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Issue: 1881 Vol. 4 N. 12

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THE
CRITIC AND TRADE
REVIEW.
J. C. Engel, manager of Kroll's Theatre, celebrated, on the 8th of June,
Costa, 5 ; Halevy, 1 ; and Mercadante, 1. His favorite operas were " Les
Huguenots," "II Barbiere di Seviglia," and "Lucrezia Borgia." In "Les the thirtieth anniversary of his professional career in Berlin, he having con-
Huguenots" he sang 119 times; in "II Barbiere, 102; and in "Lucrezia ducted on the above date, 1851, his first concert in the establishment since
Borgia," 91; then in "Faust," 59 times; in "La Favorita, " 49; "Don become so popular.
Giovanni," 47 ; " Le Prophete, " 45 ; " I Puritani," 44 ; "Rigoletto," 32 ;
A new Hungarian operetta, " Az Udvarnal (At Court)," music by Lud-
"Don Pasquale," 32; "Marta," 26; "UnBallo in Maschera," 29: " I I
wig Serly, is to be brought out shortly at the National Theatre, Klausen-
Trovatore,"28.
burg.
The Duke of Edinburgh has invited Dr. Arthur Sullivan to be his guest
Mr. J. F. Barnett's cantata, "The Ancient Mariner," has been per-
during a tour in the Baltic, and to visit in his company the principal towns
and cities on the shore of that nothern Mediterranean, from Copenhagen formed with success at Alexandria (Egypt), by the Choral Society of that
city.
to St. Petersburg.
A new opera, "Le Prieur de Saint-Basle," music by a local composer,
A young Russian artist, Mile. Marie Adler, has made a mark in Home ai
a concert singer.
Ernest Lefevre, is to be produced at the Grand-Theatre, Rheims.
Sgambati, composer and pianist, has been promoted to an officer of the
Joseph R. Brindis, " the greatest negro violinist in America," has enter-
Order of the Italian Crown.
ed for three years at the Paris Conservatory.
»
A new literary, dramatic, and musical paper has been started in Buenos
M. Leon Escudier, founder of L'Art Musicale, died in Paris, on Wednes-
Ayres.
day, June 22d, from an affection of the chest, after many months suffering.
Aramburo, the tenor, was recently, after a short stay in Paris, expected M. Escudier had only recently disposed of his journal to Messieurs E. & T.
in Florence.
Girod, music publishers, of the Boulevard Montmartre.
Strakosch has offered Sig. Stagno, the tenor, an engagement in America.
Leo Delibes' " Jean de Nivelle" will be performed next season by the
Which Strakosch is not known.
Italian company at St. Petersburg.
Mr. Carl Rosa has been to Hamburg on business of vital importance.
Preparations are being made in Ghent for grand musical doings next
He has offered Miss Minnie Hauk an engagement for his next season of op- September in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Belgian Independence.
eratic performances.
The programme will be made up of works by native composers, among
The Prince of Wales will stand godfather ( with Lord Latham) to Sir Ju- whom MM. Gevaert and Benoit will hold a prominent position.
lius Benedict's newly born son, who is to be christened " Albert Edward
Roeder's new opera, " Vera," will be produced in Hamburg next
Julius."
November.
Leon Escudier has disposed of L'Art Musical—which he managed so well
Madame Rose Hersee has returned to London after two years' absence
for twenty years—to Girod, the music-publisher.
in the Antipodes.
Ponchielli has nearly completed an opera, entitled "Olga," libretto by
" Der Rattenfanger von Hameln," transformed into a ballet, has been
D'Ormeville.
performed at Vienna under the title of " Der Spielmann."
