October 20th, 1880.
THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
MUSICAL NOTES.
THURSBY.—Miss Thursby was at Baden with Mr. Maurice Strakosch, and gave a con*
cert at the Cursaal, October 7. The lady then proceed ,-d to Vienna.
ABROAD.
DEBILLEMONT.—Mdlle. Debillemont, the French pianist, is about to wed a musical
critic, M. Edmond Theory.
TIME FILLED.—Madame Patti, with
Signor Nicolini, Signor Ciampi, and
other artists, will sing at Monaco from
January 12 to the end of February, at
Paris from March 3 to April 15, and in
London from the end of April to the
close of Mr. Gye's opera season, on Tuly
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16, 1881.
SARASATE.—Senor Sarasate having finished his Spanish tour, has gone to Hamburg
to begin a German tour. He takes with him a fantasia by Max Bruch, and a new violin
concerto by M. Saint-Sagns.
MR. ALFRED FISCHOF, a nephew of Mr. Maurice Strakosch, is about to take Miss Kel-
logg on a tour through Germany.
M. MARECHAL'S three-act opdra comique, " La Taverne des Trabans," has been ac-
cepted at the Paris Opera Comique.
PATTI.—Mine. Adelina Patti is to
SAINT-SAENS.—M. Saint-Safins has left Paris for a concert tour in Spain, under the
sing this week at a concert in Swansea,
near her castle, for the benefit of the direction of Senor Andres Vidal.
Welsh poor in her neighborhood.
RUBINSTEIN.—Rubinstein has written a new symphony which will shortly be pub-
IVRY.—The Marquis D'lvry, com- lished by Senff, of Leipsic.
poser of " Les Amants de Verone,"
OFFENBACH.—Jules Offenbach, eldest brother of Jacques, died on October 10 in a
haswritlen a new opera, entitled " L'Ar- Paris asylum. He was formerly leader of a choral society at Lyons, and of late taught
murier du Roi."
music in Paris.
NEVADA.—Miss Emma Nevada, the
DEATH LIST.—At Paris, of apoplexy, of Michot, late tenor at the Opera ; at Bonn,
American soprano, is engaged for aged 48, of Wilhelm Westmeyer, the opera composer ; and at Berlin, aged 61, of Herman
special representations at the Teatro Krigar, song writer.
Sociale, at Varese. and the Teatro
REHBAUM.—At Dresden, a three-act opera comique, "Don Pablo," by Theobald
Brunetti, at Bologna, this autumn.
Rehbaum, has been produced with fair success.
LUCKX.—The appearance of a new
NEW PAPER.—Leipsic has a new paper, the Musikalisches Centralblatt, edited by
basso, M. Luckx, a Belgian, who made
his debut as the King in " Aida," is Herr Robert Seitz, and announced to be independent and the organ of no party.
chronicled in Paris. This gentleman
CHOPIN.—The pianist, M. Jean Kleczynski, now resident at Warsaw, has published,
is said to be an excellent artist.
at F. Mackar's, at Paris, a book, "Frederick Chopin and the Interpretation of his
Works."
AUDRAN.—A new comic opera, "Olivette," has made a success in London. The
INTERESTING.—The national melodies of Siberia have been collected by two Russian
libretto is by MM. Chivot and Duru, and the music is by M. Audran, who is a composer
musicians, and will soon be published.
in the school of Offenbach and Lecocq.
SCHNEIDER.—Mile. Schneider, who, 20 years ago, was largely responsible for the
CAMPANINI AS MANAGER.—Signor Boito, the composer of i'Mefistofele," is writing
an opera to be called "Nerone," based upon incidents in the life of the Emperor Nero. success of M. Offenbach's " Grande Duchesse," is about to return to the stage. She will
The new work will become the property of Signor Campanini, at whose suggestion it was appear at the Nouveautes in a new piece.
begun, and it will probably be brought out in the latter part of 1881 under Signor Cam-
OBIN.—Mdlle. Obin, daughter of the vocalist, has married M. Ernest Bertrand,
panini's personal direction.
manager of the Paris Vaudeville.
