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VOL. XVIII. No. 34.
published Every Saturday.
LYMAN
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agers, Messrs. Abbey & Grau. Her season will
open June 18th, and the great Sara's repertoire
will include " Izeyl," the new Buddhist drama,
" Les Rois," and " On ne Badine pas avec
l'Amour, " of Alfred de Musset.
VILLIERS STANFORD'S STRING QUARTET.
OUR EUROPEAN
BUDGET.
GREAT SUCCESS OF MISS ADA KEHAN—SIG-
NORA ELEANORA DUSE IN LONDON—
MADAME SARA BERNHARDT—VERDI "S
" FALSTAFF " IN PARIS—PROF.
VILLIERS STANFORD'S
STRING QUARTET.
SIR AUGUSTUS HARRIS AND F. E. WEATHERLY
COLLABORATE—NEW AMATEUR ORCHES-
TRA— BACH'S PASSION MUSIC — MR.
BEN DA VIES —HANS VON BULOW—
BILL FOR REGULATING STREET
MUSIC—TRADE OUTLOOK —
THE ANTWERP EXHIBITION.
LONDON, March
DEAR MUSIC TRADE REVIEW :
ist, 1894.
Nothing can exceed the success which is at-
tending the Augustin Daly Company of players
on this side of the water. Shakespeare's musi-
cal and artistic "Twelfth Night " has been and
is a huge " go. " Prince and plebian bow before
the inimitable charm and finished acting of that
talented Irishwoman, Miss Ada Rehan.
" Twelfth Night " is now running close on its
50th performance, and after a short recess dur-
ing Holy Week, it will run until the early part
of May, when the Daly Company purpose ap-
pearing at the parent house in your city.
Mr. Daly, through his clever diplomacy, is
making friends on all sides. He has generously
promised to give the proceeds of the matinees
March 7th and 14th to several homes patronized
by royalty. These kindly acts are very much
appreciated by the English public.
There is not much inducement for English
composers to devote their energies to the writ-
ing of string quartets, for the great German
masters are supposed to hold a monopoly in this
class of work. The more honor, therefore, to
Professor Villiers Stanford, from whose pen a
quartet in A minor was produced at the second
concert of Mr. Richard Gompertz, on Tuesday,
at the Princes' Hall. It is very Beethovenish in
style, and does not display a strong individu-
ality ; yet it is in every respect a meritorious
work. It is symmetrical, the subjects are bold
and well worked out, and there is no indication
of forced effect.
SIR AUGUSTUS HARRIS AND F. E. WEATHERLY
COLLABORATE.
Sir Augustus Harris is about to collaborate
with Mr. Fred. E. Weatherly in a romantic
opera in one act, the music of which will be
by the Chevalier Etnil Bach, composer of " Ir-
mengarda. " Mr. Weatherly has also been com-
missioned by Sir A. Harris to prepare an Eng-
lish version of Mr. Cowen's " Signa."
NEW AMATEUR ORCHESTRA AT THE
INSTITUTE.
IMPERIAL
The new amateur orchestra under the direc-
tion of Mr. Randegger, made its bow at the
Imperial Institute on Wednesday evening. It
consists of one hundred and ten players, many
of whom are ladies, and acquitted itself capi-
tally in a Haydn symphony and other selections.
This orchestra has given rise to considerable
talk among musicians. They think it wrong
that the Imperial Institute should become a
rival to legitimate concert enterprises. And
very justly say I.
BACH'S PASSION MUSIC.
The Bach choir will perform Bach's Passion
Music according to St. Matthew, with the origi-
nal German text, at the Queen's Hall, on
Thursday, March 15th.
SIGNORA ELEANORA DUSE IN LONDON.
MR. BEN DAVIES.
It looks very much as if Daly's beautiful
theatre is going to branch out as the cosmo-
politan playhouse of the metropolis. Signora
Eleanora Duse, the great Italian tragedienne, will
play a short season under the management of
Hugo Gorlitz, beginning May 7th. Signora
Duse will this year have the support of the full
dramatic Company from the Teatro Paganini,
Genoa, under the directorship of Signor Cesare
Rossi.
Mr. Ben Davies' short German tour with
MM. Plowitz and Johannes Wolff—pianist
and violinist—seems to have proved a great
success, especially in the Sing-Akademie in Ber-
lin, where the popular tenor sang a choice pro.
gram which was received with the greatest
enthusiasm. Mr. Davies leaves for New York
on March 3d.
MME. SARA BERNHARDT.
Signora Duse will be followed by Madame
Sara Bernhardt, who will make her appearance
under the managerial direction of Mr. M. L.
Mayer, by permission of the American man-
HANS VON BULOW.
It has been gravely suggested by some who
knew the late Herr Von Bulow very well, that
the ruthless chaffing to which the virtuoso was
subjected during his visit to the United States
had not a little to do with hastening his end. I
can hardly vouch for the truth of this statement.
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$3 00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS.
Von Bulow's vanity was certainly enormous and
overwhelming. On one occasion he gave notice
that the movement of the fans of the ladies so
disturbed him while playing, that he must beg
of them to wait until he had completed each
morceau before attempting to cool themselves in
this annoying fashion. Yet with all his faults
he was a man full of inspiration, and no one
equaled him in Beethoven.
BILL FOR REGULATING STREET MUSIC.
A bill for the regulation of street music will
be introduced in the coming session of Parlia-
ment by Mr. Jacoby, M. P. The three main
points of the proposed measure are : First, that
all itinerant musicians in London should be re-
quired to take out licenses, paying 7s. 6d. yearly
for them ; second, the limitation of the hours of
public performance, between the hours of eight
and eight; third, the control of the itinerants
by authorizing the police to cancel licenses after
the endorsement upon them of a certain number
of complaints. In this connection it is not in-
tended to interfere with military bands or with
music "performed for religious or labor pur-
poses."
TRADE OUTLOOK.
It is pleasing to report that for the first time,
perhaps, in about two years the government im-
ports and exports for January and the early part
of February, would lead us to believe that we
are entering a year of business prosperity. The
improvement has been most marked, and, while
it will take a little time for the healthy blood of
prosperity to enter the veins of the industrial
body, yet the omens are bright, and there is
much to hope for. The past year has been a
very trying one on all industries, and musical
instruments being looked upon as luxuries,
their trade have suffered in a greater degree
than others. If the present condition of things
continue, the piano manufacturers and dealers
on this side of the water have every reason to
believe that they are past a most trying indus-
trial crisis.
Business all through the provinces shows a
decided improvement and the prospects are
bright for a heavy spring trade. The American
organ agencies in this city report heavy ship-
ments of organs throughout the country, and
the indications are that your organ factories
will feel the effect of the improved condition
prevalent in due time.
THE ANTWERP EXHIBITION.
As far as can be learned there is very little
probability of our piano firms sending exhibits
to the Antwerp exhibition. They feel that no
advantage can be derived by doing so, for there
is no possibility of an English made instrument
competing in price with the Belgian piano
in its own market. The exhibition, however,
will be largely attended by our people, and it
cannot fail to be of great advantage in showing
the advances which Belgium has made in mu-
sical instrument manufacturing.
NIRVANA.