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VOL. XVI. No. 8.
published Every Saturday.
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ffeu; Yor^, October i, 1892.
year. There were about four thousand French
lovers of Wagnerian music, against seven thou-
sand English and American visitors.
That Sir Arthur Sullivan's new Haddon Hall
opera is not entirely serious may be gathered
from the fact that Mr. Denny acts the comic part
of a highlander, who, in the course of the work,
has to dance the " fling." Mr. Denny, who is
nothing if not thorough, also plays the bagpipes
himself, instead of depending upon the talents
of an artist stationed at the wing. The com-
plete cast includes Miss Lucille Hill and Mr.
Pounds as Dorothy Vernon and young Manners,
Miss Brandram as the heroine's mother, Miss
Annie Cole, Miss Dorothy Vane, Messrs. Bar-
rington, Green and Kenningham. The opera is
in three acts and four tableaux, the first being
in the courtyard of Haddon Hall with the home-
coming of the elder Vernon, and the second in
the ballroom, while the last act is divided into
two scenes.
Bar/ds apd (T\usi<;iai}S.
The thirty-fifth annual musical festival began
at Mechanics' Hall, in Worcester, Mass., Tues-
day evening-, September 27th. Mendelssohn's
"Hymn of Praise," and Gade's " Erl King's
Daughter " were given by the chorus of the as-
sociation, a picked orchestra from the Boston
Symphony Society, with Franz Knsizel as con-
cert-meister, the festival organ, and thoroughly
competent solo artists, all under the direction of
Carl Zerrahn, of Boston. The soloists were
Mme. Marie Tavary, Mme. Belle Cole, Mr. W.
H. Rieger, and Mr. Carl Dufft.
Richard Percy, organist, has returned from
Cottage City, and is fully prepared for his fall
and winter work.
The Marcato Banjo, Mandolin and Guitar Or-
chestra is the name of a string orchestra which
was organized at Fargo, N. D , on the 24th ult.
The organization is composed of the following
artists : W. H. West, solo banjo and mandolin ;
A. Hamlin, first banjo; Mrs. Hamlin, banjeu-
rine; O. Guptil, second banjo; A. Burg, tenor
banjo; W. Addison, guitar; Mrs. W. H. West,
guitar ; P. A. Sailing, bass banjo. The cele-
brated Washburn mandolins and guitars, and
the renowned S. S. Stewart banjos are used by
this orchestra.
It is believed that Mrs. P. V. M. Rice-Ray-
mond, director of the Oratorio Society of Lin-
coln, Neb,, is the first woman in this country to
direct an oratorio with orchestra.
Col. Henry L. Higginson, the patron of the
Boston Symphony Orchestra, has added a codi-
cil to his will that leaves an investment of
$1,000,000, as an endowment fund, the interest
of which is to be used for the permanent main-
tenance of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
The marked increase of the French visitors at
the Wagner festival at Bayreuth is notable this
The fact that, so far as Austria is concerned,
all rights in " Parsifal " will expire on February
13 next has caused some flutterings in Wagner-
ian dovecotes. By the Austrian law it seems
that copyrights last only for ten years after the
decease of the author, and it is generally felt
that if " Parsifal " were allowed to pass into the
reportory of the Imperial Opera House, where
it would be sung by some of the first artists of
the day, and would be conducted by Dr. Richter,
the Bayreuth monopoly would certainly be
broken down, and perhaps the very existence of
the enterprise might be threatened.
Dr. Antonin Dvorak, the distinguished Bo-
hemian composer, arrived in New York, Tues-
day, September 27th, on the steamer Saale. Dr.
Dvorak has come here to assume the position of
director of the National Conservatory of Music,
and will at once commence his duties. The con-
tract between Dr. Dvorak and the National Con-
servatory is for three years at a salary of $15,000.
At the first Philharmonic concert this season,
Dr. Dvorak will conduct his symphony in D
minor. At the concert of October 21st, at Car-
negie Hall, an oration of welcome will be de-
livered by T. W. Higginson, and the program
will contain Dvorak's " Te Deum " and " Triple
Overture." On November 15th a reception will
be tendered Dr. Dvorak, to which all the leading
musicians in this country will be invited.
Victor Kuzdo, the Hungarian violin virtuoso,
has been engaged for the violin department at the
New York Conservatory of Music. Mr. Kuzdo is
an exceptionally fine interpreter of Senor Sara-
sate 's compositions, and in the playing of Gypsy
music he is most happy. His own compositions
are well written, and are full of that subtle
charm which alone exists in the Magyar music.
THE Columbian Quartet, of Biddeford, Me.,
has been organized. Among the leading mem-
bers are David Warren Manahon, Howard W.
Knight, Mrs. Ada Kennard Fenderson.
$3.00 PER YBAR.
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS..
THE: Keller Bros. & Blight Co. has been in-
corporated at Stamford, Conn., with a capital of
$50,000, for the purpose of manufacturing and
dealing in pianos. Wm. M. Blight, Chas.
Keller and others interested.
I. S. FARMER, of Braddock, Pa., died at New-
ark, O., at the age of 35 years. He was a music
dealer in Braddock and McKeesport, and was
visiting Newark, O., at the time of his death.
THE Rice-Macy Piano Co. have moved into
their new piano factory at Columbia Heights,
and it will soon be running at its full capacity,
which is fifteen pianos per week.
MRS. JEANNETTE THURBER, President of
the
National Conservatory of Music of America,
states that the examination for admission to Dr.
Antonin Dvorak's composition class will be
held at the Conservatory, 126-128 East 17th
street, New York, on October 3d.
A. BI,AKE, music dealer, of Olean, N. Y., has
disposed of his business to Messrs. Anderson &
Conklin, who will enlarge the business hereto-
fore conducted by their predecessor.
CHARLIE SISSON was in town this week, and
reported one of the most successful trips during
his long career. This, of course, means extra
pressure on the F. & V. organ factory in Detroit.
JOHN F. PETRI, who died in New York on Sep-
tember 25th, was born in Borsum, Hanover,
18 r 1. He was connected with the firm of Stein-
way & Sons from 1861 to 1877, as salesman,
when he retired from active business. His body
will be removed to Baltimore. He leaves a wife
and one son. Mr. Petri composed some popular
music.
THE bursting of a water-pipe in the stock rooms
of Hallet-Davis piano factory, on Harrison av-
enue, Boston, Mass., did damage to the extent
of $300.
Jos. P. SKELLY, music composer, of New
York city, was held in Jefferson Market Court,
September 27th, charged with obtaining $10
from Music Publisher Louis Berge, of 525^ Sixth
avenue, under false pretenses. Berge paid
Skelly $10 last February for the exclusive right
to publish the song '' Safe to My Heart Again,''
and since then he has learned that Skelly has
sold the song to two other publishers.
MR. NAHUM STETSON, of Steinway & Sons,
stated in a recent interview, that the factory at
Hamburg, Germany, has not been closed a single
day on account of the cholera, as has been re-
ported.
MR. HENRY BACKENSTO opened up a music
store at Dallas, Ore., on September 15th. He
will keep a full line of musical instruments.
MR. BROWN, of Brown & Patterson, manufac-
turers of piano plates, Marcy avenue and Hope
streets, Brooklyn, N. Y., is quite ill at his resi-
dence. Business continues good with this firm.