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Issue: 1881 Vol. 4 N. 7

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May 5th, 1881.
THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
THE MAY FESTIVAL.
OUR EXCHANGES.
n p H E May Music Festival at the Seventh Regiment Armory began on
JL Tuesday evening, May 3rd. There will be four evening concerts, on
WHAT THEY TALK ABOUT.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, and three afternoon concerts, on
MUSICAL TUITION AND STUDY.
Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. The programs for the evening con-
rTiHE master will do well, however, in many cases, to bear in mind that
certs are these:
JL there is a great probability that much of his effort stands in danger of
TUESDAY EVENING.
being counteracted by the parents and home-friends of his pupil. Often it
Dettingen Te Deum
Handel
occurs that a learner who would otherwise steadily and earnestly practice
whatever piece may be set before him is made dissatisfied with it by the
The Tower of Babel
A. Rubinstein
critics at home. These latter do not, perhaps, care much for it, judging it,
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
of course, on the score of melody pure and simple; they would like their
Festival Overture
L. Damrosch
son or daughter to play something livelier, more brilliant, etc., etc. The
Grand Requiem
H. Berlioz
professor should make it well understood at the outset by these no doubt
well-meaning but at the same time wrongly-opinioned reviewers of his work
Kaisermarsch
R. Wagner
that the particular pieces he gives out for study are but to be regarded, on
FRIDAY EVENING.
the whole, as means to an end, the pupil simply acquiring by the practice of
The Messiah
Handel
these, such technical and mental knowledge that will fit him afterwards to
SATURDAY EVENING.
attack whatever he pleases or whatever he thinks may please others. The
Overture and Selections, "Die Meistersinger von Nuernberg,"
parents of course wish that their child should have a sound and thorough
R. Wagner
musical knowledge. How can this be gained if he is encouraged only to
Ninth Symphony
Beethoven
take up that work which shall immediately prove ear-catching to a listener
For the matinee performances the programs are as follows:
and enable the player, however little time he or she may have yet given to
WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.
the practice and study of music, to shine brilliantly in the exhibition of their
Overture, " Olympia' 1
Spontini
skill before " company " ? Many a pupil has been altogether disgusted with
Duo, from " Giulio Ceesare"
Handel
his teacher's method; or, at least, he has been rendered faint-hearted in his
Mme. Gerster and Miss Cary.
endeavors; while the cultivation of his taste has received a check, if, indeed,
Symphony No. 5
Beethoven
Selections, " Die Walkure"
Wagner
it has not been utterly vitiated through the want of a proper estimation of
La Captive
Berlioz
his work on the part of his friends. To speak plainly, and in short, the
Miss Cary.
teacher must at times educate the parents together with the child. Those,
Aria, "L'Etoile du Nord"
Meyerbeer
however, who are content to " leave everything to the music-master" should
Mme. Gerster.
have some explanation afforded them of the method adopted by the latter.
Hungarian Rhapsody, No. 2
Liszt
Sometimes a teacher when about to commence work, on undertaking the
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
charge of a pupil that has had some previous instruction, is shown a store
Concert piece, C minor
Thiele
of music-pieces already made (not always of the choicest selection, and even
then perhaps imperfectly studied) which, it is directly or indirectly intim-
Mr. S. P. Warren.
ated to him, he is expected to utilize. For one who has by experience elab-
Overture, " Euryanthe "
Weber
orated a system of teaching, and who carefully selects his teaching-pieces,
Romance, " Euryanthe "
Weber
it is not always an easy matter to make clear why use should not be made of
Signor Campanini.
the pieces already in possession of the learner, the more especially when
Folksong, from Norse Suite No. 1
Hamerick
Scherzo, 1 from Symphony No. 2
F. L. Ritter
these pieces cannot altogether be set down as worthless. No one, on calling in
Aria, " L Allegro "
Handel
a medical adviser, would be so idiotically absurd as to bring out certain bottles
Mme. Gerster.
of medicine left on some previous occasion by another doctor, and make the
Overture, " Midsummer Night's Dream "
Mendelssohn
request that the present supply shall be exhausted before a new prescription is
Septet, "Tannhauser "
Wagner . ., made.
Yet this is very much like what is done in the case of musical advisers.
