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VOL. XVI. No. 7.
published Every Saturday.
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Edgar S. Kelley, the composer of the comic op-
era, " Puritani," has written some very melodi-
ous airs in that work, the chief characteristic
features of which are originality and an avoid-
ance of imitation of the Viennese and French
schools. Mr. Kelly's music to " Macbeth " was
performed here, at Chickering Hall some few
years ago, by an orchestra of 70 men, under the
direction of Frank Van derStucken, and it created
quite an impression on the audience, which was
largely composed of musicians. '' The Lady Pick-
ing Mulberries " is one of Mr. Kelley's best
known songs, and, being written on a Chinese
theme, is quaint and very original in treatment.
At the recent annual convention of the Con-
necticut State Drummers' Association, held in
Hartford, there was an attendance of over three
hundred drummers and fifers from all parts of
the State. The R. H. Comstock corps took the
first prize for drumming on this occasion.
The invitation tendered to Dr. A. C. Macken-
zie, of London, England, to visit the Chicago
Exposition as guest, has been accepted. Dr.
Mackenzie is principal of the Royal Academy of
Music, and conductor of the London Philhar-
monic Society. His choral and orchestral
works have frequently been heard in this
country.
Miss Theodora Pfafflin was soprano soloist at
Anton Seidl's last concert in Madison Square
Garden, Sunday, Sept. 18th. Her selections
were "Dinorah, 1 " froan "Don Juan," " Mig-
non,'' and '' Lucia,'' all of which were sung with
much feeling and expression.
Miss Teresa Baer, the young, talented and
accomplished pianiste, has been re engaged for
the piano department of the New York Conser-
vatory. Miss Baer is well known in this city as
a soloist of great ability, and as a teacher she
occupies a position in the foremost rank. Dur-
ing the coming season she will frequently be
heard in concerts in this city.
Master Cyril Tyler, a sweet-voiced boy soprano,
appeared at Palmer's Theatre Tuesday afternoon,
at an invitation matinee given to the musical
critics of this city. He sang Gounod's '' Ave
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Maria " with marvelous feeling, and the
" Charmant Oiseau " song from David's "La
Perle du Bresil," was executed with a precision
and finish that were truly wonderful in one so
young.
S. B. Mills, the pianist, has entirely recovered
from his late illness.
Caryl Florio, pianist and composer, has re-
turned to the city, and will reside here perman-
ently.
Isidore Moquist has returned from Liberty,
Sullivan County, N. Y. and has resumed work
on his new symphonic poem, "The Warrior."
Mr. Moquist has composed a trio for violin, 'cello
and piano, and it is replete with melody.
On Tuesday evening, October 1 ith, a monster
festival concert, under the patronage of New
York's Columbian Celebration Committee of
One Hundred, will be given at the Seventh
Regiment Armory. The New York Symphony
Orchestra will be increased to 150 performers
for this occasion. D. Melamot's prize cantata
of " Columbus " will be performed for the first
time by 3,000 singers, the Symphony Orchestra
and a corps of noted soloists.
M. Van Biene's exquisite playing on the 'cello
is one of the chief features in the new and in-
teresting play, "The Broken Melody," now
running at the Prince of Wales' Theatre, in
London, England.
The first rehearsal this season of the Euterpe
Orchestra and Chorus of Brooklyn, N. Y., will
take place Wednesday, October 5th, 1892. The
orchestra is composed of the foremost amateur
talent of Brooklyn, and numbers eighty perform-
ers, among whom are fourteen lady violinists.
The Euterpe Chorus will be heard frequently this
winter in some of the large choral works in com-
bination with the orchestra. Both orchestra
and chorus are under the able direction of C.
Mortimer Wiske.
The Harris Military Band, composed of color-
ed musicians of Duluth, Minn., have entered the
prize contest for bands at the Minneapolis Ex-
position.
The Seventh Regiment Band and its renown-
ed leader, C. A. Cappa, have won additional
fame at the Western Washington Industrial
Exposition. The Tacoma Sun says editorially:
" The concert by the Seventh Regiment Band,
under the leadership of Signor Cappa, was as
successful from every point of view as its most
ardent supporter could wish. There is an un-
usual treat in store for all visitors to the Exposi-
tion this fall, as whether in the classical music
of Liszt or the lively and popular airs of Offen-
bach, the Seventh Regiment Band is equally at
home. In Walter Rogers, they have a cornetist
who bids fair to equal, if not excel, the renown-
ed Levy. In his solo on the opening night he
held the attention of the vast audience from the
opening notes to the close, and his phrasing
and articulation were simply perfect, meeting
with a rapturous encore. Signor Cappa intends
to give one purely classical program each week,
and local musical critics are anxiously awaiting
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the experiment, as some of them are skeptical
as to the ability of a military band to render
such music. We venture to predict that the
Seventh Regiment Band will be the drawing
card at the Exposition."
THE Music Committee of the Brooklyn School
Board has accepted the resignation of Mr. Ed-
ward F. Bristol, who has had charge of the
tuning of the city pianos for nearly two years.
Mr. Bristol's resignation is due to his wife's ill-
ness, who is obliged to go to Denver, Col., for
her health. The committee have appointed Mr.
Elwyn H. Fowler, for three years tuner of pianos
of Boston schools, under M. Anagnos, superin-
tendent and director of Perkins Institute, to
succeed Mr. Bristol.
North American Saengerbund, having
invited European and American compos-
ers to write them a choral work for male chorus
and orchestral accompaniment, to be performed
at their festival in Cleveland, held in July, 1893,
the prize judges, X. Scharwenka, Arthur Claa-
sen, of New York, and Ed. Ring, of Cleveland,
awarded the prize of $1,000 to Henry Z«ellner,
the composer, now living in New York as lead-
er of the German Liederkranz. The composi-
tion, entitled the "The New World,"has re-
cently been offered for publication to the
leading houses of the United States, and of the
many offers sent in, the one by Wm. Rohlfing
& Sons was accepted, and that firm entrusted
with the publication. It may not be amiss to
recall the fact that, in 1886, when the same Ger-
man singing societies had their festival in Mil-
waukee, under the leadership of Mr. Catenhusen,
the prize composition then performed, '' Colum-
bus," by Brambach, was published by Rohlfing
& Sons, and admired for the elegance of en-
graving amd printing.—Milwaukee Sentinel.
ESTEY & SAXE have been more than ordinar-
ily busy this week in both their wholesale and
retail departments. Business began with a rush
last Monday, and has kept up the lively pace
ever since.
THE business of the late Rudolph Ibach, of
Barmen, Germany, will now be continued un-
der the direction of his brother, Mr. Walter
Ibach, who for many years had a large share in
in the management of the factories in Barmen
and Schwelm. He will be assisted by Messrs.
Rudolph and Max Ibach, sons of the deceased
gentleman.
MR. ALOYS BRAMBACH is busily engaged mak-
ing arrangements to transfer his piano manu-
facturing plant to the village of Dolgeville,
N. Y.
Miss M. NELLIE HART has been engaged by
the Kranich & Bach Piano Co., of New York, to
give concerts daily on their pianos at the Me-
chanics' Fair, Boston, Mass.
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