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April 20th, 188 a.
THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
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The Centennial Exposition occurred six years ago,
and what the public wish to know is not what
kind of instrument a piano manufacturer made
MR. N. J. HAINES THINKS SHE DID, AND MB. then, but what he makes now; whether he has ad-
vanced in the quality of his instruments since
ABBEY THINKS SHE DID—MB. HAINES
that time, or whether he has lost ground, so that
HAS SOMETHING TO SAY ON THE
he does not make as good a piano even as he did
ten years ago. These are the vital questions of
S U B J E C T OF D E A D
to-day. Let us consider live issues, and stand or
ISSUES.
fall by them, and not seek to stir up the ghost of
the past in such matters. The public under-
HEN we ask, "Did Patti pay?" we do not stands thoroughly by this time the merits of the
mean did she pay her board bills, etc., Centennial Exposition awards, and does not need
•while in this country; but rather, did she pay her to be told who deserved the highest prize. We
manager, Mr. Abbey, who took her when her stay have given all our time and energy to perfecting
AT HOME.
in America seemed likely to be brought to a sud- our pianos, and the success which has attended
den termination, and "who turned a defeat into a the introduction of our new styles of grands and Mile. Leslino, of the Strakosch Italian Opera
is a pupil of the Brussels Conservatory of
victory.
uprights shows that we have pursued the proper Co.,
Music.
course.
MB. HAINES'8 BEMABKS.
Mr. Fred. W. Wolff, of Baltimore, is rapidly
WHAT MB. ABBEY'S BEPBESENTATIVE SAYS.
A reporter of THE MUSICAL CBITIO AND TBADE
coming to the front as a pianist of ability. He is
REVIEW passed the warerooms of Messrs. Hainea
The representative of THE MUSICAL CBITIO AND highly spoken of in Baltimore, where his success
Bros., on Fifth avenue, the other day, and as the TBADE
REVIEW then visited the Park Theatre to- as a teacher ia very flattering. He was educated
name of Patti had been connected with the name investigate
in Leipsic.
the rumor.
of Mr. N. J. Haines, jr., as her prospective manager,
The Amphion Musical Society of Brooklyn gave
Mr.
Abbey
was
in
Boston,
but
Mr.
Tillotson,
by the daily papers, during the last few weeks, who represents Mr. Abbey's intersts in this city their
third concert of the season on April 10, at
and as a portion of the daily press claimed to pos- during his absence, said he could deny the report the Academy
of Music, Brooklyn.
sess information that Patti's late management had authoritatively.
failed to make expenses with her, our reporter
The
"Merry
has enjoyed a bright season
is no truth whatever in the story," said at the Thalia War"
thought he would find out whether Mr. Haines Mr. "There
Theatre. On Wednesday of last
Tillotson.
"In
the
first
place,
Mr.
Abbey
had any information to give
alone was interested in the Patti management. week Miss Stubel had a benefit, and on Saturday
Mr, Haines smiled when it was suggested that Neither Mr. Haines nor Mr. Dam had anything to the only matine'e of the opera was given.
he would enter the managerial arena next winter say in the matter. The former was interested The programme of the Brooklyn Philharmonic
and take Patti under his wing.
only in the libretto privilege, which he paid for Society for the sixth rehearsal and the sixth concert,
"No," he said, "I shall have my hands full whenever a performance took place. If there on April 12, was as follows: Symphony in A minor,
with the piano business next fall, and shall not was no performance then there was no expense to. Scotch, opus 56, Mendelssohn Concerto for piano,
take other cares upon my shoulders. Our busi- Mr. Haines. That was all. Now Mr. Abbey has No. 2, F minor, opus 21, Chopin, Mr. Rafael-Jo-
ness was larger during the past fall, winter, and not lost a cent, but, on the contrary, has made seffy. Symphony in C minor, No. 5, opus 67,
spring than it ever had been before, and next a good round sum out of his management of Patti. Beethoven.
season promises an increase in a like ratio."
When he started out to manage the prima donna
"Well, Mr. Haines," said our reporter, "what some folks predicted that he would lose 820,000 The second concert and reception of the Mozart
can you tell me about the financial results or $30,000, but they have shown themselves to be Musical Union will take place on the evening of
of Patti's recent engagement with Henry E. false prophets, as I have said When Patti left April 26, at Livingston Avenue Opera House.
Abbey?"
this country she said that if she returned to 1 his society has an amateur orchestra of seventy-
"As I had no part in the management of Mad- America s e wanted Mr. Abbey to manage her five performers, under the leadership of Prof. F.
ame Patti's affairs," replied Mr. Haines, "I can- interests here, and as he has found it a good Fanciulli. The officers of the society are J. C J.
not speak on the subject as one having authority; business investment to do so, he would be glad to Langbein, John Frick, William Comerford, Louis
still, by rea.son of my acquaintance with Mr. be her manager again. No, sir; you can deny Runkel, and I. M. Cohn.
Abbey, I know positively that not only did he not that story most emphatically. Mr. Abbey put Miss Emma S. Howe, soprano, has been ten-
lose a dollar, but he made money on her engage- some hard work into the Patti management and dered a complimentary concert, to take place at
ment, and would, I am sure, feel no hesitation in he received a substantial return for his labors."
Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, on April 25. She will
engaging her for another season on the same
be assisted by the New York Philharmonic Club,
terms. Mr. Abbey is a shrewd, long-headed,
Miss Nella F. Brown, elocutionist; Mrs. Florence
SEATS
FOB
THE
MAY
FESTIVAL.
wide-awake manager, and when he engages an
Rice-Knox,
Miss Florence Tylee, accompanist, and
artist like Patti, you can rest perfectly contented n p H E auction sale of seats for the musical festi-
that he has calculated to his own satisfaction what J_ val began on the evening of April 17 at Chick- Rafael Joseffy.