Hungarian Dances
Brahms
As, however, the real reason often being that economical parents are naturally
Air, •' Norma"
Bellini
and perhaps rightly anxious to avoid the expense of much new music, I will
Mme. Gerster.
leave this matter for settlement to the diplomatic tact of the professor.—
Rakoczy March
Berlioz
Eustace J. Breakspeare, in the London Musical Standard.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
Toccata, in F
Bach
Hymn, " Alia Trinita "
COMPARE MAPLESON'S LONDON COMPANY WITH HIS NEW YORK COMPANY.
Chorus, "Paradise and the Peri"
Schumann
Mr. Mapleson will issue his prospectus shortly, but he has already
Aria, " Oberon "
Weber
decided that the season at Her Majesty's will open May 7, with Madame
Mrs. Imogene Brown.
Nilsson, Madame Trebelli, and Mr. Maas in "Faust." Boito's "Mefistofele"
Scene, " Romeo and Juliet"
0. B. Boise
will of course be immediately revived. The contracts have not yet all been
Air, " Alceste "
Gluck
Miss Cary.
signed, but it is presumed that the list of principal artists published in the
Selections from " Requiem "
Verdi
Figaro of March 2 will be found tolerably correct. That list included the
Introduction to Act II., " Rienzi"
Wagner
names of Mesdames Nilsson, Gerster, Marie Roze, Swift, and Trebelli;
Marehe Militaire
Schubert
Mdlles. Hauck, Lilli Lehmann. Vanzandt, Valerga, Ricci, Tremelli, and
Air, " Magic Flute "
Mozart
Cary; MM. Campanini, Ravelli, Fancelli, Lazarini, Maas, Runcio, Frapolli,
Mme. Gerster.
Rota, Del Puente, Gallassi, Aldighieri, Nannetti, Monti, and Corsini, with
'' Lea Preludes "
Liszt
Madame Malvini Cavalazzi as premiere danseuse. Such, at any rate, was the
As this number of THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE EEVIEW went to press list furnished by Mr. Mapleson, although it may be modified. There is a
on the afternoon of the day of the first performance we are not able to give talk of the return of M. Faure, but the rumor must be accepted for what it
an account of it, but shall publish in our next issue a criticism containing is worth. Signor Faccio, the celebrated conductor, of Milan, is also men-
tioned by Mr. Mapleson as being engaged to act with Signor Arditi ; but
the fullest particulars with illustrations.
here, again, we must wait for the official prospectus.—Cherubino in the
London Figaro.
A new opera, entitled "Donna Juanita," will be brought out at the
George P. Warner brought a suit in the Marine Court to recover from
Fifth Avenue Theatre on the 10th of May, by the Mahn Opera Company. the rector
and trustees of the Church of the Holy Spirit, of the City of New
The career of " Olivette," meanwhile, is to last two weeks.
York, $320, a balance alleged to be due him on a broken contract for singing
The news comes from Cleveland that Miss Abbie Carrington has left the in the choir of the church. The defendants set up in their answer that they
Strakosch-Hess Opera Company, not having received sufficiently important were not sued by their proper corporate name; that the plaintiff was engaged
on trial with a provision that the engagement could be terminated on a
casts, according to her estimate of her rights in this important matter.
notice of thirty days; that such notice was given and the plaintiff paid up to
The Batavia cornet band has sent invitations to eighteen bands in west- the time of his discharge. The case came to trial April 29th before Judge
ern New York to participate in a band tournament to be held in Batavia in McAdam and a jury. In his testimony the plaintiff stated he was hired for a
June.
year absolutely and unconditionally to sing "a bass or baritone part;" that
Gilbert and Sullivan's new operetta, " Patience," which was brougt out they assigned him to sing an inferior part, which he refused, and then he
at the Opera Comique, in London, on Saturday night last and scored a suc- was discharged. The testimony on the part of the defendants was that the hir-
cess d'estivie, will be produced here at the Standard Theatre next season. ing was conditional and to be determined by either party on a notice of thirty
Charles Harris, who remains here, will put it on the stage. The work deals days, and that there was no condition as to what position the plaintiff should
with the aesthetic craze which is just now prevalent in England, but which occupy in the choir. The jury gave plaintiff a verdict for $145.
is not very generally understood on this side of the water.
Mme. Cora de Wilhorst, who many years ago made a successful appear-
Another musical paper has gone to glory. The Musical Review which ance in opera in New York, gave a concert April 29th at Chickering hall,
was recently united with the Studio has ceased to exist, the Studio still con- assisted by Miss Lena Little, contralto; Signor Orlandini, baritone; Miss
tinuing—Providence permitting.
