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THE
TRHDE
oceanic tide of Strauss. With the exception ing part are Fraulein Ternina, Mme. Kirkby
THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.
"""THE London Philharmonic Society will of some half-dozen of the juvenile writings, Lunn, Fraulein Fremstad, Fraulein Fiirster,
* open its season of seven concerts Feb. 26. there is nothing of Strauss that does not, in Herren van Dyck, Ernest Kraus, van Rooy,
M. Glazunow, the Russian composer, will go spite of a belated suggestion of this or that Reiss and Klopfer. New scenery has been
to London to conduct one of his symphonies predecessor, belong as completely to him as painted for this production. One of the fea-
and a new orchestral suite. Among the solo "Orfeo" does to Gliick or "Lohengrin" to tures of the season, which promises to be
performers will be Emil Sauer, who will play Wagner; while in the work of the last few exceptionally brilliant, in that there is a pos-
his own pianoforte concerto; Kubelik, Raoul years, the years of attained maturity and full sibility of a "command" performance, will
Pugno, Fritz Kreisler, Josef Hofmann, Clara self-consciousness, he stands proudly, loftily be an elaborate revival of "Don Giovanni,"
Butt and Susan Strong. A result of the per- alone, unique among musicians long before with new scenery and costumes. A week be-
sistent agitation that is going on in London he had reached his fortieth year. Yet the tra- fore the season commences there will be an-
for the greater recognition there of British dition that he is merely an artificial blend of other cycle of the Ring.. These representa-
composers will be seen in the fact that nearly Wagner and Liszt will probably hold the field tions will be given with the same artists and
all the leading ones will be represented on the for a long time to come.
scenery as those on the following week.
Philharmonic programs this season. The
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Strauss is certainly not a great melodist,
English composers represented are Cliffe, taking that word with the meaning it has ac-
BUYS THE "CONCERT GOER."
Cowen, Cox, Elgar, Hervey, Somerville; Mac- quired in the music of the past. But the very JV/l RS. FLORENCE FRENCH, who has
kenzie stands for Scotland, and Stanford for qualities of alertness, of quick interest in life, *" * built up such a successful following
which have gone to make Strauss, in his later since she founded "The Musical Leader" in
Ireland.
music, the symbol of a new era of aesthetics, ""Chicago, consummated arrangements t on
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have prevented him from falling often into Saturday last whereby she secures control of
DUDLEY BUCK QUITS PLYMOUTH.
p v U D L E Y BUCK, the composer, is to re- that ecstatic, clairvoyant swoon from which "The Concert-Goer" of this city, which she
*-"^ tire from his place as organist and choir- the music of the great dreamers has been will incorporate with "The Musical Leader"
with headquarters in New York and Chi-
master in Plymouth church, Brooklyn, on born.
May 1. He took charge last May, after he
Undoubtedly our palate for harmony has cago.
&
had severed his tweny-five year's connection been cloyed by too much of the saccharine;
MME. ROGER-MICLOS.
the tonic, astringent quality of the discord has
with Holy Trinity Church.
It is denied that his coming retirement from not yet been sufficiently appreciated by any T ^ H E debut of Mme. Roger-Miclos, the
*
French pianist, who has been so much
Plymouth Church is due to any friction be- musician but Strauss. To end a big orches-
in
the
public eye since her arrival in this
tween him and the church authorities. Mr. tral work with reiterated successions of the
country,
occurred in the ballroom of the
chord of B-natural followed by the tonic of
Buck said:
Waldorf-Astoria
on Tuesday night. There
"I have decided to give up church work C-natural seems like a device of Colney
was
a
great
audience
and she scored
and get out of the harness. That is all. Hatch; but it is strangely suggestive and
heavily.
Extended
reference
is made to
When a man is a church organist for fifty hugely impressive in "Also Sprach Zarathus-
the
concert
in
another
part
of
The
Review.
years, and twenty-five of them in one church, tra."
&
he begins naturally to feel that he wants a
In another half century the majority of the
ON RUSSIAN COMPOSERS.
rest—not a rest through stopping work, you new harmonies and new resolutions of Strauss
A
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interesting
article appears from the pen
understand, but a rest through a change.. I will probably be part of the common vocabu-
*
*
of
Mrs.