Friends and admirers of Franz Lachner, who recently entered on his sev-
"Lo Starnuto diGiove" is the title of an operetta announced at theCirco
enty-eighth year, will be pleased to know that he has completed a new or- Nazionale, Naples—music by Scarano.
chestral ' 'Suite." Besides the mental vigor he displays, the venerable compos-
er's physical health enables him to undertake the task of preparing the
Major Pond, who, it will be remembered, was defeated in a suit for
entire score himself.
divorce from his wife, Isabella Stone, has made a motion before the courts
Emile Sauret has been offered a violin-professorship at the Cologne in Boston for a re-opening of the case. The Major also thought of bringing
a suit in which Mr. J. N. Pattison was to be made co-respondent. We
Conservatory. "
A new opera, "Nella," by Frontini, has been produced at Catania, in understand that a well-known publisher of ballad music is also mixed up in
the affair.
Sicily.
Theodore Thomas began July 11th, his five weeks' season of summer-
Mr. G. F. Hatton, the youngest son of the composer of "Good-by,
sweetheart," and a pupil of Dr. Hans von Billow, made his debut in London nights' concerts at the Exposition Building, Chicago, 111. The attendance
was large, and if the promise of the first night may be accepted as a guar-
June 20th, at the Richter concert, playing Weber's " Concert-stuck."
antee, the season will be a highly successful one. As many as 6,000 people
The London Figaro says :—The report to the Common Council of the were present.
deputation regarding the Guildhall School of Music has been printed and
presented. There are 614 pupils who receive weekly 834 lessons by a fine
staff of 83 professors presided over by the principal, Mr. Weist Hill. The
OUR ANNIVERSARY NUMBER.
committee congratulate the Common Council upon the extraordinary suc- r T^HE present issue of THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW completes
cess which has attended the School, and which shows that the need of good J_ the second year of its existence. With the issue of August 5th it will
Musical instruction was felt in the City of London. The deputation made enter
third year, and at that time we shall take occasion to give a
certain financial proposals into which it is unnecessary to enter, but which sketch on of its
its progress, together with some of our ideas regarding its future
are intended to place the Guildhall School of Music on a permanent basis.
course.
The King of Belgium has bestowed the Leopold Order on the following
artists : Gevaert, as Grand Officer ; Pierre Benoit, as Commander ; Auguste
What They Say of the Musical Critic and Trade Review.
Duponte, Burbure and Edward Lassen, as officers, and as Knights, Blauvaert,
Calabresi, Lamanne, Chiramonte, Deken, Guss, De Glimes, Grognie, Hutoy,
We acknowledge the receipt of that standard musical jowrnal (THE MUSICAL
Jouret, Koister, Leenders, Nihoul, Shidlek, Naumann and Guilliaume.
CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.) It is without doubt the best critical and trade paper
This appears in Le Menestrel. The work of restoring and enlarging the now published. Such staff correspondents as it has alone insure the best criticisms'
newsy correspondence from those cities. The musical notes at home and abroad
Paris National Conservatoire for music and elocution, the work of which M. and
contained in the MUSICAL CRITIC AND TKADE REVIEW are well worth the price of
Charles Gamier has drawn up the design, and of which we gave the details the
publication, and are of great value to all musicians.—THE BURLINGTON (IOWA)
last year, will shortly be put into execution. At least notices have been sent GAZETTE.
out to the deputies asking for the necessary funds, that is to say a sum of
5,700,000 francs.
NEW YORK, NOV. 29, 1880. »
Anton Rubinstein's " Nero" will constitute the second operatic novelty Charles Avery Welles, Esq.:
next season at the National Theatre, Pesth, and will be produced under the
Allow me to compliment you on the success of your paper. It grows better all the
composer's personal superintendence.
while. The issues of November 5£7i and 20th were splendid numbers. I am much
The "Societe des Concerts" at the Champs-Elysees summer circus, interested in the " Free Lance " department, and like the way in which you conduct it.
Paris, have set the following works as subjects for the 1881 competition.
