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VOL. X V I I I . No. 25.
published Every Saturday. 4- flew Yoi% January 13, 1894.
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he made many friends by his winning manners
and quiet courtesy, and by his great knowledge
of every branch of the music trade.
It is needless to say that the piano trade of
the West, and the firm of which he was an
honored member, have suffered a severe loss by
his death.
contemporary quotes from an American paper,
is hard to beat: "Mr. Bronson has the honor
and regret to inform his patrons and friends that
he has just published a new waltz, ' The Breeze
of Ontario,' and lost his daughter, Mary Ann
Deborah, aged fifteen years. The waltz is on
sale at all music-sellers, and the funeral will
take place to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock."
*
John Drew has written a magazine article
which is admirable for a man who all his life
has been speaking other people's ideas. Actors
who are authors of consequence are few and the
temperaments of each are rarely combined in one
man. I can think just now only of Maurice
Barrymore, Louis Harrison, Edward Harrigan,
Duncan B. Harrison, William Gillette, Charles
Coote, Robert Cotton and Wilton Lackaye, be-
sides Jefferson, whose contributions to contem-
poraneous literature have attracted attention
among American actors.
members of the Savage Club gave their
Christmas musicale on the evening of De-
cember 21st, at the club's rooms.
The program consisted of vocal and instru-
mental selections, most artistically rendered by
the following artists, who are members : Trio :
Mr. Victor Herbert, 'cello ; Mr. Louis Kapp,
violin ; Mr. Ward Stephens, piano. Duet: Mr.
Jos. Lynde, baritone ; Mr. Geo. Traverner, tenor.
Tenor Solo : Mr. Payne Clarke. Bass solo : Mr.
Thomas Giesie. Tenor solo : Mr. E. Batteshin,
and a number of selections by Mr. Aug. Young's
orchestra.
After the concert a luncheon was served. All
selections were rendered most artistically, es-
pecially the Berlioz trio by Messrs. Herbert, Kapp,
and Stephens, and Gounod's "Lend Me Your
Aid," by Mr. Payne Clarke, and the Benedict
duet from the " Lilly of Killarney," by Messrs.
Lynde and Traverner, was also accorded much
applause.
*
Signor Paolo Tosti, the composer of "For
Ever and For Ever," lives in London, having a
house in the Finchley Road. He carries about
with him a little pocket-book ruled with musi-
cal lines, in which he jots down themes as they
occur to him ; for they are apt to get lost if not
promptly secured. Each song is now worth to
him about ^400.
The Queen a long time ago expressed a wish
that Signor Tosti should write two short
operettas, to be performed by her daughters and
ladies of the Court. One of these works was
ready for production by Christmas, so we shall
hear of more royal theatricals at Windsor.
Mine, Albani-Gye, who is a special favorite
of the Queen, has been rather chummy of late
with Her Majesty, singing for her many times.
Here is a good comic opera story: Marie
Wainwright was speaking of her nervousness
on the first night of a new production, and she
said that an absurd contretemps nearly threw
her off her balance during a first night. She
continued: "Perhaps you remember that as
Dame Hannah in ' Ruddigore,' I had to go on
with a small dagger, with which I was supposed
to threaten the wicked Baronet's life. When my
turn came round the dagger had disappeared and
was nowhere to be found. Nothing would in-
duce me to go on without my property, and
although Mr. Barrington implored me to appear
without it, I was resolute. Of course there was
a terrible stage wait, and at last Mr. Barrington
grew desperate, and forcing something into my
hand, absolutely pushed me on to the stage.
And what do you think it was ? '' asked Miss
Wainwright, laughing at the reminiscence.
" Of all things, it was a large gas key ! I con-
trived, however, to conceal the absurd make-
shift from the audience, but when I had to hand
my supposed dagger to Mr. Grossmith he most
unkindly gave me away. ' How can I kill my-
self with this thing? ' he said, holding up the
gas key in its entirety to the audience. Of
course, there was a perfect howl of laughter, and
for some minutes we we unable to continue."
*
De Lucia, the young tenor who surprised the
Metropolitan's audience recently by his perform-
ance in " I Pagliacci," is one of the few great
singers who began active life as instrumental-
ists. Strange to say his choice was the double
bass, and after three years' hard study at the
Conservatory at Naples, he became a virtuoso.
But at the age of twenty—he is now thirty-
one—De Lucia studied pianoforte playing and
singing and soon turned his attention to vocal-
ism. Like young Campanari, the baritone of
this city who is not unworthy of an important
place in the Abbey-Grau Company and who was
*
CEORCE WASHBURN LYON.
1
L ,,^ sincerely regret to state that Mr. George
Washburn Lyon (of Lyon & Potter, Chi-
cago), died yesterday morning, January 12th, at
Jacksonville, Fla., where he had been sojourn-
ing for some time in the hope of recuperating
from a protracted illness. The funeral will take
place at his home, in Chicago, next Monday,
January 15th.
Mr. George Washburn Lyon was identified
with the music trade throughout his busi-
ness life, both in Boston and Chicago. He mi-
grated to the latter city in 1864, and with Mr.
P. J. Healy foundtd the house of Lyon & Healy.
Mr. Lyon invented many valuable improve-
ments for musical instruments, and was a
learned and skillful player of man)' of them,
having studied the harp under the great Apt.
Thomas, and having, moreover, been a most
diligent pupil of the best teachers of stringed
and brass instruments of his time. His
entire career was devoted to the music business
and to the art of music. As a man of business
he was sagacious and energetic ; as a salesman
he had no superior. He always possessed
the faculty of engaging the interested attention
of customers.
Mr. L) on had personal charge of all the floors
For a combination of business and sentiment
of the vast building on Wabash avenue, where the following announcement, which a French
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