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THE MUSIC TRKDE
ence of such inspiration, in Dr. Damrosch's
opinion, would be most refining and stimu-
lating.
"Another subject," he adds, "which has a
direct influence upon our work is the char-
acter of the speaking voice of the teachers.
This is often very loud, harsh, and of poor
quality, and, as children are apt to imitate
unconsciously, it produces a similar quality
of tone in the pupils' speaking and singing
voice. Principals should give much more
attention to this matter, as it is of the utmost
importance."
PATH'S FIRST APPEARANCE.
CURIOSITIES OF SOUND.
O OUND of all kinds becomes musical if
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the vibrations of the air are uniform
and rapid enough. It is said that the puffs
of an engine would make a tremendous or-
gan peal of music if they could be made 10
attain the rapidity of fifty or sixty a second.
Everything in nature has its keynote, as
it were, and attuned to one particular musi-
cal sound. This fact can be very easily ver-
ified in every-day life. Stand near an open
piano and speak in an ordinary tone; while
speaking you will suddenly hear a string
•within reverberate to your voice. The tick
ANOTHER STAR IN THE VIOLIN WORLD.
of a watch, the sound of every human voice,
JV/l ISS MARIE HALL, the young Eng-
the bark of a dog, the mew of a cat, the noise
* * * lish violinist, whose appearances in
of a wagon, the roll of thunder, the fall of
NEW YORK TEACHERS' PLANS.
London are now attracting considerable at-
rain, the running of water; in fact every-
tention, has had a remarkable career. Com- TP H E fifteenth annual convention of the thing about us can easily be placed by an at-
* New York State Music Teachers' Asso- tentive ear on its proper musical note—one
paratively a few years ago she was playing
in the streets of Newcastle, Eng., for enough ciation will be held in Troy,N.Y.June 22,23, of the sounds of the scale. This is a most
of money to buy bread. Efforts were made 24 and 25, and will bring together a large interesting experiment and easily verified.
by her father, a poor harper, to send her to number of men and women prominent in this
It is said that the ear can distinguish eleven
London so that she might enter for the Wese- line of work. Committees directed by octaves of sound, but as a rule those made
ley scholarship. She won it, but as there Thomas Impett, of Troy, are actively at by quick, short vibration are most easily con-
was no money to enable her to stay in Lon- work planning for the entertainment of the veyed. For instance, the whir of a locust
don she had to relinquish it, and went back delegations, members and friends who will makes more distinct impression than the
to street fiddling. The family later moved assemble on the occasion.
sighing of the wind through the trees. A
The program committee, headed by Louis whirlwind in its approach is noiseless; it
to Bristol, and while playing in the street
one night Canon Fellowes heard her, and Arthur Russell, of New York-, are busy is only when it strikes some obstacle that the
was so struck with the girl's ability that he laying out places on the program for es- volume of sound becomes terrific to us. Then
sent her to Birmingham, where she studied sayists, pianists, violinists, organists, de- we receive the secondary shorter waves from
for three years. She later w T as sent to Kreu- baters, vocalists and the other participants, the destruction of this obstacle.
ser and then to Sevcik in Prague, who is many of whom will be musicians of inter-
Tyndall says all friction is rhythmic.
most enthusiastic over her genius. She has national reputation.
Flames are notoriously sensitive to sound.
undoubtedly captured London, and this
They will bend and flicker, and even respond
BRUCKNER'S NINTH SYMPHONY.
means that she will be heard at no distant "T 1 H E posthumous ninth symphony of An- with a leap of quivering light to a high,
date in this country. Besides her music she
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ton Bruckner, the Viennese composer shrill sound. This is another interesting
has only one great interest—her little broth- whose name is much better known than his experiment. If we use a glass tube with a
er, a child of nine. "You should hear him music in this country, was performed for small jet of gas, by lowering or raising it to
play," she .cries. "I can do nothing in com- the first time recently in Vienna, seven years certain points we can cause it to shriek out
parison." And she hopes to do for her broth- after the composer's death. It is unfinished, shrilly or to answer sympathetically to its
er what others have done for her.
consisting only of three movements. It ap- own keynote when sung or spoken by the
pears to have made a profound impression, voice.
