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playing his talents in the Mason & Hamlin piano,
whose amazing tone volume and quality have
come in for the highest appreciation at the hands
of notable artists. Following his recital yester-
day afternoon Mr. Ganz appears with Frank
Musical Season Well Developed'—Great Pianists Heard and Opera Makes Its Bow—Paderewski
Damrosch, Nov. 16, as soloist of the Young Peo-
and the Weber Piano Score Great Triumphs—Interesting
Ditson
Publication—Caruso's
ple's Symphony concert, and the following Sun-
Great Salary—Rudolf Ganz Plays in Recital Yesterday—De Pachmann Will be Heard in
day he will be heard in Carnegie Hall with
New York on Nov. 19—PoMig, Buhlig and Klein Score at Concert on Election Day—Buhlig
Walter Damrosch. Later in the season Mr. Ganz
the Tone Painter and Great Artist Uses the Steinway—Paganini Manuscripts Found.
will be soloist with the Volpe Orchestra, while
The past ten days have been notable ones in numbers were given before Paderewski could he has a number of important dates, in chamber
music which will keep him close to New York,
the musical world. We have heard those wizards escape.
The Weber grand piano used on this occasion where he has a steadily growing clientele of
of the keyboard, Hofmann, Hambourg, Paderew-
ski, Buhlig and Ganz; Kreisler, the violinist; was an instrument of rare musical charm. Its admirers.
Poldesy, the 'cellist; witnessed the inauguration rich, round, singing tone; its brilliant treble and
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of twenty weeks of symphony and twenty weeks rich organ-like bass was beautifully revealed by
A captious critic-wonders whether it is any-
of grand opera which started last Monday even- Paderewski. It is hardly necessary to say that body's duty to correct the errors in concert pro-
ing under most favorable auspices at the Man- Paderewski, in his happier moods, is an ideal grams before they are printed and distributed.
hattan Opera House, to be followed a fortnight exponent of all that is best in a piano. His He has counted eight in one program. The other
later at the Metropolitan with twenty more weeks florid passages were played with such iridescent day a singer was rendering "Du bist wie eine
of opera. These musical events constitute in all beauty of color, clear articulation and thorough- Blume," which the audience accompanied with a
more than 250 performances of opera, possibly ness of rhythm that one can conceive that the good deal of tittering. She found out the cause
150 of concerted music, and hundreds of other Weber piano^ was made for such an artist—one of the merriment afterwards, when she saw that
musical affairs—really enough to keep New who is in sympathy with the instrument, and the song was down on the program as "Du beast
Yorkers very busy this season. Notwithstand- who can bring forth its charms in a manner wie eine bloomer."
ing the financial stress the great orchestra sub- to please himself and his audience. The Weber
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scriptions are larger than usual at this time Piano Co. can feel very proud of the tremendous
Vladimir De Pachmann, the eminent pianist,
of the year, and the concerts given by the lead- success scored by their concert grand on this who has scored such a decided success with
ing pianists are being oversubscribed—in fact occasion.
the Baldwin grand in the West, will give a re-
Paderewski's second concert is practically sold
Paderewski's next recital will be given at Car- cital at Carnegie Hall on Thursday afternoon,
out, while Buhlig drew a satisfactory audience negie Hall, Saturday, Nov. 23. He will play his Nov. 19. The program which is typical of the
on Tuesday afternoon.
own Sonata in E Flat, as well as the Liszt individual style of this truly remarkable special-
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Sonata in B Minor, two works which he has ist will include a lengthy group of the familiar
Paderewski received an enthusiastic welcome never played before in New York.
Chopin pieces which have made him famous, a
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The Manhattan Opera House was formally
opened on Monday night with Ponchielli's "La
Giaconda," in which Nordica sang the title role,
assisted by several newcomers—Zenatello, tenor;
Didur, basso, and Gerville-Reache, contralto, and
two old favorites, De Cisneros and Ancona. The
performance was a brilliant one throughout, and
emphasized the splendid work which Mr. Ham-
merstein is accomplishing in the way of musical
education in New York. His roster of notable
singers this year is formidable, and no expense
has been spared to present something new to
New York, and to present that well. "Carmen,"
with Bressler-Gianoli in her splendid impersona-
tion of the title role, was given Tuesday after-
noon; Berlioz's "La Damnation de Faust" was
the bill on Wednesday night; "La Giaconda," on
Friday evening; "Carmen" this afternoon, and
"II Trovatore" to-night, formed the bill for the
VLADIMIR DK
IGNACE J . PADEREWSKI.
week.
sonata
by
Scarlatti,
the Mozart C minor fantaisie,
at his piano recital on Saturday afternoon. Car-
negie Hall was filled to suffocation, and the way
The Oliver Ditson Co., of Boston, have just and various numbers by Schumann, Ragg-Henselt,
the audience acted emphasized that he still re- issued a collection of sixty-six of the best-known Moszkowski and Tschaikowsky.
