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called upon to play in his place on a few achieve ? This is one time when there is no
hours' notice, and in the face of an announce- room on top for this is the top.
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ment of his illness and her substitution he
We who are waiting for Manru, feel con-
was present in a box and conducted him-
vinced of one thing and that is that Pader-
self in a manner incredibly shocking. His
ewski will not set before us any nasty mess
aim seemed to be to throw the pianist, to
and ask that the weight of the orchestra and
attract every eye to himself, and to make
glare of the footlights hide the fact that it
himself obnoxious generally.
is nasty. This tendency, by the way, is one
There are too many good artists in the
of the benefits of opera in a foreign tongue,
public eye already to permit such actions to
as we have less hesitancy in permitting young
go without condemnation. It is for Victor
people to see pictures and hear the music
Herbert to resent this, and for a self-re-
while supplying their own innocent interpre-
specting public to show him that with such
tation of the text.
artists as Rive-King and those attractions
Mr. De Lara, otherwise Cohen, certainly
to come, including Paderewski, Bauer, etc.,
did arouse a hornet's nest when he set forth
we do not in any sense need Slivinski or
Messaline, and especially in America where
any other boor who does not know how
people prefer to take their nastiness from
to behave.
life or from the daily papers. P'erhaps few
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And we have lost Camilla Urso, whose of the operas, or of the dramas, will bear
name has been a household word with all close analysis as to their insinuations, and
who knew her admirable art and her fault- certainly only one in a hundred of the light
less womanhood. Camilla Urso was a great operas or burlesques. There are two sorts
violinist; what woman, indeed, has sur- of vulgar plays; the one is very bad but the
passed her? Not Lady Hallo, not Teresina other is unpardonable of manager, play-
Tua, not even our talented country-woman wright, players and patrons. The first of-
Maude Powell, who is Urso's rightful suc- fers unhealthy, immoral subjects which, not-
cessor. Yet we who know the conditions withstanding everything disagreeable, ma}
of the day, know that she could not, in musi- be excused in so far as it offers social prob-
cal centers, draw an audience ot twenty peo- lems which actually do confront us. The
second offers no plot at all, only opportuni-
ple for :ome years past. And why?
What, I ask, is the reason why an artist ties for vulgar disgusting jokes to draw a
reaching the fullest height must be rele- laugh. Often they fail because the insinua-
gated to innocuous desuetude with a shrug of tions are so very low that decent people do
the shoulders and the epithet of "back num- not understand them. This has no reference
ber." When does an artist who has reached to the variety shows on the Bowery, but to
and rested upon the highest pinnacles, be- the musical comedies which run two and
come a "back number?" And it would also three hundred nights in New York and in
be interesting to know when an artist other large cities.
through actual merit becomes of interest to
Emilie Frances Bauer.
this very musical public that demands the
A SEMNACHER CONCERT.
experience of Methuselah upon the shoul-
N
last
Tuesday evening, the pupils of
ders of a youth of twenty, and the freshness
the
National
Institute of Music, of
of the first primrose upon the artist who
which
Wm.
M.
Semnacher
is director, gave
must be qualified by the only possible quali-
a
most
delightful
concert
at
Carnegie Ly-
fier—time. There is but one further com-
ceum,
assisted
by
Miss
Josephine
Naudin,
ment to make and it is that few musicians
soprano,
and
Miss
Paula
Semnacher,
accom-
attended the funeral, and one who was as
panist.
The
program
was
an
interesting
great when she died as she was when tri-
umphs beyond count were laid at her feet, one and Mr. Semnacher's pupils again
passed away and was laid to rest without demonstrated the value of the thorough
more demonstration than if the artist had training they are receiving under the able su-
died years ago, and the woman but yester- pervision and direction of such a competent
day. And vet L T rso was fortunate, for in maestro as Mr. Semnacher. Ernest Bauer,
addition to her art, she had the devotion principal of the violin department, and his
of her husband, Mr. Frederic Luere and pupils assisted in the Mendelssohn Capriccio
her daughters, a joy which few artists have. Brilliante, Op. 22, for two pianos, which
At the modest services held in the church was magnificently played by Mr. Wechsler
of St. Vincent de Paul, Gregorowitsch played and Miss Semnacher.
