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VOL. XL. No. 22.
Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 1 Madison Ave., New York, June 3, 1905.
MME. EAMES COMPANY ENGAGED.
Amherst Webber, Josef Hollman, and Emilio de
Gogorza to Assist Famous Soprano on Her
Concert Tour.
Henry Wolfsohn cabled his representative Mon-
day that he had arranged with the artists who
are to accompany Emma Eames on her forth-
coming concert tour which will open in October
next and continue until the middle of December.
The artists are: Amherst Webber, pianist;
Josef Hollman, 'cellist and Emilo de Gogorza,
baritone.
Mr. Wolfsohn saw Mr. Webber in London,
where he is preparing to produce his new opera
at Covent Harden, this summer. He is a well
known pianist and composer and was connected
with the Metropolitan Opera Company, here
under the Grau regime, for several years.
Josef Hollman has made two previous visits
to this country and is acknowledged to be one
of the world's greatest virtuosi.
Mr. Gogorza is an American and has won his
reputation here as a concert and oratorio singer.
The tour of Madame Eames is completely
booked and she is to sing in thirty-five of the
leading cities of the United States traveling
from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast.
FIRST COMPOSER OF HIS RACE.
The Exalted Position Won by Coleridge-Tay-
lor—His Views on Great Composers.
"It must be an exalted position to be the first
great composer of his race that the world has
ever possessed," exclaims L. C. Elson, in an ar-
ticle on Samuel Coleridge-Taylor in the May
Musician. During Mr. Coleridge Taylor's recent
visit to America Mr. Elson had an opportunity
to speak with him on many points of general
music He was at that time immersed in editing
the "Twenty-four Negro Melodies" for Ditson's
Musicians' Library, and was naturally most elo-
quent upon tha£ topic. He considered that all
the best works of his teacher, Dr. Stanford, had
been inspired by the melodies of his native Ire-
land. He paid great tribute to the works of Stan-
ford and Parry, and expressed astonishment that
these were so little known in America. "In Eng-
land," he said, "there are some who hold Parry to
be the rival of Brahms." He had investigated
the Indian music somewhat, but was not quite
sure of his ground on that subject. He wished
greatly to hear the "Indian Suite" by MacDowell,
for, although he had studied it thoroughly from
the score, he was not sure that he had caught the
composer's full intention. His views on women
in music chimed in exactly with what had been
said to Mr. Elson by Reinecke and Svendsen,
namely, that women develop more quickly than
men, in music, up to a certain point, and then
they stop.
A NOVELTY IN VIENNA.
Among the novelties produced in Vienna during
the past season none made a more favorable im-
pression than a fantasia by the Finnish composer
Jean Sibelius, who is certainly one of the coming
men. It is entitled "TUe §w&n o.f Tugnela,"
and is described by Dr. Mandyczewski as "a fanci-
ful, melancholy piece for English horn with or-
chestral accompaniment." It is to be hoped, says
Mr. Finck, of the Evening Post, that our Phil-
harmonic or the Boston Symphony orchestra will
give us a chance to hear it next winter.
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ARTISTS FOR NEXT SEASON.
Managers Make Some Preliminary Announce-
ments of Much Interest.
The first of the musical managers to an-
nounce the virtuosi and the singers that he has
engaged for the next season is Wolfsohn. The
BLAUVELT TO STAR IN OPERA.
virtuosi are Marie Hall, the young English vio-
linist, of whom we were writing the other day,
Prima Donna Signs with Whitney for Six
and Pugno, the rather academic French pianist,
Years—Quits the Concert Stage.
who has already made two visits to America. The
Lillian Blauvelt, the prima donna, who has singers are Kirkby Lunn, the alto of Covent
scored marked success in London, Paris, Brussels, Garden and of Savage's "Parsifal" last winter,
Milan and Naples as well as in this country, and and Ben Davies, the English tenor, who has sung
who a few years ago was decorated by the Royal often on this side of the Atlantic. If Mr. John-
Academy of St. Cecilia, signed a contract with ston carries out his plans, he will bring three
Fred C. Whitney last week whereby she will ap- more virtuosi to us—Rosenthal, the pianist, now
pear in comic opera under his management for at the height of his powers; GSrardy, the 'cellist,
six years. Many managers have sought Miss and Marteau, the violinist, who has not played
Blauvelt, but until a few weeks ago she refused here since he was much more than a fiery youth.
even to entertain the suggestion of deserting the Mr. Charlton brings back Bispham, Gadski, and
concert stage.
