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Musical Courier 1892-03-09: Vol 24 Iss 629, 1892
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1struction of an armory on the site of the Hanover Market. Colonel Howard, of the Fourth Battalion; Mr. Otto Sutro and Mr. John R. Tait were before the committee to advocate the construction of the building. Colonel Howard, in his arguments in beha'f of the erection of the armory for the Fourth Battalion, spoke of the advantages of militia organizations to the State in times of trouble and as aids to the police. Mr. Sutro, president of the Oratorio Society, referred to the pressing need for a large public hall, and Mr. Tait was present in the interest of the Charcoal Club, and spoke of the desirability of having a place for public exhibition of works of art.
3A Worthy Charity.—A concert for the benefit of the starving people of Russia will take place in the Music Hall next Saturday evening. Eames and Scalchi, Messrs. De Reszke, Lassalle, Brodsky and Godowsky have volunteered their services and the Symphony Society under Mr. Walter Damrosch will take part. The announcement contains the following statement:
5The Hon. Charles Emory Smith, United States Minister to Russia, reports widespread famine and great suffering. He estimates that every $5 contributed will save the life of a human being by furnishing sufficient food to last until the next crop. Reserved seats at $5 each have been issued, with a coupon for presentation showing that the purchaser has contributed a sufficient sum to save one life.
7Seidl at the Madison Square Garden.—The first of the five Thursday afternoon concerts at the concert hall of the Madison Square Garden took place last Thursday, Mr. Anton Seidl and orchestra and Mr. De Pachmann participating. The orchestra played Schubert's unfinished symphony, a new ballade by Pirani and the "Siegfried Idyl." The Pirani number, a novelty, contained nothing of interest beyond fluent writing and good orchestration. Mr. De Pachmann was sick and played very badly the A flat polonaise of Chopin, but did better with his Chopin and Henselt numbers.
9Rummel's Success in Worcester.—Franz Rummel achieved a genuine triumph in Worcester, March 3, playing among other things Schytte's "Forest Elves," Brassin's nocturne, MacDowell's "Henentanz" and some Liszt numbers. His audience was large and enthusiastic.
11Seidl Concert.—At the second Seidl concert in the Madison Square Garden Concert Hall to-morrow afternoon the orchestra will be heard in the andante from Beethoven's 4th symphony, the prelude to "Lohengrin," prelude to Act III. of "Tannhäuser," Czibulka's "Dream after the Ball," scene and waltz from the ballet "Gretna Green," by Guiraud, and Liszt's second Hungarian rhapsody. Miss Margaret Reid will be the vocalist of the concert, and will sing the waltz from "Mireille," the romance from "Manon," and an air from "La Reine de Topaz."
13Philadelphia.—The last report of the Philadelphia Musical Association shows that the assets of the organization are now $21,716.26, an increase of $1,025.85 since last year. The membership is 710, an increase of fifty-eight. Eight members have died during the year. Funeral benefits have been paid to the amount of $1,300, making a total to January 1, 1892, of $22,714.76.—Philadelphia "Music and Drama."
15A Little Opera Company Trouble.—Giulia Ravogli, who was to have sung the title part in "Carmen," at the Metropolitan Opera House last Friday night, did not appear, the announcement being made that she was unable to sing. There was a report, however, that there was another reason for her absence. It was said that she had had a serious disagreement with some other members of the company, and that through their influence it had been decided that she was not to go with the company to Boston. She therefore declared that if she could not sing in Boston she would not sing here, and withdrew from the cast accordingly. Mr. Abbey and Mr. Grau, when questioned about the matter, said that there had been no trouble at all.
17A Centennial Observed.—Monday, February 29, was the 100th anniversary of the birth of the late Philip Ernst, flutist, who for many years prior to his death, in 1868, was a resident of Morrisania. The centennial was observed by a family reunion at the home of his daughter, Miss Theodora Ernst, 924 East 175th street.
19A Columbian Chorus.—Mr. S. G. Pratt, the musician and composer, is about to organize a chorus to take part in the Columbus celebration to be held in this city next autumn and also in the Chicago Columbian Exposition of next year. American music sung by American singers is to be the motto of the association. Singers who may wish to join should apply to Mr. Pratt, care of the Manuscript Society, No. 1, East Nineteenth street.
21The Henschel Recitals.—Mr. and Mrs. Georg Henschel will give two song recitals in Chickering Hall, March 19 and 26.
23James V. Gottschalk.—Mr. James V. Gottschalk, well known as a manager of local concerts and as connected with the Pachmann and other musical enterprises throughout the country, has accepted the position of business manager of the concert hall of Madison Square Garden.
25Charlotte, N. C.—The Charlotte, N. C., School of Music, Joseph MacLean principal, gave an interesting pupils' concert March 3.
