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THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
November 5 th, 1881.
Shudi had resumed his right name of
(it is a branch store), and exchange that -worn out
N Englishman, Mr. Henry Brooks, Jr., has organ for one of those splendid organs I make and Tschudi, borne by the ancient Swiss family from
issued a circular concerning the "Fair I will only charge very little for the difference." He which he was descended.—Figaro, London.
then retired from the platform and had a talk with
Trade League," as applied to musical instrument the
teachers and the superintendent.
AN ASCHERBER& RECITAL.
manufacture. We make extracts from it as fol-
Early on the following morning one of his organs
lows:
HE
example
set by Herr Bechstein, who, it will
arrived at the church and was put in place of the
recollected, towards the end of last season
" Bearing In mind that English pianoforte and old one on approval. But the old one was taken gave be
an
invitation
on the Bechstein pianos,
organ manufacturers are suffering a very serious and to the branch store. Well, the Sunday-school with the assistance recital
of Herr Rubinstein and Frau So-
growing injury by the one-sided privilege that the teachers did not like the new organ,-especially phie Menter, has been
by the English agents
German, French, and American makers enjoy of when they thought of the difference they had to of Messrs. Ascherberg, followed
Dresden. Two Ascherberg
Glutting our markets with pianos and organs, whilst pay to the orator. In fact several of them who grands were used at the of private
matinee given by Mr.
excluding our instruments from their countries by
at the Marlborough Rooms on October
prohibitive duties, it occurred to me that a suitable were musical people were under the impression Ascherberg
1st to introduce Herr and Frau Rappoldi, the one chef-
opportunity has now presented itself for some com- that the old one was much better than the new one. d'altaque
at the Dresden Opera-House, and the other
bined action amongst ourselves, Every one will So they meekly meandered to the branch store and court pianist
the King of Saxony. The lady comes
agree that it is not essential to an Englishman that asked to have the old one brought back to the heralded by an to appreciative
letter written seven years
he should purchase a foreign made piano or organ, Sunday-school. The gentleman in charge told ago by Dr. Hans von Biilow,
who states that she
for by buying a German, French, or American instru- them that Mr. Proprietor had sent the organ away studied Beethoven's later pianoforte
sonatas with him
ment (often at a higher price than he could have on the very day he had received it, and that it was and that he holds an opinion, shared
by Liszt and
become possessed of one made at home) he causes probably sold, or if not, then the repairs on it had Henselt, that she is " by far the most highly
gifted
the money value of his purchase to go out of his been so very expensive, &c, &c, &c.
and brilliant pianist of recent times." Frau Rap-
native country to the gain of the foreign maker and
who was a pupil of Professors Dachsand Des-
his men, which must be the loss of the British work- Moral: Visit the Sunday-school of your youth, poldi,
soff, of Vienna, is an excellent pianist; and her hus-
men and their employers. His desire for a musical "there's millions in it."
band, who was trained at the Vienna Conservatoire,
instrument bearing a foreign label is really often a
and also under Joachim, is quite an average violin-
mere fad to talk about to his friends, and does not
STUPID.
ist. The programme included Schumann's Sonata
imply that an English article would not have
violin and piano, Op. 121, the Piano Concerto in
answered all his and his friends' desires, and been TTNDER the heading "Which paper was started for
E flat by Weber (the orchestral portions played on a
equally good value for his money. If ho thinks L_J first ? " the London and Provincial Music second
piano), and other works. These two artists
otherwise, then it cannot be fair that this consumer Trades Review says in its issue of Oct. 15:
there first public appearance at the Promenade
should benefit by an act of injustice to his country- If the following cheery little notice in the New made
October 3, when the lady was announced to
men, who cannot sell their productions to the nation York MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE EEVIEW may be Concerts
Weber's " Concertstticl^e," and her husband a
whence his piano or organ came from; for it is believed, the proprietors of this paper must have play
Prelude and Fugue of Bach.—London and Provincial
certain that if half a dozen persons are in company
to the expense of sending an eminent artist to Music Trades Review.
together, and number one gives freely of all that he gone
New
York
in
order
to
obtain,
when
the
New
York
has, and the other five give nothing in return, but
CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW was fresh
take away all number one has, the latter will soon be MUSICAL
from the press, the exact shade of color of its wrap-
• A NOVELLO CENTENARY.
