. S. Gilmore for the plaudits of the unmusical public; nor can it be said to have been artistically successful, for the programs have lacked novelty, and, to say the least, were inadequately interpreted.
55It is to be hoped for Chicago's sake that the Thomas orchestra which is to make the Windy City its residence for the next three years will be vastly different, and consequently better, than the Thomas orchestra that has recently been playing in this city.
57represent the part with the fire and spirit of that province. Valero created in Milan the part of "Nadir" in Bizet's opera, "The Pearl Fishers."
59He was born at Eciza, near Seville, on December 6, 1857. Professor Salzar, of the Madrid Conservatory, heard him sing one day and induced him to go to Madrid, where he studied. He made his début in that capital in "Fra Diavolo" on March 30, 1878.
61PATTI'S VOICE.—The rumors about Patti's voice being unsound were dispelled at the brilliant opening of her private theatre at Craig-y-Nos. All who heard her sing say her voice is still good. Patti is now fifty-one (?) years old, and probably does not make as much effort as before.
63S. ARTHUR JOSEPH.—Mr. S. Arthur Joseph, at one time a well-known stock broker and an amateur singer of note, died at his home, No. 234 West Fifty-first street, late Thursday night. His death was entirely unexpected. Mr. Joseph was formerly a member of the Stock Exchange, but owing to reverses he sold his seat a few years ago. He afterward joined the Consolidated Exchange, but was forced by reverses to sell his seat there also. Mr. Joseph had a baritone voice, and for several years he sang at any number of concerts for charity. Mr. Joseph was forty-nine years old.
65HAUK.—Minnie Hauk, who is at present enjoying a holiday in Lucerne, recently gave a concert in aid of the American church at that place. The affair was a great success, both from a financial and an artistic point of view. The proceeds of the concert netted the handsome sum of $600.
67A MUSICAL DIPLOMAT.—Mr. Bertrand, the new director of the Paris Opera, has secured the right to produce for the first time in France Wagner's operas, "The Flying Dutchman" and "The Meistersinger."
69LOUIS LOMBARD RETURNS.—Louis Lombard, the director of the Utica Conservatory of Music, returned on the Bourgogne last week. Mr. Lombard has been spending the greater part of his time in Andalusia, and has seen the Alhambra and the Escorial, and also spent considerable time with Dancla, the violinist, in Paris.
71SCHUMANN.—A memorial tablet has been placed in the well-known "Schumann Corner" of the Restaurant "im Kaffeebaum," at Leipsic. It bears an inscription which runs as follows:
73To this corner came
74ROBERT SCHUMANN
75in the Circle of the Davidsbündler,
76every evening from 1838 till 1840.
78After his marriage he came also, but less regularly. When on a visit from Dresden he never failed to seek out a place so full for him of pleasant memories of the past.
80CARPENTER-STERN.—Miss Nettie Carpenter, the violinist, though recently married, intends to keep her maiden name on the stage. She married Leo Stern, the 'cello player.
82RUBINSTEIN'S REMINISCENCES.—The new volume of reminiscences by Rubinstein is nearly finished. It will be ready for publication in October, and it will probably be given in French and German under the title of "Apropos de Musique." This is the volume in which it is expected that the Wagner and Liszt party will be somewhat unmercifully dealt with.
84PRAEGER ILL.—The serious illness is announced of Dr. Ferdinand Praeger, who has been London correspondent of the "Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik" since Mendelssohn appointed him in 1842.
86A NILSSON STORY.—The Paris "Gil Blas" has a story of Christine Nilsson of the romantic and consequently usually exaggerated type so commonly told of prima donnas—the sort of story which forms the best possible advertisement. Among the presents received in Russia the lady obtained a ring with a centre sapphire stone and a brilliant diamond drop and a rose formed of precious stones and bearing the words, "La dernière rose." The present came from an unknown admirer, who had heard the famous singer warble the Irish melody, "The Last Rose of Summer," introduced by Flotow in his opera "Martha."
88CASINO.—Miss Lillian Russell will sing the part of the "Grand Duchess," at the Casino, for the last time tomorrow evening. On Friday she will rest, and on Saturday she will sail for Europe. "Indigo" will be presented on the 25th inst., and Miss Russell will be replaced at the three last performances of "The Grand Duchess" by Miss Villa Knox. The cast of "Indigo" will include Mrs. Pauline L'Allemant, Miss Louise Beaudet, Miss Eva Davenport, Mr. Edwin Stevens, Mr. Ferdinand Schuetz, Mr. Harry Macdonough, Mr. Max Figman, Mr. Edgar Smith and Mr. Jefferson De Angelis. Stage Manager Freeman has arranged a procession in one of the acts in which over one hundred people will take part, headed by the Vienna female orchestra. A trick mule will be added to the force of comedians in the opera, and will accompany Mr. De Angelis in a dance.
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