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With which is incorporated THE MUSIC TRADE JOURNAL.
70L. Y.
NEW YORK, OCTOBER 5TH, 1881.
No. 5.
annually from Britain must be great. It has been
MISS KELLOGG'S RETURN.
MUSICAL INVASIONS.
by numerous inquirers into the ways and
LOUISE KELLOGG is to-day, as she ' I "*HE annual invasion of the Germans with their stated
means of these people, that the daily earnings of
\_J has been for a good many years, the repre- X bands is more than presumptive evidence of the
organ-grinders are from 4s. to 5s. a head. The
sentative American singer. She is now in the full our love of music. Surely some of us must be bandsman,
do not obtain much less. As
flush of her powers. Her voice was never under even grossly biased in favor of sweet sounds, to none of the probably,
tribe is wanting in effrontery, and as
better control, and was never fuller, sweeter, or pecuniarily encourage the authors of the most ap- all are smilingly
alert, there is no chance lost of
more sympathetic than at present. The charm of palling combinations of tone ever extorted from getting something
out of us.—Chambers's Jour-
her personality is as great as, when in the days of brass and wood. With the same consciousness of nal.
Max Maretzek's fame as an operatic director, she lofty justice that their brethren displayed in
charmed music lovers of that time in the part of "requisitioning" the conquered French, the band
Marguerita in "Faust," which character she creat- arranges itself under our windows, and, without Several of the archbishops and also some of the
ed in this country. She has sung in all the large parley.or prelude, discharges upon us a bombard- bishops of the Eoman Catholic Church, have
cities of the world, and everywhere has aroused ment of crashing discords, amid which we faintly abolished the embellished musical service in the
admiration for her beautifully pure voice, and her hear bold "Tom Bowling," or gentle "Annie churches and cathedrals of their respective
admirable method. Moreover she has enjoyed Laurie" imploring for mercy. No sooner is the dioceses, and have substituted the Gregorian
universal esteem as a woman, in the truest and operation over than the door knocker is struck chant in place of Beethoven, Hummel, Cherubini
and best sense of the word, and has made the with a peremptory vigor that shows the " collec- and Weber. The American Cecilian Society, con-
term, "an American artist " every where respected. tor" feels as much right to our money as though sisting of priests and laymen of the Eoman Catho-
We have called Miss Kellogg the representative he were levying an authorized music-rate! The lic Church, is an organization which seeks to en-
American singer. She is representative in the English must be notorious for their appreciation of courage the chant and abolish the operatic and
sensational (as it is called) school of
sense that she represents our indom-
music for ohurch services. The society
itablo American energy, pluck, perser-
is about to hold an annual convention
verance, and adaptability to circum-
in St. Louis. We are anxious to ascer-
stances. She has been a hard worker,
tain the result of the deliberations,
and in this as in many other respects
and also to hear some good reason
has seb a bright example to our young
why the devil should have all the best
singers.
tunes.
Miss Kellogg is an artist and a favor-
ite in opera, oratorio and concert. She
Eudolph Bial's benefit at the Metro-
has covered a wider field than any of
politan Concert Hall, on Sunday night,
our countrywomen who have exploited
Sept. 25th, was largely attended and
the regions of vocal music, and from
must have realized a good, round sum
the time that she made her debut in
to the popular director. Bial is an
1861, in "Bigoletto," she has made and
experienced conductor who under-
retained hosts—not only of admirers—
stands how to arrange a programme
but of firm friends.
which will satisfy both the average
Miss Kellogg has but recently return-
public and the more fastidious visitors.
ed from a brilliantly successful Euro-
The Metropolitan Concert Hall might
pean tour, and will during the Fall and
have been a success financially speak-
Winter devote herself to the concert
ing; but there were too many cooks
stage under the direction of Messrs.
