Scan 10
Musical Courier 1895-07-17: Vol 31 Iss 802, 1895
147 lines. Read by computer on 20 September 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. Printed page 11. See the scan on archive.org.
1Greek tragedy reflected the religious and philosophical ideas of ancient times, so he would present in realized and tangible shape the aspirations of to-day. Wagner allowed this idea to take such complete and absolute possession of him, that in his last drama—Parsifal—his characters are little more than animated abstract ideas. The universal is always liable to become impersonal, and universal truth must be somewhat in the nature of an abstraction. To give these truths bodily form, and at the same time invest them with a human and sympathetic personality, is a difficult matter. Wagner's mind was so profoundly philosophical that he could clearly draw the line between philosophy and drama, and consequently his later dramas became a sort of school of philosophy. He became intensely absorbed in the philosophical system of Schopenhauer, and was seized with the idea of giving visible utterance to this upon the stage. But there is little time during a play for an audience to give much attention to the philosophical interpretation of a drama. The symbolical significance of the characters will not be observed so quickly as their emotional and romantic actions. The success of a drama will depend more on the predominance of these latter elements. Not but that the Greek dramas are profoundly philosophical; they have been the wonder of the ages in this respect. But the Greek poets were philosophical in a half unconscious and unintentional sort of way. They did not set to work with a deliberate intention of formulating a complete philosophical system in drama form, as did Wagner. The success of their works was primarily from very different causes. It remained for later thinkers to study out their metaphysical teachings. The danger in attempting to incorporate a philosophical system in drama form is that the drama will become a mere abstraction, devoid of all personal interest and human sympathy. For this reason the later dramas of Wagner have become the cause of an endless amount of discussion, both in deciphering their metaphysics and in the determination of their proper rank as works of art.
3Mme. Carvalho Dead.
5PARIS, July 10.
7MME. MARIE CARVALHO-MIOLAN, the celebrated soprano, died to-day in Dieppe. Marie Caroline Felix-Miolan was born in Marseilles in 1827, and in 1847 took the first prize for singing in the Conservatory of Music. She made her début in the Opéra Comique in 1849, and in 1858 married Leon Carvaille, otherwise Carvalho, who was then a singer in that theatre. She subsequently was of great assistance to her husband in the financial difficulties into which he fell as the manager of the Theatre Lyrique.
9In 1860 she was engaged for the season in the Italian Opera House, London, and in November, 1868, she was engaged for the Paris Opéra House at a salary, it is said, of 60,000 frs. ($12,000) a year, with four months' vacation. There she made her début in the rôle of Marguerite in The Huguenots, which rôle was her creation, and played in Faust, Hamlet and other operas. She subsequently was very successful in concerts in Nice and Marseilles, and returned to the Paris Opera House in 1875, where she resumed with brilliant success her various rôles, notably that of Isabelle in Robert le Diable.
11Leon Carvalho, her husband, has been a manager for forty years. To him Gounod owed his introduction to fame, for Carvalho was the first to produce that great composer's Faust, Mireille and Romeo. He was director of the Opéra Comique when in 1887 fire caused a great loss of life there.
13Januschowsky in Bayreuth.—Before her departure from Europe Mme. Januschowsky made arrangements with Mme. Wagner to sing in Bayreuth next summer. She will sing the leading dramatic parts only. During the winter she will sing in some of the largest European opera houses.
15ROBERT COCKS & CO.,
16Music Publishers to H. M. the Queen and H. R. H. the Prince of Wales,
17LONDON. (ESTABLISHED 1823.)
18AGENTS FOR THE UNITED STATES
19EDWARD SCHUBERTH & CO., New York.
20NEW PUBLICATIONS
21By the Leading Composers and Authors of the Day.
22Full detailed Nov. by List on application; also Catalogues comprising over 30,000 Standard and Popular Publications for Voice, Piano, Organ, Violin, Viola, Violoncello, Flute, Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin, Orchestra, etc.; also Elementary and Theoretical Works.
23Please state which Catalogues are required.
24SOLE PUBLISHERS OF "SCHUMANN" AND "DELO MA-CHERONI,
25LAWRENCE KELLIE AND EMILIO PIZZI.
26SOLE IMPORTERS OF "WINKELMANN" PIANOS, FROM 57 GUINEAS;
27AND "NEWMAN BROS." ORGANS, FROM 24 GUINEAS.