27Dean's Lectures.—Mr. Frederic Dean will give a series of morning lectures at the Scharwenka Conservatory upon the most famous settings of the "Stabat Mater." The first lecture on Thursday, at 11, will be devoted to the "Stabat Mater" of Pergolesi. Musical illustrations will be given by Miss Hallenbeck, Mrs. Dean and pupils of the Scharwenka Conservatory. At other lectures the Courtney Quartet, Campanini, Scharwenka and Miss De Vere will take part. Next week the "Stabat Mater" of Astorga will be the subject of the lecture.
29Mr. Wm. Henninges.—William Henninges, of the well-known musical family of Cleveland, has been doing good work in Tuscaloosa, Ala., where he teaches and conducts the Choral Society. Mr. Henninges, who is a Lieder singer of ability, will visit Bayreuth this summer to attend several of the festival performances.
31The Beethoven String Quartet.—The third concert of the Beethoven String Quartet will be given in the Music Hall to-morrow evening, with Mr. Carl Faeltten, the Boston pianist, as soloist. A new quartet by Tschaikowsky and Brahms' quintet in F minor for piano and strings are on the program.
33Paderewski Recitals.—Mr. Paderewski will leave this country at the end of this month, after the most successful concert tour known in the history of music. An interesting series of musical recitals has been arranged for his benefit by some of his friends and admirers. Mr. Paderewski will give two evening concerts of classic and modern music, and two matinees, devoted to the works of Beethoven and Schumann, during the second week in March, in Sherry's rooms. The subscription books are open at Sherry's, Thirty-seventh street and Fifth avenue, and at Schirmer's music store, No. 35 Union square, where reserved seats may be engaged for the series or for single performances.
35Louis Ritter.—Mr. Louis Ritter, the well-known Boston artist, died at the Boston City Hospital last week, after a severe illness of about a month. Mr. Ritter had been art professor at Wellesley, and had studied for several seasons with Stevens, exhibiting at the Salons and last summer at the Champ de Mars. His father was Frederick Louis Ritter, instructor of music in Vassar College. His mother was Fanny Raymond Ritter. He was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, and went to Boston about ten years ago. He was about thirty years of age. His loss in social and artistic circles is great. A sister living in Cincinnati is the last of his family.
37Miss Leila Risley.—Miss Leila Risley, the American songstress, who several years ago at her first appearance here in a concert was very successful, died recently in Vienna after much suffering. At the age of sixteen years she left her home in Galveston, Tex., and went to Vienna to perfect her musical education. She studied under the best teachers, and was soon justly celebrated for the purity of her tone, great compass and strength as well as sympathetic quality of her voice. The then manager of the Buda-Pesth Opera House secured the young artist for the National Hungarian Opera. Her last great success was at the Grand Opera House in Paris, in 1891. She was to have sung at Covent Garden during the London season of 1891, but was prevented by the illness from which she never recovered. She returned to Vienna last summer for medical treatment. Everything that kind friends and medical skill could do was done, but in vain.
39The Harmony Club.—The Harmony Club has been formed, with the object of bringing together lovers of music for the purpose of giving the highest forms of chorals, cantatas, anthems, &c., in an artistic and finished manner. The club will be limited to twenty-five trained male and female voices, under the direction of Julian Pascal and Lawrence Sterner, and will meet one evening of each week. Ladies or gentlemen desiring to become members may apply to Mr. Pascal, No. 253 West Forty-second street.
41Anna Burch.—Anna Burch, the prima donna soprano, has been engaged to support Mr. Edward Lloyd at his New York concerts to be given at the Madison Square Concert Hall in March and April.
43Dora Becker.—Miss Dora Becker, the young American violinist and pupil of Joachim, has been engaged for six matinees in conjunction with Edward Lloyd during the months of April and May.
45Rosenbecker's Concerts in Chicago.—Adolph Rosenbecker, the leader of the Turner Hall (Chicago) Sunday afternoon orchestral concerts, was given a testimonial entertainment last Sunday afternoon, at which he played a fantaisie from "Carmen," by Hubay, and received a rousing encore. The orchestra gave for an opening number Rosenbecker's new "Columbia Festival March," and Mr. William H. Sherwood played the Grieg concerto, op. 16, and, for an encore, a march by Raff, brilliantly. Mr. Rosenbecker has been the leader of this orchestra for a period of fourteen years, and from a small beginning the orchestra now numbers forty-five of Chicago's best musicians. Mr. Rosenbecker is the head of the violin department of the Chicago Conservatory, Samuel Kayser director, of which institution Mr. William H. Sherwood is the head of the piano department.
