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With which is incorporated THE KEYNOTE.
VOL. XXXI. No. 5.
Point of View " is always an in- month. Among the legacies left by Rubin-
teresting department of that excel- stein was $io,ooo, the income from which
lent magazine—Scribner's. We notice in (about two thousand dollars) is to be dis-
the current issue a well considered, sensi- tributed once in five years between a com-
ble and timely talk on the real value of poser and a pianist, who shall win the
music teaching in the schools. This is a prizes. The composer must contribute a
subject which unfortunately has not been piano concerto and a piece of chamber mu-
seriously or justly considered by the heads sic, while the pianist must give a concert,
of educational institutions as the potent —the program of which was prescribed by
factor it is in character building; hence Rubinstein and must not be deviated from.
we heartily agree with the editor of Scrib- It must include a Rubinstein concerto; a
ner's who very properly concludes that if prelude and fugue by Bach; a nocturne, a
music is to be included in the eaily train- mazurka, and a scherzo by Chopin; two
ing of boys and girls, the manner in Schumann pieces from the "Kreisleriana"
which it is to be done should be quite as or "Faschings-schwank," and a concert
scientific as the methods which may be study by Liszt. The candidates report at
used in inculcating other "first notions" of St. Petersburg, and the contest takes place
in various cities, it being Vienna's turn
the humanities.
"It would not be fair to declare," he this year.
says, "that nothing comes of the time given
to music as matters are now. Still, the C D W A R D STRAUSS and his orchestra
gain is not so definite in any direction that *-' of fifty musicians, who are to visit
can be detected but that it must occur to America under the management of Ru-
one that much popular musical tuition is dolph Aronson, are making a successful
aimless, and exercised in vacuo. If the studies tour of Germany. Strauss is arranging a
which come under the head of English are march on American melodies which will
far from being everywhere administered in be performed for the first time at his
the spirit which befits them, and in the ef- initial concert in the Metropolitan Opera
fort to introduce some right, incipient ideas House, New York, Oct. 31. The new
about the visual arts in the public schools Strauss operetta "Wiener Blut," will be
blunders are made, that artists and men produced in New York in November next.
interested in literary pursuits talk of and Amy Stone has been engaged by Rudolph
write about these things gives hope of their Aronson for the leading role.
improvement. It can not be so in music
while the best talents among musicians T H R E E light operas now running in
*• London will be seen in New York the
take so little interest in the theoretic con-
coming
season. They are "The Rose of
sideration of the educational influences of
Persia,"
at the Savoy, which Charles Froh-
their art.
man
has
purchased; "The Messenger
"And, in the schools, the only serious
Boy,"
at
the
Gaiety, controlled for Amer-
question which can come up regarding mu-
ica
by
George
W. Lederer, and " Florado-
sic is that of the general effect it may have
ra,"
as
bright
as
the proverbial dollar, at
on the formation of character. Musical
the Lyric Theatre. The first named, the
rudiments are imparted incidentally, which
work of Sir Arthur Sullivan and Basil
may be the first step in the future develop-
Hood, will make its American debut at
ment of the art as an accomplishment or a Daly's in September. The music is up to Sir
profession. These, however, must of ne- Arthur Sullivan's usual high standard, while
cessity be too insufficient to count. It is the "book" is ingenious and humorous.
what girls and boys get into their souls by " T h e Messenger Boy," George Maxwell,
music that counts. Germany is, of modern of Boosey & Co., informs us, is destined to
countries, that in which this is best under- make a " ten strike " in this country. It
stood. There music is handled as a form of is strong, musically and scenically. It has
spiritual gymnastics. And there the whole not yet been housed, but the initial pro-
topic receives the order of attention which duction may be at the Casino. Strangely
it deserves."
enough, the "Floradora" went begging
until a couple of weeks ago when it was
SOMEWHAT singular musical con- obtained for New York production by
test is to take place in Vienna this Dunne & Ryley. It is a bright musical
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piece, with words by Owen Hall and
music by Leslie Stuart, and its story is the
attempt of the scheming old owner of a
brand of perfume and island of the same
name to get possession of the property of
a widow. It is quick in movement, pictur-
esque and fetching in scenery and costum-
ing, and contains two songs: " Tact " and
"The Military Man," which seem destined
to be whistled from the Battery to Harlem.
j*
T H E Balalaikistes are attracting some
'
attention in Paris. The owners of
this euphonious name are fifty-five musi-
cians of the Grand Russian Orchestra who
have been sent to Paris by order and at
the expense of the emperor. The orches-
tra is composed exclusively of ancient Rus-
sian instruments, which M. Andreeff, its
leader, has adapted and improved. None
of the instruments, it is said, figures in our
modern orchestras. The domra, for in-
stance, is the prototype of the mandolin,
the gouli is a sort of horizontal harp, the
svireli is a very elementary flute, and the
balalaika itself has a triangular case, above
which are extended three cords, which the
hand causes to vibrate at one touch.
TN the orchestral field a lively musical
*• season is expected next winter. Emil
Paur, of the New York Philharmonic Or-
chestra, and Wilhelm Gericke, of the Boston
Symphony Orchestra have secured a num-
ber of eminent European artists for their
organizations, and it is purposed to aug-
ment the repertoires of both orchestras by
the addition of many new works. The
Philharmonic concerts, to take place at
Carnegie Hall, are fixed for Nov. 16th and
17th and Dec. 7th and 8th and 21st and
2 2d, of this year; and for 1901 the dates
are Jan. n t h and 12th, Feb. 1st and 2d
and 15th and [6th, and March 8th and 9th
and 29th and 30th. The Boston players
will be heard in November, December,
January, February and March.
j*
AURICE GRAU has engaged P. Flon
as one of his conductors, to fill the
place hitherto held by Sig. Bevignani,
who has transferred his allegiance to the
Sembrich Concert and Opera Company.
M. Flon is held in considerable esteem for
his creditable conducting at the Theatre
de la Monnaie in Brussels, the Opera Com-
ique in Paris, and at Covent Garden,
London.
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