Yours most truly,
F. J.
1. A symphonic overture for grand orchestra. 2. A concerto for violin and
orchestra. Only French composers are allowed to compete. Composers
THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW, published November IQth, is liter-
who have had two acts of an opera or ballet played at the Opera, Opera-
Comique, or Theatre Lyriqueare ineligible for the competition. The only ally overflowing with musical matter. Its Criticisms and correspondence from Boston,
prize for the symphonic overture is a gold medal of the value of 300 francs; Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati and Chicago, give accounts of all the important
the only prize for the violin concerto, a gold medal of the value of 300 musical events which have or are going to take place, and is full of interesting inform-
We consider it the best number ever published.—MOLINEUX' ORGANISTS'
francs. Anonymous productions are suppressed. Manuscripts correctly and ation.
clearly written should bear the composer's name and address. The tran- AND CONDUCTORS' MONTHLY.
scription for piano should be written at the bottom of the orchestral score.
We have just received under this title (THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE
The successful works will be executed in the course of the winter at one of
the Society's concerts. The jury will be presided over by M. Ernest Reyer, REVIEW) an excellent musical publication. This paper is issued on the 5th and %Qih
member of the institute. Manuscripts should be sent before November 1st of each month, in new York, and consists of 24 pages. The editor is Air. Charles
to M. Henri Maigrot, general secretary of the society, 29, Rue la Bruyere, Avery Welles. We have only had time to run over it hastily, but have seen enough of
Paris.
it to say that this publication is one of the best in the United States. THE MUSICAL
Two new operas, by Friedrich Lux, will be produced next season: CRITIC is well posted on all musical subjects; the paper also treats of the music trades
"Der Schmied von Kuhla," at Darmstadt and Mayence, and " Katchen all over the world. In a word, it is a publication of the greatest importance to all
von Heilbronn," at Dessau.
those who cultivate the musical art.—LE CONSTITUTIONNEL, Canada.
Madame Menter, the distinguished pianist, whose performances in Paris,
and lately at Mr. Ganz's Concerts, London, is the daughter of the late
NASHVILLE, TENN., Jan. 28, 1881.
Menter, principal violoncellist, at Munich. This artist and Herr Pauer
made their debut together in 1851, at the Musical Union. Mdme. Menter MR. WELLES:
Your paper is now being extensively read in this city, and promises to have
is married to Herr Popper, the resident eminent composer and violoncellist
a " big run."
of Vienna, by birth and education a Bohemian.
Trusting that your highest hopes may be realized,
Strauss is writing a comic opera for the theatre at Vienna, entitled
lam, yours, etc.,
A.
" Der Lustige Krieg."
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NEW YOEK, JULY 20TH, 1881.
VOL. IV.
175
TRADE.
No. 12.
The influence of Alfred Dolge, the celebrated felt manufacturer of New
TURKEY AND CONFIDENCE.
York city and Brockett's Bridge, is beginning to make itself felt in political
R. C. M. LOOMIS, the well-known music dealer of New Haven, Meri- affairs on the continent of Europe. His movements are at present shrouded
den and Bridgeport, calls attention, in a card to the public, in mystery, but it is hinted that his visit to Russia is for the purpose of
to the alleged embezzling of some $600 or $700 by the man who had ascertaining whether felt saturated with nitro-glycerine would not be a good
charge of his Bridgeport store. While we sympathize with Mr. Loomis on material for filling glass bombs for nihilistic purposes.
the loss of his money and the trouble occasioned by a change of manage-
Messrs. Clough & Warren, the organ makers' of Detroit, Mich., report
ment in his Bridgeport store, we cannot help smiling at the touching evi-
dence of implicit confidence expressed in the card wherein Mr. Loomis states that business is again quite good with them. We are glad to hear this, for
that he had such " implicit confidence in him up to the very last moment, a few weeks ago, according to parties who supplied some of their materials,
so much so that last Thanksgiving I presented him with an 18-lb. turkey." they were not Avorking very lively.
