Classic Mode

Music Trade Review

Issue: 1897 Vol. 25 N. 14

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MISS NEDDA MORRISON.
and is a big card for the Chickering house.
This young and gifted soprano
In addition to the foregoing artists, the pro-
gram for the forthcoming concerts,although has met with most cordial recep-
nor yet entirely complete, promise to be tions in the several concerts in
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such a delightful menu that the only dan- which she has appeared since her
PUBLIC LI
ger is that the hall may prove inadequate recent arrival from Europe. It
to accommodate all who may wish to at- is her intention to make America
the field of her professional career,
tend.
and as there are few countries
where talent is more keenly ap-
MUSICAL APPRECIATION ADVANCING.
preciated, she should succeed in
At least two sides exist to everything. becoming a great favorite.
Miss Morrison is a native of
So in music there are people who cling to
this school or that, even though they can- Scotland, and at an early age en-
tered the Athenaeum College of
not always tell you why they do.
Some will tell you they are charmed only Music, Glasgow, where after four
when listening to a severely classical work years of unremitting application
by some one of the most inspired of the she gained a scholarship as well
masters. You believe them, of course, but as high awards in the various
when you chance to see them at a musical branches of her profession. She
gathering and note with what apparent made her debut in that city in
pleasure they listen to some graceful and opera, oratorio and concert, and
dainty melody, you wonder. Later, when later pursued her musical studies
you see how bored they look as they listen still further at the Royal Academy
to the ponderous strains of a classic so- of Music, London, under William
Shakespeare, where she received
called, you wonder the more.
a
number of medals as marks of
The classic music, no doubt, has a place
distinction
for her proficiency in
to fill, but it is a question if it is the kind
singing,
opera,
and elocution, as
of music best appreciated.
well
as
pianoforte
playing and
It certainly is good for students to make
harmony.
a study of this sort of music and for them
At the St. James and Queen's
to listen to much of it in concerts that are
Halls and Imperial Institute in London, Mr. Shakespeare as an accomplished singer
designed to be educational.
It is also well for the general public to her talents were recognized by most en- of great talent and feeling. We are des-
listen to the classic forms of music, but thusiastic receptions on the various occa- tined to hear much of Miss Morrison in
they will come to enjoy it the more quick- sions on which she appeared. She comes concert and oratorio during the season of
ly, and the more, if not compelled to listen to this country especially recommended by 1897-98.
to too much of it at a time.
Some of the classics, to the untrained best, and when fully understood will be the most celebrated artists, such as Lloyd,
ear, are very wearisome; others may be most appreciated.
Green, Santley and others appear regular-
enjoyed upon first hearing, even though
Speaking along these lines a writer and ly and make known the ballads of native
the sense of musical appreciation in a per- a musician remarks: "There are a good composers. The inauguration in this city
son is scarcely developed. The effort to many persons who pass as musicians, hav- of some such enterprise as this could be
appreciate the higher forms of music ing comparatively little knowledge of the made a great success if taken in hand by
is much like taking disagreeable medi- higher forms of the art. They do quite as those music publishers whose specialty
cine—add a little sweeting and it will much to retard real progress as the knowl- largely is high class ballads. It would be
not seem "half bad."
edge-lacking public. But in this respect union for a common cause, and that a
The general public appreciates best music is not different from other branches worthy one: to elevate the musical tastes
music which will do more to please than of art. Such persons are, however, the of our people and inculcate a love for good
prove a tax upon the mental parts. There worst existing foes to right advancement.
music in ballad form,
is much good music which, while written
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"True musical appreciation is advanc-
BURMEISTER IN NEW YORK.
in classic form, is enjoyable in every ing, somewhat slowly, to be sure, but the
Mr. Richard Burmeister, the celebrated
way. Public performers should take more right way is being followed. Each year
pains to introduce oftener music of this finds the number of earnest men and pianist, composer and teacher who for
sort into programs.
women added to the ranks greatly multi- some years past was connected with the
Musicians who have come to have a full plied. Best of all to note, the public is Peabody Conservatory of Music in Balti-
appreciation of the classic forms are apt to growing rapidly to appreciate something more, will hereafter reside permanently
forget how many there are who fail to see better than piano pieces and ear-tickling in New York. Mr. Burmeister enjoys an in-
ternational reputation as a leading artist;
the least bit of beauty in what they find so songs."
he has appeared in the principal cities of
much.