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tained his old time sovereignty of fascination. Irish songs for solo voice of medium range which
New Yorkers are indeed indebted to Steinway
The great pianist was in splendid form, and in is destined to win no small share of popularity.
the earlier part of his program displayed all The book is admirably gotten up, and the num- & Sons for a great treat on Tuesday afternoon
those exquisite gradations of dynamic power, bers have been selected with great care and when a large audience had the pleasure of hear-
those beautiful tone colors, that heart searching sympathy from the wealth of folk song which is ing Carl Pohlig, the new conductor of the Phila-
cantabile, that breadth, poetic charm, and keen found in Ireland, and it may be said that they delphia Orchestra; Richard Buhlig, whose fame
sympathy with the author's creative thought and represent at its best this charming and charac- as a great pianist has heretofore been confined
purpose, emphasized by a virile mastery of execu- teristic racial music. The book is bound in paper to Europe, and Karl Klein, the clever violinist
tion which stand out to-day as never before; for and also in a holiday gift edition at a very and the son of an esteemed American musician.
Pohlig proved himself to be a conductor of
this great artist possesses the charms of the past moderate price.
great power. With an organization which is still
only enhanced and rounded out by the passing
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somewhat crude he achieved wonderful results.
years. Nothing more exquisite can be conceived
Signor Caruso is quoted as saying that while Liszt's "Les Preludes" has rarely been better
than his playing of his own number, "Variations he does not consider himself the greatest tenor
and Fugue, opus 23," which was introduced to in the world, he believes himself the best paid. played in New York, and the intensity and fire,
New York last January by his pupil and friend, During his recent visit to Berlin he told some- as well as clarity of the reading, aroused just
enthusiasm. The orchestra did better still in
M. Stojowski. Then came the Beethoven "Sonata thing about his earnings.
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. Like a Guilmant
opus 27, No. 1," which was sung with such sim-
"I have signed a four years' contract," said
plicity and freshness of spirit as to make it seem Caruso, "and the conditions are not bad. For at the keyboard of a great organ Pohlig utilized
to lovers of Beethoven like a new reading. Then eighty performances annually I get $100,000. T:> his band to accentuate the human element, and
followed three Schubert-Liszt numbers which this is added the $40,000 I get from the gramo- bring out the emotional messages hidden in
displayed his virtuosity and strenuosity in a most phone people, not to mention the evenings when musical phrases. The number was played with
brilliant fashion. The Chopin group, as might I sing for the Goulds, the Vanderbilts, and others an overpowering majesty and grandeur that
be expected, were all delightfully played, excepting which brings in an additional $40,000. That moved every one. With such a forceful leader
the B Flat Major Scherzo, which broke up the makes $180,000 a year. Then all my expenses, of it goes without saying that the Philadelphia Or-
chestra will be an organization worth watching.
artistic continence, for there was a striving for course, are paid by the Metropolitan.
effects and a forcing of tone which was entirely
Richard Buhlig elected to introduce himself to
"At present I'm studying 'II Trovatore,' as I am America with the Brahm's B flat Concerto—a
at variance with the artist's accomplishments
earlier in the afternoon. Stojowski's "Chant singing that this season in New York. I am number that called for an unusual command of
D'Amour," an uneventful trifle, and Liszt's 13th also studying Otello, a role which I dearly love." the resources of a piano touch, and an amplitude
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Rhapsody, which was given a spirited and snappy
of musical feeling. His interpretation was musi-
Rudolph Ganz was heard yesterday afternoon cianly, manly and vigorous. He has a splendid
rendering, closed the official program, but frantic
admirers crowded around the artist, and in re- in Mendelssohn Hall in a recital of exceeding technique. It is clear, limpid, exact, and while
sponse, to enthusiastic demands some half dozen interest. Mr. Ganz is an artist of prodigious his tone is not unduly sonorous, there is a dainti-
powers, and he has a splendid medium for dis-
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