The piano manufacturers have long been the hardest fighters in the
There is more meant in this than meets the eye, and we suspect that this
turkey presentation business is intended as a guide to employers of clerks world. Even now they have notices on programmes in New York and in the
and to commercial agencies whereby they may gauge the amount of confidence provinces saying that " the piano used on this occassion is from the elegant
reposed in the clerk by his employer. The key to the guide might read as establishment of Octave & Co.," although a piano is neither used nor needed
for the occasion. So " great " artists are advertised as using a certain brand
follows :
of piano, and they cannot go around the country without having it said that
Presentation of an 18-lb. turkey—implicit confidence.
they eat certain pickles or suck certain beer, because it is adapted to play-
Presentation of a 9-lb. turkey—a moderate amount of confidence.
ing on Pedal & Co.'s " the best " pianos. But the latest is to have a minister
No turkey—no confidence.
We submit the above to brother F. G. Smith, manufacturer of the Brad- preach on music, the divine art, and say that music has a refining influence on
all, especially when played on one of Beeflat's square, upright or three-legged
bury piano, as he is an authority on the turkey question.
pianos.—N. Y. Herald, July 5th. How is .this for the Rev. Lyman Abbott
and the Christian Union ?
Mr. Beatty does not live up to the circular which we printed in full in
MR. WM. STEINWA7 ON THE GERSTER TESTIMONIAL.
our last issue. In that circular he stated that it costs more than $60 to
UR reporter found Mr. Wm. Steinway the other afternoon very busy* make such an organ as he had offered to sell at $60, and that on and after
July 1st the price for the instrument would be $90; yet we find him advertis-
but still willing to give a few moments to conversation.
" I called, Mr. Steinway," he remarked, " t o ask you the meaning of ing the same organ in the N. Y. Herald of July 4th for $60. The public
this little stir about Madame Gerster's late testimonials. There seems to be must delight in being humbugged by this man Beatty.
a disposition to throw cold water on them by interested parties."
There is an elaborate aeolian harp in process of construction in Roches-
" More like a disposition to work up a controversy in the newspapers,"
N. Y., we understand, that is to furnish music for a neighborhood, free
replied Mr. Steinway. "The attempt to get up a controversy in this ter,
of all expense. The harp is described as follows: The sounding-board is to be
matter," said Mr. Steinway, " afforded me a good deal of amusement. As made
Norway pine and to be seven feet high with a back of hard curled maple.
far as Steinway & Sons are concerned the matter is perfectly simple. These of woods
all imported, the slow growth of European woods giving
Madame Gerster, accompanied by her husband, called on us four different them a texture are
better
adapted to musical instruments than the home products.
times, pricing pianos, and finally selected one of our new bent-rim Concert As a whole, the instrument
is to be tube-shaped, with eight slots in the tube.
Grands, No. 44,537, paying for the^same, June 3d, they sailing June 4th. The latter is to be surmounted
with a weather cock on a rod eight feet high.
The instrument was shipped by Madame Gerster's directions, by steamer
every turn of the weather cock, a slot is presented to the wind, and a
Vincenzo Florio, to her home at Bologna, Italy, June 20th, 1881. Without With
is made to vibrate. The first string that vibrates in this manner
attaching any too great importance to testimonials given by artists, no mat- string the
fundamental note, while the other will sound a third and give the
ter how high their position may be, other than celebrated pianists, I was gives
octave to the first. Professor Dennesbscq, the gentleman who is con-
quite pleased to receive Madame Gerster's written voluntary and unqualified acute
structing it, has no doubts as to the success of his instrument, and thinkr
expression of opinion. The document speaks for itself, and any one who when
and placed on the tower for which it is designed, it can be
can read English can understand it, and form his own opinion as to which heard completed
on still nights for a distance of three miles- He made a similar in-
is the strongest."
strument for the Sorbonne in Paris, which works satisfactorily.
The board of directors of the Schomacker Pianoforte Manufacturing
Company, 1103 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, on June 30th, declared a semi-
annual dividend of five per cent, on the capital stock of the company, pay-
able after July 2d.