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Europe and America with the greatest suc-
These musicians wonder why it is their
WHAT NEW YORK NEEDS.
performances are so little appreciated. It
What New York badly needs just now to cess. At his last appearance, as soloist of
is because they have not taken into consid- offset the demoralizing influence of music the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the audi-
eration the fact that there are many of hall songs is a series of ballad concerts at ence gave him a rousing ovation. Mr.
their listeners who have not yet passed the popular prices, such as have been in vogue Burmeister is welcome to the second city
kindergarten stage of musical develop- in London for the past thirty years, and of the world; his exceptional talents and
ment.
well and widely known as the Boosey bal- unquestionable ability will receive from
If classical music is to be the sort most lad concerts. It would be the means of our people that consideration and support
commonly appreciated, then musical per- generating appreciation for the high class they fully merit.
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formers must exercise some pains to lead ballad, and would moreover encourage na-
A comic opera more than 100 years old
the masses in what is unquestionably the tive composers—who are at present com-
soon be revived in Paris. It is called
right direction.
pelled to turn out "pot boilers" if they will
"A Night with Frederick," the music hav-
It is the same with music as with all wish to make a living—to aim higher. At ing been composed by Coupigni. The
things, the highest forms are always the the Boosey concerts in London, some of hero of the plot is Frederick the Great.
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in power and place. The feeling ran so
high that the officers of the Society re-
signed, and the newspapers of Boston con-
tained columns regarding the rumpus. It
read more like an old-time primary of one of
the political parties than a meeting of the
ancient and respectable Handel and Hay-
den Society of Boston. The result of the
Moritz Rosenthal, the great pianist, campaigning, however, is that Mr. Zerrahn
whose counterfeit presentment appears on is in charge. Of course the supporters of
our first page, will resume his American Mr. Lang are very sore and threaten not
tour on the evening of November 17, in to participate in the affairs of the Society,
this city. Rosenthal's first series of con- and all this sort of thing. Gentlemen,
certs are entirely booked. He will be "let us have peace."
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heard five times in New York, four times
The opening of October finds the many
in Boston, six times in Chicago, and in all
teachers in conservatories and private
the large cities throughout the country.
schools back in their respective fields of
He will play in San Francisco for the first
labor. As far as we can ascertain, the
time in the last two weeks of January.
number of students in attendance this sea-
His spring tour is not quite arranged yet,
son will be larger than for many previous
but negotiations are now on foot to give a
years. This is no doubt attributable to
SIGNOR Q. CAriPANARI.
limited number of combination concerts in
the improvement in business conditions
Sig 1 . Guisseppe Campanari, the great
conjunction with another great artist. He
throughout the country. The retrench- baritone, who distinguished himself last
will probably return to London early in
ment in expenses practiced by the major- year with the Metropolitan Opera Co. in
April, where he will give a series of histor-
ity of people during the era of commercial this as well as other cities throughout the
ical recitals.
depression, was felt in musical circles Union, will appear the present season in
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just as severely as in other spheres of ac- concert, oratorio and opera. Sig. Cam-
The papers have been making much
tivity. Now that conditions have changed panari's reputation is steadily growing and
ado about a statement which comes to the
materially for the better, it is not surpris- his standing among the musical profession
surface periodically, that Pope Leo is
ing that our conservatories and schools are is an eminent one. Wherever he has ap-
about extending his chastening hand to
reporting large classes, with every pros- peared he has won an unmistakable
church choirs—that he condemns florid or
pect of augmentation as the season pro- triumph. His voice is full, firm, sweet
so-called operatic music, expressing a
gresses.
