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is giving big dinners he has a regular or-
chestra, but when Mr. Carnegie is dining
en famille he listens to the good old Scotch
tunes played on the bagpipe by a very
skillful performer.
D R A I S E is due Mr. Van der Stucken,
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conductor of the Cincinnati Sym-
phony Orchestra, for striking out from the
stereotyped policy of Eastern orchestral
organizations, notably our Philharmonic,
and giving his patrons something new.
In his programs this season were included
such works as Blockx's " Kermesse Fla-
mande," Foote's suite in D minor, Mac-
Dowell's suite in A minor, Ritter's " Char-
freitag," Schillings' " Ingwelde "overture,
Weingartner's symphony in G, selections
from Richard Strauss' "Guntram," etc.
This fashion, so rife in opera, of giving at-
tractions popular four generations ago,
should not obtain in the orchestral field.
Give the youngsters a chance!
pearance with Fanciulli's 71st Regiment
Band at Manhattan Beach throughout the
entire summer. With this organization at
Central Park last year, and in fact wherever
he was heard, he charmed everyone not only
by his extraordinary range, which runs
from pedal G to F in alt, but, by the varie-
ty, purity, brilliancy and color of his tone;
making the cornet, in his hands, an instru-
ment of amazing possibilities.
Personally, Mr. Chambers is a gentleman
of many delightful traits of character. In
his make-up there is an entire absence of
W E R D I has been obliged to pay 26,000
francs taxes for erecting, at his own
expense, a fine building for indigent musi-
cians in Milan. The expense has been so
far $100,000. The building was begun in
1896 and is now nearly completed. Sixty
men and forty women will be provided for
at once, and the funds are invested in such
a way that in a few years a larger number
will be provided for. The portrait medal-
lions in the large salon may be taken as in-
dicating what Verdi considers to have been
the eight greatest composers of Italy: Pal-
estrina, Monteverdi, Frescobaldi, Scarlatti,
Marcello, Pergolese, Cimarosa and Rossini.
Verdi's own portrait is nowhere to be seen,
nor even his name. In the chapel Verdi
has set aside a place in which he desires to
be buried.
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PARIS CHAMBERS, the distin-
guished cornetist, whose composi-
tions for piano, bands, orchestras, and the
cornet as a solo insirument, are known the
world over, is now deservedly winning a
large measure of fame in the domain of
song writing. Among his latest composi-
tions in this field are a beautiful ballad for
mezzo voice "I Live for Thee," and a suite
of flower songs (four), which by virtue of
their fascinating melody and clever ar-
rangement, combined with dainty verse,
are destined to add further laurels to the
reputation of this popular artist. The
first named ballad, "I Live for Thee," is
enjoying a great vogue, and Mr. Cham-
bers has been in receipt of more than sixty
letters from leading lights in the musical
world uttering words of praise and in
many instances expressing pleasure at be-
ing able to add such a delightful ballad to
their repertoire. Both compositions bear
the imprint of C. G. Conn & Co., New
York.
The success which is coming Mr. Cham-
bers' way these days is well deserved. He
is an indefatigable woiker, and the wonder
is that he finds time, in view of his many
engagements as cornet soloist, to accom-
plish so much, the quality of which is al-
ways far removed from mediocrity. His
engagements this season include his ap-
W. PARIS CHAMBERS.
self-laudation. His concededly high stand-
ing in the profession to-day is entirely due
to his individual talents. That his career
will continue "upward and onward" is in-
evitable. It is the reward that waits upon
inherent ability, love of his art and tireless
effort.
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Of course curiosity as to the make-up of
the Grau-Savage English Opera Company
will be rife until the official announce-
ments are made. Mr. Savage is in Eu-
rope, and he and Mr. Grau are to meet in
London shortly to discuss the situation.
Applications for engagements are said to
be numerous, including a number of sing-
ers who have voluntarily retired from ac-
tive work. An interesting list of these
willing musical "Barkises" might be made
up. It is better, though, to assume that
the managers of the new scheme are
shrewd enough to under-
stand that singers with
present reputations are
a] sine qua non of success.
Unless this is done these
managers will find out
that the public will not
consider " one dollar "
opera of the Castle Square
brand as being worth
double because of the
change of base to the Met-
ropolitan.
If the new
company has already en-
gaged Clementine De
Vere, Suzanne Adams,
Zelie de Lussan, Lemp-
riere Pringle, and Romu-
aldo Sapio (for conductor),
a good beginning has been
made.
MARRY
FARJEON,
* * son of the famous
novelist and grandson of
J o s e p h J e f f e r s o n , is
branching out as a musi-
cal composer of eminence
in London. At a recent
concert of the West-
minster Orchestral So-
ciety his suite for orchestra entitled "Hans
Andersen's Fairy Tales," was given a first
performance and elicited hearty commen-
dation for the young man's talent. It
seems that the suite is not Mr. Farjeon's
first effort in composition. Last year he
brought forward an operetta entitled "Flor-
etta," and also carried off the gold medal
which the Musicians' Company gives annu-
ally to the most distinguished student of
the Royal Academy of Music.
OT much stock is taken in the project
of Messrs. Habelmann and Herman
to erect a new opera house in this city, to
be devoted to English opera sung by
American singers. If we are to believe p A D E R E W S K I will give his farewell
Mr. Habelmann, the necessary capital has I
concert in this city on the afternoon
been pledged, the site for the house of May 12 at Carnegie Hall. He will be
selected on Forty-second street opposite heard in Brooklyn at the Academy of Mu-
the park, several noted singers engaged, sic on May 3, and his last appearance in
and the "house warming" slated to occur this country will be at a matinee in New-
in the fall season of 1901. Certainly every- ark, N. J., on May 14. His tour through
thing comes to those who wait. In New the West and South was a great artistic
York we have been agitating English and financial success.
opera for many years and it was with
much gratification we greeted the union of
NEW law in Holland obliges piano
Messrs. Grau and Savage with the object
tuners to pass an examination under
of giving English opera the coming season.
If through the joint efforts of these mana- supervision of the government before they
gers New Yorkers succeed in getting just may ply their trade. Commenting on this
what is wanted, at fair prices, we will be The Concert-Goer pertinently says: " I n
well content to wait for the materialization America we allow men and women to
of Mr. Habelmann's scheme, which, not- teach voice culture without requiring the
withstanding newspaper statements, is ex- slightest evidence that they understand
ceedingly visionary at the present time. vocal science. An incompetent piano tun-
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