left without anything.
per, returning here with the precious article secured
N
a
recent
number of the London Musical Times,
"There is little doubt that if English manufac- against damp, light, and dust, to place it in the
that admirable critic and charming writer, Mr.
turers of pianos and organs were protected by their hands of a paper manufacturer in order to—to imi- Joseph
devotes three pages to an apprecia-
Government, who should handicap the foreigners in tate the New York MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE tion of Bennett,
the labors of Vincent Novello, the founder of
proportion as they do us, there would be a stimulus REVIEW :—
the
present
firm
of Novello &Co., and the centenary
given to employers and workmen; a greater demand '' Once more we have to remark upon the truth of celebration of whose
occurred on September
for home-made instruments would induce English the saying that imitation is the sincere^t flattery. 6th last. In speaking birth
of Vincent Novello nobody
makers to acquire more capital, and invest it in The London and Provincial Music Trades Review has will advance against Mr.
Bennett a charge, from
improved machinery and appliances to enable them adopted a cover the color of which is made to re ena-
he excuses himself, of " trying to make a hero
to-turn out pianos to the foreign model3, and organs ble the color of the cover of the MUSICAL CRITIC which
of a very small personage." To Vincent Novel-
after the American style, should buyers continue to AND TRADE REVIEW as nearly as possible. Such out
lo we owe the popularization of music by the pub-
desire the same; but so long as we are undersold and imitation is truly an acknowledgment that the MUS- lication
of standard and other works in a cheap form,
compelled to dispose of our productions at unre- ICAL CRITIC AND TRADE RTVIEW is the only paper and although
his ideas were mainly carried out by
munerative prices, our home makers will not be able in America worthy to bear such a name. If you can- his son and successors,
his was the brain which first
or willing to further develope and invest in what not see it in this way we will make the fact plain at conceived a step which has
exercised so great an in-
may turn out a loss for the reasons assigned.. .
another time."
fluence over our musical history. In his own fashion
" I suggested to the ' National League ' the desir- The salmon, or whatever color our wrapper may Mr. Bennett sketches Vincent Novello's life, his first
ability of convening an influential meeting of piano- be called, was first used for our first issue on No- publication, in 1811, of the "Collection of Sacred
forte makers, who should be invited to make known vember 15th, 1877. It has not since been changed. Music" used at the Sardinian Chapel in Gate Street,
their views, when statistics, showing the enormous When was the New York MUSICAL CRITIC AND Lincoln's Inn Fields; his subsequent publication of
disadvantages and injustice our trade is labouring TRADE REVIEW first published?
the "Twelve Easy Masses," the "Motets for the Morn-
under, would be forthcoming. Mr. Smith warmly
ing Service," and "The Evening Service" of the
approved of the suggestion, and expressed a hope In the first place we never raised the issue as to Roman Catholic Church; of his labors at the Fitz-
that it might be carried out at as early a date as which paper was started first. The first number william Museum at Cambridge (part of the results
possible, and he further promised that shorthand of this paper was published August 5th, 1879. of which, we are told, still remain in manuscript),
notes should be made at the meeting, publicity given But we did say that our elephantine English Con- and of the great Purcell collection; of the eighteen
to the same in the papers, and a pamphlet prepared, temporary recently imitated the color of our cover Masses by Mozart and sixteen by Haydn (of which
which would be convenient for reference hereafter, pages; and we maintain it. The original color of ten of the former and nine of the latter were printed
and probably would be in time to be serviceable to our E. E. C.'B cover pages, or at least of all we ever for the first time); the Masses of Beethoven and
the delegates at the coming commercial treaty con- saw, up to a couple pf months ago, was a dirty, Hummel, "Convent Music," the "Psalmist," an-
ference in Paris.
muddy, reddish brown, reminding us of the un- thems, madrigals, and other things most innumera-
"The interests of the pianoforte and organ trade savory complexion of that notable young Journal- ble. Here his task ends, for Mr. Bennett undertook
being almost centered in the manufacturers in Lon- ist, (with a capital J), W. eak M. inded Tom, who to speak only of Vincent Novello, leaving the good
don, a meeting would be calculated to easily, quick- edits the Art Jabberer—with a pair of scissors. work done by his successors to be, described in other
ly, and effectively bring influence to bear at head- During the last three months, however, the color papers than that owned by the existing firm ot
quarters.
of our E. E. C.'s cover pages has been an exact Messrs. Novello <& Co.
