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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
BANQUET IN HONOR OP MUSIC.
OVER THE SEA.
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posers are is an open question, but all must
concede that Paderewski, Dvorak and Grieg are
among the most promising composers and
greatest musical geniuses of the day.
THE HANDEL FESTIVAL OF 1894.
The dates for the Handel Festival of 1894
have now been fixed by the directors of the Crys-
tal Palace, and are as follows : Friday, June
22d, Grand Rehearsal ; Monday, June 25th, the
" Messiah " ; Wednesday, June 27th, Selection
Day; Friday, June 29th, "Israel in Egypt."
Mr. August Manns will again take the arduous
duties of conductor.
THE ROYAL ORATORIO SOCIETY.
THE; Claflin Piano Co., 517-523 West 45th
street, New York, have increased their paid up
capital to $15,000.
STURZ BROS., the young and energetic piano
manufacturers of Harlem, are steadily forging
to the front. Their instruments are well con-
structed, and meet with the hearty approval ot
all who have tried them. Sturz Bros, deserve
success. They are industrious, practical and
painstaking young men.
STRICH & ZEIDLER are rapidly climbing the
ladder of fame. Their business is constantly
enlarging, and their pianos are well received
everywhere. Both the members of this firm are
practical piano men and maintain a close over-
sight of their business.
MR. BENJ. F. SNYDER, of Elmira, N. Y., who
has been employed as an agent for many years
by Jacob Greener, piano manufacturer, at 207-
209 East Church street, died suddenly a few
days ago of heart disease. He was 70 years old
and leaves a wife and one married daughter.
A DRUM CORPS has been organized at Sandy
Hill, N. Y.
Our premier oratorio society, the Royal,
started well on Thursday with Berlioz's " La
Damnation"—I beg pardon, with "Faust."
Mrs. Hutchinson, a most acceptable artist, as-
sumed the soprano role in place of Mme. Moran
Olden. Sir Joseph Barnby's choir is as good
as ever—better it could not well be.
SCHUMANN'S OPERA BY THE STUDENTS OF THE
ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC.
Schumann's opera " Genoveva " will be per-
formed by the students of the Royal College of
Music, at the Gaiety Theatre, on the afternoon
of Wednesday, December 6th. The work has
already been given in concert form at St.
James's Hall, but it has never before been wit-
nessed on the stage in London.
Almost if not quite the last of the civic en-
tertainments, presided over by Lord Mayor
Knill, was the banquet "In Honor of Music, "
at the Mansion House, on November 6th. He
displayed a decided liberality in his invitations
and such men as Stanford, Barnby and Bridge
"broke bread" with the "coster" singer,
"Chevalier." The affair passed off most en-
ioyably, and establishes a precedent for future
Lords of the Mansion House to follow and do
likewise.
ADVERTISING STIMULATED BY M. PADEREWSKI.
Daniel Meyer and Paderewski are doing won-
ders in the way of advertising the Erard grand
piano. Your noted American advertising
methods cannot compare with the push and en-
terprise displayed by the Erard house. It has
given a stimulus to all the other piano firms,
hence the daily papers are full of such adver-
tisements as the following: " M. Paderewski
will play this afternoon upon a new concert
grand pianoforte from the famous factory of
Messrs. S. & P. Erard, Royal Pianoforte
Makers, of London and Paris." " Sarasate's
Concert, St. James Hall, at 3 ; Bechstein's
Grand Pianoforte." " M. Siloti (from Moscow)
recitals, Wednesday afternoon, on a Bluthner
Aliquot Grand Pianoforte." " Herr Schonber-
ger will play this afternoon upon a new Concert
Grand Pianoforte from the famous factory of
Messrs. S. & P. Erard, Royal Pianoforte
Makers, of London and Paris."
PIANO TRADE IMPROVING.
The termination of the great miners' strike
has helped business somewhat, and reports
THE SARASATE CONCERT.
from all over the country show a better feeling
At the Sarasate Concert, next Monday, Nov- in commercial circles. The piano trade has
ember 13th, Madame Berthe Marx and Sarasate displayed new vigor for the past ten days, and
will play Schumann's second Grand Sonata for we are all hoping it will continue ad infinitum.
pianoforte and violin ; Emile Bernard's suite Trade has been pretty bad and a number of
for piano and violin; Raff's Duet, " L a Fee houses have been steering pretty close to keep
d'Amour, " and Liszt's Fantasie, "Don Juan," off the financial rocks. Better days are now in
and " Zigeunerweisen " (Sarasate).
store, I hope.
NIRVANA.
THE Schimmel-Nelson Piano Co., of Fairbault,
Minn., will enlarge their already large factory
on 5th street. They will double the frontage,
extending it to the rear far enough to include
the elevator shaft and carry it three stories in
height.
Sfcv. Aho T M A I . WVINO E M M
Next Meeting at Hartford, June 28, 27, 28, 1893.
J. LiNDEGREN & Co., of Waverly, N. Y., have
sold their music and piano store to Guernsey
Bros. & Co., of Scranton, Pa., who have now
taken possession. C. F. Knapp, of Tonawanda,
has charge of the store.
MR. PARSONS, proprietor of music rooms at
43 Main street, Gloucester, Mass., is going out
of business, and is selling out his entire stock
of pianos and organs.
IN some of the shops under the jurisdiction of
the International Piano Makers, trade is im-
proving, but in general piano makers are still
suffering from lack of work. A mass meeting
will be held Nov. 26th, at the West Side Labor
Lyceum, to consider the situation.
THE Tall man organ factory, at the corner of
Broadway and 3d avenue, Nyack, N. Y., which
is one of the oldest piano factories in the State
of New York, is to be torn down. It was built
60 years ago by Jas. Thompson, the oldest piano
manufacturer in the United States. F. J. Tallman,
manufacturer of church organs, who now oc-
cupies the building, will remove to building
now being erected by Michael A. Clark in South
Nyack, and Mr. Clark will have entire charge
of new factory.—Ex,
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