Music Trade Review

Issue: 1902 Vol. 34 N. 5

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THE
did work that these organizations are doing
is simply inestimable. They are not only ed-
ucating the people of the city to the love for
gpod music in its various forms but giving
them a practical knowledge of the divine art
itself.
7V^\JSIC TRADE
SPECIALISM AND YOUTH DISCUSSED.
TT HE pianist who is a specialist gets less
out of music than the one who is in-
terested in all good composers, according to
Josef Hofmann. He says: "In certain pro-
fessions it is well to be a specialist, but not
in music, for music is not so vast a science
as some others. The man whose mind is
JULIE RIVE-KING.
big
enough to understand one composer can
A MONG the notable pianists ot the world.
understand
others."
* * America claims with pride Mme. Julie
On the subject of the prodigy, Mr. Hof-
Rive-King, who came upon the musical hor-
izon when she was very young. Contrary mann's views are also refreshing and of
to the manner in which things are done to- some weight, because in his younger days,
day at the age of seventeen, Mme. Rive-King he loomed up somewhat "bigger than a man's
was known through the entire country from hand" as "a marvel." He says: "The reason
the very extended trips she made. She was why many young pianists are heard of only
identified with all of the great orchestras, to disappear when the time of their full de-
having made several tours with Theodore velopment should have arrived, is that they
Thomas and orchestra, as also later with are told that they are great when they are
Anton Seidl. She has played with every re- not. I have experienced development, and
nowned conductor in America and many in I know what I am talking about. In those
Europe. She has played every great con- cases where pianists appear only to disappear,
certo written, and many of them were first precocity has been mistaken for talent.
presented in America by this talented artist. Precocity has its value, but it does not make
In the Paderewski concerto which was first an artist. The question deciding the matter
played by Mme. Rive-King, she won much in such cases is the quality that characterizes
distinction as also in the Arensky concerto. the gift. Whether real talent exists along-
In recitals she was pioneer, and made the side of precocity is a matter which a mu-
most extended tours that have ever been sician, and not the parents, must settle."
made. She has been before the public a
great many years, this because of her extreme
A VERDI YEAR.
youth and her widespread fame. For two C INCE the death of Verdi a little over a
years Mme. Rive-King has been in retire-
year ago, his operas have dominated the
ment, but it is a pleasure to note that she stage in Italy more than they ever did and
again contemplates activity. She has lo- the contemporaneous Italian composers are
cated in New York where she will receive said to have disappeared almost entirely this
pupils who desire finish in its highest form, year in favor of Verdi. But one new work
and she will also coach pianists in recital is to be sung in Turin. That is "Suprema
programs, special numbers, or for orchestral Vis" by Radeglia, and in Milan there is al-
appearances. Mme. Rive-King is one of the most the same dearth of novelties. "Ger-
most authentic, authoritative artists living, mania," of Baron Fanchetti, is practically all
and her interpretations are of utmost value, that will represent the younger school of
especially in the classics which are so mis- Italian composers this season. San Carlo in
treated nowadays through the ultra-modern. Naples was opened with "Lohengrin," while
She was one of the greatest talents that the season at the Costanzi in Rome began
ever went into the charge of Liszt, and her with "Die Meiste-rsinger," which had never
achievements were pleasures to him until his been heard in Rome before. La Scala's sea-
death, as her correspondence with him will son was begun with "Die Walkure."
attest.
She also studied with Godard,
Charpentier's "Louise" has been accepted
and enjoyed close musical relations with in Berlin, Hamburg, Elberfeld and Leipsic.
Rubinstein and Von Bulow. Mme. Rive- It was proposed to adapt the text to scenes
King has allied herself with the Knabe pi- of life in Berlin, but that project was aban-
ano, upon which she will hereafter be heard. doned.
MISS OLIVE MEAD.
A YOUNG violiinst whose achievements
**• do honor to her teacher as well as to
those interested in music in its most finished
form is Miss Olive Mead, who played with
the Boston Symphony as soloist this month.
Miss Mead played with certitude and au-
thority, with ease and with intelligence that
placed her among the violinists of note.
Devoid of glaring heraldry, she appeared
modestly and achieved a success that viol-
inists ten years before the public might have
envied. Miss Mead is one of the most for-
cible arguments against a trip to Europe for
violin study when a man like Franz Kneisel
is available in this country, for he has left
nothing undone that was within the teacher's
power. Miss Mead played in Brooklyn in
assistance to David Bispham last week when
she made the same success of her solo num-
bers that she did of the Goldmark A Minor
concerto which she played with the orchestra.
ECITALS devoted entirely to the Lie-
R
der of Richard Strauss are now the
vogue in Germany as in this and other coun-
tries. The composer himself played the
piano parts at a concert recently given in
Berlin by Wiillner, who sang twenty of the
Lieder. The Berliner Tageblatt declares
that "Strauss's pianoforte playing is unique-
ly interesting. The interpretation of his
lyrics practically calls for his personal co-
operation, because there is so much that is
novel and that needs elucidation in his ac-
companiments."

