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Musical Courier 1892-03-09: Vol 24 Iss 629, 1892
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1The Musical Courier.
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7ESTABLISHED JANUARY, 1880.
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36NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1892.
38THE world will soon read with intense interest the autobiography of Richard Wagner. It is a well-known fact that one was left by the master, but that he forbade its publication until the time when his only son, Siegfried, should become of age. This event having lately happened, there is no cause now to delay the publication of the long deferred autobiography.
40A CABLEGRAM to THE MUSICAL COURIER received last Friday from Sondershausen announces the pleasing fact that "Carl Schroeder's new opera 'Aspasia' met with colossal success at its première," which took place the previous evening at the Sondershausen Court Opera House, of which Mr. Schroeder is first conductor, and at which city he also is director of the flourishing conservatory of music.
42THE news comes from Paris that at the Théâtre Lyrique an opera will shortly be produced which is the artistic result of a symposium of composers. The libretto is Heine's "Faust," arranged by Armand Silvestre, and of the five acts which constitute the opera, one each was composed by the following composers: Rousseau, Pierre, Marty, Hue and Vidal. One would very much like to see this score, which for variety of style and ideas is surely bound to be the most unique in existence.
44A DVICES from Paris announce that in addition to the celebration of the Grand Opéra in honor of Rossini Alboni gave a fête at her residence, Hôtel du Cours-la-Reine. Alboni, now sixty-four years old, in private life is Mrs. Ziegler. Her embonpoint obliges her to remain seated while singing. It will be remembered that when at the "Italiens," when she sang the "Pie voleuse," she was remarkably corpulent. She was heard in the grand duet in Rossini's mass. Mrs. Krauss sang, accompanied by Hasselmans. Faure was heard in the "Prayer of Moses," and Mrs. Conneau in two unpublished melodies by the master. Mrs. Kinnen also sang.
46Numerous anecdotes are being published about Rossini, one of which is to the effect that during a conversation someone spoke of a sonata by Haydn which was little known. Rossini recollected that he had heard it twenty years before and played it on the piano in a marvelous manner, the piece containing twenty pages. It is also related that while in Italy he was told it was customary for one who had received benefits from a sovereign to offer the latter a present. Rossini not having done so wished to repair his error and accordingly sent to the Italian king an old white horse. This act of courtesy was otherwise construed at the court, where it was interpreted as of doubtful taste. Rossini heard of this and hastened to return to France, which he never afterward quitted.
48STUDYING at Leipsic, 500 marks toward the continuation of his musical and pianistic studies.
50To the young composer Franz Kestner 500 marks, on account of the merit of his newly published first compositions.
52To the pianist Otto Urbach, of Eisenach, 500 marks, to enable him to continue his studies in theory at Berlin, and
54To Musikdirector Otto Reubke, of Halle on the Saale, 300 marks, in recognition of his services in the concert interpretations of Liszt's "Legend of St. Elizabeth."
56THE following is an official announcement issued by the Department of Liberal Arts, World's Columbian Exposition:
58The musical features of the ceremonies dedicating the buildings of the World's Columbian Exposition, on October 12, 1892, will be as follows:
60March, for orchestra…………………………………………..John K. Paine
61Chorus, "The heavens are telling," from "The Creation"……..Haydn
62March and chorus from the "Ruins of Athens"…………………Beethoven
63"Hallelujah Chorus" from "The Messiah"……………………Händel
64Dedication Ode—
65Words by…………………………………………………Miss Harriet Munroe
66Music by…………………………………………………George W. Chadwick
67The march and the music to the ode are to be written especially for the occasion.
68CHICAGO, March 1, 1892.
70ANTON RUBINSTEIN'S charity concert at Berlin netted the—even for him and certainly for German circumstances—remarkable sum of 16,850 marks ($4,200), which the great artist disposed of as follows:
72For the poor of Berlin………………………………………marks. 5,000
73" Emperor Frederick Hospital………………………………….1,500
74" Vacation colonies…………………………………………1,500
75" Children's Hospital………………………………………1,000
76" Society for Feeding Poor Children……………………………500
77" Warm Public Halls for Poor……………………………….500
78" People's Kindergarten…………………………………….500
79" Froebel Kindergarten………………………………………500
80" Home for the Destitute……………………………………500
81" Pension fund of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra………….1,000
82" Poor fund of the Berlin Music Teachers' Society……………..1,000
83" Berlin Russian colony…………………………………….2,000
84" Poor persons not named…………………………………..350
85" Berlin triple monument to Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven…..1,000
87Total………………………………………………………..marks. 16,850
89This is a most noble and beautiful way of disposing of the receipts.