Bauer, the pianist, for a second visit. Of "star"
Mr. Whitney's contract is remarkable because conductors we are sure of Weingartner and Safo-
of its financial stipulations. According to the noff, and of four or five others on whom the
terms the manager will give his new star six choice of the Philharmonic may light. The Rus-
seasons of forty-two weeks each, for which he sian Orchestra will double the number of its
will pay her a salary of $2,000 a week. This concerts next winter and add folk-songs to them.
means $84,000 a season or $504,000 during the life Damrosch will increase his series, and so will the
of the contract. He is also to surround Miss Boston Orchestra. For chamber music we
Blauvelt with a competent company and provide are certain to hear the Kneisel, the Hess, and
her with a series of vehicles in the nature of the Mead quartets. The secrets of the opera
are still locked in Conried's bosom, but we do
opera comique.
The first opera has already been selected. It is know that we are to have Knote for the whole
to be called "The Rose of the Alhambra," and is season, and Morena for a new German soprano.
the work of Charles Emerson Cook, author of the
lyrics of "Red Feather," and Lucius Hosmer, a
THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
favorably known composer. Mr. Cook's work has
Philip Hale has prepared an elaborate table of
been brilliant, and Mr. Whitney believes he has
a remarkable vehicle in "The Rose of Alhambra." the performances given by the Boston Symphony
As the name implies, the opera is Spanish in Orchestra at home during the past season.
subject and is constructed more upon the line Brahms and Wagner lead, with seven perform-
of old-fashioned opera comique than upon mod- ances each. Dvorak had six, Beethoven five, and
Mozart the same number. The fours include
ern musical comedy.
Miss Blauvelt is considered one of the best Bruch, Schumann, R. Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Bach,
soprano vocalists this country has produced, and Haydn, and Liszt were each presented three times.,
has been a great favorite in concert. She has The other composers in the list (there were 50,
appeared before royalty in England and Italy, with 103 works) were: D'Albert, Berlioz, Cae-
and has achieved even greater success abroad tani, Chopin, Converse, Cornelius, Debussy,
than at home. Her tour, which will begin next Dukas, Elgar, D'Erlanger, Faure, Franck, Gluck,
season, will start in New York and will embrace Goldmark, Grieg, Hadley, Handel, Henselt, Hu-
all the principal cities in the country. Later Mr. ber, D'Indy, Joachim, Lalo, Massenet, Mendels-
sohn, Rachmaninoff, Rimsky-Korsakoff, Ropartz,
Whitney will present her in European cities.
Saint-Saens, Schubert, Sinding, Smetana, Strube,
Suk, Van der Stucken, Volkmann, Weber, Wie-
THE ACOUSTICS OF HALLS.
niawski, Hugo Wolf.
The Prussian royal architect, Adams, called at-
tention in a recent lecture to experiments that
THE RICHARD WAGNER FESTIVAL.
are in progress in Vienna from which important
The Richard Wagner festival at the Prinzre-
acoustic results are expected. Heretofore builders
have, he said, studied chiefly the acoustic prop- genten Theatre and the Mozart festival at the
erties of the hall spaces, whereas the latest, Royal Residence Theatre at Munich, as already
method considers also the penetrability of vari- published, will take place between Aug. 7 and
ous building materials to sound. It is to be hoped Sept. 21, comprising three cycles of the "Ring,"
that a way will be found of confining the sound three performances each of "The Mastersingers
of Nuremberg" and "Tristan and Isolde," two
of the neighbor's piano to his own premises.
performances each of "The Flying Dutchman"
Siegfried Wagner is getting to be almost as and of the Mozart operas, "Figaro's Wedding,"
prolific as Mascagni used to be; he is shaking an "Don Giovanni," and "Cosi fan tutte." Felix
opera or two from his sleeves every year. His Mottl, Arthur Nikisch, and Franz Fischer will be
latest, "Bruder Lustig," is to be produced at Ham- the conductors. The list of singers comprise^
prominent artists.
burg next October.