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June 20th, 1882.
SUPPLEMENT TO T H E MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
A STAVE OF THE ALCAZAE.
'Twas the opening night of the Alcazar,
And folks had gathered from near and far;
They came on foot, they arrived by car,
By thousands, I wean,
To see and be seen,
And to follow the feet of some guiding "star."
And yet few people could quite agree
As to what the deuce they had come to see,
Whether 'twas stockings or minstrelsy;
Or whether, indeed,
If they had agreed,
They would not still be as much at sea.
There were merry maidens, an endless flock,
And some grisly sinners, who "took no stock"
In the dainty music of Offenbach,
And between these two
Classes, a few
Who solely came for their Mumm or hock.
•'Plighted by Moonlight" was the play,
In which—so astuter critics say,
The chiefest charm was the sweet ballet,
For which, it is said,
Each nymph had been fed
On soda and fizz since the first of May.
As for the rest of the operette,
Everyone knows it was light, and yet
Quite up to the "Mascotte or "Olivette!"
The which, being so,
You surely must know
That a better send-off it could not get.
Now let the Times, or the critic Star,
Or other sheets that are on a par
Tell longer tales of the Alcazar,
But we must refuse
To worry our muse—
Our sweet and delicate muse—too far.
A PRESENT FOB THEODORE THOMAS.
I ''HE Advisory Managers of the May Music
J. Festival have had prepared for presentation
to the conductor of the Festival, Theodore
Thomas, a very handsome baton, whose elegance
is chiefly its rich simplicity. The baton is a bit
of clear and prettily grained ivory, with a tip
and base of solid frosted gold. On the former is
engraved a bar from Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.
The gold baBetip has a suitable presentation in-
scription, to the effect that it was presented to
Theodore Thomas by the Advisory Managers of
the Music Festival Association. The case is of
maroon silk plush velvet, into the cover of which
is set in gold letters, of rustic design, the word
Thomas. To the inside of the cover is inset a bit
of maroon satin ribbon, on which is painted in
white the first two measures of the heroic song
from Wagner's "Nibelungenlied."
Accompanying the baton is an album of the
ordinary quarto size, which contains a compli-
mentary letter of presentation and thanks, written
for the Board of Managers by George William
Curtis, its president. The letter is written on
parchment, with brilliantly illuminated initial
letters, specially complimentary allusions in the
body of the letter being brought out in a similar
method of treatment.
The album also contains several leaves of rich
white moire antique. The whole is bound in
maroon-colored velvet, and the front cover has the
name Theodore Thomas inset in plain letters of
gold. The date of the presentation has not been
decided upon, and it may not take place until the
latter part of the Summer.
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INDIANA MUSIC TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION.
rf^HE sixth annual meeting of the Indiana Mu-
X sic Teachers' Association will be held at Lo-
gansport, Ind., on June 26, 27, 28 and 29. Among
those who are to take part in the proceedings are
the following: Miss Bessie L. Hough, Franklin,
subject, "Con Espressione;" Mrs. Lizzie M. Tay-
lor, Bloomington, "Frauds;" Miss Princess L.
Clark, Ft. Wayne, "Musical Melange;" J. M.
Dungan, Franklin, "Our Profession;" J. F. Eeese,
Frankfort, " Honest Teachers;" J. F. Kinsey, Ft.
Wayne, "Normal Music Schools;" J. A. Fields,
Logansport, "Pupil's Practice;" W. J. Stabler,
Salem, Oregon, "The Use and Abuse of the Ped-
als;" H. S. Perkins, Chicago, 111., "Song Elo-
quence vs. Chaos;" S. W. Straub, Chicago, 111.,
" Musical Knowledge and Mistakes of Music
Teachers;" Chas. Weistbrod, Bichmond, "Duties
of the Pianoforte Teacher;" Frank R. Webb,
Lima, Ohio, "The Pipe Organ;" W. H. Mershon,
Wabash, "Concert of Action." There will be two
concerts, one of which will be given by Prof.
Otto A. Schmidt, the eminent violinist and pianist,
formerly of St. Louis, Mo., now of Richmond,
Ind. The officers of the'association are: Presi-
dent, M. Z. Tinker, Evansville; Secretary, W. S.
Stabler, New Castle; Treasurer, Miss Bessie L.
Hough, Franklin. Programme Committee, G.
M. Cole, Richmond; W. T. Giffe, Logansport;
W. F. Heath, Ft. Wayne.
with him. The presentation took place May 9
at Mr. Sullivan's residence.
Labatt, one of the greatest living tenors, who is
regularly engaged at the Imperial Opera, Vienna,
has just closed a remarkable engagement at the
Royal Theatre, Stockholm. Before he left he
donated 10,000 crowns to the Chorus Pension
Fund. He is a Jew of humble origin.
Mr. Fred. H. Cowen's Scandinavian Symphony,
which was successfully performed in England,
Germany, and Austria, is soon to be produced at
the Lamoureux's Concerts, Paris.
"Cherubino," in the London Figaro, attempts
to satirize Rubinstein's "Ocean Symphony."
"Cherubino" writes many foolish things about
music, which may be brain food for some of our
English cousins, but nobody else.
M. Saint-Saens has completed his new opera
called "Henry VIII.," words by M. Detroyat,
which is to be produced at the Paris Opera early
next year.
The annual examination of the Quebec Academy
of Music will take place June 28 in Victoria Hall.
Following is the programme: Organ—First class,
grand choeur, in D major, Guilmant; second class,
postlude in C minor, book 3, No. 155, Rink.
Piano—First class, rondo brillante, in E flat, op.
62, Weber; second class, sonata, in A major, first
movement, No. 6, first book (Peter's edition),
Clementi. Violin—First class, fifth sonata in G
major, Chabran; second class, La Romanesca, in
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS.