Maud Morgan and Miss Mary Werneke, harpists; Signor A. Carreno, flut-
The third and last concert of the season was given by the Liederkranz ist, and Dr. William Berge, organist.
A performance of the Cantata of " Esther " was given on Thursday and
Society on May 1st. The occasion being particularly interesting on account
of the performance of Max Bruch's great oratorio " The Lay of the Bell." Friday, April 14th and 15th, by the Shelbyville Choral Union, under the
A complimentary concert was given to Mr. Theodore Thomas at Stein- direction of Mrs. L. A. W. Forster, of Stuart's Female College.
way Hall, on Saturday evening, April 30th, and attracted a very large and
An organ recital by Mr. H. Clarence Eddy was given at the three
brilliant audience. The Beethoven Choral Fantasia was the event of the hundred and ninth concert at Hershey Mufric Hall, Chicago, 111., on April
evening and Mr. Joseffy's fine playing created quite a furore. During the 23rd, under the auspices of the Hershey School of Musical Art.
intermission Mr. Thomas was presented with an elaborate music stand.
Gustave Heinrich, the Tuckerton, N. J., music teacher, who last fall
A grand operatic concert matinee was given in Steinway Hall on the eloped with one of his pupils, abandoning a wife and several children, and
afternoon of April 30th, in compliment to Miss Florence Copleston, the who was arrested at San Francisco, was, on Thursday, April 28th, sentenced
pianist. It attracted a large audience and the numbers of the programme to State Prison at hard Labor for four years. Heinrich is in the last stage
were very well rendered.
consumption.
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THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
MUSICAL
AT HOME.
CHAT.
Ill
money to found a musical college. "A man," he said, " who cared nothing
for melody, and never knew the difference between 'Old Hundred'and
Yankee Doodle!' " "If he could have looked forward a few years," said the
Surrogate, " and known what lively music the effort to prove his will would
cause, he might have had a keen appreciation of it."
In Philadelphia for the week ending April 23d, both the Mapleson and
Beauplan Operas failed to attract profitable houses.
The Cecilian Society gave Handel's "Judas Maccabeus " at the Academy
of Music, on April 28th, under the direction of Mr. Michael H. Cross.
A second meeting of the gentlemen interested in perfecting an associa-
tion to take charge of the musical festival to be given in this city in 18 ^2
under the oonductorship of Mr. Theodore Thomas was held on the evening
of April 29th at the Windsor Hotel in this city. The organization was formed
under the title of the Musical Festival Society, and the following officers
were elected:—President, George William Curtis; Vice-Presidents, Cyrus
W. Field and H. G-. Marquand; Secretary, B. T. Frothingham; Treasurer,
ABROAD.
Joseph W. Drexel. At the formal meeting held on Tuesday night the directors
were chosen, as follows:—Fred. D. Blake, William R. Bunker, Frederick
Minnie Hauk has been singing in Switzerland.
Cromwell, George William Curtis, Joseph W. Drexel, John D. Elwell, B. T.
It is said that a monument is to be erected in Darmstadt to the famous
Frothiugham, Dr. N. G. Gerster, Isaac Henderson, Jr.; J. Otis Hoyt, Daniel
H. Lindley, Domet Lord, Jr.; Seth Low, Joseph Lyman, E. L. Owen, C. L. Abbe Vogler, the musical theorist, who numbered among his pupils so many
Peabody, Jr.; Dr. J. C. Rodriguez, Samuel S. Sanford, Henry Seligman, H. distinguished musicians, of whom were Von Weber and Meyerbeer.
Seymour, Charles F. Tretbar, Theodore Thomas, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Wil-
The price of an orchestra stall at the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Gar
liam A. White, H. N. Whitney and Dr. Frederick Zinssen.
den, London, will be in future, not a guinea, but 25 shillings—in round
Mr. Elwell reports that a subscription list to a " guarantee fund " of numbers, $6.
$50,000 had been shown to only a few persons, and that about half of the
Mr. Mann's famous series of classical concerts at the Crystal Palace,
amount had been subscribed.
Considerable time was spent in the
adoption of the by-laws, but after these were out of the way and a letter from London, has now lasted twenty-five years, and it is suggested that a memo-
Mr. Drexel, in which he accepted the treasurership, had been read, all rial be presented him.
expressed the utmost confidence in the success of the undertaking. Mr.