Wieniawski's Reverie, and the Women's Or-
Mme. Marcella Sembrich's song recital an-
chestra, under Carl V. Lachmund, paid their nounced for Jan. 23, has been postponed
tribute to the woman who was their emu- until Feb. 3, when it will take place at Car-
lation and their example.
negie Hall. The tickets will be g-ood for
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that day without change.
Ji
Paderewski's coming has been the subject
'"THE
long-standing
question as to the dis-
for much speculation, but Paderewski never
posal
of
the
estate
left by Johannes
comes without this same speculation hover-
Brahms,
appears
now
to
have
been settled.
ing around him much like the halo of his
The
property
was
to
have
been
shared by
golden hair—and dollars. Everything is a
three
musical
societies—the
Friends
of Mu-
foregone conclusion with Paderewski, so
sic
and
the
Czerny
of
Vienna
and
the
Liszt
wherefore this wild speculation ? ()f course
of
Hamburg;—but
previously
unknown
rela-
Manru will be a success; his friends would
not permit it otherwise; his recitals like- tives came forward with a claim which has
substantially been allowed. The societies are
wise, and as novelty he plays with the P>os-
awarded a comparatively unimportant share,
ton Symphony and what more is there to
the rest going to the composer's natural heirs.
O
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Boosey & Oo/s Novelties.
"SNOWDROPS."
Music by LIZA LKHMANN.
"AFTER."
Music b.y EDWARD ELGAR.
"GYPSY LOVE SONG."
MuHic by LIZA LKHMANN.
"ALWAYS AND EVERYWHERE."
Music by KIHVARD ELGAR.
"CUTTIN' RUSHES."
Music by CHARLES WILLEBY.
"MY HEART IS THINE."
Music by H, TROTERE.
"IN JULY."
Music by OL(iA RUDD.
"A PARTING."
Music by OLGA RUDD.
"BUTTERFLY TIME."
Mimic by ARTHUR VERNON.
"INFANT JOY."
Music by THOMAS F. DUNHILL.
"A WOODLAND MADRIGAL."
Music by ROBERT BATTEN.
"THE SWING."
MiiHic by LIZA LKHMANN.
"LOVE'S CONFESSION."
MUHIC by ELLEN WRIGHT.
"ONE KIND WISH/'
MUHIC by ROBERT BATTEN.
"TROTTIN' TO THE FAIR."
Musk- by ('. VILLIERS STANFORD.
"FRIAR JOHN."
MiiHic by SAMUEL LIDDLE.
"KITTY OF THE COWS."
Music byC. VILLIERS STANFORD.
"ECHOES."
Music by EDWARD MURRAY.
"SUNSHINE."
MuHic by H. TKOTERE.
"CHILDREN'S MADRIGAL."
Music by RICHARD H. WALTHEW.
"SANCTUARY."
MiiHic by HART WELL-JONES.
"AT SUNSET."
Music by LIZA LEHMANN.
"MY GIFT."
Music by OLEY SPEAKS.
"CORRYMEELA."
Music by CHARLES WILLEBY.
"SERENADE."
By MANUEL KLEIN.
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"TWO LITTLE IRISH SONGS/'
1. "To My First Love."
2. "You'd Better Ask Me."
Music by HERMANN LOIIR.
"VALSE BLEUE."
"AMOUREUSE."
With English Words.
"SONGS OF ERIN."
By STANFORD.
"IRISH IDYL/'
By STANFORD.
"FOLK SONGS" (Irish).
By WOOD.
Tlies<> three songs tire being successfully sung by
I'LUNKETT GREENE.
"CAMEOS."
A Beautiful Song Cycle by LIZA LEHMANN.
The Musical Comedy Success of London and
New York,
"THE TOREADOR,"
Containing the following popular numbers :
"ARCHIE."
"EVERYBODY'S AWFULLY GOOD T O ME"
"THE LANGUAGE OF THE FLOWERS."
"KEEP OFF T H E GRASS/'
"TOREADOR'S SONG."
"THE ESPADA" (March).
Two New London Musical Comedies,
"THE COUNTRY GIRL"
"THREE LITTLE MAIDS."
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