PLAYING BY MEMORY.
and was played by the Concertverein Or-
WILL GIVE AIDA IN CONCERT FORM.
H E R E seem to be two sides, after all, to chestra under the direction of Ferdinand
the question of playing by memory. Lowe, who was a pupil and intimate friend '"THE thirteenth annual May festival of
the Connecticut Music Teachers' As-
Dr. Hanchett says in the, Philadelphia Mu- of Bruckner's. Bruckner is said to have had
sician for March: "No one doubts that pu- no intention of emulating Beethoven in his sociation will be held in New Haven on
pils should memorize their music, and a ninth symphony, and was much irritated over May 4, 5 and 6 Verdi's grand opera "Aida"
piece can hardly be said to be perfectly the characteristic remark of Hans von Bil- in concert form will be given by the Gounod
learned till it is memorized. But studying low : "If Bruckner writes a ninth, it will Society under Mr. Agramonte's direction.
a piece and playing it for a teacher is one be in D minor, too, and will have a final Several men from the New York Symphony
thing, and the work of a public artist is quite choral movement." He replied: "I can't Society will assist and the following well-
another. An accomplished musician mak- help it that the chief theme came to me in known soloists will make up the cast: Mrs.
ing a tour with two or three programs in D minor. I would iike now to knock it out Marie Zimmerman, Miss Gertrude May
readiness and not having any other business if I had not grown to love it so, and if D Stein, Dr. Ion Jackson, Dr. Carl Dufft, Perry
on hand, may naturally be expected to have minor were not my favorite key." The last Averill, Edwin Lockhart.
his music thoroughly memorized, and if he movement is the one that is lacking, but
The Paris Opera is said to have in prep-
places notes on the desk before him it is not Bruckner is said to have had no intention aration a new opera, "Fils de l'Etoile," text
by any means proof that the music is not of writing it with a chorus.
by Catulle Mendes, music by Camille Er-
memorized. Few, even those accustomed to
langer. The action takes place in Jerusalem
ALICE NEILSON IN ITALY.
the work, realize how great is the nervous
A LICE NEILSON, of light opera fame, at the time of the destruction of the Temple.
strain of public playing. While many a pian-
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ETTA EDWARDS, Vocal Instruction, Steinen Hall
is the subject of many favorable no- 1 IV/IRS.
ist may waste little by relying upon his un- ^*
'* Boston, Mass.
aided memory, many others thus drain their tices in Rigoletto and II Mattino of Naples.
resources to no purpose except to conform Speaking of her appearance as Violetta in
"La Traviata," at the Teatro Bellini in that
to a fashion."
city, Miss Neilson—who figures variously
Miss Lucille Wasself, a pretty young wo- as "Alis Milsen" and "Aliss Nielsen"—is
man of Harlem, who went to Paris two years called the idol of the public, and in "La Tra-
ago to study music under Mme. Delilia, viata" is considered to be "semplicemente
AU oar Instruments contain the fait iron frame and
Calve's instructor, has made a hit in the grande e deliziosa." She seems undoubtedly
patent tuning pin. The greatest invention la the history
Parisian musical world, and it is not at all to have made a deep impression on the Nea- of piano making. Any radical changes in the climate, heat
unlikely that she may appear at the Metro- politan public, if these organs of Neapolitan or dampness, cannot affect the standing in tono of our io«
•truments, and therefor* challenge the world that
opinion are to be trusted.
politan Opera House next season.
%ill excel any otbefc
I T is not generally known, but it is never-
theless a fact, that the first public appear-
ance of Adelina Patti occurred when she was
thirteen years old at an entertainment on June
19,1858, for the benefit of the Catholic Church
in Mt. Vernon, N. Y.. Mt. Vernon then
was a sparsely settled suburban village, while
it is now a city. The Patti family lived in
the environs and attended the district school
in Mt. Vernon more than a half mile dis-
tant from their home. Many of Patti's for-
mer classmates are still living in or near
New York, and often speak with enthusiasm
of the clever "little Italian girl" who was the
pet of Prof. Agassiz, the musical instructor.