Chas. Zibulski, of Munich, Bavaria, has patented a piano action. No.
The scheme for the organ for the Thomas' Music Festival next May in
of patent, 243,841. Application filed Jan. 14th, 1881.
the Seventh Regiment Armory has been intrusted to Mr. Hilborne L. Roose-
Geo. W. Turner, of Boston, Mass., has patented a mechanical musical velt to execute. It will comprise one manual of 58 keys and one pedal of
27 keys. Register of manual—Bourdon, 16 feet; open diapason, 8 feet;
instrument. No. of patent, 243,661. Application filed Jan. 17th, 1881.
gamba, 8 feet; doppel note, 8 feet; octave, 4 feet; mixture, 4 ranks, and tuba
Zeno Mauvais, of Oakland, Cal., music dealer, has filed homestead act. mirabilis, 8 feet. Register of pedal—Double open diapason, 32 feet; open
E. H. Gurney & Co., music dealers of Minneapolis, Minn., have given a diapason, 16 feet; bourdon, 16 feet; violoncello, 8 feet; trombone, 16 feet;
coupler manual to pedal and manual octave coupler. The organ will stand
chattel mortgage on their stock for $1,000.
at rear of the great chorus stage, but the keyboard will be just under the
S. Quick, of Kearney, Nebraska, music dealer, has given several chattel conductor's stand, the keyboard and pipes being conducted by electric
mortgages.
action.
Shortly after the last number of this paper went to press, the attempt to
Mr. W. Sweeney, of Washington, N. J., who was recently managing the
assasinate President Gar field was made, and happily proved unsuccessful, as sales department of the organ business of H. W. Alleger, intends canvassing
according to the latest despatches from Washington, the President is in a the country for the sale of organs in the interest of some first class house, or
fair way to recover. The business men of the whole country may be con- on his own account.
gratulated on the fact that the assasin failed in his dastardly attempt, for
Work at the piano action manufactory of Messrs. Wessell, Nickel &
although the death of the President would not have been a valid reason for
a disturbance of business, yet as commercial confidence is a delicate thing Gross, in this city, which has been temporarily behindhand on account of
and largely affected by the imagination, an event like the President's death repairs to the boiler and engine, is again under full headway, and the great
activity in the business of the firm at this time is a good indication of an
might have caused serious complications.
active business among the piano makers.
Messrs. Horace Waters & Co., have brought out a very small, but ex-
Mr. Peek, of the firm of Christie & Co., piano makers, New York, has
ceedingly neat little organ, which they call the " Child " Organ. It has
three and one-third octaves, is neat and compact in shape aud retails for $22. returned from his vacation at Niagara Falls, and goes back to his work like a
It is the best and cheapest instrument of the kind in the market. It is not giant refreshed.
a mechanical instrument, but a genuine reed organ in miniature, and will
The Mechanical Orguinette Co., of 831 Broadway, N. Y., are so pressed
sell largely and rapidly as it is useful to young players and to persons of with orders for the " Combination " Organ that they cannot keep a finished
moderate means.
one in their store for twenty four hours.
Our reporter saw a handsome ebonized Cabinet Grand at Messrs.
We understand that a new company for the manufacture of Celluloid,
Hardman, Dowling & Peck's factory, at 57th street and Tenth avenue, this is soon to be started in North Adams, Mass.
city, which has been purchased by Mr. Havemeyer, of the great sugar refin-
ing firm, for his yacht " Ideal." We understand this sale was made in con
Music TRADE JOURNAL, (now T H E MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW), C. A.
sequence of the reputation the Hardman Piano has achieved for standing Welles, Publisher, New York, February 5, 1880. This enterprising fortnightly review of
salt air on the Williams & Guion line of steamers, which have several of these ihe music trade is filled with fresh and newsy paragraphs of interests to manufacturers,
instruments in use on their boats.
publishers and dealers.—Musical and Dramatic Mirror, JV. V.
M
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