The Philadelphia Church Choir Company has
been singing several weeks at the Grand Opera
House, Chicago, 111. The operas presented were
"The Musketeers," "Patience," "Claude Duval,"
and "Pinafore."
Prof. H. S. Perkins, of Chicago, will conduct the
Musical Festival at Clear Lake, August 1.
Mr. Caufmann, manager of the opera house at
Chillicothe, O., was in the city last week.
Mme. Rivd-King's concerts in San Francisco
met with brilliant success, crowded audiences at-
tending on each occasion.
Information has reached this country from A minor, No. 11, "Les maitres classiques du violin,"
Paris that Adelina Patti and Signor Nicolini are arranged by Alard. Singing—First class: soprano,
about separating, and that Patti will marry "some air de bijou, Faust; contralto, "Donnez, donnez!"
one," who, it is not mentioned. The rumor states Couplets de la Mendiante, from "Le Prophete;"
that marriage invitations have been sent out in tenor, Comfort ye in every valley, "Messiah;" bari-
tone, the Toreador's song, "Carmen;" bass, Why
Paris.
the Nations, "Messiah"—(those pieces may be
It is positively asserted by Messrs. Brooks & Do
sung
in any language at the choice of the com-
Dickson that Aimee will come to this country for petitor);
second class, examination on the ele-
the next season, and sing in English a repertoire mentary principles
of music, and execution of
of fifteen operas. We hope she will make herself some exercises of Solfeggio.
understood better than when she sang "Pretty retical and practical. A special Harmony—Theo-
competition will
as a Picture."
be held on organ and piano for those who have al-
At the dinner of the Royal Society of Mu- ready obtained first-class diplomas. Pieces for
sicians, London, Mr. Arthur Sullivan will occupy competition: Organ, sonata, No. 2, in C minor,
Mendelssohn; piano, cappriccioso brillante, op.
the chair.
22, Mendelssohn. Another competition will take
Massenet has written another new opera, which place for composition. The piece is left to the
has been accepted at the Paris Opera.
choice of the composer. Every candidate or com-
petitor will be called upon to read at first sight
Fran Materna is due in Bayreuth for the "Par- some
easy piece of music, according to the class
sifal" performance on June 25.
for which he enters.
Carl Heymann, one of the great pianists, has
been playing in the Russian cities, Riga, Wilna,
A QBE AT DRAMATIC SINGER.
Mitau, and Libau. At Riga a silver wreath was
presented to him. He has made a profound im- ]if ADAME MARIE WILT, who has now left
pression wherever he has performed.
-"•*• Vienna for Leipsic, is one of the greatest
losses the Kaiserstadt has experienced.
Teresina Singer continues her uninterrupted vocal
Her voice is wonderful. It is like a pipe on some
success on the Italian opera stages of Italy.
high notes, but the grandeur, breadth and organ
A Russian violinist, M. Magornoff, has met quality of her medium tones are superb.
A coarser-looking creature never tortured the
with much success in Florence.
eyes of an audience. She is impossible to dis-
Emma Nevada is singing at the Pagliano, Flor- guise. THe magnificence of her regal costume in
Margaret of Valois, the stately velvets of Lucretia
ence.
Borgia, the violet robes of Bertha in "Le Proph-
Low's Opera House, Providence, R. I., has ete,"
could not change the fat ungainly form, or
been renovated and remodeled for next season.
refine the coarse features of the thrifty frugal
Levy, the cornetist, has been meeting with ex- housewife whom Strakosch is said to have found
scrubbing her kitchen iloor when he called to se-
traordinary success in the South.
cure an American engagement with her.
Sylva, the tenor of the Italian opera, Paris, is
However this may be, she is a noble housewife,
singing in German in Berlin, in "Le Prophete," and prefers disputing over the price of eggs and
and "L'Af ricaine."
the amount of Wurst given for ten kreutzers, to
singing for anything but money. She has no
Antoine De Kontski has recently directed his sympathetic genius to work upon. She took up
symphony, "Le Reve de Soldat," in Paris. The singing at the age of thirty-one as a trade, and a
first production was a success, and the symphony trade she has made of it ever since.
was repeated on a subsequent occasion.
One of the best stories told of Wilt, quite pos-
Noel Sebastian Janin, father of the celebrated sible and probable, is that on her good-natured
critic, Jules Janin, died in Lyons, France, recent- days she gives two kreutzers to the zahlkellner at
the cafe", but when ill-tempered she asks him to
ly at the age of 76.
return one of the kreutzers she had given him the
Boccabadati has been appointed professor of day before. Notwithstanding all this small gossip
singing at the Rossini Conservatory, Pesaro, about her miserly ways, she rises to sublimity in
Italy.
her art.
At one of the last Kiinstler Abende, at which
The Italian piano manufacturer, Peletti, of
Milan, has been decorated with the order of the she sang before leaving Vienna, her rendition of
Schubert's "Die Allmacht" was grandiose—"ko-
Italian Crown, by King Humbert.
lossalisch," as the Austrians express a certain gran-
Lecocq's "Day and Night" has been played in deur of effect. This evening Marie Wilt sang as
no women ever sang before. She is probably the
Rome.
A band of Hungarian Gypsies has been giving most dramatic singer the world has ever known.
Cover your eyes, and it seems as if an unknown
concerts at the Royal Circus, Brussels.
instrument was leading and overmastering the or-
The professors of the National Training School chestra. Her voice is unearthly in its wondrous
for Music, London, presented Mr. Arthur Sullivan power. One is forced to admire the atudy that
with an album containing the photographs of the has brought such power into vocal control. She"
professors and students who had been associated is one of Wagner's favorites.—Harper's Monthly.