SEROFF.—The widow of Seroff, author of " Bogneda," has written a new opera on
GROVE'S DICTIONARY.—The eleventh part of Grove's "Dictionary of Music and
Musicians" has been issued, and is an improvement on previous numbers, which have been the subject of the "Uriel Acosto," of Gutzkow. The work, when approved by the
censor,
will be produced at Moscow.
marked by evidences of incompetence. This dictionary has already been three years in
publication, and will apparently require three years more for completion, with an extra
MEDICA.—Signor Medica. the baritone, died at Valentia, Spain, of typhoid fever.
volume, a large portion of which will be necessarily devoted to addenda, the result of de
fects, omissions, and errors in the earlier parts.
KRIGAR. — Hermann Krigar, the song-writer, recently died at Berlin, aged 61.
PATTI.—Madame Carlotta Patti is touring in India, and will afterwards sing in
BARNETT.—Barnett's cantata, " The Building of the Ship," has been issued by Nov-
Egypt.
ello & Co., in vocal score.
DEATH.—At Livorno, aged 52, of Tebaldo Bartolini, professor of the trumpet; and
DEATH LIST.—The deaths are announced at Modena, of Alfonso Ferrari, teacher of at Bologna, of Unice Venerini, wife of the basso, Carlo Zucchelli.
music at Brighton ; of Ercole Mecotti, professor of music ; at Naples, aged 33, of Salva-
COLONNE.—The Colonne concerts began at the Paris Chatelet October 17.
tore Rossi, professor of music ; and at Leffe, of apoplexy, of Giovanni Capponi, the
basso in the troupe of the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden, London.
FETIS.—The concluding volume of M. Pougin's Supplement to Fetis' Dictionary has
ROME.—The new Teatro Constanzi has just been built at Rome. It will seat 3,680 been published by MM. Firmin Didot, of Paris.
persons.
MOTLL.—Herr Felix Motll, the opera composer, has been nominated Capelmeister at
Carlsruhe.
BRUCH.—It seems that Herr Max Bruch does not get along so very well with the
GOUNOD.—M. Gounod's new opera, " Le Tribut de Zamora," was read to the artists
choir of the Liverpool Philharmonic Society. The Liverpool Mail says that the rehear-
sals reveal the fact that the German conductor is possessed of a "temper,'' and that the of the Paris Opera.
choristers have christened him Mr. Wax-Bruch.—London Figaro.
DAVISON.—Mr. J. W. Davison, of the London Times, and husband of Mme. Arabella
THEATRE ON FIRE.—An escape of gas set the opera house at Frankfort on fire Goddard, has determined to write the recollections of his life.
September 16, but the workmen extinguished the flames after some damage was done.
GRISWOLD.—Miss Griswold, the American soprano who recently carried off the first
prize at the Paris Conservatoire, has accepted an engagement for the Paris Opera.
EXHIBITION.—Madame Rose Hersee and the De Vivo troupe are at Melbourne for the
VAN ZANDT.—Miss Marie Van Zandt has had a brilliant success in Copenhagen.
Exhibition.
BOITO.—It is possible that Boito's " Mefistofele " will be given in Paris this winter,
for Mme. Adelina Patti is said to be anxious to create the role of this new Marguerite in
France. The cast will probably be, Marguerite, Mme. Patti ; Faust, Nicolini ; Mephis-
LEIPSIC.—The Gewandhaus concerts at Leipsic began October 7.
topheles, Maurel. The French version will be by M. Paul Milliet, the collaborateur of
HAUK.—Miss Minnie Hauk, who is at Aix-la-Chapelle, sang recently before the Massenet in his " Herodiade."
Queen of the Belgians. During the next three months she is to sing in the principal cities
HALLE.—Mr. Charles Halle will give a series of concerts in London in February and
of Germany and Austria. In January she will sing at Nice in " Carmen," and afterward
March with his Manchester orchestra, reputed the best in England.
she returns to London.
TREMELLI.—Mdlle. Tremelli has been engaged for Vienna.
STRAUSS.—Eduard Strauss with his band commenced, on the 18th inst., a series of
concerts at the Hansasaal, Hamburgh. On the 7th November he returns to Vienna.
