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JTHE NEW YORK
(PUBLIC LIBRARY
VOL XXIV.
N o . 12.
Published Every Saturday, at 3 East Fourteenth Street.
New York, March 20,1897.
Chicago the papers were unanimous in
their conviction that "she achieved a
PRAISED AND ADMIRED BY PUBLI C AND CRITICS triumph such as had never before been
reached by any pianist in Chicago. Her
WHEREVER PLAYED ISY MME. CARRENO.
playing grew in intensity as the enthusiasm
The phenomenal success of Mme. Carreno of the audience increased." The Chronicle
on her present tournee through the United proceeds:
States, and the high standard of the new
In the Beethoven sonata Mme. Carreno showed
thorough mastery of both the instrument and
scale Knabe piano on which she interprets her
herself. Her conception of the great work is schol-
the compositions of the great masters conti- arly, and her interpretation is both logical and dra-
nue to be the subject of general comment in matic. The four compositions of Chopin were
given new beauties by the magic of the player.
the musical world.
The tenderness in the prelude, the unrest in the
In the early part of January, when The nocturne, and the passionate longing in the ballad
were most strongly brought out by the beautiful
Review was afforded an opportunity at the touch and phrasing of the artist.
The pieces by Rubinstein were also shown in
local warerooms of passing judgment on
their most attractive form. Beethoven's rondo
the new scale Knabe grand which had just was played with exquisite grace. Schumann's
been received by Mr. Mayer for Mme. Car- march was played with a brilliancy of execution,
the final octave passage seeming a perfect whirl-
reno's concert, we prognosticated a magnifi- wind
of velocity and fire.
At the close of the program the enthusiasm
cent endorsement of this instrument by art-
the audience burst all barriers. Again and again
ists, critics and the public. This opinion of
the artist was called to the stage. She gave as an
was not influenced by the fact that the man- encore " T h e Campanella" of Liszt, which was
as it was never heard here before. The
ufacturers have always enjoyed a sterling played
appreciative demonstration of the audience in-
reputation for their products, but entirely creased at the close, and Mme. Carreno played
choosing her own " Little" waltz, and for
on the uniform excellence of the instru- again,
a further encore played the closing part of the sixth
ment itself.
Rhapsodic Again she was recalled. People
upon the stage, surrounding the piano,
And how nobly does Mme. Carreno dis- swarmed
and Mme. Carreno repeated the Chopin waltz.
play its remarkable tonal attributes! Un- She was hugged and kissed by her impulsive sis-
and some one proposed " three cheers for Car-
der her subtle touch the new scale Knabe ters,
reuo," which were given with a will.
grand is transformed into a veritable orches-
No artist has witnessed such a scene in Chicago
tra. In fortissimo passages, the bass is as the ovation given to Teresa Carreno.
rich and sonorous; the middle register
Commenting on the same concert, the
and treble reveal a tone that is full, clear, Chicago Tribune has the following to say:
rich and singing, and there is such reserve
With the last selection, " L a Campanella," of
power throughout, that it amply withstands Schubert-Liszt, Mme. Carreno literally brought
her audience to its feet. Amid a general tumult
the forceful attacks of the pianiste.
she returned twice and gave the first encore. Two
The evenness of the scale, the delightful more recalls were succeeded by a second response;
came four recalls, followed by a third ad-
singing quality of the tone, and the perfect then
ditional number; yet five recalls and the fourth
responsiveness of the action are most ap- encore was played.
parent in the softer selections and move-
These may be considered a sample of the
ments. No matter how tested, the new notices which have appeared in the local
scale Knabe grand has been conceded by papers wherever Mme. Carreno has ap-
experts and musicians to be a credit to its peared. And in these great climaxes of
makers, and an honor to the music trade in- enthusiasm, the honors are not altogether
dustry of this country.
for the "queen of piano virtuosi," for the
What is most worthy of remark is that Knabe grand scores effectively, and there
Mme. Carreno's opinion of the instrument are few criticisms where the instrument is
on which she plays is highly laudatory. not highly spoken of and its merits gladly
She considers the new scale Knabe grand conceded.
an instrument surpassing any upon which
During the past week Mme. Carreno has
she has played—satisfactory proof that in appeared in the following cities and in
piano making at least America, and indeed each and every one of them she duplicated
Wm. Knabe & Co., can take a premier place. her previous successes: The Boston Music
The triumphs which Mme. Carreno has Hall, March 13; Wheeling, W. Va.. 15;
scored in all sections of the country and the Columbus, O., 16; Baltimore, 18; Phila-
tributes paid her by the critics equal, if delphia, 19. • To-day she makes her second
not excel, in some respects the tributes appearance at the Music Hall, Boston.
paid Paderewski when he appeared in this Her itinerary up to April 6 is as follows:
country. During her recent appearance in Ladies' Music Club, Cincinnati, March 24;
The New-Scale Knabe Grands.
$3.00 PER YEAR
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENT S
Cleveland, 30; Albany, 31; the Symphony
Society concerts, this city, April 2 and 3;
at the Teachers' Guild, Hartford, Conn.,
April 5; Worcester, April 6.
Space will hardly permit us to speak at
length of the new scale Knabe parl:r and
baby grands, which are certainly remark-
able instruments—in many respects un-
equaled. This mast be admitted after a
thorough examination. Not only do they
possess wonderful tonal volume, almost
equaling many concert grands, but the es-
sential quality, depth, fullness and individ-
uality are all there.
The new scale Knabe pianos, both grand
and upright—for the new scale uprights
in their own sphere are just as creditable
as the grands—are splendid testimony of
the progressiveness of the firm of Wm.
Knabe & Co. It is almost unnecessary to
make predictions as to the popularity and
abiding success of these products. In the
face of recent developments it would be a
reflection on the good sense of the musical
public to expect otherwise.
Roth & Engelhardt.
Talking about his visit to the factory,
at St. Johnsville, N. Y., on Thursday, Mr.
A. P. Roth said that the facilities for turn-
ing out large orders were never better than
now. Fortunately, too, they are being
fairly well tested at present. Some recent
orders were unusually heavy, calling for a
large amount of work of the most particular
kind to be supplied at the earliest possible
moment, thus bringing well into play the
full capacity of men and machinery.
The Henry F. Miller & Sons Piano Co.,
Philadelphia, will move on April 1st, to
new quarters at 1123 Chestnutstreet.
Chas. H. Isley, who at one time was en-
gaged in the manufacture of pianos in this
city, died at his home 1377 A, Gates avenue,
Brooklyn, last Monday. Mr. Isley was
born in Falmouth, Me., and was in the
74th year of his age. At the time of his
death he was engaged in the printing busi-
ness in this city.
Harry B. Cottelle, 726 Westminster
street, Providence, R. I., is advertising a
dissolution sale owing to the retirement of
James Parkinson.
N. Stetson & Co., Philadelphia, are
about to remodel and reconstruct their
warerooms in that city.