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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Budapesth, we may be disappointed. We
hope not, for no one can replace him. It
is unnecessary to tell of the success and
art of Carreno, Bloomfield-Zeisler, Rive-
King, Aus der Ohe. These names are
household words in America, and each
holds her own this season.
Godowsky, Slivinski and Josef Hof-
mann are still to be heard, and, although
late, there is no doubt that they will meet
with a hearty welcome at the hands of
music lovers in America.
LET US BE HONEST.
/"^VNE of the dailies speaks with praise of
a young opera singer who admin-
istered what it is pleased to term a "de-
lightful snub," to the encore fiends who
recalled her six times. Can it be possible
that the writer did not know that she was
standing in fear and trembling lest they,
(the encore fiends), should stop recalling
her? The oftener the better. It gives the
newspaper a chance to do just what was
done, and that is to tell how many times
she was recalled. This is only one of the
innumerable tricks of the trade, and, not-
withstanding the fact that music is sup-
posed to be an elevated trade, it has more
tricks in a minute than any other profes-
sion known. The matter of applause is, in
itself, something that never will be dis-
tinctly understood as long as many abomi-
nably bad things receive as much noise as
do the good things; as long as the popular-
ity of a performer, rather than the quality
of his work is the motive for applause; as
long as a top-note will bring the enthusi-
asm rather than the music. No, no—de-
ceive yourself not; no singer born ever
administered a snub because an audience
gave what some other singer, or the public,
or herself, or her maid might construe in-
to "long and continued applause.'
YOUNG A11ERICA AND LESCHET1TZKY.
1 T is true that Young America has no rev-
erence; sometimes it is deplorable, but
once in a while the most reverent of us re-
joice at the naivete with which Young
America expresses its opinion. This time
it is her opinion. A few months ago, a
young girl of thirteen or fourteen went
from San Francisco, Cal., to Vienna, to
study with Leschetitzky. It is only fair
to say that, besides having a wonderful tal-
ent, Emma Cellarius had a wonderful
teacher, and she went there magnificently
equipped. The usual by-play was gone
through with, and Emma was turned over
to a preparatory teacher with the promise
of lessons in the future from himself. After
three lessons, the immeasurable distance
between the teacher she had left and what
she had come to was so apparent that
mother and daughter decided to end the
temperament and the innumerable wreck-
ers that accompany this disease.
There is little doubt that Carnegie is all
this with more wealth in hand with which
to operate. In the enthusiasm of the mo-
ment, Carnegie spoke of taking the Pitts-
burg orchestra abroad which, of course
he knows will be a colossal money-losing
proposition. However, Carnegie has the
money to lose if he wants to lose it this
way. But if the same amount of money
were placed in making tours at very short
intervals of the cities surrounding Pitts-
burg, even including the smaller cities
HIGQINSON AND CARNEGIE.
ANDREW CARNEGIE was one of the that cannot afford orchestras of their own,
speakers at a luncheon given some the education that such a scheme would
weeks ago to Victor S. Herbert and the promote is incalculable. What financial
Pittsburg Orchestra by William S. Hawk, loss would be entailed might be charged
vice-president of the Carnegie Music Hall up to educational benefits and America
might well worship one who would bring
Company, at the Hotel Manhattan.
Mr. Hawk introduced Mr. Herbert, who relief from the unsatisfactory conditions
spoke briefly and was followed by W. N. existing at the present time.
Teachers, artists, pupils, all crowd into
Frew, chairman of the Board of Trustees
New
York, the former to make a living,
of the Carnegie Library, Pittsburg. Then
Mr. Hawk introduced Mr. Carnegie as the latter to reap the benefits which they
cannot find at home. Many of the pupils
"the Star-Spangled Scotchman."
Mr. Carnegie said that he had always fall into the hands of more incompetent
been a man of dreams, but the peculiar teachers than they left, and they cannot
feature of his dreams and air castles was enjoy the advantage of concerts un-
less they have more money than the
that they were always realized.
"I used to dream," he said, "that I average student is blessed with. What
would one day be as mad as the mad King the country needs is more men like
of Bavaria and have an orchestra. The Higginson and Carnegie who can and
Pittsburg Orchestra has exceeded my who will give the country the benefit
of the best orchestras at such prices that
dreams.
those
who need the concerts can have
"You who are members of the orchestra
have the right conductor. I have just been them. Nor is this all that such nurturing
speculating about my castle in Scotland, results in. Appreciation increases; such
anrl I have thought that some day we localities receive better resident artists and
would just take ship and go over to Lon- teachers; they carry more prestige, and,
don, Paris, Vienna, Berlin, and when you best of all, they will turn out just as satis-
have played there you would come back by factory results as does New York, which at
best is an exploiting ground for everything
way of Scotland and stop at my castle."
To those who know organ and music good, bad and indifferent. There is no
hall history of America the name of An- city in the world that is more in need of a
drew Carnegie is as familiar as is that of Higginson or a Carnegie than this same
Henry L. Higginson to the orchestral New York.
world.
Now Carnegie shows himself
CROTCHETS.
ready to play the role of Higginson also, HTHERE is nothing quite so amusing or
and if he goes at it in the same way as
entertaining as overhearing the snatch-
Higginson has done, Pittsburg will some es of conversation in critical vein during
day be a musical center, like the Boston a concert, especially when it is permeated
Symphony Orchestra has made of Boston. with the delicate aroma of know-it-all. At
And Carnegie can do it if anyone can. a recent occasion during a Richard Strauss
He has money to spare for any expense 'cello sonata the stage whisper of "You know
that was the elder Strauss" was an amusing
that the orchestra may incur.
When Higginson hears of a great artist climax after hearing every musician in the
on any instrument he never rests until city discussed and dissected.
that man becomes a member of the Boston
A T least one man seems to have an ap-
Symphony, cost what it may. His appre-
preciation of the fitness of things
ciation of the best and his determination
when he arose from his seat, whether paid
to have it have been largely the making of
for or deadhead, and left the church en-
that wonderful orchestra. Besides Higgin-
son is a business man, cool, calm, deliber- tertainment where the beauties of "Just
ate, without interference of the artist's Because She Made Dem Goo-Goo Eyes"
farce at once. How to break the news to
Leschetitzky was not easy to Mrs. Cella-
rius; however, accompanied by her enfant
terrible she called, and after having gained
admittance to the maestro, the young lady,
with never a tremble or shiver, blurted
out: "You call that teaching? Why, she
doesn't know anything at all. I knew more
than she taught me when I was a baby! I
won't have her, nor any one else around
here." And the probability is that Miss
Cellarius will become a pianist without the
assistance of Mr. Leschetitzky et al.