47Adolph Brodsky Ill.—Adolph Brodsky, concertmaster of the New York Symphony Orchestra, is quite ill with an abscess in his throat, which accounts for his absence from his post lately.
49The Nikisch Recital.
51THE much postponed song recital of Mrs. Arthur Nikisch, of Boston, finally took place on Monday afternoon of this week, the lady having recovered completely from her recent severe indisposition. It is gratifying to be able to state that the recital was in every manner a most pronounced success and that Mrs. Nikisch was as warmly received in New York as her sincerest admirers could have wished for. She sang with all that grace and refinement which one might be led to expect from so lovely and cultured a woman, but above all with such a delicious musical flavor in each and every song of her varied program that it could not but give genuine artistic pleasure to even the most blase' of musical ears. The following was the interesting program presented:
53Die Quelle …………………………………………..Goldmark
54Der Nussbaum ………………………………………Schumann
55Volkslied …………………………………………….August Burgert
56Ein Bettlerpaerchen …………………………………Richard Heuberger
57Staendchen …………………………………………..Robert Franz
58Provençalische Lied …………………………………Schumann
59Fantaisie Caprice, for violin ………………………..Vieuxtemps
60Geheimnis …………………………………………..Schumann
61Therese ……………………………………………..Brahms
62Staendchen …………………………………………..Brahms
63Wieneglied …………………………………………..Brahms
64Des Liebsten Schwur ……………………………….Richard Strauss
65Vergebliches Staendchen …………………………..Jensen
66Soli for violin—
67Adagio from the Concerto No. 9 …………………Spohr
68Hungarian Rhapsody ……………………………….Miska Hauser
69Indian Love Song …………………………………..R. de Koven
70Beim Tanze …………………………………………..Tschaikowsky
71Serenade …………………………………………….Richard Strauss
72Am Manzanares …………………………………….Jensen
73Fruehlingsnacht …………………………………….Schumann
75If there be a possibility of pointing out anything especially superior in a performance in which everything was so delightful and artistic, one would like to particularize the Burgert "Volkslied;" from the Brahms group the "Wieneglied," which was sung with infinite tenderness, and the "Vergebliches Staendchen," which was given with so much grace and archfulness that the audience insisted on a da capo singing of it, and in the third group that most intense and characteristic love song in B minor, "Beim Tanze," by Tschaikowsky, which was interpreted with deep feeling and lovely expression, and lastly Jensen's beautiful song, "Am Manzanares."
77Not the least attractions of the concert were Mr. Nikisch's accompaniments at the piano, which for refinement, taste, discretion and genuine musicianship justified his well-known reputation of being as great a pianist as he is a violinist and as great a conductor as he is a musician.
79Master Alexander Fiedemann, the adopted son of Concertmaster Brodsky, played his violin solo in a manner surprising for one of his years. He showed the excellent results of the parental teaching in the way his talent for the violin has been cultivated as to tone, purity of intonation, bowing and phrasing. He will become a great violinist in due time, provided he is not spoiled, as such pretty wonder children are apt to be, by too many and too early public appearances and resultant overpraise.
81How American Authors Are Swindled.
83SIXTEEN years ago another author, now well known, brought to a prominent American firm for publication his first book, also an edition de luxe, selling at $10 per volume. They made the usual proposition, to per cent. royalty fee after the first thousand copies were sold, which he accepted. At the suggestion of the American house he arranged with an English publisher to bring out the book simultaneously, the two publishers sharing the cost of the plates. The English publisher with each semi-annual statement sent drafts for £10, £15, and once as high as £50 for royalty fees. The American publisher, although he has been selling the book for 16 years, and although the author hears from it as having been sold in all parts of the country, and it is apparently a standard work, has never yet reported a thousand copies sold, and the author has received nothing. Many other instances of this kind might be given, but cui bono? The proviso is unjust and inequitable, a temptation to the publisher not to report the true number of copies sold, and should never be accepted by an author who expects pecuniary return for his labor.—Charles Burr Todd, in the March "Forum."
85Miss Claire's Successor.—The "Telegram" of Monday contained the following:
87It became known here to-day that Miss Lillian Russell, the star of "La Cigale," had discharged Miss Attilie Claire, her leading lady, after a grand row at Boston yesterday. Miss Grace Golden, sister of the writer of the "Herald" prize play, and a Casino favorite, will take Miss Claire's place to-night. It is understood that Manager French approves Miss Russell's actions.
89This is as it should be; for such an artist as Miss Russell to be annoyed by any effort at competition on the part of a mediocre singer and actress like Miss Claire is too ridiculous. As it is, Miss Claire has got enough notoriety out of the affair already.
91Sir Augustus Harris.—Sir Augustus Harris has signed contracts for the production of Mascagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana" and "L'Amico Fritz" during the coming season in London.
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