91THE good a man does during life frequently lives and continues to bear fruit after his death. In few instances in which musicians are concerned does this truism hold truer than in the case of Franz Liszt, from whose stipends the following donations have just been made by the curatorium of the Liszt Stiftung: To Dr. Robert Franz, in Halle on the Saale, "in remembrance of his friendship for Liszt, as well as in just appreciation of his immortal compositions," an annual stipend of 500 marks for life.
93To Musikdirector Alexander Ritter, of Munich, in appreciation of his recent dramatic compositions, an honorary donation of 500 marks.
95To Anton Forster, of Laibach in Krain, at present studying at Leipsic, 500 marks toward the continuation of his musical and pianistic studies.
97To the young composer Franz Kestner 500 marks, on account of the merit of his newly published first compositions.
99To the pianist Otto Urbach, of Eisenach, 500 marks, to enable him to continue his studies in theory at Berlin, and
101To Musikdirector Otto Reubke, of Halle on the Saale, 300 marks, in recognition of his services in the concert interpretations of Liszt's "Legend of St. Elizabeth."
103NOVELLO, EWER & CO., of this city, American representatives of Chappell & Co., of London, England, who are agents for the sale of tickets for the representations of Wagner's music dramas at Bayreuth, are ready to receive applications for tickets. The allotment of seats will take place according to priority of application, about the end of March.
105Here is the revised list of the Bayreuth Festival plays for 1892:
107"Parsifal"…………………………………………………Thursday, July 21
108"Tristan und Isolde"………………………………………Friday, " 22
109"Tanahläuser"……………………………………………..Sunday, " 24
110"Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"………………………….Monday, " 25
111"Parsifal"…………………………………………………Thursday, " 28
112"Tristan und Isolde"………………………………………Friday, " 29
113"Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"………………………….Sunday, " 31
114"Parsifal"…………………………………………………Monday, August 1
115"Tristan und Isolde"………………………………………Thursday, " 4
116"Tanahläuser"……………………………………………..Friday, " 5
117"Parsifal"…………………………………………………Sunday, " 7
118"Parsifal"…………………………………………………Monday, " 8
119"Tristan und Isolde"………………………………………Thursday, "11
120"Tanahläuser"……………………………………………..Friday, "12
121"Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"………………………….Sunday, "14
122"Parsifal"…………………………………………………Monday, "15
123"Tanahläuser"……………………………………………..Wednesday "17
124"Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"………………………….Thursday, "18
125"Tristan und Isolde"………………………………………Saturday, "20
126"Parsifal"…………………………………………………Sunday, "21
128The performances commence at 4 P. M. and terminate about 10 P. M., there being intervals of about an hour between each act.
130THE following item from the Pittsburgh "Dispatch" appeared in last week's issue of THE MUSICAL COURIER:
132The freshest bit of news brought by Mr. Wilson is that the dedicatory ode will be composed for the occasion by Mr. George W. Chadwick, of Boston, and not by Mr. E. A. MacDowell, as has heretofore been widely stated. The composition of the ode, the words of which have been written by Miss Harriet Munroe, of Chicago, is the most important special commission that has yet been given to any American composer, and it is particularly pleasant to record its acceptance by Mr. Chadwick, than whom no one more competent could have been chosen.
134This would lead one to infer that Mr. MacDowell had not been offered the "Dedicatory Ode," whereas he was offered it first and accepted the commission, but for purely personal reasons preferred dropping the matter altogether. Then Mr. Chadwick was offered and accepted it.
136Possibly Miss Munroe's metrical feet are as large as the kind usually grown in Chicago, but after all this is mere idle conjecture.
