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Musical Courier 1911-03-22: Vol 62 Iss 12, 1911
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1considered the other shortcomings of the work, so that at the conclusion of the opera the composer again was called out several times. In Dresden the "Rosenkavalier" is still a great drawing card and for tomorrow a second excursion has been arranged from Berlin by extra train. The first venture of this kind, about which I wrote last week, proved to be a great success.
3Weingartner is the first director of the Vienna Imperial Opera to retire without a pension. According to the statutes no director is entitled to a pension who has served less than ten years, unless he is discharged by the management; in that case, he is to be pensioned off. As Weingartner sent in his own resignation and had served less than ten years, he was not entitled to a pension. The preparations for the first performance of the "Rosenkavalier" in Vienna have been superintended by Weingartner himself. It is said that Strauss has made a very effective use of the blue pencil and that he has cut the score down almost one-third. That certainly was a sensible move, as the "Rosenkavalier" is much too long as originally written.
5From Biarritz comes the news that Sarasate's life-long friend, Goldschmidt, died there quite suddenly in the Villa Navara, which was presented to him by Sarasate. Goldschmidt travelled with Sarasate as accompanist and manager for thirty years. As is well known, he was married a few years ago to Bertha Marx. I distinctly recall Sarasate's first appearance in New York in December, 1889. It was the opening concert of that memorable and ill-fated tour of Sarasate and d'Albert under the late impresario, Henry B. Abbey; it was at the old Metropolitan Opera House and Walter Damrosch conducted. Sarasate played the Mendelssohn concerto and his "Carmen" fantasy and as encores, several Spanish dances, which were accompanied by Goldschmidt. As a pianist Goldschmidt was of little importance, but he was an excellent impresario. With both Sarasate and Goldschmidt gone, Bertha Marx now must be very lonely.
7At the next symphony concert of the Royal Orchestra under Richard Strauss on March 9 a new symphony, which is still in manuscript, by Hermann Bischoff, will be introduced to Berlin. The other numbers of the program are to be the Weber "Euryanthe" overture, Mozart's "Haffner" serenade and Beethoven's "Leonore" overture, No. 2.
9Zimbalist is to be heard on March 16 in a concert of his own with the assistance of the Philharmonic Orchestra under Dr. Kunwald. He will play the Glazounow concerto, Sinding's suite in A minor, Lalo's Spanish symphony and a number of smaller compositions.
11Jacques Thibaud and Alfred Cortot are to give two concerts together on March 6 and 9. The programs are to be made up entirely of sonatas for violin and piano and will consist at the first soiree, of Schubert's op. 102, Schumann's op. 105 and the Beethoven C minor sonatas, while at the second concert they will play sonatas by Mozart, Fauré, and Cesar Franck.
13Among the pianists to be heard here in the near future are Mark Hambourg, who will give a recital in Beethoven Hall, on March 14; Alfred Cortot, who will be heard in recital in Bechstein Hall on March 7 and 10; Raoul S. Kocalszki, Alberto Jonas, Joseph Lhevinne, Frederic La- mond, Olga Steeb, who will give three concerts with the Philharmonic Orchestra, playing nine concertos; Conrad Ansorge in a Schubert and Liszt program, and Max Pauer.
15On March 8 Richard Strauss will accompany Franz Steiner, who is to sing a program of Strauss' songs in Beethoven Hall. It is a long time since Strauss has been heard as a piano accompanist in Berlin.
17Leila Hölderhoff will be heard in a second song recital on the 11th in Scharwenka Hall, when she will have the assistance of Fritz Lindemann.
19The Concert-Direction Hermann Wolff has issued special invitations for a matinee to be given in Bechstein Hall, on March 8, by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, of Vienna. Wonderful reports are abroad concerning this boy, who is only thirteen years old. His ballet was produced at the Vienna Imperial Opera last fall, and his piano trio, op. 1, is to be played here by the Rosé Quartet at its next soiree on March 9. According to all accounts this boy is an extraordinary creative genius. We are accustomed to precocity on the violin and piano, but it is a very different matter when a child of thirteen writes good chamber music and a work considered worthy of production by such a great institution as the Vienna Royal Opera.
21Fritz Kreisler is to be the soloist of a concert given by Fritz Steinbach with the Philharmonic Orchestra on March 24. Kreisler will play the Mendelssohn concerto.
23Joska Szigeti, the youthful Hungarian violinist, has been concertizing extensively this season both on the Continent and in Great Britain, and his success has everywhere been very noteworthy. The London Pall Mall Gazette called him a youthful Joachim, while a Glasgow paper said that his tone was reminiscent of Sarasate. Szigeti will be heard in Berlin the coming Thursday at the ninth symphony concert of the Blüthner Orchestra, under the leadership of Joseph Stransky. The violinist will play the Mendelssohn concerto. Two young compatriots of Szigeti, Fery and Rozsiki Weltmann, brother and sister, have also been meeting with pronounced success in London, Germany and Belgium. They make a specialty of duos for two violins, in which they excel. The press of London, Berlin, Ostend and other cities speak of their playing in very warm terms.
25Elsa Rau, the well known Berlin pianist, will be heard in April at Cologne as soloist of an orchestra concert under Fritz Steinbach.
27Godowsky and Hubermann are to join forces on April 10 and play a program of Beethoven and Brahms sonatas for piano and violin in the large hall of the Philharmonie.
29A popular Brahms evening will be given by Flesch, Schnabel and Gerardy in the Philharmonie on March 31.
31Julia Culp will give her fourth and last song recital of the season in Beethoven Hall on March 14. The hall is already sold out. On March 18 Elena Gerhardt will give her third and last recital in the same hall, with the assistance of Arthur Nikisch at the piano.
33Mrs. Howard Wells is meeting with success as a piano teacher in Berlin. She makes a specialty of normal work and has a number of teachers in her classes, which she conducts quite independently of the work of Mr. Wells, whose proficiency and achievements as a piano pedagogue in this city are well known.
35Hugo Kaun concerts were recently given in Frankfort-a-M. and Hanau. The composer, who was present, received an ovation in both cities. Kaun's new symphony also scored a big success in Weimar, and a work for male choir lately aroused great enthusiasm in Dortmund.
37ARTHUR M. ABELL.
39Prima Donna—I have here a certificate from a doctor to the effect that I can't sing tonight.
40Manager—Why go to all that trouble? I'll give you a certificate that you never could sing!—Tit-Bits.
42King Clark Studios
43Kurfürstendamm 63, Berlin, W.
45HEINEMANN
46The Great German Lieder, Ballad and Oratorio Singer
47KGL. KAMMERSÄNGER
48(Royal Court Singer)
49First American Tour
50EXCLUSIVE MANAGEMENT:
51R. E. JOHNSTON
52(By arrangement with Concert Direction, Arthur Bernstein, Holzgraben 6, Hanover, Germany)
53St. James Building, Broadway and 26th Street, New York City
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