Miss Couron's Benefit Concert at the Union
the expenditure will be, what he can count upon ering Hall. John H. Draper was the auctioneer.
for receipts, and what proportion the expenditures The premiums realized on the first night of sales League Theatre took place on April 15. Signor
will bear to the receipts."
amounted to $670. Subscription certificates are Del Puente and Mme. Constance Howard, who as-
"I see, Mr. Haines, that The Times last Mon- $15. Boxes cost $125 and $100, and the premium sisted, were the recipients of much applause.
day speaks of her mistakes when she was here last realized at the auction is the sum paid in addition
The Vogt Conservatory of Music, in East
fall, and implies that these mistakes were con- to these prices. Henry Seligman secured the first Fourteenth street, William G. Vogt, director, will
choice, box 12, with $60 premium.
tinued by her later management?"
give its annual entertainment on April 20 in Stein-
"That is notfair,"said Mr. Haines. "Undoubt- A box had been set aside for Mr. Theodore way Hall.
edly, many unwise things were done by her and Thomas, the director, but was subsequently of-
ABROAD.
her French managerial party shortly after her ar- fered for sale on the strength of the following let-
Antwerp is a musical centre. The "concerts
rival, but Mr. Abbey turned the tide in her favor ter which was received:
and saved her from utter rout. It required a
populaire" have been patronized by large audi-
N»w YOBK, April 17, 1882.
man of exceptional managerial ability to accom- Board of Directors of the Festival Association:
ences for years past. The 145th concert on March
plish so much."
Beethoven's "Eroica Symphony,"
GENTLEMEN — I am told that a box has been set 20 comprised
:
"And now, Mr. Haines, to return to the reports aside for me ; but Mrs. Thomas has already bought Saint-Sai ns's "Phaeton," and Wagner's "Tann-
certificates,
and
while
I
thank
you
for
the
courtesy,
haiiser" Overture.
that Mr. Abbey lost money on Patti."
"Well, I can say no more on that subject than I we prefer to adhere to our custom of buying tickets Aptommas, the harpist, has been playing in
for
public
entertainments.
have said. But why not interview Mr. Abbey
Dublin and other Irish cities.
Yours respectfully,
THEODOBE THOMAS.
himself ? He will give you a candid answer."
Donizetti's posthumous opera, "II Duca d'Alba,"
"As I am here," said the reporter, "and you are
which was recently performed at the Teatro Apollo,
disengaged for a few minutes, I will ask you what
A
HIGHLY
PROPER
PAPER.
your intentions are concerning the location of your r
London Orchestra and Choir has been Rome, excited intense enthusiasm.
warerooms. I see there is an announcement that T^HE
JL printing for some months as original matter Mile. Marianne Eissler, violiniste, and her sister,
this building is to let, and suppose that you the
series of popular papers by Dr. Whitfield Emmy Eissler, two young artists from Vienna,
intend moving."
Ward, which were written expressly for THE MU- made a brilliant success at a concert, on March 25,
"We do intend to move," replied Mr. Haines, SICAL
at the Salle Herz, Paris.
CBITIC AND TBADE REVIEW.
"as we think the owner wants more rent for -this As no
-credit was given to this journal, we ex- Anna de Belocca will sing in Berlin during the
place than it is worth. We shall not, however, re- posed
the literary theft on the part of the Orchestra month of May.
tire altogethei from public noiioe if we do move. and Choir.
As I said before, we are preparing for a larger busi- Instead of making the amende honorable, that an- The programme of a concert, given lately in
ness than ever in the fall, and we shall have new tediluvian sheet replies with a serio-comic screed Brussels, was oemposed entirely of works by Rich-
warerooms that will do us credit."
on the amenities of musical journalism in Amer- ard Wagner.
Here Mr. Hainea drew some elaborate plans ica,
taking our expose of Fr—d as a text. Thin- Great success has attended the production of M.
from his desk and spread them before the reporter. skinned
that are afraid of being slightly Saint-Saens's Biblical opera, "Samson and Deli-
"You can see from this what our ideas of a front personal, papers
when principles are at stake, should not lab," in Hamburg. The composer was recalled
and main entrance for our warerooms are, and I offend against
morality by literary pilfering, no after each act, and had a laurel crown given him.
think I can truthfully say that there will be noth- matter how highly
proper they may be at other
ing handsomer in New York city."
It is reported that Dr. Hans von Biilow will
"Then you do not intend to rest quietly upon the times in retailing stale news.
direct in London during the summer. He may
laurels you have gained during tne past season,
Dr. Eben Tourjee and the directors of the bring his Meiningen orchestra.
Mr. Haines?"
New
England Conservatory of Music hare pur- M. Vicomte de la Panouze, the husband of Mile.
"No, indeed; neither do we intend to indulge
in self-glorification on the strength of dead issues. chased the St. James Hotel property, in Boston, Heilbron, who was ruined by the financial crash
We are not at present engaged in warming over Cen- and intend to expend $700,000 in the purchase of in Paris, sailed for the Cape of Good Hope on the
tennial reports, nor in claiming that we received the building and necessary changes that must be steamship Praetoria, on March 24, to retrieve his
95 2-8 out of a possible 96 from the Centennial made. A hall of fifteen hundred seating capacity fortunes. Heilbron is engaged for St. Peters-
burg.
judges. We are rather trying to improve our pianos. is to be built, and other buildings erected*
DID PATH PAY?
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