Rosa
Newmarch in the January
will now devote myself to other branches of lar of every musical penny-a-liner.
number
of
the
Zeitschrift
der Internationalen
music."
Strauss is an epoch-making man, not only
Musik
Gesellenschaft
on
Serov,
the Russian
Scott Wheeler, who studied with Mr. Buck, in virtue of his expression and technique, but
composer,
which
treats
of
his
operas,
"Ju-
and who is now organist in the Clinton Av- in virtue of the range and quality of his sub-
dith,"
"Rogneda,"
and
"The
Power
of
Evil,"
enue Congregational Church, will be his suc- jects. He is the first true realist in music.
also with his opinions as musical critic..
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cessor at Plymouth Church.
Mrs. Newmarch is considered an authority
MME. BLOOMFIELD-ZEISLER.
PROFITS IN WAGNER'S OPERAS.
on
Russian music. She has written some
C ANNIE
BLOOMFIELD - ZEISLER,
YJL7 AGNER'S heirs received $115,000 in * who has been winning new triumphs in highly interesting matter regarding modern
royalties in 1902 from his operas, ex- the West, will be heard here on Feb. 19, with musical progress in that country and has come
clusive of the Bayreuth profits. "Lohen- the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In the last into personal contact with the most of the
grin," the most popular, yielded $68,000. It week in February she will give her annual re- composers of note.
was given 312 times in America and Great cital in Mendelssohn Hall, and there is a pos- TH H E waltz is commonly supposed to be of
Britain, 997 times in Germany and 420 times sibility of her playing with the Kaltenborn
* Austrian origin. The Paris La Journee
in Holland, France and Italy. The American Quartet at their last chamber concert here. declares, however, that it is of French origin,
managers paid, it is estimated, $23,000 for Mrs. Zeisler remains East until March 17, that it was danced in Paris for the first time
"Lohengrin" alone.
when she returns to the West for an extended on Nov. 9, 1178, and that it was known in
The next most popular opera was "Tann- tour lasting until the end of May.
Provence before that date as "volta."
hauser," which netted $32,750.
The appearance of Lillian Blauvelt in
GODOWSKY SCORES IN GERMANY.
THE COMPOSER. OF THE DAY.
I T seems that Leopold Godowsky, the pian- opera at Covent Garden next June will be
'"THOUGH Richard Strauss has been as- * ist, has made a real success in Germany. awaited with much interest by her many ad-
* tonishing the musical world of Europe In this city he was always regarded as a mirers in this country. As a concert singer
and America for some ten years at least, Lon- player who had a stronger affection for the Miss Blauvelt has made her way to the apex
don does not even yet seem to have realized technics of his art than for its aesthetics, but of her
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the mighty soar and sweep of his genius, says who nevertheless commanded respect for the
RS. ETTA EDWARDS, Vocal Instruction, Steinert Hall
Ernest Newman. One courageous group of solidity of his attainments. His success in M Boston, Mass.
critics dares to say that here is a composer Germany is natural, for sound accomplish-
likely to be the next big figure in musical his- ments are highly valued in the home of mu-
tory after Wagner; another group, equally sic study.
courageous, is steadily laying up material for
GRAND OPERA IN LONDON.
the laughter of future generations. Some of
these latter gentlemen have already firmly se- I T is announced in London that the "royal
cured their place in history by their oppo- * opera season'.' at Covent Garden will open
All oar instruments contain the full iron frame and
sition, two or three decades ago, to Wagner. on May 4, with probably a performance of patent tuning pin. The greatest invention in the history
Now, with undiminished zeal and energy, "Carmen." During the first week there will of piano making. Any radical changes in the climate beat
or dampness, cannot affect the standing in tons of oar in*
anxious to achieve a plural immortality, they be a cycle of the Nibelungen Ring, conducted •truments, and therefor* challenge the world that
industriously apply their mops against the by Dr. Richter, and among the vocalists tak- Vill excel any otheiu