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THE, MUSIC TRKDE
WE HAVE THE CREAM OF THE WORLD.
who join their talents in writing operettas for
SOME AMBITIOUS YOUNG WOMEN.
ISS ALICE WEINSTEIN, of Philips- production at their college. The works are TTHE annual immigration of the world's
greatest musicians to this country is
burg, Montana, is in Deroit studying said to show remarkable abilities.
now completed, and it is a matter of some
with Alberto Jonas, who has a conservatory
HE announcement of the appointment of pride that Europe has sent here with but few
there. Miss Weinstein is an extremely tal-
Sir Frederick Bridge, to direct the exceptions her most eminent performers, in
ented young pianist whose assiduous work
music
at the coronation of the King of Eng- almost every department of executive musi-
and determination will go far towards assist-
land
has
given general satisfaction to our cal art. We certainly have the cream of
ing her to reach the high mark that she has
friends across "the big pond." It is conceded the operatic artists of the world, while in
set for herself.
that on account of his position at Westmin- the domain of pianism, we have a roster of
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Miss Lillian J. Jeffreys is a young girl ster Abbey and his ability and eminence as virtuosi, headed by the superb Paderewski,
who has devoted herself to the study of mu- a musician, no better choice could have been which is unequalled.
sic. She studied in America and in Europe made. At Christmas Sir Frederick had a
Last year Paderewski took away as a sou-
with Miss Cottlow and Moriz Moszkowski. little surprise. A huge package, as big as a venir of his American trip, two hundred and
Miss Jeffrey's home is in Newark, where small haystack, arrived by van at Littlington sixty thousand good American dollars.
she has located as teacher. At a piano re- Tower, and the coronation organist possibly While his present tour will not be as extend-
cital given Jan. 13th, she gained a foothold had visions of a baron of beef. But it proved ed as when he last appeared here, yet, he
among the musical people, due to the very to be the manuscript full scores of no fewer is certain to achieve a great success both fi-
delightful and musical manner in which she than 187 coronation marches, which as many nancially and artistically.
gave the program. She was assisted by expectant composers had sent in for the It is interesting to note that Paderewski's
Miss Florence Visanska, who plays the violin prize offered by the Musicians' Company. opera "Manru," which is soon to be pro-
with remarkable skill for one so young. Miss And it was Sir Frederick Bridge's pleasant duced in this city, has scored another big
Visanska is a sister of Miss Bertha Visanska, duty to wade through those 187 marches, success, at Cologne. The correspondent of
whose pianism is well-known on both conti- and adjudicate upon their comparative mer- the Berliner Tageblatt in that city writes:
its, lest he should find time hang heavily "A thorough disappointment was in store for
nents.
those persons who went to the Stadtheatre
on his hands during the Christmas holidays. out of consideration for his reputation,
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Miss Hilda Newman, formerly of San
last night in the expectation of seeing a me-
RS. ANKIE GREEN PARKER, whose diocre opera by a famous pianist produced
Portland, Ore., has made very successful
strides since her arrival in New York about
fame as a teacher is widespread, has out of kind ensideration for his reputation.
a year ago. She was a pupil of Mrs. Ellen started the new year in her studio at Gaines- They were carried away by the intrinsic mer-
Mann in Portland, and here she is studying ville, Fla., with the largest class in years. its of Paderewski's opera, and he won a
with Mrs. Hattie Clapper-Morris. Jt is not Reference has frequently been made in The triumph which had nothing whatever to do
an inconsiderable compliment that she is so- Review to many of Mrs. Parker's clever pu- with the laurels of the reproductive artist.
prano at the St. Mark's Church of this city. pils, notably, Mary Clayton Connor and Ro- The great Dresden success of his opera,
which was fully described in the Tageblatt
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salie Frances Connor, whose talents in com- at the time, has been vigorously endorsed by
Mill Hilda Newman, formerly of San
position and interpretation, are in some re- last night's enthusiastic reception in the
Francisco, has by dint of perseverance, in ad-
spects phenomenal, and Master Harry Lin- Rhine city. Here, too, the audience was
dition to a very marked mastery of the piano
ready to forgive certain trivialties of Nossig's
wood Pearce, whose skill lies in the instru- libretto, because of the beauty and passion-
made a place for herself among the teachers
mental field. The latter played the violin ateness of the music; and everybody aban-
cf New York. Miss Newman is a Lesche-
recently, before the Educational Association doned himself to the enjoyment of this mu-
titzk) pupil with a wonderful gift for impart-
in Ocala, as well as other points in Florida, sic—which for the most is strongly dram-
ing the method of this master. She has a
and has been receiving some nattering no- atic, and saturated with gipsy romanticism
class of goodly size.
tices anent his comprehensive grasp of his —at first with vivid interest, and gradually
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in full recognition of the fact that it was
Miss Josephine Mildenberg has a voice of art. Mrs. Green has made a specialty of the work of a composer who rejoiced in the
beautiful quality. Her musicianship and in- training the child mind, and her method is possession of the power to utilize all the mod-
telligence make her especially delightful for so simple, yet so effective, that the results ern means of musical expression." After
supervising the Cologne performance of
she is a pianist of great ability, in fact, she are immediate 'and highly satisfactory.
"Manru," Paderewski went to Zurich, where
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was a pupil of Joseffy. Miss Mildenberg
LICE NIELSEN, who is to devote her- it was booked for performance on Jan. 15th.
tills a large number of drawing-room en-
Paderewski's first Carnegie Hall recital will
gagements for which her personality and cul-
self in the future to grand opera and be on Feb. 1.5th.
ture admirably qualify her.
concerts, will be heard first since her year of
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study at an orchestral concert in London on
A happy combination of talent is that of Feb. 11. She has been engaged for the New-
Miss Hooper, daughter of Franklin W. man symphony concerts and will make her
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