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THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
August 20th, 1881.
poser may flatter himself upon freedom from all ri-
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS, No. 1.
We wish to be particularly emphatic in our statement valry, since, observant of the sacrifices involved, no
to the public that subscriptions for the MUSICAL CRITIC other composer would if he could." The principal
AND TRADE REVIEW must invariably be paid in ad- parts were taken by Miles. Juch and Tremelli, and
by Sigs. Ravelli and Galassi. If they could not
vance.
In future NO NAMES WILL BE ENTERED ON OUR save " I I Rinnegato" from failure, that is positive
SUBSCRIPTION BOOKS UNTIL '! HE PRICE FOR THE evidence that it was not possible to save it.
AND
FULL PERIOD OF SUBSCRIPTION HAS BEEN RECEIVED
The Athenaeum, in reviewing Mr. Mapleson's
BY US. This rule will not be deviated from in any case. whole season, declares that the " company was wo-
Bills were sent on August 15th to all subscribers who fully deficient in strength for the work it had to
were in arrears, AND I F WITHIN FIFTEEN DAYS FROM fulfill. Constant and irritating changes in the an-
THE DATE OF SAID BILLS THE AMOUNTS ARE NOT
PAID THE NAMES WILL BE STRUCK OFF THE SUB nouncements relative to the performances, and stage
With which is incorporated THE MUSIC TRADE JOURNAL. SCKIPTION BOOKS.
management disgracefully slipshod in the most
simple matters—these are some of the chief exper-
THE OEGAN
iences endured by the most patient and courteous
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS, No. II.
public in Europe."
We sometimes receive complaints from subscribers that
TRADE REVIEW.
Of the Musicians
the MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW does not
AND THE MUSIC TEADES OP AMERICA. come to them regularly.
A MUSICAL TESTATOR.
To these we must reply that the fault can hardly lie at
PUBLISHED on THE 5th & 20th OF EACH MONTH this end of the line, as our wrapping and mailing depart n p H E ingenuity of will-makers is almost proverb-
JL ial, and it is a gitt which appears anything
merits
are very carefully supervised.
At 853 Broadway, Cc r. 14tli St.
In most cases we have found that papers have been but praiseworthy to the relations of him who pos-
removed from their wrappers bg parties to whom they sesses it. For a long time past, however, one of
the most notable crochets of hard-hearted or selfish
were not addressed.
Whenever copies of the MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE testators has been either done away with, or made
REVIEW fail to reach subscribers regularly, we trust much more difficult to indulge in. Devises and
Editor and Proprietor.
they will promptly notify us.
bequests to religious societies for Avhat were called
All communications should be addressed to the editor,
pious uses, or on condition of saying so many
CHARLES AVERY WELLES, 853 Broadway, N. Y. City.
NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.
masses a year for the soul of the donor, have pretty
Checks and Post-Office Orders should be made payable to
CHARLES AVERY WELLES, Proprietor.
We need a few more experienced 'parlies to furnish well gone out of fashion in all countries, and espe-
We are not responsible for the return of rejected manu- musical
and trade correspondence from all parts of the cially England and Germany, and the Protestant
script.
Correspondence must always be accompanied by the name world.
countries of Europe. But the idea which prompt-
and address of the sender, not necessarily for publication, buc
Forward applications immediately, and when our de- ed these imaginings still survives, though in a
as a guarantee of good faith.
different form, as at Leipsic. The maker of it,
Trade reports, items and communications, relating to the cision is made credentials will at once be given.
music trade, are solicited from all parts of the world.
though not animated by any strong religious fer-
NOTE WELL.
vor, owned to a passion which is to some consider-
This is the ONLY INDEPENDENT PAPER published in ed nearly akin to it; he was an enthusiastic
NEW YOKK, AUGUST 20, 1881. America
DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY to MUSIC, MUSICIANS admirer of music in general, and of Beethoven in
and the MUSIC TRADES.
particular. Accordingly, he bequeathed to the
ADVERTISING RATES.
The MUSICAL CRITIC ANp TRADE Leipsic Choral Society a sum of 6,000 marks, on
The following is the schedule of advertising rates for REVIEW is sold by principal news condition of executing at least once a year the
agencies and may be had at leading ninth symphony of this master. The analogy
the MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW :
news stands and music stores through- between this stipulation and that which was ap-
OOVEB PAGES.
out the world.
pended to an ancient tenure " by Divine service,"
The four pages of the cover are divided into two col-
will readily occur to any student of historic law.
umns to a page.
The penal clause is also remarkable. " If at the
MAPLESON I N EUROPE.
IN THE WIDTH OF A SINGLE COLUMN ON THESE
end of two years the society has not given at least
WHAT THEY THINK OF HIM THERE.
COVER PAGES THE RATE IS
one performance of my favorite piece, the capital
$iiO PER INCH for one quarter (3 months.)
LL foreigners wonder how the Italian operas shall be returned to my family." This is a con-
in London can be made to pay. The fact is verse of the favorite clause directing that if my
INSIDE PAGES.
The inside pages are divided into three columns to a that of late years neither of them has paid, and one family shall not do such or such a thing, the legacy
of them—Mr. Mapleson's—has lost a considerable shall go to the trustees of the British Museum, or
page.