who spoiled the soup, and if they had
J. B. Pond and Max Bachert. These
prepared a good soup, the chief waiter
concerts will be given over the entire
in charge of the Hall would have taken
length and breadth of the country, and
good care that it was spoiled. It is
Miss Kellogg will be assisted by Signor
necessary for a place of public resort
Brignoli, the Italian opera tenor, who
to have intelligent and courteous people
like Tennyson's Brook "goes on for-
in charge of it; the public has become
ever," and whose voice improves as he
habituated to good manners and will
grows older ; Signor Tagliapietra, the
not attend a place of, amusement where
baritone; Mr. Adamowski, a young
stupidity and ignorance are predomin-
polish violinist, who, not long ago
ant. There will soon be a change at
•created a furore among the unimpress-
the Metropolitan and we hope it will
ionable dilletante of Boston; Miss Alta
be for the best. Bial should be re-
Pease, contralto, and Mr. S. Liebling,
tained.
pianist.
Patti and her sister Carlotta are
enemies, says the Chicago Saturday
MINNIE HAUCK.
Evening Herald. While the latter was
ISS MINNIE HAUCK will be Mr.
lying at the point of death in a hospi-
Mapleson's prima donna, Miss
tal of the sisters of St. Joseph, Adelina
Hauck had originally declined to ac-
was all the time in the neighborhood,
company Mr. Mapleson owing to pre-
and sent not a single word of inquiry
vioias offers for the Imperial Opera
about her sister. It is said that when
Houses of Vienna and Berlin. Her
asked to attend the administration of
agent, however, succeeded in postpon-
the sacrament she refused, saying that
ing the arrangements made with those
she did not care whether Carlotta lived
theatres for the year, and made it pos-
or died. Amalia, another sister, who
sible for Miss Minnie Hauck to accom-
is reported as collecting alms for chari-
pany Mr. Mapleson to America, where
ties at the Madeleine, Paris, is also
she is to create the part of Caterina in
at variance with both Adelina and Car-
MISS CLAEA LOUISE KELLOGG.
the Italian version of Gotz's " Taming
lotta, while a brother died in a desti-
of the Shrew," besides singing Elsa in "Lohen- sounds, for every nation hurries to entertain us tute condition at St. Louis a few years since.
grin " and Selika in the "Africaine" as novelties. with its "airs." Brigands from Abruzzo and
Mr. Mapleson has deposited £2,000 at a bank in shepherds from the Oampagna come in troops to AMERICAN PIANIST AT CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—Mr.
New York as a guarantee to Miss Hauck for the minister to our hunger for tone. Who has not j Albert G. Thies, the American pianist, appeared at
production of these operas and the fulfillment of been amazed at these savages in blue mantles and each of the entertainments and gave the Mossel
the other points of the contract, which, except a sheep-skin jerkins, with legs bandaged by strips I Bay public the more musical portion thereof,
few minor points, is practically settled. Miss of dirty calico, and feet shod with straps of leather ' especially a treat seldom heard by his brilliant
Hauck will appear only once in Europe before she fastened with complicated thongs? Why do they pianoforte solos, played with an artistic skill and
leaves for Amer^a, as she promised to sing come with piccolo and bagpipe, with dancing boys delicacy of touch evidencing a latent musical
"Angels ever Bright and Fair" and Gounod- and girls like palpable ghosts of the old pagan undercurrent of thought combined with superior
Bach's " Ave Maria " for the English Church Fund world, if not attracted by rumors of our frantic culture scarcely to be expected from so young an
at Baden-Baden before she starts.
adoration of music? Judging from their numbers, artist. Mr. Thies has a career before him in the
brigandage and shepherding are poor professions musical world in which we anticipate he will add
DEFUKCT MUSICAL PAPER.—The Philharmonic compared with that which supplies the Inglese j to the already European reputation he has
Journal, edited by Jerome Hopkins, has suspended with musical refreshment. The amount of money secured.—The Mossel Bay Advertiser, Cape of
publication. Ex nihilo nihilfil.
that vagabond minstrels from the Continent carry Good Hope.
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