28PIANOS OF OWN MAKE (Iron-Framed, Triehord), from 28 GUINEAS.
29FULL DESCRIPTIVE LISTS ON APPLICATION.
30THE PUBLICATION OF AUTHORS' OWN WORKS UNDERTAKEN UPON MOST FAVORABLE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
31Estimates prepared Free of Charge. Full particulars on application.
32OVER 2,000 AUTHORS' WORKS ALREADY PUBLISHED.
33DEALERS IN EVERYTHING CONNECTED WITH MUSIC.
346. NEW BURLINGTON STREET, LONDON. W.
36Kaiser in a New Role.
37BERLIN, June 27, 1895.
39THE Emperor imitates Frederick the Great, as the most remarkable of his ancestors. Before going to Kiel His Majesty had already organized at Sans Souci a great flute concert in the same lines exactly that had been laid down by the victor of Rossbach.
41On this occasion the Kaiser appeared dressed as an aide-de-camp of Frederick the Great, wearing, of course, the historic wig, as did the majority of the invited guests, among whom were the prominent painters and military officers of Berlin.
43When Professor Menzel, the well-known battle scene painter, entered he was greatly surprised at what he saw, for in the invitation addressed to him the style of dress was carefully concealed from him. The Emperor at once addressed himself to the newcomer with a profound obeisance and began to read some verses of his own composition with great verve.
45Everyone was delighted with this new departure, which I hear is to be a monthly feature at the court. His Majesty has devoted himself to learning the flute, with a view to figuring as a soloist thereupon. The court is in a fever of excitement over the innovation.
47Here is the poem in question:
49"Der Maler Menzel angekommen",
50Hat heut' die Thorwacht rapportirt,
51Wir haben den Bericht vernommen
52Und sind auf's Höchste enchantirt,
53Denn wohl gesiemt's uns, den zu ehren.
54Der, wie es männlichig bekannt,
55Von Preussens König, Preussens Herren
56Uns Bilder gab mit Meisterhand.
57So geistverwandt, so zeitverständig,
58Von höchster Künstlerkraft geweiht,
59Dass er urkraftig und lebendig
60Noch strahlen werden feruster Zeit.
61In Tagen noch, wo flach das Leben
62Sich hinschlept, aller Kühnheit bar,
63Wird Menzel's Griffel uns erheben,
64Denn Heidengrösse stellt er dar.
65Und wie für seinen sichern Blicke
66Lebendig die Vergangenheit
67Neu auferstand, schau er zurücke
68Heut auf entschwund'n'e Herrlichkeit!—
69Im Reifrock, Puderhaar und Spitzen
70Erblickt er manche Schöne hier,
71Und wie die Feuer—Augen blitzten
72Manch wohlbezopften Offizier.
73Betracht' er's nur, er soll gestehen,
74Wie es so flimmet, prangt und strahlt,
75Es ist ein Bild wohl anzusehen.
76Den schönsten gleich die er gemacht;
77Ja, schau zurück, gewaltiger Meister.
78Zu dieser Zeiten Zauberglanz,
79Zu dieser Zeit der Heldengleiter.
80Die dir gebracht den ersten Kranz!
81Du hast sie liebenvoll umfangen
82Im ersten Drange Deiner Kraft,
83Wie hohe Werke Dir gelangen.
84Hier wurzelt Deine Meisterschaft,
85Du Greis, in vollster Mannesstärke
86Erhalt Dich Gott uns manches Jahr, one of two readings
87Erhält Dich Gott uns manches Jahr, one of two readings
88Und gib uns neue Jugendwerke,
89Umrauscht von Preussens Königsaar!
90* * * * *
91So thut Euch Euer König schätzen
92Mein Meister Menzel, lieb und werth
93—Ich habe nichts hinzuzusetzen—
94Nun schaut selbst, wie er Euch ehrt.
96—European Herald.
98Georgine von Januschowsky.
