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Musical Courier 1894-02-14: Vol 28 Iss 727, 1894
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1her long and enforced leave of absence, and is to make her rentrée at the Royal Opera House as "Nancy" in "Martha" by the end of the week.
3Camilla Urso is a great frequenter of concerts, but she has not yet appeared in one of her own.
5In the early part of the winter her injured arm had a relapse, which prevented her using it; now the arm is well, but the season is drawing to a close. She has however been heard at a grand reception given in her honor by a leader in musical circles here, and all who were fortunate enough to be present on this occasion unite in saying that Berlin will lose much in not having heard this distinguished artist.
7Joseph Joachim has shown her much attention, publicly as well as socially. Recently after a dinner at his house Camilla Urso gratified the master by playing his concerto, which performance he said surpassed even the high expectations he had formed from her great reputation.
9Camilla Urso is, or rather was, the owner of a magnificent Tourte bow, which she prized very highly, and which had belonged to Baillet; this bow Herr Joachim greatly admired, and volunteered the remark that he used a mended bow, it having come to grief after fifty years of service. Since his own bow was broken he has never found another to suit him until this one, and he suggested an exchange, which Mrs. Urso has finally consented to make.
11Frédéric Lüère, Camilla Urso's husband, has been in town for a few days, but left yesterday for Paris, with the intention of returning to Berlin at an early date.
13A symphonic poem for orchestra by Elliott Schenck, a New York boy, was recently produced under his own direction at a Gewerbehaus concert in Dresden, and met with flattering reception by both the public and the press of the Saxonian capital.
15Miss Amelia Heineberg, of Nashville, Tenn., a pupil of Professor Barth and who, as I reported a little while ago, gave a concert at Berlin, was invited on the 22d inst., together with her master, to a large soirée at the palace of the Empress Frederic. The young lady had the honor of playing her concert program before Her Imperial Highness and her court. Her Majesty expressed her satisfaction and pleasure in having heard the talented little artist in the most gracious manner.
17Mrs. Dory Burmeister-Petersen, of Baltimore, was the pianist at last Friday's chamber music soirée given at Paris by the Marsick quartet. The lady will also give a concert of her own with an orchestra conducted by Lamoureux at the Salle Erard on February 3 and a piano recital at the same place Saturday, February 10.
19Edward Grieg has finished some new works, which he will bring out for the first time in a concert to be given by him at the Gewandhaus, Leipsic, on February 1.
21Anderson, the flutist, will conduct some orchestral concerts in Copenhagen next month. The Philharmonic Society of that city will also be conducted in a concert by Siegfried Wagner, to whom the post of conductor is said to have been offered. Tschaikowsky was to have conducted one of the concerts, which now will be taken by Anton Rubinstein. Dr. Muck has also been asked to direct and he may do so. Svendsen, who is one of the best living conductors, has given up the post of conductor of the Philharmonic and now directs the Royal Opera.
23The reverendus ad non reverendum Hugo Goerlitz was here last week on important business. First of all he concluded a contract with the Duse for England, and if she draws half as well there as she is doing in Germany at the present time Hugo will coin some lucre. Then he was here as an emissary of the most wide awake of all managers, Daniel Mayer, of London, who will shortly open here a concert agency, similar to the very important and profitable one which he is now conducting in England.
25Goerlitz tells me that Paderewski just left England for Italy, where he will take a rest from piano playing for a few months. His next public appearance will be at the Aix-la-Chapelle Netherrhenisch Music Festival in May.
27O. F.
29BY CABLE.
31Hans von Bulow Dead.
33CAIRO, February 13.—Hans von Bülow, the distinguished German pianist, died to-day.
35FOREIGN NOTES.
37Eibenschutz.—Brahms' new piano pieces were produced at the popular concerts, London, January 22, when Miss Eibenschütz who had studied them under him in person played them for the first time.
39London Critics.—Mr. Henry Hersee, for thirteen years musical critic on the "Globe," has retired and is succeeded by Mr. Barclay Squire, of the "Westminster Gazette."
41Handel Festival.—The Crystal Palace directors have managed to secure a capital cast for the Händel Festival, which will take place June 22 to 29 next. Mrs. Albani, Miss Anna Williams, Mrs. Clara Samuell, Mrs. Marian McKenzie, Messrs. Lloyd and Santley are of course retained, and an engagement has also been made with Miss Clara Butt, the promising young student of the Royal College of Music and who will now, like Mr. Ben Davies, appear for the first time at a Händel festival. Mrs. Melba, the opera singer, it is understood, has been engaged mainly for the "Selection" program, and the cast otherwise includes Miss Emma Juch, Mr. Andrew Black and Mr. Norman Salmond.
43Sims Reeves.—Once more Mr. Sims Reeves is about to commence a tour of the provinces, which, this time, will not be a "farewell." Shortly after Easter the aged tenor proposes to sing at a limited number of provincial towns under the management of Mr. Daniel Mayer.
45Julius Handrock.—The circumstances connected with the death of Julius Handrock, the well-known German composer of drawing room and other piano pieces, were extremely sad. He was, it seems, celebrating his silver wedding, and had lifted up his glass for a toast, when he fell back and expired, doubtless of heart disease produced by excitement. He was born in 1830, so that he was by no means an old man.
47Centenaries.—February 2 was the 300th anniversary of the death of Palestrina, and June 14th will be the 300th anniversary of the death of Orlando di Lassus. On November 6th the 400th anniversary of the birth of Hans Sachs will be celebrated with great pomp at Nuremberg.
49Rubinstein.—An invitation was sent by the London Philharmonic Society to Rubinstein, asking him to come to London this summer and conduct one of his works. It was doubtless hoped that if he had made up his mind to return there the greatest of living pianists would not have left without giving one or more recitals. But Rubinstein has an unconquerable repugnance to the sea, and he is not likely to visit England this year.
51"Die Soldatenbraut."—A romantic comic operetta, "Die Soldatenbraut," by Carl Scheumann, who wrote both text and music, was produced lately at the Carl Theatre, Vienna. On this occasion the music was better than the libretto.
53Dusseldorf.—An historical evening of comic opera was given at Dusseldorf, January 12, when fragments of "Doctor und Apotheker," by Dittersdorf; "Schauspiel-director," by Mozart; "Opernprobe," by Lortzing, and Wagner's "Meistersinger," were given for the benefit of Capellmeister Göllrich.
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