138THE FOLLOWING IS A COMPLETE LIST OF THE FIRST PERFORMANCES OF NEW OPERAS WHICH TOOK PLACE IN GERMANY AND AUSTRIA DURING THE YEAR 1891:
140<table>
141 <tr>
142 <th>Title of the Opera.</th>
143 <th>Composer's Name.</th>
144 <th>Place of Première.</th>
145 <th>Date.</th>
146 </tr>
147 <tr>
148 <td>"Iolanthe"</td>
149 <td>W. Muhldorfer</td>
150 <td>Breslau</td>
151 <td>January 1.</td>
152 </tr>
153 <tr>
154 <td>"St. Catherine's Day at Palermo"</td>
155 <td>W. Freudenberg</td>
156 <td>Regensburg</td>
157 <td>January 18.</td>
158 </tr>
159 <tr>
160 <td>"Hertha"</td>
161 <td>Franz Curti</td>
162 <td>Augsburg</td>
163 <td>February 1.</td>
164 </tr>
165 <tr>
166 <td>"Hiarne"</td>
167 <td>Bronsart</td>
168 <td>Berlin</td>
169 <td>February 14.</td>
170 </tr>
171 <tr>
172 <td>"Murillo"</td>
173 <td>F. Langer</td>
174 <td>Munich</td>
175 <td>February 26.</td>
176 </tr>
177 <tr>
178 <td>"Ahasuerus"</td>
179 <td>R. Wurm</td>
180 <td>Linz</td>
181 <td>February 27.</td>
182 </tr>
183 <tr>
184 <td>"The Knights of Marienburg"</td>
185 <td>P. Geissler</td>
186 <td>Hamburg</td>
187 <td>March 2.</td>
188 </tr>
189 <tr>
190 <td>"The Rose of Strassburg"</td>
191 <td>V. Nessler</td>
192 <td>Strassburg</td>
193 <td>March 8.</td>
194 </tr>
195 <tr>
196 <td>"The Piper of Dusenbach"</td>
197 <td>B. Kleinmichel</td>
198 <td>Hamburg</td>
199 <td>March 21.</td>
200 </tr>
201 <tr>
202 <td>"Krimhild"</td>
203 <td>Grimm</td>
204 <td>Augsburg</td>
205 <td>April 10.</td>
206 </tr>
207 <tr>
208 <td>"Lorelei"</td>
209 <td>Hans Sommer</td>
210 <td>Brunswick</td>
211 <td>April 12.</td>
212 </tr>
213 <tr>
214 <td>"Afraja"</td>
215 <td>Otto Dorn</td>
216 <td>Gotha</td>
217 <td>April 19.</td>
218 </tr>
219 <tr>
220 <td>"Lorle"</td>
221 <td>A. Foerster</td>
222 <td>Dresden</td>
223 <td>June 18.</td>
224 </tr>
225 <tr>
226 <td>"Vineta"</td>
227 <td>Reinhold L. Herrmann</td>
228 <td>Cassel</td>
229 <td>June 7.</td>
230 </tr>
231 <tr>
232 <td>"Vendeta"</td>
233 <td>Von Tilitz</td>
234 <td>Lübeck</td>
235 <td>October 21.</td>
236 </tr>
237 <tr>
238 <td>"Lancelot"</td>
239 <td>Reinhold L. Herrmann</td>
240 <td>Brunswick</td>
241 <td>October 25.</td>
242 </tr>
243 <tr>
244 <td>"Rodenstein"</td>
245 <td>Emil Kaiser</td>
246 <td>Brünn</td>
247 <td>November 19.</td>
248 </tr>
249 <tr>
250 <td>"Edelweiss"</td>
251 <td>Konizak</td>
252 <td>Salzburg</td>
253 <td>November 28.</td>
254 </tr>
255 <tr>
256 <td>"King Imré"</td>
257 <td>H. Ralman</td>
258 <td>Totis</td>
259 <td>December 1.</td>
260 </tr>
261 <tr>
262 <td>"Codrillo"</td>
263 <td>R. Wurm</td>
264 <td>Dantsic</td>
265 <td>January 23.</td>
266 </tr>
267 <tr>
268 <td>"Secret Marriage"</td>
269 <td>Peter Gast</td>
270 <td>Vienna</td>
271 <td>February 19.</td>
272 </tr>
273 <tr>
274 <td>"The Fugitives"</td>
275 <td>R. Mader</td>
276 <td>Prague</td>
277 <td>February 22.</td>
278 </tr>
279 <tr>
280 <td>"The Four Years' Sentinel"</td>
281 <td>O. Woebier</td>
282 <td>Breslau</td>
283 <td>March 30.</td>
284 </tr>
285 <tr>
286 <td>"Women's War"</td>
287 <td>Woyrsch</td>
288 <td>Dresden</td>
289 <td>May 10.</td>
290 </tr>
291 <tr>
292 <td>"The Pious Shepherds"</td>
293 <td>Otto Tiebach</td>
294 <td>Elberfeld</td>
295 <td>October 7.</td>
296 </tr>
297 <tr>
298 <td>"The Night Watchman"</td>
299 <td>Ernst Korten</td>
300 <td>Weiher</td>
301 <td>December 2.</td>
302 </tr>
303 <tr>
304 <td>"To Whom the Crown"</td>
305 <td>Alex. Ritter</td>
306 <td>Swierin</td>
307 <td>November 20.</td>
308 </tr>
309 <tr>
310 <td>"The Governor of Tours"</td>
311 <td>C. Reinecke</td>
312 <td>Cassel</td>
313 <td>November 22.</td>
314 </tr>
315 <tr>
316 <td>"St. Anna's Source"</td>
317 <td>R. Ibenher</td>
318 <td>Hamburg</td>
319 <td>December 2.</td>
320 </tr>
321 <tr>
322 <td>"The King's Sword"</td>
323 <td>Th. Hentschel</td>
324 <td>Hamburg</td>
325 <td>December 2.</td>
326 </tr>
327</table>
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