IN THE WIDTH OF A SINGLE COLUMN ON THESE amount of money. It is thought that the failures to some society of credit and renown.
to make money have been caused by a dying out
INSIDE PAGES THE RATE IS
of the taste for opera. Those who have any know-
The musical testator has had the prescience
PER INCH for one quarter (3 months).
ledge of operatic affairs guess more rightly that ex- to consider all future eventualities, and has not
DIRECTORY
travagant management is accountable for the fiasco. been blind to the possibility that the society itself,
In the "Directory of the MUSICAL PROFESSION AND Looked at from a business point of view, operatic though belonging to that class of personalities
THE Music TRADES," a space of THREE LINES, management is no more risky than any other busi- which dieth not, may come to an end. "If—
NEITHER MORE NOR LESS, IS ALLOWED FOR A SINGLE
CAKD. These cards will not be taken for a shorter time ness. An experienced man can estimate very near- which Heaven forefend—the society should happen
than one year, and their wording cannot be altered after ly what his expenses will be, and he may be equal- to be dissolved, the sum is then to be shared
the first insertion, except in the case of a change of ad- ly certain, if he gives a first-class performance, of amongst the musicians of the orchestra." So that
dress, or something equally necessary. Payment for the amount of his receipts. Of course, allowances these gentlemen, though they will derive profit
these cards MUST INVARIABLY BE MADE IN AD- must be made for the unexpected, just as a careful from continuing to execute the symphony every
book-keeper allows a certain amount for bad debts. year, will also be consoled if the force of circum-
VANCE. They will not be inserted until paid for.
THE RATE FOR A SINGLE CARD IS
If a London manager will insist upon forcing second- stances makes it impossible for them to do so.
2 , THREE LINES, ONE YEAR, INVARIABLY IN rate artists down the throats of his patrons, he must
expect them to become restive about buying tickets.
ADVANCE.
ONE OF PATTI'S TRIUMPHS.
The English public is no longer to be hoodwinked
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS, No. I.
the press. It was hardly a surprise, therefore, f I ^HE gala night of Mme. Patti was a memorable
We particularly desire to call attention to the fact that by
we carry NO " D E A D WOOD," OR UNPAID ADVERTISE- to those who were conversant with what was going JL event. "Das Feldlager in Schlesien " was
MENTS IN THIS PAPER. All our advertisements are on at Her Majesty's Theatre to learn that Mr. Ma- the last grand opera full of the genius of Meyer-
pleson had come to the end of his rope. But it was beer, although it appeared in Paris, as an opera
properly contracted for.
It would be an act of the GROSSEST INJUSTICE TO startling to hear that the rival impresarios had join- comique, under the title " L'Etoile du Nord." It
ADVERTISERS WHO PAY TO INSERT THE ADVERTISE- ed forces. This has been effected by the formation was the last work in which his wealth of melody
MENTS OF OTHER PARTIES WHO PAY NOTHING, OR of a joint-stock company, of which the CoventGar- appeared, supported by his great knowledge and
den lessee is to be London manager, and Mr. Ma- experience of orchestration.
NEXT TO NOTHING.
pleson is to direct the company's business in New Written for Jenny Lind, with all the difficulties
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS, No. II.
York. There are many elements of success in the
We do not take pianos, organs, or any description of scheme, but it has also its weak points. Mr. Ma- which usually are given only to instruments, there
musical merchandize, in payment for advertisements in pleson, being short of money, may be glad just now is no singer now on the Italian stage but Mme.
Patti who could successfully carry through the
the MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW. We are
not engaged in renting out musical instruments, nor in to play second fiddle to Mr. Gye. But as soon as evening the real solution of the problem. Mme.
he
gets
his
head
above
water
again,
we
shall
see
selling them upon the installment plan.
Patti roused an enthusiasm as is given only to such
Neither do we pay our printer s or other bills in pianos what we shall see. The company's lawyers will be singers, and to them only on most auspicious
able
to
tie
him
down
by
contracts
on
their
side
of
or organs taken for advertising.
occasions.
the Atlantic, but there will be a difficulty in force-
Of the thirty or forty bouquets presented to her,
ing him to carry out the contracts here.
the magnificent collection of roses by Lady C.; a
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Mr. Mapleson's lack of judgment was exemplified basket, half flowers, half peaches and grapes by
by his last act as manager of Her Majesty's Opera Baron R.; another basket, with a P formed of
UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
The, rates for subscription to the MUSICAL CRITIC Company. No doubt he found it hard to resist the branches, with a real swallow on it, indicative of
AND TRADE REVIEW in the United States and Canada pressure which was brought to bear upon him by her return, and a fan, yellow silk, thickly covered
his aristocratic patrons ; but nothing should have on the reverse with superb yellow roses, by the
are :
1 YEAR (includingpostage)
$ 2 . 0 0 induced him to put on the stage such an opera as rich Mrs. W., were the most conspicuous.
Mme. Adelina Patti, after singing airs of "Tra-
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other operas by titled amateurs, as exemplified in most brilliant company, including the whole diplo-
FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
the cases of Prince Poniatowski, the Duke of Saxe- matic corps, ovations and homages of the most
In all foreign countries included in the Postal Union Coburg, and the Marquis d'lvry. The Daily Tele- flattering kind the same night at Monsieur de
the rates for subscription to this paper are :
graph sums up the situation by the terse statement Rothschild's.
1 YEAR (including postage)
$2.50 that " there are many parts of the opera which do
They refrained, however, from asking her con-
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ALL THE ABOVE RATES MUST INVARIABLY BE PAID that the style of the music was Wagnerian. The
Telegraph opines, however, that '' Wagner could Maurice Grau and his opera-bouffe company has
IN ADVANCE.
not have written the work if he would, and the com- been successful in Rio Janeiro.
SINGLE COPIES
1 0 CENTS.
CHARLES AVERY WELLES,
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