and sympathetic. Sig. Campanari is al-
preference for the compositions of Pales-
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ready booked for a number of prominent
trina and the Gregorian school. The fact
Wm. C. Carl, the well-known New York concerts the coming season,
of the matter is, the wishes of the Pontiff
concert organist,returned last week from a
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are not commands, and in this as in other
tour of Norway, Sweden and England,
The
recent
Bayreuth
festival has proven
matters the bishop or pastors of the differ-
where he has been playing with remarka- a rich harvest for Cosima Wagner. The
ent churches have the option of pleasing
ble success. At the Stockholm Exposition receipts of the festival were $130,000, of
themselves as to the style of music to be
he filled an engagement at the grand organ which at least $100,000 is clear profit, as
used. It is" largely a matter of personal
in the Industrial Hall, and also played at the artists sang wholly and entirely for the
taste with the pastor in charge, and choir
the Upsala Cathedral, one of the noted honor of the thing, and there were no ex-
singers need have no fear that their ser-
ecclesiastical edifices near Stockholm. In penses for scenery. In 1895 there was a
vices will be dispensed with. The Roman
London he played twice at the Crystal large deficit and the festival in 1882 barely
Church has since its earliest days been a
Palace, and at one of the promenade con- made expenses. The next festival will be
patron and supporter of music, and its
certs in Queens' Hall, where his splendid held in 1899.
ceremonies have inspired some of the
work won immediate recognition. Mr.
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greatest works extant The present sys-
Carl will at once begin his American tour,
Three
free
scholarships
in famous con-
tem has resisted many generations and the
opening at Montreal.
servatories,
one
of
them
in
Europe, includ-
would-be reformers will have to agitate for
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ing
transportation
and
board
throughout
another generation before their efforts are
Mme. Marcella Sembrich, who will ap- the year, is offered by the Hallet & Davis
successful.
pear in concert at the Metropolitan Opera Co., Chicago, to ambitious teachers and
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House October 26, will sail for America students of music. Particulars of the con-
Anton Seidl has been sojourning at his
from Hamburg on the Normannia October test can be obtained by personal applica-
Adirondacks cottage since he returned
7. At her first concert here she will be tion at the offices, 39 41 Wabash Avenue.
from Europe the early part of last month.
supported by Mr. David Bispham and a Such an offer is worthy of investigation.
His plans this winter include concerts every
full orchestra conducted by Signor Bevig-
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Sunday night at the Metropolitan Opera
nani. Mme. Sembrich has also been en-
Mme.
Flavie
Van
den Hende, the well-
House, beginning November 28, a series
gaged to sing with the Seidl orchestra for known Belgian 'cellist' will be heard in a
to be given in the ball room of the new
the first of the subscription concerts to be number of prominent concerts this sea-
Astoria Hotel and another in Chickering
given at the new Astoria Hotel November 4. son.
Hall. In addition to the foregoing he will
as usual conduct the concerts of the Phil-
harmonic Society. Mr. Seidl's recent suc-
cess in London and Bayreuth has opened
ANTON SEIDL,
the eyes of European managers to the fact
Conductor.
that New York can claim one of the few
great operatic conductors of the world.
DATES OF CONCERTS:
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December 7, 1897, Evening, 8 30 P. M.
November
9,
1897,
Afternoon,
3 P. M.
There has been much controversy and
February 1, 1898,
"
8 30 P. M.
January
14,
1898,
"
3
P.
M.
friction in the Handel and Hayden Society March 14, 1898,
April 5, 1898,
Afternoon, 3 P. M.
"
3 P. M.
of Boston anent the election recently of a
XAVER SCHARWENKA,
RICHARD HOFFHAN,
FRANZ RUMMEL,
conductor.
Two factions, representing
WILL PLAY THE CH1CKERINQ PIANO.
Mr. Lang and Mr. Zerrahn, seemed desir-
Admission,
Course Tickets,
Balcon 1
Reserved,
Orchestra,
50 Cents.
*5 and $7-5O.
ous of having their respective candidates SCALE OF PRICES:
7.. 00.
CHICKERING & SONS,
Grand Orchestral Concerts,

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