"Having explained the object in view, may I imitation
of the peculiar salmon color which dis-
solicit your co-operation to assist' in carrying it out.
by becoming a consulting or ordinary member of tinguishes the cover of the MUSICAL CRITIC AND
0. D. PEASE'S PROSPERITY.
the league, and ask you to favour me with your TRADE REVIEW, as any one may plainly see.
n
p
H
E
Hampshire
Gazette and Northampton Courier
opinion as to the contemplated meeting and if you
_L of Oct. 25th says :
would attend the same to advise as to forming a
"Rumor says that Mr. Chauncey Pease of New
OLD PIANOS.
permanent executive committee and nominating a
York city has bought the John Adams place, so
president and secretary; also what support do you
R.
A.
J.
HIPKINS
has
completed
his
search
called, lately owned by J. .T. Preston, for a Summer
think your workmen might be induced to extend to
(undertaken by permission of the "Drown residence.
Mr. Pease is a Worthington boy, who by
this important movement for your and their mutual
Princess
of
Germany)
at
Berlin
and
Potsdam
for
industry and skill has accumulated a handsome com-
welfare?"
the pianofortes made by Gottfried Silbermann, petence in the manufacture of pianos, and wishing
said to have been acquired by Frederick the Great. for a place where he could retire from the noisy city
WORKING THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL RACKET.
This statement, for which Forkel is the authority, and spend a season of rest from the hurry and con-
is a man in the piano and organ trade may now be regarded as sufficiently confirmed, fusion of city life, naturally turned to his native
JL who has a store in New York and branches in three of these instruments having been identified town, and has shown his good judgment in his selec-
as it is one of the pleasantest locations in town.
several cities. Some time ago he visited one of by Mr. Hipkins at Potsdam. Excepting such un- tion, farm
will be under the management of Mr.
these cities, and on a Sunday afternoon dropped important differences as the retention of a rosette The
Pease's brother, Mr. George W. Pease, who with his
into the Sunday-school of the Methodist Church. in the sound-board and the German fancy at that mother
and two sisters will occupy the house. *
They used in that Sunday-school an old reed or- time for black natural keys, these three Silber-
gan, but an instrument that was still in very ex- mann pianos are faithful copies of the Florentine Fitting up a city residence and buying a country
pianos of Cristofori, the real inventor of the in- residence are evidences of prosperity. C. D. Pease
cellent condition.
Our pious and business-like friend "sot" his strument. Other »ld grand pianos in the palaces & Co. must be doing a very good business in
eyes on that old organ and then he began an ad- of Potsdam and Charlottenburg, of not later date pianos.
than 1790—one, it may be, by Stein of Augsburg
dress to the children.
Wilhelm Kurka has invented, accord-
Said he: "Girls and boys—I received my first himself (whose inventions were so highly appre- ing Rudolph
to the Vienna Signale, an apparatus to register
lessons in religion right here, in this very base- ciated by Mozart)—in Mr. Hipkins' opinion prove improvisations
on the piano or organ. It workft
ment, many years ago; I started out in life after that Stein ought to be regarded as the virtual
means of electricity, and is said to be only &
finding inspiration from the Lord here on this founder of German pianoforte construction, which by
device placed in communication with the-
very spot. I was a poor boy then. Look at me had to make a fresh start after the Seven Years' Morse
keys
of
the instrument. The signs thus registered
War.
Mr.
Hipkins
found
in
the
New
Palace
at
now," and here he pointed to several tremendous
easily transposed by means of a special
sized solitaires on his shirt bosom, " I am a rich Potsdam the Shudi harpsichord described by Bur- are
and successful piano and organ merchant. I ney when he went there on his famous tour, and alphabet.
should like to do something for this Sunday- another by the London maker (founder of the Louis Guental, agent of New York city, dealer
school where I got my first ideas of the Lord. Broadwood house) of the same year, 1766. On in pianoforte materials, has had a judgment enter-
You must get your teachers to come to my store, these instruments, one of which has solid silver ed against him for $159.
AN ENGLISH SHRIEE FOR PROTECTION.
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