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THE 7V^USIC TRKDE
are streaked with a tincture of light opera
sentiment; but though at first one rather
resents the appearance of such passages in
works as full of genius feeling as these two
symphonies, yet it might very well be ar-
gued that a good deal of the charm of Tschai-
kowsky's music is due to this fact: that his
feeling is so sincere, so wavering between the
sublime and the human.
Sometimes he suggests the comparative
triviality of outside life, the brightness of the
ballroom, the gayety of clinking spurs, the
fascinating, smiles of beautiful women, the
light-hearted songs of soldiery on the march,
their fierce exultance in victory, the heart-
arresting boom of cannon; and then, at a
turn, as it were, he becomes introspective and
shows the soul of man at work; the bright-
ness was only assumed, the exultance was but
a momentary forgetfulness of the spirtual
tragedy of life, in one step he leaves the ball-
room, the opera house, the camp, all the glit-
ter and fascination of outside life, and is face
to face with the infinite sadness of existence,
with the ceaseless struggle of the burdened
spirit upward toward the light.
That he does not conquer is his weakness,
and yet is something of his fascination. Bee-
thoven rises above the melancholy that par-
alyzes smaller men; his head is among the
stars if his feet be on earth; he speaks to us.,
sometimes, as a god to men; Tschaikowsky
always speaks as man to man, and his voice
is full of sympathy and tenderness.
REVIEW
MME. MANTELLI RETURNS.
ME. EUGENIE MANTELLI, the well-
known contralto, who has been con-
nected with the Metropolitan Opera Company
for many years past, has returned to this
country after an absence of two years, during
which time she has been singing at the Royal
Opera in Barcelona,and in Rio Janeiro, l'uen-
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and the work of decorating and furnishing
has now been taken in hand. The crypt
where the remains of the master will lie,
is to be richly adorned with mosaics. These
are being designed by the Italian artist, Lo-
dovico Pogliaghi. It is expected that the
memorial will be completed before the end
of the present year.
A LESCHETITSKY JOKE.
FA O people pester you
much with requests
to play for you ?" asked an in-
terviewer the other day of
Leschctitsky. "Indeed they
do," he replied, "but I have
acquired a wonderful technic
in disposing of them. Once
I was badly caught. A girl
came to play for me. I had
to listen. She was bad. 'My
dear child,' I said, 'the piano
is a difficult instrument. Let
me try your voice.' She sang
a few tones, and I advised her
to study singing. 'You see,'
I argued, 'singing is easy be-
cause you always have but
the single note. On the piano
there are the bass, and the
harmonies, and the double
notes.' Quite content the girl
left.
Two years later a
young woman forced her way
into my house and insisted on
singing for me. 'But I know
A VERY delightful concert was given on
nothing of the voice,' I pro-
the evening of February 3rd, at St.
tested. Without the loss of
Mary's Hall, Rosebank, S. I., by the mem-
bers of St. Mary's Church Choir, which is
a moment she began to sing.
under the direction of Prof. Rudolph and
When she had finished I said:
Mrs. Loretta S. Mahoney, organist. The
'You see, singing is difficult.
orchestra of the Harmony Musical Society
Absolute purity of tone is re-
MME. MANTKI.I.I.
assisted. The program, an interesting one,
os Ayres and in Chili. She will remain in quired. Xow, why don't you study the piano?
by the way, was keenly enjoyed by a large
this country until the end of May, during That's easy. Each note is labeled C, D, E.'
and fashionable audience. The several
which time Henry Wolfsohn has arranged for 'But you told me to study singing,' she said,
chorus numbers contributed by the choir
tearfully. Merciful heavens, it was my pian-
were creditably sung. Among the soloists, her to sing a number of recitals. There is
ist of two years before! Tableau !"
a
possibility
that-
she
will
be
heard
with
the
Mr. D. Miller, tenor, who gave an excerpt
Grau
Opera
Company
before
their
departure
from "Elijah," and Mr. J. Driscoll, who
A MOVEMENT cannot be carried on by
sang a tenor aria from "11 Trovatore" with from this city.
negating other acts; it must have a
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orchestral accompaniment, easily won the
positive force, a driving and self sustain-
A MONUMENT to Charles Gounod, the
honors of the evening.
ing motive power. A moral revolution can-
Mr. Driscoll is a student of the National ^ * work of Antonia Mercier, is soon to be
Conservatory of Music, of this city, and has unveiled in the Pare Monceau in Paris. It not be accomplished by men who are held
a voice of rare sweetness which he uses with consists of a pillar bearing a bust of the com- together merely because they are all smart-
ing under a sense of injury and injustice,
discrimination and musical intelligence. Dur-
ing the past month, Mr. Driscoll has been poser, at the foot of which is a group com- although it may be begun by them. Men
in demand at several concerts on the Is- posed of Marguerite, Juliet and Sapho. and thus animated may organize for resistance,
land, his efforts meeting on all occasions the Spirit of Harmony represented at the
may destroy that which is injurious, but they
with merited appreciation.
piano.
cannot build up, associate, and unite. They
N view of the profits of the season at the
T T is announced that the "House of Rest have no common, collective faith.
Metropolitan Opera House, amounting, it
Alfred Bruneau has been invited to go
is said, to over $65,000, the management has ' for Musicians" at Milan, which is to per-
doubtless seen the error of shortening the petuate the memory of Verdi, is approach- to St. Petersburg and conduct a series of
New York season to eleven weeks.
ing completion. The structure is finished, concerts of French music here.
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