100THIS well-known dramatic soprano of the Imperial Opera House from Vienna arrived last week, per steamer St. Louis, to arrange some private business in this country and is expected to return to Europe beginning of the fall to fill a number of engagements in Berlin, Hamburg and St. Petersburg, having offers from all these places to sing in Wagner's Trilogy, Tristan and Isolde and Beethoven's Fidelio. During her stay in this country Mme. von Januschowsky will be heard in a number of Wagner festivals which Anton Seidl gives at Brighton Beach this month and in August. She will make her début on the 23d of this month, when she will sing the part of Brünnhilde in the first act of the Walküre and a scene from the Götterdämmerung.
102Sibyl Sanderson Explains.
104SIBYL SANDERSON has given a formal interview for publication in reply to rumors concerning herself and Antonio Terry, of New York. She said, in explanation of her recent illness and the suit of the Paris Opéra for damages:
106"I had become too Parisianized to feel altogether at my ease in my own country. Houses and railroad cars are kept too hot in America. I fell a victim to the system and caught a fearful cold. If I could have stayed quietly at home to take care of myself, I should soon have got well, but going about from town to town, exposed to heat, to cold, to the draughts of theatres, I fell ill, and at Boston was obliged to leave my companions and return to Europe. At London I consulted several physicians, who forbade me to sing before I was completely restored.
108"I hoped, however, thanks to the regimen I was following, to have been able to resume my work at the Paris Opéra in June. I ought to have sung in Thais. Unfortunately, in June I was not in a fit state to sing.
110"I immediately informed Directors Gailhard and Bertrand, expressing my regret and sending them the certificates of my English doctors. Those gentlemen deemed the certificates insufficient proof, and requested me to come to Paris to be examined by their doctor. The request reached me very late, because they wrote to me first at my old address, which I left two years ago; then they wrote to Avenue Malakoff, but my hotel is shut, for my mother and sisters are away. MM. Bertrand and Gailhard knew my London address, however. I never hid myself while I was there any more than in Paris.
112"Now we have got as far as writs and summons. I am very sorry, for I never had to complain of my directors. A medical examination took place this morning. I hope MM. Bertrand and Gailhard will no longer doubt my good will and good faith."
114Miss Sanderson was asked about her reported attempt at suicide.
116"That is infamous!" she replied. "How can people have invented anything so abominable! That day I had been to Covent Garden. I was in excellent spirits and had never thought of dying, yet they came and aroused my sister to ask for information.
118"The calumnies that have been spread abroad lately are beyond belief. They have even gone so far as to say that I dared not come to Paris because I could not show myself for reasons too delicate for me to state. Well, I am here; people can see me. I'll show myself on the Place de l'Opera if they like. But what in the world have I done to make people talk so much of me, and above all with so much malevolence?
120"My mother was at Baden-Baden very ill when, on opening a newspaper, she saw an announcement of my soi disant suicide. Imagine her fright!
122"At the end of a week I shall go to Homburg to rejoin my mother and complete my convalescence. Afterward I hope to finish my engagement here, for I trust that the difficulty with the Opéra will be quickly arranged, and I sincerely hope also that people will in future take a little less interest in me."—Sunday World.
124Carrodus Dead.—London, July 13, 1895.—The violinist Carrodus died from apoplexy at Hampstead to-day. He performed at the Covent Garden Theatre yesterday.—Herald.
126A New Opera.—Juan Valera's Pepita Jimenez has been made into an opera, the music by Señor Albeniz, which will be brought out at Barcelona in October. When Valera retired lately from his post as Ambassador to Vienna, Emperor Francis Joseph conferred on him the order of St. Stephen of Hungary.
128"FROM BRAIN TO KEYBOARD"
129Perfect Touch and Technique rapidly acquired by New Scientific System.
131MACDONALD SMITH'S striking new application (after nine years' study) of known physiological laws. Ten minutes' healthy exercise daily insures success otherwise absolutely unattainable.
133"Attracted so much attention of late in the musical world."—Musical Times (May).
135Pupils say:
136"Can play my old pieces without practicing them up."
137"What we have been seeking for eight generations."
138"As great a discovery for the pianist as electricity was to commerce."
139"Benefit already derived (after two lessons), nothing short of marvelous."
141The Course of Six Lessons by Mail, 3 Guineas ($15).
142Lecture given at Musical Association and Trinity College, post free, Seven Stamps (14c. Stamps).
143Prospectus, Post Free.
145MACDONALD SMITH,
146Steinway Hall, London, W.
The computer misreads some letters and numbers. Where a name matters to you, read the scan.