The Russian Government has remitted some of the measures indicative
Thomas took leave of the New York and Brooklyn Philharmonic choruses of national mourning for the Czar's death, and has decreed that pianos may
April 30, and after a vacation will start about August 1st for Europe to en- again be played in the towns.
gage the best foreign talent for the occasion. Mr. George William Curtis
The season of Royal Italian Opera in London was opened on April 19th,
announced his intention of making an official announcement of the society's
with " Aida." Mile, de Reski in the principal roles.
action at an early date.
Herr Joseph Joachim has left London for Berlin.
The May Festival chorus and orchestra rehearsed Berlioz's " Requiem"
A one-act opera, " Quentin Matys, ou le Forgeron d'Anvers," text by
on the evening of April 28th at the Seventh Regiment Armory before an
invited audience of about four thousand persons. The work of the evening Delmotte, music by Albert Jacques, has been produced at Verviers.
went most satisfactorily, and there were few faults to be found with either
"Le Veau d'or," " a lyric drama in three parts," words by Privat, music
vocalists or instrumentalists.
by Canne, has been produced at the Grand-Theatre, Marseilles.
Mr. Rafael Joseffy gave a concert at the Academy of Music, April 20th,
The composer, Giovanni Chiampo, has died in Turin, aged 76.
which was one of the finest of the season. Mr. Joseffy played Schumann's
Mme. Valleria has arrived in London to fulfill her engagement with Mr.
concerto in A minor, Liszt's concerto in A major, a Bach fugue, an "Arietta
di Balletto " by Gluck, arranged by Joseffy, and the Weber-Tausig "Invita- Gye at the Royal Italian Opera.
tion a la Valse."
Ponchielli has promised to write a four-handed Fantasia to be played at
The De Beauplan Opera Company, after a moribund existence of less the concert in the Teatro della Cannobiana, Milan, for the benefit of the
sufferers by the earthquake at Casamicciola.
than a week in New York City, dissolved April 30th.
Mme. Annette Essipoff has returned to Vienna after a long tour. She
Gustav B. Heinrich, the music teacher who, in August last, eloped with
his pupil, Annie Wilbert, the daughter of Capt. A. G. Wilbert, of Forked goes in the autumn to Spain.
River, N. J., and fled with her to San Francisco, where they were captured,
Sarasate and Anton Rubinstein intend making a concert-tour in Spain.
was on Wednesday, April 27th, convicted of grand larceny in taking prop-
The Societa Musicale Romana have offered a prize for the best oratorio,
erty belonging to Capt. Wilbert, and was sentenced to State prison for four
years. Judge Van Syckel charged the jury that the clothing of a minor Italians only being allowed to compete.
child living with its father belongs to the father.
G. Gallignani has written a new opera, entitled " Nestorio."
M. Alex. Defossez has just secured the ownership of two new operas by
This year's Musical Festival of the Lower Rhine will be held in Dussel-
Audran, the composer of "Olivette," with the right of producing them in dorf on the 5th, 6th and 7th June, under the joint direction of Julius Tausch
the United States one year before they are brought out in Paris. The models and Niels Gade. The Danish composer will conduct only his own works.
for the scenery and dresses are now in course of preparation, and the first The programme includes Suite in D major, No. 3 (Bach); "Samson"
of the two novelties, the exclusive proprietorship of which in America is (Handel); Symphony in A major, No. 7 (Beethoven) ; " Lobgesang " (Men-
vested in M. Defossez, will be made known in this city in October next.
delssohn) ; "Zion," Symphony in B flat major, for chorus, solo and orches-
Mme. Adelina Patti has, alter all, decided to come here next October, tra, and overture to " Michael Angelo " (Gade). Among the artists will be
for a concert tour. Of course, between now and then, there is plenty of Mme. Sachs-Hofmeister, from Leipsic ; Mile. Marianne Brandt, from Berlin;
time for the wayward prima donna to again change her very variable mind, Winkelmann and Gura, from Hamburg, and Norman-Neruda.
but at present the probabilities are in favor of her coming.
A work by the much-talked-of Signor Ponchielli has been heard in Eng-
Mr. Albert L. King has been engaged to take the place of the late Mr. land. An English version of his opera, "IPromessi Sposi," was produced
in Birmingham recently by the Carl Rosa Company, the leading members of
Tower in the tenor solo parts at the Music Festival.