MEININGEN.—Subscription concerts will be given in November and December at
the Ducal theatre, Meiningen, devoted to Beethoven. The programmes will include his
nine Symphonies, together with his other orchestral works of interest.
HEYMANN.—Carl Heymann, pianist, has declined, for the present, an American
engagement offered him by Herr Strakosch.— London Musical World.
BARCELONA.—A Concert Society, with an orchestra of more than a hundred per-
formers, has been established at Barcelona.
MESSINA.—The grant of 60,000 francs hitherto accorded to the Teatro Vittorio
Emanuele, Messina, has been revoked.
RIENZI.—Wagner's " Rienzi " is in rehearsal at the Politeama, Rome.
WAGNER.—Richard Wagner's visit to Naples has been rendered unpleasant by an-
other attack of erysipelas of the head.
STEINBACH.—Emil Steinbach, conductor of the Town Band, Mayence, takes the
place of Dessoff at the Grand-Ducal theatre, Carlsruhe.
OUTRAGE.—Leo Delibes' "Jean de Nivelli " is being played, in a mutilated form, at
a Cafe Chantant, Moscow, called the Hermitage, without the permission of librettist or
composer, neither of whom will receive a copeck from the pirate who has laid hands on
the opera.
LONDON OPERA.—Capt. Armit announced that the fall season of Italian Opera at
Her Majesty's theatre, London, would open on October 18. The following artists are
engaged : Mmes. Trebelli, Zacchi, Widmar, Morini, Bauermeister, Renz, and Purdy, with
Signori Runcio, Frapolli, Vizzani, Cantoni, Zenari-Conti, and Bertocchi as tenors, Signori
Pantaleoni and Quintelli Leoni as baritones, and Signori Ordinas, Pro, Ghilberti, and Foh,
as basses. Signor Li Calsi is the conductor. The season will last till November 20, but
may be prolonged after that date.
HE WANTS TO ENOW, YOU KNOW.
A weekly paper published in this city and aspiring to be an authority in art and
musical matters—save the mark ! but which is so ignorant that it has to be instructed by
its Bo-ton correspondent how to quote Burns, and instructed badly at that—prints from
the aforesaid Boston correspondent, the following question :
" Who is Mr. J. C. Bartlett ? He egotistically airs his opinion of the new comic
opera of ' Jollities ' in the daily papers. Never heard of him hefore."
The most successful method which a writer upon musical matters could adopt for
proving himself a fool, would be to show himself ignorant of the existence of well known
musical people, and the aforesaid correspondent adopts this method most successfully in
displaying his ignorance of Mr. J. C. Bartlett's history and qualifications. Mr. Bartlett
was a prominent member of the Barnabee Concert Co., and has held the position of tenor at
the Church of the Unity, which is generally considered the church for fine music in Bos-
ton. During this season Mr. Bartlett has sung in the "Creation" with the best Boston
artists. He is to-day considered by a great many people the finest tenor in New England.
INTERNATIONAL FAIR SUB-COMMITTEES.—At a meeting of the Executive
Committee of the United States International Commission, held at No. 317
Broadway, the following sub-committees were announced : On Finance—J.
Pierpoint Morgan, Wm. A. Wheelock, Rosewell G. Rolston, James Talcott,
Wm. A. Cole, Lewis May, C. N. Bliss, C. B. Fisk, Bufus Hatch, John P.
Townsend and James T. Wenman. On Sites—Samuel A. Haines, E. N.
Dickerson, Charles K. Graham, A. M. Hoyt, Jose F. Navarro, James H.
Rutter, Thomas Rutter, Thomas McElrath, Rufus Hatch, W. B. Dinsmore
and Thomas Barbour. On Legislation—A. S. Sullivan, E. N. Dickerson
Edward Cooper, Wm. A. Cole, C. B. Fisk, Jose F. Navarro, Thomas McEl
rath. On State Exhibits—Theodore C. Bates, N. K. Fairbanks, Wm. H
Post, A. C. Sands and George A. Crawford. On Transportation—J. H
Rutter, G. R. Blanchard, J. H. Smart, George A. Crawford and T. C. Bates