Signor Campanini's farewell benefit will occur at the Academy of Music which took part in the performance.
The programme of the sixth concert at Barcelona, Spain, conducted by
on May 16th. " II Trovatore " will be sung, and there will also be a " Ter-
Ferdinand Hiller comprised:—Overture to " Der Freischiitz"; Fragments
zetto dei Lombardi." Signor D'Auria will be the conductor.
Schumann's "Manfred "; "Traumbild," a fantasia (O. Klauwell) ; Over-
The annual concert of Mr. James Parsons Price was given April 22d at from to
" Demetrius " (Hiller) ; A major Symphony (Mendelssohn) ; extracts
Chickering Hall. The young ladies and gentlemen who participated were ture
from
"The
his pupils, and they gave an entertainment that was well appreciated by the (Beethoven). Demon" (A. Rubinstein), and grand "Leonore" Overture
many friends who constituted the audience.
King Ludwig, of Bavaria, has promised the Bayreuth Patronage Asso-
The annual entertainment of the Vogt Conservatory of Music was given ciation
the services of the orchestra and chorus of the Theatre Royal,
April 22d, at Steinway Hall, to an audience that fairly filled the premises.
Munich, for two months every year, commencing with 1.882, at the Annual
The second of Mr. W. R. Case's " Matinees Populaires " of piano music Festival Performances to be held in Bayreuth.
took place April 19th at Chickering Hall.
The operatic season at Oporto, Spain, has been unexpectedly brought to
Mr. Richard Arnold, the well-known violinist and leader of the Philhar- a close, without the promised novelty, Boito's " Mefistofele.
monic Club, gave his annual concert at Chickering Hall, April 18th, assisted
A new and original comic opera, by M. Offenbach, entitled " La Bou-
by Miss Antonia Henne, contralto; M. AdolpheFischer, violoncellist, and Mr. langere,"
to have been produced at the Globe Theatre, London, on
Hermann Rietzel, pianist. The concert was unusually interesting, as well Saturday, was
April
23rd, under the direction of Mr. Farnie.
on account of the well-selected programme as its artistic interpretation.
The
opera
house
at Montpellier, France, has been burnt to the ground.
The New York Vocal Union gave a very successful concert at Chicker-
ing Hall, on the evening of April 21st, assisted by the New York Philharmonic No lives lost.
Herr Schott has resigned his position at the Hanover Opera House and
Club, Miss Hattie Louise Simms and Mrs. George F. Blinn.
The annual concert of the Yale Glee Club, for the benefit of the Yale will sing at Munich in June.
A new Orchestral Players' Protection Society has been formed in Paris.
Boat Club, was given April 20th at Chickering Hall.
Vencinzo Jacovacci, manager of the Teatro Apollo, died in Rome,
The annual concert of the Bank Clerks' Mutual Benefit Association was
given April 20th, at Steinway Hall, before a large audience. Miss Cop]eston, March 30th.
the pianist, and Dr. Berge, the organist, assisted.
The Gewandhaus Season, at Liepsic, Germany, was brought to a close
The sixth and last concert of the Brooklyn Philharmonic Society took on the 31 st ult. The programme of the twenty-second and last concert was
place on Saturday evening, April 23d, under the direction of Mr. Theodore thus constituted:—Parti. Symphony in D major (No. 2 of Breitkopf and
Thomas. The programme was very well rendered, and consisted of the fol- Hartel's edition), Haydn; Introduction and "Allegro appassionato," Con-
lowing selections: Selections from "Orpheus," Gluck, Miss Cary, chorus certo for Piano, Schumann (performed by Carl Reinecke); Serenade (No. 2,
and orchestra; Pastoral Symphony, Beethoven; " Salve Regina," Aichinger; F major), for string-band, Volkmann; Pianoforte Solos (from Op. 157),
" Gipsy Life," Schumann; Suite Algerienne, Saint-Saens.
composed and performed by Carl Reinecke.—Part II. Symphony in C.
At a hearing of the Samuel Wood College of Music case, on April 22d, minor, No. 5, Beethoven.
Scaria of the Imperial Opera House, Vienna, has been singing at the
the following amusing dialogue occurred: Mr. Henry L. Clinton, of coun-
sel for the contestants, ridiculed the theory that Mr. Wood would leave his Stadttheatre, Konigsberg.

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